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    August 28, 2014

    Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America
    117 S. Louise St #306
    Glendale, CA 91205
    Contact: Vazgen Ghoogassian
    Tel: 818-547-3372
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.aesa.org


    Information Technology Industry in Armenia, and Diaspora's Involvement
    presented by
    Harmik Baghdasarian, Al Eisaian, and Aram Ter-Martirosyan

    (Pasadena, CA) - Three entrepreneurs, Harmik Baghdasarian, Al Eisaian
    and Aram Ter-Martirosyan from Los Angeles who have established various
    successful Information Technology (IT) related businesses in Armenia
    will present their stories, successes, and difficulties. They will
    address how to be profit-driven and not philanthropy-driven, establish
    and maintain high standards, how to compete and operate in Armenia,
    and most importantly how to commit time and resources. This lecture
    hosted by the Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA),
    will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at 7:30 pm at Parson
    Corporation, 100 West Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91224.

    `This will be a great opportunity for people who are thinking to
    establish businesses in high tech in Armenia to hear how these three
    entrepreneurs have succeeded' stated AESA President Vasken Yardemian.
    `It will provide us with great opportunities to learn from their
    experiences and share their entrepreneurial insights on how to create
    something that people want.'

    Harmik Baghdasarian has a B.S. in Computer Science from London
    University, England. He has been involved in implementation of large
    scale ERP systems for various global organizations, such as Epson Inc,
    Sony Enterprises, and Able Freight in US. Harmik has been an active
    member of the community and has been actively involved in working with
    Armenia in pursue of creating IT related jobs. In October of 1997
    started outsourcing software development projects to Armenia and has
    been continuing it since then. His current organization Ogma Inc., has
    been officially working in Yerevan Armenia as a software development
    company and has been able to complete a large number of successful
    projects in areas of Web and mobile development.

    Al Eisaian is an entrepreneur, technology investor, and advisor. He
    has an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BSEE from Oklahoma State
    University. His most recent company, IconApps, Inc., where he served
    as founder and Chairman & CEO, was acquired by Science Inc. Al has
    served as the Global Head of Product Strategy and Marketing for Opera
    Solutions, a global Big-Data analytics company from 2010-2011. In 2005
    Al co-founded and served as Executive Chairman of Integrien
    Corporation in Armenia until its acquisition by VMWare in 2010 for
    $103 million. Al co-founded and served as CEO of CreationPoint
    Systems, a systems management software and services company from
    2001-2005. Al served as the SVP and General Manager of LowerMyBills,
    Inc. acquired by Experian Corporation (for $400 million) from
    2000-2001. Al has invested and is an advisor in several technology
    start-up companies.

    Aram Ter-Martirosyan holds a B.S. from UCLA in Computer Science and
    Engineering and M.S. in Business Administration from Pepperdine
    University. He started his professional career in 1993 at Lexi
    International, a telecommunications company, as a software engineer
    and very rapidly advanced to senior software engineer, project
    manager, and ultimately, software architect. In 1999, Aram joined
    Hi-Tech Gateway, Inc. as Cofounder and CIO, which is a software
    development company in Armenia involved in developing
    telecommunications related programs that have extensive experience in
    developing web-based and mobile applications. Since 2005, Aram
    Ter-Martirosyan cofounded ConnectTo Communications, Inc., which is
    providing a wide array of telecommunications services for consumers
    and businesses including telephone, Internet, wireless, security and
    IPTV services. The lecture series presented by the Armenian Engineers
    and Scientists of America are open to the public and free of admission
    charge. The space is limited, so please RSVP by e-mail so your name
    will be with the guards at the entrance which will expedite your
    signing in process - [email protected].

    Established in 1983 in Glendale, California, AESA is a non-partisan
    and non-sectarian philanthropic organization focused primarily on
    addressing the professional, technical and scientific needs of fellow
    Armenian engineers, scientists, industrialists, and architects
    throughout the world. For more information, check AESA's website at
    www.aesa.org, or contact them by phone (818) 547-3372, or e-mail:
    [email protected].


    From: Baghdasarian
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