Ixtens Management

Ixtens is being run by a team of executives that are passionate about online commerce and the success of our customers.

Tommaso Trionfi

Chief Executive Officer

Trionfi brings to Ixtens more than 23 years of management experience with early stage and larger global software and engineering companies. Prior to joining Ixtens in June 2010, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Wimba from 2000 to 2009. He led the growth of the company from a Research Institute technology to the leader of Web based SaaS collaboration software for the education market. At Wimba,Trionfi built a team of over 140 people spanning 3 countries, and organized marketing, sales, business development, product management and finance into a structured organization before the company was sold to Blackboard (BBBB). Prior to Wimba, Trionfi led business development at Omniticket Network, worked as Chief Operating Officer of Southern Europe for Colorlux, a global engineering company, and served as Chief Operating Officer of Fontenay Industries, where he led operations and key acquisitions. Trionfi received his MBA from INSEAD, and master's degree in Science and Technology with honors from the University of Grenoble. Presently Trionfi is also the President of the US Alumni Association for INSEAD Business School.

Betsy Cohen

Chief Financial Officer

Betsy brings to Ixtens 20 years of financial management experience. As the Chief Financial Officer of PlanetFeedback, which she co-founded in 1999, she led the financing of the company and merger with Intelliseek, which was sold to The Nielsen Company in 2006.

Prior to that, Betsy served on the executive management team of Dialog Bank, a start-up which grew into Troika Dialog, one of the leading financial institutions in Russia today. She was a private equity investor at Oak Tree Capital and has served as an advisor to several start-ups. She also worked as a fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. She serves on the board of Student Sponsor Partners and other education-related boards. Betsy received an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and an A.B. from Harvard University in Russian Language and Literature.

Eugene Nikiforov

Co-founder, and Chief Product Officer

Eugene is a seasoned international business leader, and has been involved in electronic commerce since 1996. Prior to founding Ixtens in 2004, Eugene was the CEO of Quantum Art, an on-demand business solutions company, which he still chairs. Prior to founding Quantum Art, Eugene was the Director of Multimedia Development at Fountainhead Management (acquired by Intershop Communications in 1998).

Prior to joining Fountainhead, Eugene managed a long-term consulting engagement for Citibank, working with the internal technology division to develop the bank’s first Internet-based global financial platform. Prior to Citibank, Eugene served as Senior Financial Advisor at Interpegro Trading Company, managing the firm’s international financial transactions across a wide channel of partners, and supporting the firm’s Moscow, London, Berlin, Warsaw, and Zurich offices. Eugene holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Moscow State University, and speaks several languages. He lives in Long Island right on the water with his two wonderful kids.

Edward Shenderovich

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Edward Shenderovich co-founded Ixtens in 2004, together with Eugene Nikiforov. He has since moved on to other ventures, but is an active board member of Ixtens and helps the executive management team on strategic and business development issues. Since 2008, Edward is the Managing Director of Kite Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in Moscow, which he founded. Prior to Kite Ventures, Edward was one of the founding executives and Head of Strategic Development at SUP, a Moscow-based online media company, which runs LiveJournal.com, Gazeta.ru, and other leading Russian media brands. Prior to SUP, Edward was the CEO of Quantum Art, an on-demand online business solutions company he co-founded. Before Quantum Art, Edward worked at Silicon Valley Bank as the Industry Analyst in Communications and Online Services. Edward graduated from University of California, Berkeley, and is a fellow and a professor of business modeling at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy.