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Born in Novorossiysk, Russia, Eugene graduated
from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer
Science and worked at a multi-disciplinary scientific research
institute until 1991. He began studying computer viruses in 1989, when
the Cascade virus was detected on his computer.

From 1991 to 1997 Eugene worked at the KAMI Information Technologies
Center where he developed the AVP antivirus project with a group of
associates (AVP was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus in November 2000).
Eugene Kaspersky became a co-founder of Kaspersky Lab in 1997.

Today, Eugene Kaspersky is one of the world's leading experts in the
information security field. He has written a large number of articles
and reviews related to computer virology and speaks regularly at
specialized seminars and conferences all over the world.

Marc Blanchard is responsible for the European
Virus Research Center, which undertakes real-time monitoring of the
virus situation in Europe, and also conducts research into antivirus
technology. In addition to his duties as head of the Center, Marc is
also developing the technical support network for France.

Marc is one of the most distinguished computer
virus experts in Europe, and has been working as an IT threat analyst
since 1986, when he created his own technology against malicious
software. Since then, he has headed the European research division at
Central Point Software, been a leading figure in the creation of a
French Computer Virus Research Center, and has published widely. Many
of his publications are now used to train antivirus professionals, and
he is active in educating the new generation of virus analysts.

Shane entered the field of virus research in
1992. He has held senior level virus research positions since 1996,
published industry-related articles and presented at national and
international antivirus conferences. Shane was CEO, board member and
maintainer of The Joe Wells WildList from 1996 until its transfer to
ICSA in July of 2002.

Before joining Kaspersky Lab in January 2005, Shane
served as senior antivirus researcher at Fortinet, Inc. He has also
held senior research positions at Trend Micro, Network Associates and
Dr. Solomon's Software. Prior to joining Dr Solomon's software, Shane
was an associate software engineer at Symantec Corporation.

David has been with Kaspersky Lab since April
2004, and provides information on viruses and other security threats
through presentations and at exhibitions, and by talking with the mass
media. He also provides information on Kaspersky Lab products and
technology.

David has worked in the security industry for
more than 14 years and has developed in-depth knowledge of the business
and technical issues facing individual and corporate users during
successive generations of viruses, worms and other malicious threats.

David joined Dr Solomon's Software in 1990, playing
various roles in the years that followed, including Technical Support
Manager and Senior Technology Consultant. During this time, he was
responsible for establishing and running Dr Solomon's Technical Support
department and was closely involved with customer seminars and
technical training, including Dr Solomon's Live Virus Workshop.
Following the acquisition of Dr Solomon's by Network Associates, David
worked as a Systems Engineer and Product Manager, before joining the
Product Marketing team in January 2001, where he was in charge of
strategic marketing direction, product positioning and messaging for
McAfee AVERT, scan engine and Internet gateway appliances.

Aleks became interested in fighting malware in
1994, when the company he worked at first installed an antivirus
program. He began collecting virus samples and helping friends remove
viruses from their PCs. From time to time, he found malicious programs
as yet unknown to antivirus companies, and sent samples to Eugene
Kaspersky, whose solution he liked because of its high detection rates.

In 1996, Alexander founded the Republic of Komi
Anti-Virus Center and began publishing information on newly discovered
viruses. He also provided consulting services and published an
enewsletter to help colleagues fight malware. In 1998, the Wildlist
Russia Project was launched with the objective of collecting and
analyzing information about virus outbreaks in the Russian Federation.
Aleks served as the project coordinator.

In 2002, Aleks joined the Virus Lab at Kaspersky
Lab. His responsibilities include analyzing malicious software and
detecting new malware. He is also involved in other research and
publishes analyses on dedicated websites and in the press.

Magnus Kalkuhl was born in Copenhagen, and has
worked in the IT industry since 1996. He has worked as an independent
IT security consultant, and also as a Technical Director in the
interactive department of McCann Erickson, a major advertising agency.

Magnus is based at Kaspersky Lab's German office. He
will be focusing on IT forensics and research as well as monitoring the
malware situation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Yury Mashevsky was born in Smolensk, and
completed his undergraduate degree in 1998 at the Smolensk branch of
Moscow Energy Institute (Technical University). He received his PhD in
May 2004 from the Moscow Energy Institute in Moscow for his
dissertation on information security.

Before joining Kaspersky Lab in 2003, he worked as
an information security systems developer for a small IT company based
in Moscow, focusing on protecting information against theft and
unauthorized analysis. While working in this field, he became
interested in virus analysis.

Costin Raiu has been involved in antivirus
research and the development of antivirus technologies for more than 9
years. He is a member of the Virus Bulletin Technical Advisory Board
and CARO. Costin also provides his services as an incident reporter to
The Wildlist Organization International and has written and published
extensively on data security and computer viruses.

In 1994, Costin joined GeCAD s.r.l, as Chief
Researcher and Data Security Expert in the Romanian AntiVirus (RAV)
Team, where he was responsible for product development. Since 2000,
Costin has been working with Kaspersky Lab, where he concentrates on
new antivirus technology development, and security and monitoring
research.

Roel was born in St. Odiliënberg, the Netherlands and has always been fascinated by all aspects of information security.

When his antivirus solution failed, this fascination
grew, and he decided to take a closer look at the world of viruses and
antiviruses. This quickly became a passion.

He joined Kaspersky Lab in 2004, where his current
responsibilities include monitoring the malware situation in the
region, preliminary analysis of malware and developing treatment for
new viruses.