Board

Bill Dobbie - Non-Executive Chairman
Bill Dobbie - [Chairman]
Bill is responsible for Corporate and Financial Management within EasyDate Limited.

He is an experienced entrepreneur in internet, telecoms and technology businesses. He has led a number of successful private equity funded businesses and has been a Director of Scottish Telecom (Thus), Prestel, Teledata, Demon Internet and several other companies. His early career was with Unisys in the UK and Australia.

Bill has an Honours degree in Pure Mathematics from the University of St.Andrews, and an MBA from the University of Glasgow.

Max Polyakov - Chief Operational Officer
Max Polyakov - [Chief Executive Officer]
Max is an Executive Director of IDE Group Ltd, the parent company of EasyDate Ltd. Max manages EasyDate's operational activities as part of his overall Group role.

He is a rising star of the International Internet software scene and the founder of HitDynamics Ltd, the best in its class WebAnalytics package which is now part of Hitwise Inc. as well as Maxymiser Limited, a best in class content intelligence solution.

Max finished medical university and graduated from Business School in Ukraine.

Martin Higginson - [Non Exec Director]
Martin is recognised as one of the North West's leading entrepreneurs. He started his first business at the age of 19, a publishing business that he later went on to sell to IPC Magazines Limited.

Since then he has started numerous businesses including, Megafone, a business he sold to Scottish Power, Monstermob Group plc, a mobile media business that currently employs over 1,000 staff in over 13 countries globally, and Cityblock plc, an alternative student accommodation business.

Management Team

Tim Simmonds - Commercial Director
Tim Simmonds - [Commercial Director]
Tim Simmonds, Commercial Director, has over 15 years experience working in a wide range of industries which have been focused in the online Sector since 2001. Working with such brands as lastminute.com, GlassesDirect and Marriott; Tim's focus has been on generating strategic relationships particularly in the area of white labelling, technology licensing and distribution partnerships. Tim's expertise, industry knowledge and strong support from the EasyDate team will ensure continued development in this key area of growth.

Based at our Edinburgh Headquarters.

Tatyana Gorokhovskaya - Marketing Director
Tatyana Gorokhovskaya - [Marketing Director]
Tatyana has in-depth knowledge of the online marketing arena and has been responsible for creating and optimising campaigns for several years.

Experienced in customer database management, she has been an instrumental part of the marketing team. Prior to EasyDate, Tatyana worked at Ukrtelecom - one of the biggest telecommunication providers in Eastern Europe.

She has an Honours degree in Information Technology.

Based at our Eastern European Development Centre.

Sean Wood - Online Marketing Manager
Sean Wood - [Partnership Manager]
Sean Wood is no stranger to successful internet businesses and has had a colourful career spanning across numerous related industries. He arrived at the company after successfully building a network of online retail stores for a national IT reseller and distributor, including EasyDevices.co.uk which is in the top 100 UK retail sites (Hitwise 2007).

Sean has also spent a number of years in the 'offline' media industry with spells in both Spain and Scotland where he initiated and launched a new regional newspaper and magazine titles. During his term as Managing Director at an Edinburgh Publishing house he built up the commercial publishing arm of the company and diversified its interests by introducing a direct marketing division and news agency.

Sean was educated at Edinburgh's Napier University where he gained a degree in Publishing.

Based at our Edinburgh Headquarters.

Vladimir Lewykin - Chief Technical Director
Vladimir Lewykin - [Chief Technical Director]
Vladimir has over 12 years experience creating and developing a wide variety of complex B2C solutions, from ISPs to online dvd rental systems and online auction security services.

For the past two years, he has been responsible for the technical team at EasyDate, overseeing feature development, functionality and product innovation.

He has a post-graduate degree in Radiophysics and a Master in Computer Science.

Based at our Eastern European Development Centre.