People: SMTP Inc (SMTP.OB)

Mr. Semyon Dukach serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Secretary of SMTP Inc. He has been Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer since October 2002. Mr. Dukach was President and Chief Operating Officer until July 2010. Mr. Dukach also is a board member of Global Cycle Solutions, Inc. and Terrafugia, Inc. Previously, Mr. Dukach founded GottaFlirt, Inc., Vert, Inc. and Fast Engines, Inc. He was a Senior Vice President at Adero, Inc. after it acquired Fast Engines, Inc. from him in 2000 and he was also a Senior Vice President at North American Media Engines from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Dukach received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in Computer Science and his Masters degree from MIT, where he authored the Simple Network Payment Protocol, which was one of the earliest ways to transfer money on the Internet. While at MIT, Mr. Dukach published early research on electronic commerce in 1992 and on virtual worlds in 1989. While attending MIT, Mr. Dukach was a member of the MIT Blackjack Team which used card counting techniques to beat casinos at blackjack.