Dawan Stanford has shaped legal and business transactions for technology companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. At Morrison & Forester, a law firm with a global presence, Dawan worked in California's Silicon Valley assisting companies ranging from start-up to mature. After Morrison & Forester, Dawan became an in-house lawyer with Symantec Corporation, initially in Symantec's US headquarters and then an EMEA-wide legal role in France. In these positions, Dawan worked with technology companies on issues, negotiations, and agreements dealing with financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, outsourcing,  joint ventures, consulting, marketing, and business development.  Dawan is the General Counsel for ASCALA Group.

Having worked in senior management positions with technology companies leading them from start-up to liquidity event, Steve Vaile has a strong background in telecommunications and media technology.  He has held positions ranging from VP APAC and EMEA to CEO and been instrumental in the start up and exit of a number of leading software companies including Riversoft (IPO 140 M), Systems Management Arts (Acquired by EMC 260M), and Sirius (acquired by IBM). He was most recently VP of APAC and EMEA for the US software company Voyence (acquired by EMC in 2007).  Steve currently serves as Managing Partner Middle East for ASCALA Group and is the Chief Executive Officer of H2O New Media a company developing social media technologies in Dubai.