Gaidar Magdanurov

Gaidar Magdanurov is a business adviser at Quantum Diamond Technologies. Gaidar was previously a venture partner at Runa Capital, and before that, they were the managing director of Microsoft Seed Fund and Local Software Ecosystem Lead at Microsoft. Gaidar has also been a startup mentor at Startup Weekend and Start in Garage, and a software engineer at The e-Journals Project.

Gaidar Magdanurov has an executive education from Schaffhausen Institute of Technology in marketing and leadership. Gaidar also has an executive education from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business in marketing. In addition, they have an executive program from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in venture capital. Gaidar is also an instrument pilot from East Coast Aero Club and a private pilot from East Coast Aero Club. Finally, they have a master's degree in chemistry from Higher Chemical College. Gaidar also has certification from Coursera in IBM Cybersecurity Analyst and certification from Federal Aviation Administration in Private Pilot - Instrument Airplane and Private Pilot - Airplane Single Engine Land.