Vladimir Miloushev

September 29, 1961 - August 30, 2007

Vlad was the principal founder of 3TERA and served as its President and CEO. He led the development of the company's vision and business plan and has attracted the company's team and world-class advisors. Together with Peter Nickolov, Vlad co-invented the company's core technology. Vlad had a proven ability to identify market opportunities, define new product categories, develop and communicate compelling market vision, and to attract talent, investors, partners and customers. A recognized software architect, Vlad was a key inventor on 23 patents in object-oriented software, operating systems, networks and storage. He was an experienced entrepreneur who has founded four companies. Before 3TERA, Vlad founded Z-force, a storage networking startup that pioneered file switching and NAS aggregation, and served as the company's President and CEO from 1999 to 2002, and as Chairman until 2003. Prior to Z-force, Vlad founded Object Dynamics, a network software company, and served as President and CEO until 1999, when the company was folded into Z-force. Vlad interrupted his PhD studies in 1987 to found his first company, System Research, an infrastructure software company building products for the then exploding PC market and one of the first 50 private enterprises in Bulgaria. Vlad is a Fulbright scholar and holds an MS degree from Moscow University, where he majored in Quantum Physics.

On Thursday, August 30 Vlad suddenly passed away from a brain aneurysm at age of 45. He had so much energy and passion to innovate and create new things that nobody has tried before. He had great plans for 3Tera, and its team.

Vlad, we promise not to let you down. We'll make 3Tera the success you've envisioned.