With more than three decades of experience in the design, development and implementation of enterprise technology in the financial, manufacturing, retail, software and travel sectors, Jacob Gluz oversees strategic business development and overall project management for FDS. Educated in Russia with MS degrees in computer science and applied mathematics from Moscow State University, Mr. Gluz arrived in the United States in 1978 and worked as a software consultant in several firms before launching his own consulting firm, which would later become Fourth Dimension Software (FDS). With no outside investment capital, he grew the company into a successful software development company specializing initially in enterprise applications and development tools for the Tandem/NonStop computing platform and eventually in travel industry solutions and CONTOUR. With his combined experience in software development and management as president and CEO of FDS, Mr. Gluz qualified as a finalist for the 1992 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Mr. Pavolotsky has been responsible for the day-to-day financial, administrative and business development operations of FDS since he joined the company in 1987. With nearly three decades of experience in business administration and management, marketing and sales, Mr. Pavolotsky has developed product marketing strategies, directed domestic and international marketing programs, and established and managed global business relationships with strategic business partners. Mr. Pavolotsky was educated in Russia, where he earned a Masters of Science degree from Leningrad University, and the United States, studying business administration at the University of California at Berkeley.