Since Andrei Kuznetsov joined Fitech Laboratories, Inc. in 2003, he has been leading the development of Fitech’s middleware product xTier Andrei has more than ten years of experience in developing various mission critical systems and system products. Before joining Fitech, Andrei had worked in various EC projects as the project manager, developing on-line application products and tools, such as eSiteBuilder3.0, CCTool, eAdvertisement, eShop for eProduction AG. Before managing projects for eProduction AG, he had worked for debis Systemhaus GmbH (a DaimlerChrysler Company) developing a large mission critical application for a natural gas distribution system, an enterprise publishing system, etc. Andrei holds a M.S. in System Engineering from Technical Cybernetics Department of St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia.