As a teenager Sasha started an ecommerce business that sold home improvement products on Ebay, being one of the first dealers of luxury bath tubs online. That business evolved into a home improvement product distributor that added advanced manufacturing capabilities for stone products. Sasha lead that business through all sorts of bumps and turns including the great rececession. While leading that business he became deeply involved in the Denver entrepreneurial community.

Sasha is former president of the board of directors of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) of Colorado. EO Colorado provides support to entrepreneurs in the form of learning events and tight knit forums. While serving EO, Sasha travelled across the country speaking to small business owners looking to grow their businesses to over $1mil in sales. Sasha used that experience to segue into angel investing and later professional investing in seed stage startups.

Sasha is passionate about education policy and healthy eating for kids. He is a member of Colorado Succeeds and band member of Veggie Beats (veggie-beats.com) where he stars as the disgruntled fantasy accordion player. In 2015 he co-founded Impact Makers Table, a nonprofit dedicated towards channeling data driven philanthropy.

With a passion in tech and monetary policy Sasha got involved early in Denver's blockchain scene. He is co-organizer of Ethereum Denver and co-founder of Rocky Mountain Blockchain.. He also enjoys teaching his puppy new tricks, running around Sloans lake, and playing basketball.

Sasha is fluent in Russian and studied Mandarin in college. He holds of a Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Colorado at Denver.