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This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Internet of Things space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Dev Patel
Director of Strategic Growth of Infobip
Dev Patel has been serving as Director of Strategic Growth at Infobip since January 2019.
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About Infobip: Infobip specializes in omnichannel engagement powering a range of messaging channels, tools, and solutions for advanced customer engagement.
George Bonaci
Director of Growth Marketing & Campaigns of Samsara
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About Quartzy, Samsara: Samsara helps businesses in harnessing IoT data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations.
Mark Sherman
Managing Director of Telstra Ventures
Mark joined Telstra Ventures as a Managing Director in 2012. Previously, he was a General Partner at Hidden Lion Partners, an emerging growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled services. Previously, he was a General Partner at Battery Ventures where he led the firm’s enterprise IT and India investment practices with investments in Coupa, Mformation, Neoteris, and Tejas. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Robertson Stephens & Company, where he ran its software investment banking practice working with companies such as BEA, HNC, Informatica, JD Edwards, Quest, and Siebel. Mark received his MBA from Harvard Business School and BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Telstra Ventures: Telstra Ventures invests in technology companies and offers synergy revenues to its portfolio companies.
Ryan Bell
Marketing Director at Comcast SportsTech of Boomtown Accelerators
Ryan A Bell is recipient of the Presidential Award for his volunteer work with Special Olympics and the youth in Oakland. He is a writer for The Good Men Project and a branding/marketing specialist for companies of all sizes. He also happens to be the most connected man on Periscope.
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About Boomtown Accelerators: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Jose Vieitez
Co-Founder, Director and Portfolio Manager of Boomtown Accelerators
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About Boomtown Accelerators, The Farm Atlanta: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Greg Lind
Director of Platform of Transparent Path spc
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About Buildly, Transparent Path spc: Real-time, end-to-end visibility for perishables — using IoT sensors, blockchain security, and predictive AI.
Brian Lohse
Senior Director, Commercial Platforms of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com, Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Colin Ulen
Senior Director Of Engineering of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Romain Serman
Executive Director Bpifrance USA of Bpifrance
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About Bpifrance: Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity.
Raju Panjwani
Member of Board of Directors of Cemtrex
Raju is an accomplished executive with over 35 years of experience, including 20 years on Wall Street, and 20 years as an entrepreneur and business builder. Raju was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley, where he spent 18 years in several senior roles in risk management, audit, strategy and being the Chief Operating Officer and Country Head for the Firm’s India office. Since leaving Morgan Stanley in 2005, Raju has considerable experience in emerging Asian markets, with a reputation built on focused execution, high integrity and strong relationships. He has excellent connectivity in US and India with a proven track record in negotiating complex joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raises, particularly within the technology sector. Raju is a CPA in New York State and spent several years with Price Waterhouse and other accounting firms prior to joining Morgan Stanley.
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About : Cemtrex drives innovation in many sectors, including smart tech, VR & AR, advanced electronic systems, and intelligent security systems.
Paul Bernard
Director of Amazon Alexa Fund
Paul Bernard is the Director, Worldwide Corporate Development – Alexa Fund Lead at Amazon.
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About Amazon, Amazon Alexa Fund: Amazon’s venture capital fund investing in artificial intelligence, frontier tech, voice, robotics, and digital health.
Charles Prober
CEO, Board of Directors of Tile
Charles “CJ” Prober is CEO of Tile. He is an entrepreneurial leader who has a broad mix of operational, strategic and transactional experience with a strong track record of success over the past 20 years. I have a passion for building and operating consumer experiences that are at the cutting edge of hardware, media and technology.
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About Tile: Tile creates devices connected to a mobile app, helping users locate their personal items.
Robert Jadon
Co-Founder & Director of Startup UCLA Accelerator
Robert is a technology investor and entrepreneur in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, with experience founding and scaling businesses, along with multiple, successful exits. Robert’s passion is working with great entrepreneurs and product developers, adding value both as an investor and an operator. Prior to joining Altpoint and leading it’s LA office, Robert co-founded ScaleFunder, the leading crowdfunding and online giving SaaS platform in higher education. ScaleFunder has helped numerous nonprofit institutions raise tens of millions of dollars through the platform, in addition to acquiring new donors and retaining existing ones. ScaleFunder was successfully acquired by Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a leader in the nonprofit fundraising and enrollment space. Robert’s first company, Micro Memory, was a leader in the signal processing and storage networking markets. . Split primarily between storage and mil-aero verticals, the company’s customers included EMC, Network Appliance, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and many others. Micro Memory was acquired by Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). Robert has also worked with early stage companies for many years. Robert co-founded the Startup UCLA entrepreneurship and accelerator program at UCLA. The first of it’s kind in Los Angeles, the Startup UCLA program took best practices from the private sector, and applied them to UCLA students and alumni. The summer accelerator has spawned numerous companies, and has been the basis for best-practices at universities across the country and internationally. Robert has been an angel investor for many years, helping entrepreneurs with product and fundraising from the earliest stages. He formed the Dauntless Fund to focus on investments in consumer-facing startups. Robert is also an investor in and advisor to the Amplify.LA startup accelerator in Venice, Calif, and a former member of the Tech Coast Angels. Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UCLA.
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About NeuralX, Presence.Fit, Startup UCLA Accelerator: Startup UCLA Accelerator provides a workspace, guidance, legal services, and mentors to early-stage companies.
Ben Gillette
Director of Operations of LifeFuels
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About LifeFuels: LifeFuels is changing the way consumers approach hydration and nutrition by empowering them to create personalized beverages on the go.
Yaniv Kopelman
Networking CTO, Sr. Director of Marvell
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Todd Daniels
Managing Director and General Partner of Leawood Venture Capital
Todd Daniels is the Managing Director and General Partner at Leawood Venture Capital. He is an experienced CFO for both publicly traded and private companies with over 25 years’ experience managing financial and administrative operations at multiple technology businesses. Most recently, CFO of Pivot International, an electronic design and manufacturing organization operating ten facilities in six countries on three continents. Previously CFO of Elecsys Corporation (NASDAQ: ESYS), Manager of Corporate Reporting at Epiq Systems (NASDAQ: EPIQ), and various financial management roles at Honeywell Aerospace, KPMG, and Deloitte. A native of Kansas City and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About Leawood Venture Capital: Investing in Disruptive Early-Stage Technology Companies Nationwide
Konstantin Guericke
Member of the Board of Directors of StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
Konstantin Guericke is a Partner at Earlybird. He is based in Silicon Valley. Konstantin is Co – Founder of LinkedIn, where he has led marketing activities from launch to first six million members and profitability as Vice President of Marketing. Previously, he has been CEO of jaxtr (social communications start-up, over ten million registered users, purchased by SabSe Technologies). Konstantin has long-time entrepreneurial experience as founder of successful startups and he has helped established companies towards increased growth. Currently, he is Board member of several startups and Mentor of student entrepreneurs at Stanford University. Konstantin holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Dan Ha
Co-Founder, Sr. Managing Director of StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
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About StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund): StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Austin Noronha
Managing Director of Sony Innovation Fund
Austin Noronha is Managing Director of the Sony Innovation Fund which makes early stage investments using Sony’s balance sheet. In this role, he and his team are dedicated to investing in and engaging with promising early-stage companies. He is also Managing Director of Innovation Growth Ventures, a joint venture between Daiwa Securities and Sony that invests in later stage companies. Austin joined Sony in 2001 as Director of Strategic Investments. Prior to joining Sony, Austin was founder and CEO of TrueScope Technologies, an immersive video product and services start-up. He has spent over 25 years in Silicon Valley at both large multinational corporations and start-ups. Austin holds a master’s degree from Michigan Technological University, and a bachelor’s degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.
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About Innovation Growth Ventures, Sony, Sony Innovation Fund: Sony Innovation fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony that invests and engages in early-stage companies.
Ludovic Copéré
Senior Director, Sony Innovation Fund of Sony Innovation Fund
Investor at Sony Innovation Fund (Sony’s Corporate Ventures fund). Notably actively investing in FinTech/InsurTech, Drones, Industrial, Mobility, AgTech and FoodTech sectors
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About Sony, Sony Innovation Fund: Sony Innovation fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony that invests and engages in early-stage companies.
Konrad Augustin
Investment Director and Head of ECI US of Future Energy Ventures
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About Future Energy Ventures: Future Energy Ventures is a Venture capital and collaboration platform that brings together corporate partners and start-ups.
Gunthar Hartwig
Director of User Experience of DroneDeploy
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About DroneDeploy: DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done.
Fernando Oliveira
Senior Director, Sales & Partnerships of Canonical
Fernando Oliveira is a Tech Entrepreneur with Global experience in U.S., Latin America and Emerging Markets He has developed new businesses in Cloud Computing, Networking and Data Center space. Actually, He is based on Silicon Valley in charge Sales & Partnership @ Canonical and Board Advisor @ BWGStrategy. Previously, Fernando Oliveira was Head of Cloud and Internet of Things Strategy at Cisco, also led various sales positions in his previous career at Cisco He is very passionate about change, innovation and start-ups which he has been very engaged with ventures in areas such as Cloud, OpenStack, SDN, Application Container, Object Storage and PaaS
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About BWG Strategy, Canonical: Canonical is a computer software company that markets commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects.
Michael Proman
Managing Director of Scrum Ventures
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About Fancam, Scrum Ventures: Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that helps startups and corporations innovate together.
Lennon Acosta
Senior Director, Software Engineering of Tive
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About Tive: Tive develops a hardware and software platform designed to track the conditions of shipments.
Jim Waters
Director, Global Marketing of Tive
VP of Marketing of TagHawk. NEU Alumni. Serial Entrepreneur. A marketing veteran with more than 30 years of experience.
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About TagHawk, Tive: Tive develops a hardware and software platform designed to track the conditions of shipments.
Nicole Staudinger
Director of Marketing of Social Starts
Nicole Staudinger is the Director of Marketing of Joyance Partners.
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About Go Out For Good, Social Starts, Social Starts: Social Starts is a venture capital partnership that focuses on the emerging science of individual health.
Joseph Lampen
Finance Director of Wakestream Ventures
Joseph Lampen joined Wakestream Ventures as Finance Director in 2016.
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About Start Garden, Wakestream Ventures: Wakestream Ventures is an early stage fund that backs founders working with physical products converging with the internet.
Christopher Kryzan
Founder & Managing Director of Brilliant Things
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About Brilliant Things: Marketing & Product Strategy for the Internet of Things
Michael Raftery
Senior Director of Manufacturing and Quality of Breathometer
Mike has over 20 years’ experience in engineering and management. His roles have spanned a variety of areas including engineering, quality, operations, product development, and customer support.
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About Breathometer: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Curt Schacker
Vice President & Managing Director, Connected Products of EVRYTHNG
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About EVRYTHNG: EVRYTHNG develops an IoT platform for consumer product brands, articulating data with real-time insights for billions of things.
Curt Schacker
Vice President & Managing Director, Connected Products of EVRYTHNG
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About EVRYTHNG: EVRYTHNG develops an IoT platform for consumer product brands, articulating data with real-time insights for billions of things.
William Hart
Sr. Director of Product and General Manager of Particle
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About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
Rob Aitken
Fellow & Director of Technology of Arm Holdings
Rob Aitken is an Arm Fellow responsible for technology direction at Arm Research. He works on a variety of topics including distributed systems, low power design, technology roadmapping, and next generation memories. He has worked on more than 15 Moore’s law nodes and has published over 80 technical papers. Rob joined Arm as part of its acquisition of Artisan Components in 2004. Prior to Artisan, he worked at Agilent and HP. He holds a Ph.D. from McGill University in Canada. Rob is an IEEE Fellow and serves on a number of conference and workshop committees.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Chowdary Yanamadala
Senior Director, Business Development of Arm Holdings
Chowdary is currently responsible for advancing the silicon security solutions within Arm. Prior to Arm, he served as CTO and SVP of ChaoLogix(acquired by Arm). He previously served as a business director at Maxim Integrated, where he was responsible for leading and advancing the Embedded Security BU. Chowdary also serves as an advisor for three startups in IoT, data analytics & clean energy.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Stefan Rosinger
Senior Director of Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Ian bratt
Senior Director of Technology of Arm Holdings
Ian Bratt is a Distinguished Engineer at Arm, where he leads the Machine Learning Technology group within the ML business unit. Recently, Ian’s team defined the architecture for Arm’s family of NPUs and has been responsible for multiple ML related improvements to the Arm IP roadmap. Before working in machine learning, Ian worked as an architect on several generations of Arm Mali GPUs, during a high-growth period which culminated in Arm partners shipping over 1B Mali GPUs in 2016. Prior to Arm, Ian worked at the pioneering multicore startup, Tilera. Ian has worked on CPUs, GPUs, memory systems and SoC architecture. He holds an S.M. from MIT and has 23 granted US patents.
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About Arm Holdings, Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Philip Lewer
Director of Solutions Marketing, IoT Services Group of Arm Holdings
Philip Lewer is Director of Strategy in Arm’s IoT Services Group. He’s currently working with partners on ways to reduce onboarding friction and management complexity of IoT devices and their data driven services via Arm’s Pelion platform. Prior to this role, he worked on Arm’s connectivity strategy which led to the acquisition and integration of Stream Technologies. He’s held a variety of roles in technology spanning software, systems and semiconductors. The common theme that unites these experiences is a passion for driving collaboration among partners to solve future use cases – strategy coupled with advanced market development. He has an MBA from Bentley University, MSEE from Northeastern University and BEEE from Stony Brook University.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Charles Dittmer
Director – Solutions Marketing -Machine Learning of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Jeff Defilippi
Director of Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Mohit Kedia
Executive Director of Arm Holdings
Mohit Kedia is a staff product manager at Arm’s IoT Services group. Based in Austin, Mohit is focused on making IoT products a reality using Pelion Device Management, industry leading IoT SaaS product and Mbed OS, the most advanced open source IoT operating system platform in the world. Prior to this, Mohit held variety of roles in product management and solutions architecture at AMD and NXP leading hardware, software and silicon products for Internet of Things and emerging embedded markets. Mohit holds MBA from University of Texas at Austin and Graduate degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Texas A&M University.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Brent Gorda
Sr. Director for HPC business of Arm Holdings
Brent Gorda is the General Manager for Intel’s High Performance Data Division and recently served on the advisory board for the SC conference series (previously Supercomputing). He is a technically savvy entrepreneur with several successful projects in his past. The most recent being Whamcloud, a storage-focused software startup he initiated, and sold to Intel one business day before the second anniversary. Brent brings more than 25 years of technology implementation and leadership experience to the challenges of high technology solutions to meet today’s business needs. His previous successes in technical & executive leadership roles range across new business models on the Internet, new hardware architectures for HPC and software solutions up and down the stack. He participated in the shift from vector to parallel computing in the early 90’s. In the mid-90’s he worked on the first Java compiler shipped by Sun Microsystems and in the 2000’s held the contract for the IBM BlueGene architecture deployed worldwide. Brent has a keen interest in new business opportunities driven with technology including big compute and data workloads such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Mr. Gorda has numerous successes specifically in managing very strong technical teams in resource constrained environments. He creates an environment wherein team members are able to reach well beyond their comfort zones to realize the impossible. The positive, reinforcing environment always results in high-performance teams that exceed their targets, enjoy their work and are happy. The retention rates speak to the success of Brent’s management style. Brent holds a BSc. in Computing Sciences from the University of Alberta and has PhD studies in Computing Sciences at the University of California at Davis.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Ashwin Matta
Director, Product Management of Arm Holdings
Ashwin has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in various engineering leadership and product management roles. Ashwin is an expert at memory and IO subsystems, having designed high-performance DDR and PCIe controllers earlier in his career, and has kept abreast with industry trends and technological evolutions in this space. In his current position at Arm as Director of IP Product Management, Ashwin is focused on driving strategy and overall product direction for IP solutions targeting the Cloud/Edge Server and High-Performance Computing (HPC) markets. His education background includes an MS in ECE from Vanderbilt University, B-Tech EE from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and certification in Strategic Decision Making from Stanford University.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Ian Forsyth
Director of Product Marketing of Arm Holdings
Ian Forsyth is director of advanced technology marketing for high performance computing at Arm. Ian is responsible for working with Arm’s network of partners with a focus on system performance for machine learning, computer vision, automotive, 5G connectivity and data centers. Before joining Arm in 2010 as a senior product manager, Ian worked as a consultant and owner in several start-ups. He has extensive experience in semiconductors, from microcontrollers to microprocessors, gained from a variety of R&QA, test, design, applications engineering, marketing and management roles at Motorola and Freescale. Ian holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of the West of Scotland.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Brian Jeff
Sr. Director, Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Aniruddha Deodhar
Director, Strategic Market Development, Machine Learning of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Robert Day
Director, Automotive Solutions & Platforms of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Jason Andrewsc
Solutions Director of Arm Holdings
Jason Andrews is a Solutions Director in the software tools group at Arm. He helps Arm partners in the areas of IP selection, system architecture, software development, and performance analysis. He has also worked in various Electronic Design Automation companies and is a recognized industry expert in Arm virtual platform simulation.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Jason Andrewsc
Solutions Director of Arm Holdings
Jason Andrews is a Solutions Director in the software tools group at Arm. He helps Arm partners in the areas of IP selection, system architecture, software development, and performance analysis. He has also worked in various Electronic Design Automation companies and is a recognized industry expert in Arm virtual platform simulation.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Raymond Liao
Managing Director & Vice President of Samsung NEXT
Raymond Liao is a Managing Director at Samsung NEXT Ventures, with a special focus on Security, Big Data, Cloud, and AI. Previously Raymond was the founding CTO of Siemens Industrial Communications business in Germany. He started as an innovator at Siemens Berkeley to commercializing his PhD into a startup but failed post dot-com bubble, then as a spin-in and grew into the market-leading industrial WLAN business
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About Samsung Electronics, Samsung NEXT: Samsung NEXT invests in transformative early-stage software and services startups.
Gus Warren
Managing Director of Samsung NEXT
Gus Warren is the Managing Director of Samsung NEXT Ventures. He is also Venture Partner at FirstMark Capital and the COO and Co-Founder and Advisor of Disconnect. Gus was previously the SVP and General Manager of Spot Runner, an Executive Director of Time Warner Ventures, and a Principal at Granite Ventures. Gus has over 15 years of operating and investing experience in technology companies. Mr. Warren graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of arts in Government.
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About Bindle Systems, Disconnect, Samsung NEXT: Samsung NEXT invests in transformative early-stage software and services startups.
Brendon Kim
Vice President & Managing Director of Samsung NEXT
VP and Managing Director of Samsung NEXT Ventures, Brendon Kim has been investing in early stage startup companies for over 20 years. He is currently a Vice President/Managing Director of Samsung NEXT Ventures. The Ventures team invests in compelling early stage software and services startups, bringing the power of the Samsung platform to accelerate their growth. Prior to joining Samsung, Brendon was a co-founding general partner of Altos Ventures where he was a lead investor and board member in numerous early-stage software and services companies. Before co-founding Altos Ventures, he was a strategy and management consultant in the media, consumer and technology industries. Brendon received his MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and his BA from Princeton University.
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About Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Samsung NEXT: Samsung NEXT invests in transformative early-stage software and services startups.
Non-Executive Director of Device Authority
George Samenuk is an investor specializing in technology Companies particularly in the software space. He formerly served as the Chairman and CEO of McAfee (NYSE: MFE), the world’s largest dedicated security leader. During George’s tenure at McAfee the stock price increased from $3 to $30 and the market capitalization grew from $500 Million to more than $5 Billion. Prior to McAfee George was the CEO of TradeOut.com, an independent, business-to-business Internet marketplace initiated to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers of excess inventory. Tradeout.com was owned by eBay and GE. George started his career at IBM. During his 22-year worldwide career at IBM he held a variety of Executive Positions in Sales, Marketing and Services. He was one of the original Executives in ISSC which was later was renamed IBM Global Services. During his tenure, George lived in Singapore where he managed 17 South Asia countries including India. George’s last position was General Manager of the Americas where he was responsible for IBM’s $45 Billion business across the USA, Canada and Latin America. George has served on the Boards of McAfee.com (sold to McAfee for $233 Million), Symbol Technologies (sold to Motorola for $3.9 Billion) and other privately-held companies. George is a graduate of Brown University where he received his undergraduate degree in Political Science.
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About : Device Authority is a global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain.
Jasen Balmat
Director of Moderation of OkCupid
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About OkCupid: OkCupid is an online dating website that uses quizzes and multiple-choice questions to find a match for the user.
Elizabeth Rose
Director of Marketing of Analytics Ventures
Elizabeth Rose is the VP of Marketing at Standards Hub.
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About 3MF Consortium, Analytics Ventures, Dynam.AI, Kazuhm, Open Mobile Alliance, Standards Hub: Analytics Ventures is a venture studio fund providing front-to-end infrastructure to ideate, form, launch, and fund new companies in AI
Wayne Dixon
Director, OT/ICS Systems Engineering of ForeScout Technologies
Wayne Dixon serves as director of systems engineering at ForeScout Technologies.
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About ForeScout Technologies: ForeScout Technologies provides enterprises and government agencies with agentless visibility and control of devices.
Bill Fienup
Co-Founder and Director of Innovation Services of mHUB
Bill Fienup, director of innovation services and co-founder, is an entrepreneur focused on delivering new product innovation to clients seeking better solutions. With experience ranges from researching fusion energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory to designing toys for Hasbro, Bill began his career as a product development consultant for IDEO and Insight Product Development. After 7 years of innovation consulting, Bill became an entrepreneur and launched several product base businesses. After experiencing several challenges launching hardware startups, Bill founded Catalyze Chicago to provide entrepreneurs with the tools, resources, mentorship, and manufacturing networsk needed to successfully develop products and launch new business. Bill holds 12 patents — including 3d printing alignment, bandage dispenser, biopsy needle and a NERF Atom Blaster™ with more pending. Bill’s reputation as a thought leader extends beyond Chicago. He was named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 in 2018 and featured in Newcity’s Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2019. In addition to being a repeat visitor to the White House for topics ranging from international trade to the maker movement, Bill has appeared on national television with his inventions. Bill has both a Master and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About mHUB: mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Scott Wilson
Board Of Directors of mHUB
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About : mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Ker Zhang
Director of Ambiq Micro
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Gregory Rossmann
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Thomas Waechter
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Thomas Waechter has served as one of our directors since December 2014. From January 2009 to August 2015,Waechter served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of JDS Uniphase Corp. (now Viavi Solutions Inc.), a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products. He previously served as Executive Vice President and President of the Communications Test & Measurement Group of JDS Uniphase Corp. From 2007 until becoming Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that,Waechter held a wide variety of executive positions, including Chief Operating Officer at Harris Stratex Networks (now Aviat Networks, Inc.), President and Chief Executive Officer at Stratex Networks, President and Chief Executive Officer at REMEC Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrian Corporation. Additionally, he held a number of global executive-level positions during his 14-year career with Schlumberger Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Grady Summers
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Grady Summers has served as one of our directors since January 2016.Summers is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of FireEye, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive cybersecurity solutions for detecting, preventing and resolving advanced cyber-attacks, where he oversees the global CTO team that supports R&D and product engineering. He joined FireEye through its acquisition of Mandiant in 2014. At Mandiant,Summers served as the Vice President of Strategic Solutions and led the company’s strategic consulting and customer success divisions. Prior to Mandiant, from 2010 to 2012,Summers was a principal at Ernst & Young, responsible for the firm’s information security program management practice. Before E&Y, from 1999 to 2010, he held various roles at General Electric, most recently as the Chief Information Security Officer overseeing a large global information security organization. Summers holds an MBA from Columbia University and a B.S. in computer systems from Grove City College in Pennsylvania.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Ralph Faison
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Ralph Faison has served as one of our directors since August 2003.Faison currently is a private investor.Faison served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Pulse Electronics Corporation, a public company and manufacturer of electronic components, from January 2011 to July 2014, including Chairman of the Board Directors from March 2011 to July 2014. From February 2003 to December 2007,Faison served as Chief Executive Officer of Andrew Corporation, a public company and a manufacturer of communications equipment and systems, and from June 2002 to December 2007,Faison also served as President and a director of Andrew Corporation. From June 2002 to February 2003,Faison served as Chief Operating Officer of Andrew Corporation. From June 2001 to June 2002, Faison served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Celiant Corporation, a manufacturer of power amplifiers and wireless radio frequency systems, which was acquired by Andrew Corporation in June 2002. From October 1997 to June 2001,Faison was Vice President of the New Ventures Group at Lucent Technologies, a communications service provider, and from 1995 to 1997, he was Vice President of advertising and brand management at Lucent Technologies. Prior to joining Lucent,Faison held various positions at AT&T, a voice and data communications company, including as Vice President and General Manager of AT&T’s wireless business unit and manufacturing Vice President for its consumer products unit in Bangkok, Thailand. Faison received a B.A. degree in Marketing from Georgia State University and an M.S. degree in Management as a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Barbara Scherer
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Barbara Scherer has served as one of our directors since August 2011.Scherer currently is a private investor.Scherer was Senior Vice President, finance and administration and chief financial officer of Plantronics, Inc., a global leader in audio communication devices for businesses and consumers, from 1998 to 2012. In this position, she was responsible for all aspects of the company’s financial management, as well as information technology, legal and investor relations. She was Vice President, finance and administration and chief financial officer of Plantronics from 1997 to 1998. Prior to Plantronics, Scherer held various executive management positions spanning eleven years in the disk drive industry, was an associate with The Boston Consulting Group, and was a member of the corporate finance team at ARCO in Los Angeles. From 2004 through 2010,She served as a director of Keithley Instruments, Inc., a publicly traded test and measurement company, until its acquisition by Danaher Corporation. Effective April 2013,Scherer was appointed to the Board of Directors of ANSYS, Inc., a publicly traded engineering simulation software and services company. She also has experience serving on the boards of non-profit organizations.Scherer received B.A. degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her M.B.A. from the School of Management at Yale University.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Julie Shimer
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Julie Shimer, Ph.D. has served as one of our directors since March 2007.Shimer currently is a private investor.Shimer was the immediate past president and Chief Executive Officer of Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, from March 2007 to April 2012. Prior to Welch Allyn,Shimer served as president and Chief Executive Officer of Vocera Communications, a provider of wireless communications systems enabling instant voice communication among mobile workers for companies, from September 2001 through February 2007.Shimer also previously held executive positions at 3Com Corporation from January 2000 through August 2001, most recently serving as vice president and general manager of its networking products. Before joining 3Com, she held executive positions at Motorola, Inc., a wireless and broadband communications company, from 1993 through 1999, where she was vice president and general manager for the paging division, and prior to that post, vice president of its semiconductor products section.Shimer worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bethlehem Steel Company before joining Motorola. Shimer is Chairman of the Board of Directors of EarthLink Holdings Corp. and a member of the Board of Directors of Halyard Health, Inc.Shimer is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.Shimer holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Timothy Godwin
Member of the Board of Directors of NETGEAR
Timothy Godwin has served as one of our directors since August 2003.Godwin currently is a private investor. From July 1989 to January 1997,Godwin worked at Tech Data Corporation, an information technology products distributor, in various capacities including serving as a member of its Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, focusing on worldwide finance and administration, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance. From 1974 to June 1989,Godwin was employed by Price Waterhouse (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), most recently as an audit partner from July 1987 to June 1989. Godwin is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida.
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About : Netgear designs, develops, and markets networking products for home users and small businesses worldwide.
Jeff Peters
Director, Global Business Development of Esri
Jeffrey Peters currently serves as Director of Global National Government Sector for Esri, playing a key role in strategic planning and corporate leadership. He has been a member of Esri’s Advisory Board of Directors for 15 years. Jeffrey has a BS degree in political science from the University of Montana and an MBA from the University of Redlands. He is a current member of the Board of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and a former member of the Board of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council. Jeffrey has 25 years’ experience spanning information technology, business development, strategic planning, and corporate leadership in the software industry. Leading Esri’s largest Global Sector Jeffrey works closely with various department heads and agencies throughout the US federal government and their global partners. He is also responsible for Esri’s programs for NGOs and Nonprofits. He a skilled business professional and technologist. Helping to set Esri’s vision and strategy for geospatial technologies and solutions.
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About Esri, Esri, Esri, Esri: Esri is the global market leader in GIS, pioneering problem solving to help you see what others can’t. We build ArcGIS.
James Hitchcock
CCO / Director of Esri
James Hitchcock is the CCO and Director of Esri.
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About Esri, The Wall Street Journal: Esri is the global market leader in GIS, pioneering problem solving to help you see what others can’t. We build ArcGIS.
Bill Meehan
Director, Utility Solutions of Esri
Bill Meehan, P.E. heads the worldwide electric and gas utility marketing practice for Esri, the world’s largest GIS software company. He is the author of four books: GIS for Enhanced Electric Utility Performance, Modeling Electric Distribution with GIS,Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with GIS and Power System Analysis by Digital Computer. He has also authored numerous papers and articles. He has lectured extensively and taught courses at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts. Bill holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and an M.S. in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining Esri, Bill was the vice president of electric operations for a major electric and gas utility. Bill is a registered engineer in the United States.
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About Esri: Esri is the global market leader in GIS, pioneering problem solving to help you see what others can’t. We build ArcGIS.
Bill Meehan
Director, Utility Solutions of Esri
Bill Meehan, P.E. heads the worldwide electric and gas utility marketing practice for Esri, the world’s largest GIS software company. He is the author of four books: GIS for Enhanced Electric Utility Performance, Modeling Electric Distribution with GIS,Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with GIS and Power System Analysis by Digital Computer. He has also authored numerous papers and articles. He has lectured extensively and taught courses at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts. Bill holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and an M.S. in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining Esri, Bill was the vice president of electric operations for a major electric and gas utility. Bill is a registered engineer in the United States.
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About Esri: Esri is the global market leader in GIS, pioneering problem solving to help you see what others can’t. We build ArcGIS.
Stef Kondik
Director of Software Engineering of Mason
Stef created the CyanogenMod project in 2009 to satisfy his need to take things apart. A software industry and open-source veteran of 16 years, Steve has worked in many areas of technology including bioinformatics, Internet services, and mobile. Before starting the company, he led a research and development team at Samsung Mobile.
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About Mason: Smarter from start to finish with Mason.™
Oshri Kaplan
Investment Director of Munich Re Ventures
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About Munich Re Ventures: Munich Re Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of Munich Re.
Jacqueline LeSage Krause
Managing Director of Munich Re Ventures
Jacqueline LeSage Krause is the founder and Managing Director of Munich Re Ventures. Jacqueline has 20+ years of experience creating the future in companies large and small. Most recently, she led the Innovation Management practice at Jump Associates, a 15 year old boutique growth strategy & innovation consulting firm. Prior to that, as VP of Innovation & Corporate Venture Capital at The Hartford, she founded the team that invested in start-ups and incubated new businesses, including launching The Hartford’s first vehicle telematics offerings for consumers and commercial fleets and IoT efforts in the cold chain and other B2B areas. In 2011, her team received Global Corporate Venturing’s award for Best Practices in Financial Services for their unique approach to combining investing and incubation. Jacqueline is an inventor on a number of patents related to new technologies and business models in insurance. She previously served on the advisory board for the National Venture Capital Association’s Corporate Venture Group.
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About Munich Re Ventures: Munich Re Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of Munich Re.
Matt McElhattan
Investment Director of Munich Re Ventures
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About Munich Re Ventures: Munich Re Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of Munich Re.
Michael Daugherty
Member of Board of Directors of NETSHIELD
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About : NETSHIELD is a breach prevention company that offers intranet breach prevention appliances and advanced mobile and IoT security.
Arsen Harutyunyan
Board Member, Director of Aquicore
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About : Aquicore is an information technology company that offers a cloud-based software designed for asset operations platform for the CRE sector.
Raj Khanna
Member of the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks
An accomplished industry leader with a successful track record in corporate finance, internal controls, and business strategy, Khanna joined our Board in December of 2014. He most recently served as vice president of corporate audit for Qualcomm, Inc. Khanna’s thirty plus years of experience spans leading high technology companies including Qualcomm, Sun Microsystems, and Xerox. Throughout his career, As chairman of the Audit Committee, Khanna has been instrumental in leading finance and internal audit teams, including the establishment of financial controls and processes, delivering financial investment and M&A guidance, and providing strategy and direction to business model changes.
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About : Extreme Networks delivers the best wired/wireless networking experience for your staff, customers, and users.
Dan Estes
Exec. Director – Cox Business Engineering of Cox Communications
Dan Estes is a 30 plus year telecommunications executive with extensive experience ranging from engineering to operations. He has served as the technology director for Cox Business since 2009 where under his leadership, the company grew from a $400M line of business to a more than $2B revenue stream today. Dan’s current responsibilities include overseeing Cox Business’ Sales Engineering team, directing a rapid response RFP team, and supporting the enterprise level custom design team. As well, he has responsibility for Cox Business’ Type II Order Management teams. Dan is a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Alabama and has received numerous awards for innovation. He holds four patents spanning technologies from dense wave division multiplexing to test networks for voice services.
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About Cox Communications: Cox Communications operates as a multiservice broadband communications company in the United States.
David Burns
Sr. Director – Data Center Network Engineering, Security, Automation, and Operations of Cox Communications
Dave Burns has in-depth knowledge of routing and switching technologies, network security, data center, cloud, and mobility. Dave Burns is currently a Senior Director, Data Center Network & Security Engineering and Operations at Cox Communications, Inc. focused on driving architectures, engineering and security operations, as well as automation and execution for Cox IT and SP Data Center Services. Prior to joining Cox, Dave led various Engineering and Architecture teams at QTS Data Centers, Cisco Systems, Inc. both in the US and internationally focused on Service Providers and Enterprise IT. Dave holds various sales, industry and technical certifications, including CISSP, CCNP Security (formerly CCSP), CCDP, ITIL, and multiple associate-level certifications. Dave is also a published author on Intrusion Prevention and Detection, and actively a technical reviewer for multiple published certification and technology titles in circulation today.
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About Cox Communications: Cox Communications operates as a multiservice broadband communications company in the United States.
Tee Harton
Sr. Director, RF Engineering of Cox Communications
Thomas (Tee) Harton is Senior Director of Outside Plant Engineering and Architecture in Cox Communications’ Outside Plant Department. Tee has almost 30 years of cable industry experience and leads the OSP Engineering & Architecture Team in Atlanta. He provides strategic planning and design support for RF and FTTH solutions with a focus on the HFC/Access network; collaborates with boundary partners to establish network standards and specifications; develops a strategic HFC/Access network plan; and refines network performance metrics. Prior to coming to Cox, Tee spent more than 20 years in the HFC RF equipment vendor space, working for prominent technology companies like Scientific Atlanta, Antec, ADC and others. Since the beginning of his career, Tee’s focus has been on making HFC Networks more efficient and effective.
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About Cox Communications: Cox Communications operates as a multiservice broadband communications company in the United States.
Sanjay Jalona
Founder, CEO & Managing Director of L&T Infotech
Sanjay Jalona is the CEO and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro Infotech(LTI). Sanjay joined the company in 2015, and has since led a rapid and comprehensive transformation of LTI into a leading technology consulting and digital solutions company, partnering with some of the most prestigious global enterprises. Sanjay has guided the company through one of the sector’s most successful IPOs in a decade and a rebranding effort that positioned LTI as a leader in the convergence of digital and physical world. Under Sanjay’s leadership, LTI surpassed USD 1 Billion in revenue, and has built a resilient portfolio with consistent growth and profitability. In addition to fast organic growth, the company also developed a strategic acquisition growth strategy to expand the breadth and depth of its services. Key acquisitions under his leadership include – Luxembourg-based Syncordis S.A., a leading core banking implementation services provider; and AugmentIQ Data Sciences Pvt. Ltd., an innovative start-up offering IP-based, big data and analytics solutions. Sanjay’s 25-year career has been marked with effective leadership, and implementation of change strategies that accelerate growth and transform large businesses. Prior to joining LTI, he was the Executive Vice President and Global Head of High-Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering Services business at Infosys. During his 15 years at Infosys, he held several leadership positions across industries such as Banking, Financial Services, and Retail & CPG, in USA, Europe and India. Prior to Infosys, he held leadership roles at Gemplus and Wipro. For his accomplishments, Businessworld magazine selected him as the ‘Exemplary CEO of the Year’ in 2017. Sanjay is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. He holds a degree in Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.
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About L&T Infotech, Larsen & Toubro Limited: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Sameer Joshi
Sr. Director, IoT of L&T Infotech
Sameer is Sr. Director, IOT at LTI looking after GTM strategy, business development, partner ecosystem, innovation and has overall 22 years of experience. He has held various management and executive positions in IOT area. He holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Mumbai and MBA from UCLA.
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About L&T Infotech: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Michael Blanck
Senior Director, Connected Car of Jasper Technologies
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About Jasper Technologies: Jasper Technologies develops cloud-based platforms.
Andrew Barton
Director of Launch and US Operations of Fleet Space Technologies
Dr. Andrew Barton is an aerospace engineer active in the space technology start-up sector. He is currently the Director of Launch and US Operations for Fleet Space Technologies. Andrew previously worked at the XPRIZE Foundation as director of Technical Operations for the Google Lunar XPRIZE where he was responsible for the implementation of the Milestone Prizes, selecting and managing the panel of independent judges and communicating technical aspects of the prize to the space industry and the general public. Prior to his role at XPRIZE Andrew was involved in the private space industry in Europe as a technology developer, project manager and entrepreneur. Among other roles, he also worked for 4 years as a specialist at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands where he supported the development of space missions, including significant contributions to future lunar and Mars landers as well as the VEGA launch vehicle. Andrew holds a Ph.D and bachelors degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Sydney and a Masters degree in Space Studies from the International Space University.
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About Fleet Space Technologies: Fleet is an agile space company.
Mitchell Klein
Senior Director – Strategic Partnerships of Silicon Labs
Mitchell Klein joined the Z-Wave Alliance in September 2015 with over 30 years of experience as a results-driven leader in the CE and smart home industries. As the director of business development for Universal Remote Control for eight years, Klein was a key member of the senior team that grew URC from a remote control company to a smart home integration system supplier to the CEDIA channel. He transformed the company into a dealer-focused system supplier by developing multi-level strategies for new products and dealer training. The CEO at the award-winning integration firm Media Systems for 14 years, Mitchell also co-founded industry consulting firm StayTuned LLC and launched CEDIA’s certification program, it’s first regional events and media tours as its two-term president. In these positions, he elevated each company by developing unique approaches to drive sales, launch products and coordinate teams across departments. Mitchell is a CEDIA Fellow and committee chair and has been a feature columnist for Technology Integrator, Systems Contractor News, and Residential Systems; a blogger on CEPro.com, a guest on AV Nation video podcasts and a speaker at CEDIA, Infocomm, NSCA and CEA. Contributing to his Bachelor of Science in business management with a minor in economics from State University of New York College at Oswego, Mitchell has been recognized with over 22 awards including the 2011, 2012 and 2013 CEPro Quest for Quality Platinum Award Winner for Best Training, the inaugural CEPro Dealer of the year (1996) and the 2003 Dealer of the Year – CEA/TechHome Mark of Excellence Award.
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About CEDIA, Silicon Labs, Z-Wave Alliance: Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
David Shefler
Sr. Director Business Development of Silicon Labs
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About Connex, Silicon Labs: Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
Rob Shane
West Region Sales Director, Americas of Silicon Labs
Rob Shane is the U.S. Service Provider Working Group Chair for Z-Wave Alliance, where Silicon Labs is a principal member. Rob has over 20 years of experience in the electronics industry, with a focus on the smart home, consumer and industrial verticals in the Americas. He currently directs West Coast sales at Silicon Labs
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About Silicon Labs: Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
Kamran Shah
Director of Corporate Marketing of Silicon Labs
Kamran Shah is the Director of Corporate Marketing at Silicon Labs and has over fifteen years of experience across engineering, product management and marketing. Kamran holds 19 patents, is an avid runner with a Marathon best of 2 hours and 58 minutes, and is an active board member of non-profit charities including Green Doors.
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About Silicon Labs: Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
Jonathan Cholak
Managing Director of Adit Ventures
Venture capital investment professional focused on early-stage companies in the financial services, Internet of Things, security and consumer sectors. Bitcoin / Blockchain enthusiast and evangelist.
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About Adit Ventures: Adit Ventures is a venture capital investment firm with over 1250 LPs, $400MM in AUM, 3 offices across the US, and 9 exits.
Kris Adair
Co-Founder & Marketing Director of Mycroft
Kris Adair is an experienced Entrepreneur and elected official. Kris has a strong social media presence and is responsible for leading Mycroft’s marketing effort. She serves as the executive director of the Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship where she helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing a makerspace, co-working environment and datacenter.
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About Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship, Mycroft: Mycroft is a developer of an open source voice assistant platform designed to handle operating systems.
Tobias van Schneider
Creative Director of Memomi
Tobias van Schneider is a German designer. He is building new products as the lead product designer and art director at [Spotify](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spotify) while serving on the AIGA Board of Directors in New York. Prior to that, he was a creative director at [MemoMi](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/memomi) as well as employed at [Red Bull](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/red-bull), [BMW](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bmw), [Google](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google), [Wacom](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wacom-technology-corp), [Sony](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sony), [Toyota](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/toyota), [Ralph Lauren](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ralph-lauren-inc), and Bwin. Schneider’s work has been featured and written about in [.net Magazine](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/net-magazine), Computer Arts, [FastCompany](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fast-company), [Wired](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wired-magazine), [Inc. Magazine](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/inc-magazine), FirstRound Capital, [The Washington Post](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-washington-post-company), [Bloomberg](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bloomberg), [Business Insider](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/business-insider), and many others.
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About Memomi: Memomi is a smart mirror software that transforms the luxury shopping market.
Travis Fischer
Director of Engineering of ChaiOne
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About ChaiOne: Enterprise Mobile Design and Development
KARLEE MYERS
Director of Human Resources of ChaiOne
Karlee Myers is an accomplished Human Resources Executive with 25 years of experience including work in the technology and financial services industries at the regional, national and international levels. She is a collaborative advisor and trusted business partner and has a record of leading significant, enterprise-wide, performance-improving change that transforms corporate goals into reality. As Director of Human Resources, Karlee supports the collaborative and creative culture at ChaiOne that enables people to excel by leveraging the skills and interests of employees and developing an innovative talent framework.
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About ChaiOne: Enterprise Mobile Design and Development
Mazen Haddad
Director of Operations of ChaiOne
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About ChaiOne: Enterprise Mobile Design and Development
Mazen Haddad
Director of Operations of ChaiOne
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About ChaiOne: Enterprise Mobile Design and Development
Rafiq Ahmed
Managing Director of Dipalo Ventures
Startups, products, investments Dipalo Ventures • NextGen Venture Partners, Nameless Ventures, CEO at Demibooks(acquired), Motorola Mobility, Sapient, Pwc • Virginia Tech
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About Dipalo Ventures, gener8tor, NextGen Venture Partners, Techstars Chicago: Early stage connected hardware and hard tech investments in the US Midwest, de-risked via design and engineering focused Residency.
Satoshi Sugie
Representative Director, CEO, and Founder of WHILL
After working at the NISSAN Technical Center, He co-founded the WHILL Project in 2011.World Economic Forum Davas Meeting and a GSC Japan member.
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About WHILL: WHILL designs and creates personal mobility products for indoor and outdoor applications.
Andrew Howard
Senior Director of Sales – North America of Tuya
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About Tuya: Tuya is an IOT solutions provider that helps manufacturers develop their app and bring their product to market and at competitive prices.
Neo Ji
Overseas Sales Director of Tuya
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About Tuya: Tuya is an IOT solutions provider that helps manufacturers develop their app and bring their product to market and at competitive prices.
Jordan Stein
Director of Smart Cities Program of Internet of Things Consortium
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About Internet of Things Consortium, Rhino: Premier IoT trade association connecting a global ecosystem of leading companies building the Internet of Things
Jessica Hyde
Director of Magnet Forensics
Jessica Hyde has experience performing computer and mobile device forensics in both the commercial and government sectors. Jessica has 14 years’ technical experience and holds an MS in Computer Forensics from George Mason University. She is the Director of Forensics for Magnet Forensics (USA) and an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University where she teaches Mobile Forensics.
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About Magnet Forensics: Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of software solutions for digital forensic professionals.
