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Tomas Isaksson - President and CEO |
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Tomas Isaksson brings to Venturi Wireless over 28 years of international telecommunications industry experience. Before joining Venturi, Mr. Isaksson spent 11 years at Vodafone. Most recently, he was chief executive and chairman of the management board of Vodafone Netherlands, a subsidiary of the Vodafone Group. During his tenure at Vodafone, Mr. Isaksson served on the Verizon Wireless board of directors, was chief executive of the Americas Region and chief executive officer of Europolitan Holdings AB, a Swedish mobile operator. Prior to joining Vodafone, Mr. Isaksson had a 16-year career at Ericsson where he held a number of senior leadership positions, including president and chief executive officer of Ericsson Radio Systems Inc. |
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Zohar
Fuchs - Vice President of Sales and Business Development |
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Zohar
Fuchs is responsible for business development and OEM sales
at Venturi Wireless. Zohar brings to Venturi over 10
years of executive management experience in mobile Internet
services and emerging data markets. Prior to joining
Venturi, Zohar served as AVP of Mobile Internet Services at
Comverse where he led product development and drove business
initiatives with mobile operators such as Verizon Wireless,
T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS. Previously at Comverse, Zohar
was AVP of Operations in the Mobile Data Division. Before
Comverse, Zohar served as VP of Customer Service for Exalink
Division and held multiple management roles at Compaq.
Zohar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Ben-Gurion University. |
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Nate
Habash - Vice President of Worldwide Operations |
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Nate
Habash leads Venturi’s Worldwide Operations group with
responsibility for customer support, sustaining engineering,
quality assurance, and information technology. Nate brings
over 20 years of customer support and project management experience
in the telecommunications, networking, manufacturing and financial
services industries. Prior to Venturi, Nate served in
a variety of related roles, including Director of Technical
Operations at Longboard, Director of Technical Support at
Telesys Software, Director of Information Services at Nortel
Networks and Manager of Customer Support at Bay Networks.
Nate began his career installing and maintaining central office
equipment while at Northern Telecom. Nate holds a B.S. in
Computer Information Systems from Bennington University. |
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Chico
Jayanthan - Vice President of Product Management |
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Chico
Jayanthan brings over 17 years of wireless industry expertise,
working with wireless operators in US, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining Venturi Wireless, Chico was VP of Product
Management at Openwave where he managed Mobile Advertising
and On Device Portal product lines. Before Openwave, Chico
was VP of Product Management at InnoPath where he managed
the Over the Air (OTA) device management products to mobile
carriers and handset manufacturers. Previous to InnoPath,
Chico was Director of Products and Services at Vodafone where
he managed development and deployment of Vodafone's first
Mobile Web platform in Asia Pacific. Chico holds a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, a M.S.
in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at El Paso,
and a M.B.A. from California State University at Hayward. |
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Dan McEntee - Vice President of Finance & Administration,
Chief Financial Officer |
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Dan McEntee has spent his professional career in financial and business development positions in Silicon Valley, including CFO roles in public and private companies in the telecommunications and software industries. His recent focus has been in the software industry where he was the CFO at InnoPath Software and Narus, Inc. In each of these positions, he managed growth towards profitability, closed rounds of venture financing, negotiated credit agreements, built quality financial teams, and implemented software revenue recognition processes. Prior to entering the software industry, Dan played a key role in the development of Globalstar, a leading satellite based international telecommunications operator, including five years as CFO where he oversaw the financial restructuring of the company. Dan's education includes an MBA from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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Uday
Nagendran -
Chief Operating Officer, VP Engineering |
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Uday Nagendran leads Venturi's
engineering group and has over 20 years of experience in the
telecommunications industry, with extensive expertise in broadband
data, mobile applications and wireless communications technologies.
Prior to Venturi, Uday was responsible for market development
at Innopath where he managed the sales and delivery pipeline
for new markets, exceeding growth targets. He was also
the Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Innopath
and was responsible for the development of handset and carrier
software solutions. He oversaw the development of core
IP and patents at a critical stage in the company's IP growth
phase, facilitating 100% year-over-year company growth in
the first 3 years. As a key member of the management
team at these companies, Uday has raised capital in excess
of $100m at various stages of their growth and participated
in M&A activities. He holds patents in the area
of mobile information technology to enable content and application
delivery to user centric devices. Uday holds a M.S.
degree from Berkeley and a Bachelor of Engineering degree
from Bangalore University. |
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