Cogniac CEO and Leadership

With 20+ years of experience as a revolutionary innovator, I have been influential in creating and developing game-changing inventions and have held patents in wireless technology, automotive, and facial recognition. With a demonstrated history of business development, I have been key to significant growth and successful exits in the technology industry.

Some of my key achievements include:

✅ Winner of 2017 Ernst & Young Southern CA Region Entrepreneur of the Year (Technology), and currently a 3rd year judge for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition

✅Created image recognition photo-tagging of images for social networks, successfully litigated and defended patents, selling patents in successful transaction

✅ Doubled Airgain’s workforce while growing revenue 800%, turning the company from nearly insolvent to a public company market cap near $300M in 5 years

✅ Restructured a $350M Telecom Business Unit running BSS/OSS systems for 20 carriers losing $85M a year, generating $65M in EBITDA on $100M revenue in first 9 months

✅ Inventor on over 34 patents in wireless, social networks, and image recognition

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Serial entrepreneur and technologist with technical expertise in ventures, distributed software systems, networking, and machine learning.

Over 20 years of accounting experience in a variety of commercial settings, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Skills include: • Operation, Closing & Consolidation • SEC reporting & Technical accounting • Inventory/Cost Accounting • IPO preparation • Sarbanes-Oxley compliance • FP&A • International Operations • ERP System implementation• Bank and investor relations

Serial entrepreneur and technologist with technical expertise in ventures, distributed software systems, networking, and machine learning.