Komline-Sanderson CEO and leadership

Danai Brooks are a Chief Executive Officer at Komline-Sanderson and are based in Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey. They have worked as Vice President at J.P. Morgan, Chief Operating Officer at DYADIC INTERNATIONAL INC, and Industrial Engineer at Ford. Danai attended Cornell University between 1995 and 1999 and KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT between 2004 and 2006.

Jesse Yao is an Interim Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Komline-Sanderson and Managing Partner at Ronin Equity Partners and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as Transformation Advisor at Bain Capital; Global Strategy Summer Analyst, Samsung Digital at Cheil Communications; and CFO - Sauces & Frozen Business Unit at Kraft Heinz. Jesse attended Yale School of Management between 2009 and 2011 and Cornell University between 1998 and 2003.

Entrepreneurial general counsel and business executive with 18+ years as strategic advisor to C-suite and boards on strategic planning, technology litigations, transactions and product development. Software engineer, trial lawyer, commercial & IP executive and Wharton MBA. Created legal IP function for cloud technology industrial leader and led digital transformation of mature PE-backed business. Built a successful technology law practice at a leading law firm.

Skills include:

- Team Building / Mentoring

- Strategic Planning

- Operational Excellence

- Process Improvement

- Software & SaaS

- Medical devices

- Partnerships and Outsourcing

- Supply Chain

- Purchasing and Procurement

- Commercial transactions & negotiation

- M&A

- Financings

- Litigation

- Advanced Manufacturing

- 3D printing

- Compliance & privacy & data security

- Regulations

- Corporate governance & secretary duties

- Open source

- Real estate

- Intellectual property

- Mergers & Acquisitions