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Phunware CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Alan S. Knitowski is the Phunware's CEO. Phunware has 50 employees, of which 23 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Phunware executive team is 23% female and 77% male.
  • 50% of the management team is White.
  • 21% of Phunware management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 8% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Alan S. Knitowski

CEO

Alan S. Knitowski's LinkedIn

Founded, built and/or financed 10 private companies since 2000 (4 acquired by public companies, 3 trade publicly and 3 formerly traded publicly). Assisted structuring, financing and/or building multiple other private companies, including 2 funds.2017 Owler Top Rated CEOs in the World Award (#26 Overall / #12 in Technology / #1 in Austin, Texas), 2017 KPMG / University of Michigan QuantumShift Top Entrepreneurs in America Award, 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist (Central Texas Region) and 2014 USA Today National Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.Phunware, the pioneer of Mobile as a Service (MaaS) and the owner of PhunCoin, trades publicly on NASDAQ as "PHUN" (Co-Founder & CEO). Vovida Networks, a communications networking software company, sold to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) in November 2000 (Co-Founder, President & CEO). vCIS, an anti-virus and security software company, sold to Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX) in October 2002, and subsequently acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) in August 2006 (Investor & Director). Telverse Communications, a wholesale communications ASP, sold to Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) in July 2003 (Co-Founder, Investor & Director).Edgewater Networks, a networking equipment company, sold to Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ: RBBN) in August 2018 (Investor & Advisor).Angel investor in RingCentral (NYSE: RNG), Vonage (NYSE: VG), Bazaarvoice (formerly NASDAQ: BV), MetaSaaS (acquired by Flexera Software), SunBasket, PureBrands, Bold Metrics and Carepoynt.Curo Capital, "Manager" for the Curo Capital Appreciation Fund I, a diversified investment vehicle for accredited investors interested in public equities, private equities and virtual assets.Cane Capital, a holding company, acts as a strategic corporate advisor and investment vehicle for physical, financial and virtual investments.Windspring, a private data miniaturization software company (Investor & Director).

Luan D. Dang

CTO

Alan Kane

Founder

Randall Crowder

Chief Operating Officer

Randall Crowder's LinkedIn

Randall is passionate about new venture creation and the innovative spirit that fuels entrepreneurs. As an active investor and entrepreneur, he understands what it takes to successful launch and grow a new business. He regularly publishes articles on entrepreneurship, venture capital and healthcare, which can be found under News & Events. Randall is also a member of The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only membership organization comprised of the world’s most elite and successful young entrepreneurs. Randall focuses on Health IT, Technology-Enabled Health Services and Personalized Medicine Technology. He currently sits on the Board of TEXO portfolio companies SwipeSense, OpenMarkets, Sensentia and BetterDoctor. Prior to TEXO, Randall worked to expand the entrepreneurial eco-system in Texas. As Executive Director of the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), he increased CTAN’s investment activity by 6x and led it to becoming the 4th most active angel network in the country according to the Angel Capital Association (ACA). Like many angel networks, however, CTAN lacked the proper resources to effectively scale its operations. Leveraging his relationships within the University of Texas at Austin, Randall conceived and co-founded Texas Venture Labs (TVL) to not only support the local investor community with valuable graduate student resources, but also provide the mentoring, team-building, market and business plan validation, technology commercialization and domain knowledge needed to start and grow innovative ventures. Entrepreneurs rarely lack passion or vision, but often fail to properly prepare and execute. This level of planning and attention to detail is something Randall internalized as an officer in the United States Army. After Airborne and Ranger School, Randall went on to receive two Bronze Stars for actions during two separate combat deployments to Iraq, where no playbook or historical precedent existed. In the absence of clear guidance and with lives on the line, innovation and execution were paramount to success.

Matt Aune

Chief Financial Officer

Matt Aune's LinkedIn

Matt has over 15 years of finance experience, primarily in planning and accounting, within the software and technology industries. He brings a strong background in financial modeling, strategic analysis and software development budgeting to Phunware. Prior to joining Phunware, Matt worked for Sony Computer Entertainment leading their global technology finance group and served as head of worldwide financial planning and analysis at Midway Games. During his time in the entertainment and video game software industries, Matt was involved in many different aspects of the business, including M&A, product planning, product development outsourcing, P&L management and studio operations. Prior to joining the workforce, Matt played professional basketball in China. Matt holds an MBA from San Diego State University, a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego and resides in San Diego with his wife Heather and their two children, Jackson and Ella.

Eric Manlunas

Board Member

Kathy Tan Mayor

Board Member

Keith O. Cowan

Board Member

George Syllantavos

Board Member

Tushar Patel

Executive Vice President-Corporate Development

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Name & TitleBio
Alan S. Knitowski

CEO

Alan S. Knitowski's LinkedIn

Founded, built and/or financed 10 private companies since 2000 (4 acquired by public companies, 3 trade publicly and 3 formerly traded publicly). Assisted structuring, financing and/or building multiple other private companies, including 2 funds.2017 Owler Top Rated CEOs in the World Award (#26 Overall / #12 in Technology / #1 in Austin, Texas), 2017 KPMG / University of Michigan QuantumShift Top Entrepreneurs in America Award, 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist (Central Texas Region) and 2014 USA Today National Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.Phunware, the pioneer of Mobile as a Service (MaaS) and the owner of PhunCoin, trades publicly on NASDAQ as "PHUN" (Co-Founder & CEO). Vovida Networks, a communications networking software company, sold to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) in November 2000 (Co-Founder, President & CEO). vCIS, an anti-virus and security software company, sold to Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX) in October 2002, and subsequently acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) in August 2006 (Investor & Director). Telverse Communications, a wholesale communications ASP, sold to Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) in July 2003 (Co-Founder, Investor & Director).Edgewater Networks, a networking equipment company, sold to Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ: RBBN) in August 2018 (Investor & Advisor).Angel investor in RingCentral (NYSE: RNG), Vonage (NYSE: VG), Bazaarvoice (formerly NASDAQ: BV), MetaSaaS (acquired by Flexera Software), SunBasket, PureBrands, Bold Metrics and Carepoynt.Curo Capital, "Manager" for the Curo Capital Appreciation Fund I, a diversified investment vehicle for accredited investors interested in public equities, private equities and virtual assets.Cane Capital, a holding company, acts as a strategic corporate advisor and investment vehicle for physical, financial and virtual investments.Windspring, a private data miniaturization software company (Investor & Director).

Luan D. Dang

CTO

Alan Kane

Founder

Phunware board members

Name & TitleBio
Alan S. Knitowski

CEO

Alan S. Knitowski's LinkedIn

Founded, built and/or financed 10 private companies since 2000 (4 acquired by public companies, 3 trade publicly and 3 formerly traded publicly). Assisted structuring, financing and/or building multiple other private companies, including 2 funds.2017 Owler Top Rated CEOs in the World Award (#26 Overall / #12 in Technology / #1 in Austin, Texas), 2017 KPMG / University of Michigan QuantumShift Top Entrepreneurs in America Award, 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist (Central Texas Region) and 2014 USA Today National Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.Phunware, the pioneer of Mobile as a Service (MaaS) and the owner of PhunCoin, trades publicly on NASDAQ as "PHUN" (Co-Founder & CEO). Vovida Networks, a communications networking software company, sold to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) in November 2000 (Co-Founder, President & CEO). vCIS, an anti-virus and security software company, sold to Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX) in October 2002, and subsequently acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) in August 2006 (Investor & Director). Telverse Communications, a wholesale communications ASP, sold to Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) in July 2003 (Co-Founder, Investor & Director).Edgewater Networks, a networking equipment company, sold to Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ: RBBN) in August 2018 (Investor & Advisor).Angel investor in RingCentral (NYSE: RNG), Vonage (NYSE: VG), Bazaarvoice (formerly NASDAQ: BV), MetaSaaS (acquired by Flexera Software), SunBasket, PureBrands, Bold Metrics and Carepoynt.Curo Capital, "Manager" for the Curo Capital Appreciation Fund I, a diversified investment vehicle for accredited investors interested in public equities, private equities and virtual assets.Cane Capital, a holding company, acts as a strategic corporate advisor and investment vehicle for physical, financial and virtual investments.Windspring, a private data miniaturization software company (Investor & Director).

Randall Crowder

Chief Operating Officer

Randall Crowder's LinkedIn

Randall is passionate about new venture creation and the innovative spirit that fuels entrepreneurs. As an active investor and entrepreneur, he understands what it takes to successful launch and grow a new business. He regularly publishes articles on entrepreneurship, venture capital and healthcare, which can be found under News & Events. Randall is also a member of The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only membership organization comprised of the world’s most elite and successful young entrepreneurs. Randall focuses on Health IT, Technology-Enabled Health Services and Personalized Medicine Technology. He currently sits on the Board of TEXO portfolio companies SwipeSense, OpenMarkets, Sensentia and BetterDoctor. Prior to TEXO, Randall worked to expand the entrepreneurial eco-system in Texas. As Executive Director of the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), he increased CTAN’s investment activity by 6x and led it to becoming the 4th most active angel network in the country according to the Angel Capital Association (ACA). Like many angel networks, however, CTAN lacked the proper resources to effectively scale its operations. Leveraging his relationships within the University of Texas at Austin, Randall conceived and co-founded Texas Venture Labs (TVL) to not only support the local investor community with valuable graduate student resources, but also provide the mentoring, team-building, market and business plan validation, technology commercialization and domain knowledge needed to start and grow innovative ventures. Entrepreneurs rarely lack passion or vision, but often fail to properly prepare and execute. This level of planning and attention to detail is something Randall internalized as an officer in the United States Army. After Airborne and Ranger School, Randall went on to receive two Bronze Stars for actions during two separate combat deployments to Iraq, where no playbook or historical precedent existed. In the absence of clear guidance and with lives on the line, innovation and execution were paramount to success.

Eric Manlunas

Board Member

Kathy Tan Mayor

Board Member

Keith O. Cowan

Board Member

George Syllantavos

Board Member

Cyrus Lum

Board Member

Cyrus Lum's LinkedIn

Cyrus has been in the games industry for almost 30 years. He has been developing for AR and MR for almost 10 years and has worked with Intel Realsense, Google Tango, Microsoft Hololens, and Occipital's Bridge Engine. Currently, Cyrus is the CTO and co-founder of Clever Robot Labs which has created a Mixed Reality content creation platform and marketplace that can alllow end-users to turn any arbitrary environment into a world of their imagination.

Harvey Frye

Board Member

Winston Damarillo

Board Member

Winston Damarillo's LinkedIn

Prolific Venture Builder and venture capitalist. Former F500 Technology Executive. Global operating expertise in Financial Services, Telecom and Information Technology.Enterprise transformation expert with strong track record in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and New business creation within Global 2000 scale companies. Led emerging technology investments for Intel Corporation. Thought leader in disruptive technologies and accompanying business models for Big Data, Cloud Computing and Open Source technologies. Founder of multiple startups with successful Enterprise M&A exits. Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Headed the Innovation committee of APEC. Recognized for lifetime achievement at De La Salle University.

Blythe Ters

Board Member

Phunware leadership demographics

Phunware gender distribution in management team

  • The Phunware executive team is 23% female and 77% male.
  • Phunware is 28% female and 72% male company-wide.
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Male
77%
Company-wide: 72%
Female
Female
23%
Company-wide: 28%

Phunware executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Phunware executive officers is White.
  • 50% of the management team is White.
  • 21% of Phunware's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 16% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 36% of employees are White.
  • 26% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 22% of employees are Asian.
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