Joe is a highly experienced technology executive with over 30 years of technology management and technical sales in the areas of computer hardware, telecom, communications and IT. Over his career, Joe has been involved in technology startup companies with a focus on business development in the Americas, EMEA, and the Asia Pacific. Through 2017, Joe was CEO and Founder of Vedero Software (Acquired by Murata Electronics) where he was responsible for strategy, operations, sales, marketing, support and was also a member of the Board of Directors.

Additional experience includes CEO of Permeo Technologies (acquired by Blue Coat), EVP of Worldwide Sales for MetaSolv Software (acquired by Oracle), VP of WW Sales for Ignite Technologies, Director of International Sales for Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM), Director of International Sales for Visual Information Technologies. Joe has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Memphis.

Jim has been instrumental in funding and assembling a world-class team around Carlos Hoefken, Motus’ founder. Jim has over thirty years of successfully launching and building technology companies from inception through IPO and sale. He is a serial entrepreneur and was previously CEO and President of Microtune, a NASDAQ company. Microtune was the inventor of the single-chip TV tuner and under Jim’s leadership, it grew to become the world’s leading supplier with over $110 million in revenue.

Microtune eventually became part of Qualcomm after a series of acquisitions. Prior to Microtune, Jim was General Manager of Cirrus Logic’s PC Graphics and Video Division, the market leader in the mid-1990s with over $400M in revenue. Jim founded and managed several other startups including Pixel Semiconductor and Visual Information Technologies. Since 2010, Jim has been an active Angel investor, advisor, and board member for a dozen companies. Jim is currently CEO at Tella Firma, a Construction-Tech company in the foundation space with the mission of revolutionizing the building industry. Jim currently serves on the Board of Ikonopedia, Inc., is involved with the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance and a guest lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas. Jim has a BSEE from Marquette University and advanced studies from Southern Methodist University.

Mark is currently a Professor and Past Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas. His career has been focused on transforming robotics from fiction to fact. Mark’s work has been instrumental in establishing the theoretical foundations of robot control. He has produced innovative solutions in robotics that have become now-classic results in robotic control.

His record of achievement earned him the 2011 Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Robotics and Automation Society, that organization’s highest honor. Mark is past president of the IEEE Control Systems Society, a Fellow of the IEEE, and has served as editor in chief of the IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology. His other notable honors include the first IROS (Intelligent Robotics and Systems) Fumio Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies. Mark also directs the Laboratory for Autonomous Robotics and Systems (LARS) at UTD.

Mark began his academic career at Lehigh University and from 1982 to 1984 taught at Cornell University. Mark received his BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in mathematics and physics from Hiram College, his MS in mathematics from New Mexico State University, and an MS and Ph.D. in systems science and mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis.

Jeff is currently Adjunct Robotics Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington and CEO of QuantumIOT, an Internet-of-Things Systems Integrator. As a scientist for Motorola, The Robotics Institute, and the SuperCollider, he has worked on wireless sensor and control systems developed for the FBI, CIA, DOD, DOE, NASA, and USPS – from autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles to particle accelerators.

Until 2016, Jeff served as Chief Strategy and Technical Officer and on the Board of Numerex (NASDAQ:NMRX). In 1993, Jeff co-founded and served as President and CEO of OnRamp Technologies (acquired by Verio). During Jeff’s tenure at Verio, the company grew to be one of the largest web-hosting companies in the world. Verio was acquired by NTT for $5.5B. Jeff has also had executive leadership positions, board membership, or co-founded technology companies including MSensorLogic, Winning Habits, VIA, Vericenter, and Vaultnet. Jeff is a distinguished Alumni at UTA and serves on the Development Board at UTA and Advisory Board at the UTA College of Engineering. He is a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, EO, and YPO. Jeff has a BS in Engineering from Trinity University, and an MS and PhD in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington.