Fabrizio Capobianco is CEO of Funambol, Inc., the leading provider of open source mobile email and PIM synchronization solutions for the mass market. Fabrizio is both a serial entrepreneur and a veteran executive of the mobile industry, with work experience that includes stints at Reuters and Tibco. He founded the first Italian Web company, Internet Graffiti, in 1994. He also founded Stigma Online, a developer of an information portal product with customers that included Kraft, Novartis, Italian Broadcasting Television and the Italian Stock Exchange. Capobianco has taught university courses on mobile and holds a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Pavia, Italy, with a focus on usability. He was recognized in 2007 as a top "40 under 40" leader by American Venture Magazine and by the readers of Mobile Village for being a mobile email visionary. He writes a blog that was voted among the 20 best in the wireless industry by FierceWireless. Check out Fabrizio's Blog.
Michel J. Maeso is responsible for Funambol’s worldwide sales. He has 20 years of experience in the high tech industry, where most recently, he was Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for VitalStream, achieving record revenues and assisting in the sale to Internap [NASDAQ:INAP] for $222 million. Prior to VitalStream, Michel was Executive Vice President of Sales for Packet Design where his team sold to telecom and wireless providers globally. Prior to Packet Design he was vice president of sales at Speedera Networks, where during his two-year tenure, Speedera grew from $13 million to a $50 million run rate, and was cited as one of Silicon Valley's 10 fastest-growing private companies before being acquired by Akamai Technologies [NASDAQ:AKAM] in a deal worth $800 million within twelve months. Michel has also held sales leadership positions at ATT, BellSouth and Intellysis Group.
Rony Greenberg is responsible for corporate strategy and identifying business development opportunities for Funambol, including partnerships and customer relationships where mobile open source software can increase the quality and ubiquity of mobile applications. Greenberg has 20 years of experience working in sales and biz dev management positions. Most recently, he was EVP of Sales and Business Development for IXI Mobile where he oversaw strategy, sales and biz dev. Prior to IXI Mobile, Greenberg was Director of Strategic Investment for Intel where he had worldwide responsibility for equity and acquisition deal sources in the wireless segment for Intel Capital. Before Intel, Greenberg was VP of Sales and Marketing for DSP Communications where he drove revenue to $170 million and was instrumental in the sale of DSPC to Intel for $1.6 billion.
Stefano Fornari is the leading contributor and project manager of Funambol, the open source mobile application server based on the Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management standards (popularly known as the SyncML standard). Prior to his development work on Funambol, Fornari was chief architect at Stigma Online where he played a key role in the development of the company’s flagship portal product, SolWeb Intra. He has also held positions at Compaq, where he was an advisor on wireless technologies in PDAs, and at Art Technology Group (ATG) as a consultant. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science.
Hal Steger has more than 20 years of international marketing experience for high-growth, innovative software for enterprises and consumers. Prior to Funambol, he was responsible for worldwide marketing at Scalix, a leading provider of open systems messaging. Before Scalix, Steger co-founded and was VP Marketing of Rubric, where he positioned the company as the leader in the new category of eMarketing. Rubric was acquired for $370mm in 2000. Prior to Rubric, Hal held product management and product marketing positions at Oracle, Uniface/Compuware, and other high profile Silicon Valley companies. Hal holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan with a double major in Computer Science and Economics, and an M.S.I.A. (MBA) degree from Carnegie-Mellon's Tepper School of Business (formerly GSIA).
Ata Rasekhi is responsible for market research, definition and delivery of Funambol's mobile open source platform and products. Rasekhi brings with him 16 years of product management and product marketing experience and a proven track record of building and launching industry-leading software products. Prior to Funambol, Rasekhi was the Director of Product Management at Scalix, a leading provider of email and collaboration software for Linux and open systems. Before Scalix, Rasekhi ran a successful consulting firm delivering product management and marketing services to various high profile startups. Prior to consulting, Rasekhi held senior product management and product marketing positions at Remedy, Lotus Development, and cc:Mail. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Marc Munford brings more than 15 years of software startup experience to Funambol. Most recently, Munford worked as the vice president of sales and director of enterprise accounts for Visto. Prior to Visto, Munford was a cofounder of NetDrive.com, an early leading Internet personal storage technology vendor. He has also held a variety of sales and business development roles at software technology companies including Orative, Insignia Solutions, NetManage and Wollongong.
Kincy is responsible for Funambol's IT and technical support operations. He brings over a decade of startup and large company experience to Funambol, as he has managed technical support, professional services, software engineering and IT functions in his career. Before Funambol, Kincy held several positions at TIBCO/Reuters, including Director of Support Operations. Kincy also served as Company Commander in the California Army National Guard.
