ESPERANTO TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons
Art has 30 plus years of executive-level experience in the tech and microprocessor industry, including as CEO at low power processor chip maker Transmeta, as president of MIPS, a leading provider of microprocessor IP, as CEO of Wave Computing, a pioneer in dataflow computing architectures, as well as CEO of nanotech innovator Unidym. Previously, Art served in executive-level positions at Cirrus Logic, Digital Equipment's Alpha processor group, and Sun Microsystems, one of the pioneering companies in networked computing and RISC processing.
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- Chairman, UFG Asset Management
Job Titles:
- CTO
- Founder
- Member of the Board
A well-known entrepreneur and visionary in the computer and semiconductor industry, Dave was founder and CEO of Transmeta, maker of low power x86 microprocessors, raising over $600M from startup to a $6B IPO. Dave co-authored "The Case for RISC," along with professor David Patterson. Previously, Dave was a vice president at Intel Corporation, leading advanced processor projects, and CTO at Sun Microsystems for the SPARC Technology Business. After earning a degree in Electrical Engineering and a separate degree in Computer Science, Dave did his graduate work at U.C. Berkeley under professor David Patterson.
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- Chief Data Science Officer
An executive, entrepreneur, and data scientist, Jin's experience spans enterprise software products and services in AI, big data, and advanced analytics. He has led multinational engineering and marketing teams at both established and startup companies, including GraphSQL, Wave Computing, Objectivity, Skytree, Tom Sawyer Software, Vitria Technology, Tactica, and Trimeter Technologies. Jin's focus encompasses markets for machine learning and deep learning, data management, integration, analytics and visualization, and mobile and cloud computing. He was the evangelist and technologist behind more than 60 innovative products, from concept to revenue. Jin earned his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering and BS in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University.
An experienced marketing, sales, and business development executive, Lee's industry experience includes AI, semiconductors, IP, cloud, consumer electronics, networking, and storage, spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies. Lee has advised on corporate strategy, marketing, sales, ecosystem partnerships and business development for several AI chip startups focused on datacenter and edge applications. Previously, he was Chief Business Officer / Senior Vice President at Wave Computing; Advisor in the Office of the CTO at Cisco, Head of Worldwide Corporate Communications at SanDisk, Head of Corporate Communications at RAE Systems by Honeywell, and Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Communications at ARC International. Lee received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University.
As a high-growth technology company CFO, Ralph has directed finance teams for US, European and Asian pre-IPO and publicly traded companies spanning semiconductors, IoT, enterprise and applications software, IT and telecommunications, and more. His expertise in global financial operations, IPO and merger exits, strategic planning and equity financing helped raise $900M public and $510M venture capital equity, and he has led five IPOs. Ralph attended Stanford University Law School Directors' College and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and a BS EE/CS from Michigan State University.
Udi brings more than 30 years of experience spanning both technology innovation and business, with a focus on embedded software and software development tools. He has led multi-national software and tools teams in startups as well as established companies. At NXP, Udi headed the compiler and tools team, and later NXP's advanced automotive many-core architecture and tools technology team. Earlier, he managed a global compiler group at Freescale. Udi served as VP of Software at MIPS Technologies, rebuilding the software team, as well as initiating and driving the Android-on-MIPS effort. Previously, he worked on compiler software at Intel. He was educated at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.