Serving Multiple Industries
Executive Team
Lior Tal
CEO & Chairman of the Board
Previously: Director of international growth and partnerships at Facebook, co-founder and VP of business development at Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), partner at Barzam, Tal, Lerer Attorneys at Law and Patent Attorneys. Held leadership roles at Actimize (acquired by NICE), DiskSites (acquired by EMC), Odigo (acquired by Comverse).
Natalie Russell
CFO
Previously: Technical Accounting Manager at SOAProjects, Inc., with a focus on financial reporting and technical accounting for clients in the technology and life sciences sectors. Began her career in audit and assurance at Ernst & Young. Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.
Ben Landen
VP of Business Development
Previously: Head of Product & BD at DeepScale (acquired by Tesla), managed $100M automotive semiconductor product line as Senior Business Manager of Maxim Integrated. MBA at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and BS Electrical Engineering at California Polytechnic University SLO.
Sean Stetson
VP of Engineering
Previously: VP of Engineering and Director of Product at Seegrid, Technical Project Lead in the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group at Google, Director of Product Development at Akustica, a Bosch company. PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Felix Naveen Singh
VP of Engineering Services
Previously: VP of QA Engineering and Technical Operations at Brain Corp, leading all QA Engineering and Technical Operations for autonomous mobile robotics and cloud technologies. Held numerous global leadership roles at Qualcomm, responsible for System Test and test automation at scale for mobile application chipset systems and software, IoT, and automotive solutions.
Marty Petraitis
VP Sales
Previously: Led sales at Heartland Automation where he successfully pivoted the company from product-based offerings to high-value, solutions-focused services in the autonomous mobile robotics sector. His leadership in prior roles includes executive positions at Clearpath Robotics/OTTO Motors, Segue Manufacturing Services, and Brooks Automation, where he scaled revenue to over $210M by championing strategic accounts and consultative sales methods..
Board Members
Karen Macleod
Independent Director
Currently: Market Leader Interim Solutions of Korn Ferry. Previously: CEO of the Arete Group. Board member FWA of New York, member and chair of Track Group Inc.'s audit committee. President of Tatum, Randstand Holdings NV Company, president of Resources Connection, Inc. North America. BOD member Resources Connection, Inc., audit committee of FWA.
Colleen Cunningham
Independent Director
Previously: Member of board of AICPA, SVP Controller of Zoetis, Inc., Global Managing Director RGP, CEO of Financial Executives International, CFO Havas Advertising, Chief Accounting Officer AT&T. Prior member of FASB Advisory Committee (FASAC) and IASB Advisory Committee (IASC).
James McDonnell
Independent Director
Currently: SVP of Sales & Marketing at Vispero. Previously: VP of ventas excellence HSM and Commercial Excellence for HSF at Honeywell, SVP Global Sales & Marketing at Intermec, and held several senior roles at Hewlett-Packard over more
than 26 years. Prior member of Astek's board.
Lior Tal
CEO & Chairman of the Board
Previously: Director of international growth and partnerships at Facebook, co-founder and VP of business development at Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), partner at Barzam, Tal, Lerer Attorneys at Law and Patent Attorneys. Held leadership roles at Actimize (acquired by NICE), DiskSites (acquired by EMC), Odigo (acquired by Comverse).
