Chief Executive Officer
Neal joined TrafficCast in September 2008 as Chief Executive Officer. He is a mobile industry veteran with more than 20 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and general manager of Strategic Marketing and Next Generation Products at ISCO International, a leading supplier of software-based, adaptive filtering products for the wireless industry.
Previously, he served 16 years at Motorola Corp. in engineering, marketing and executive management roles. He led its emergence in software-based, location-based services offerings in their mobile device and Telematics business units. As vice president and general manager for GSM Portfolio Management and Marketing in Motorola's Mobile Device business, Neal oversaw product portfolio selection for its $10 billion-plus GSM cellular device business. Working with customers, product development and marketing, his team created compelling product roadmaps for 80 percent of Motorola's mobile-device business in the highly competitive consumer market.
Earlier, he was vice president, Location Based Solutions, and managed development and marketing of robust location and navigation solutions for mobile devices, marketed under the brand name VIAMOTO.
Neal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Bradley University and a Master of Science degree in management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Chief Operating Officer
As COO, Connie focuses on operations and emerging technology areas for the company, for which she served the previous four years as CEO.
Before founding TrafficCast, Connie founded and served for several years as CEO of TranSmart Technologies, a traffic and transportation consulting business. She is coauthor of one of the leading traffic flow texts.
Connie received her Ph.D. in transportation engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago, her Master of Science degree in transportation engineering from the University of Tokyo, and her Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Tsinghua University, China. She is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Arizona. She has been recognized as an Outstanding Executive, Emerging Business, by Global EXEC Women.
Executive Vice President, Global Sales Operations
Tim is leading the sales and marketing efforts in TrafficCast's next growth phase. He most recently was vice president of LCC International's strategy and business development efforts, and has more than 20 years experience in the telecom, wireless, and mobile markets.
Prior to LCC International, Tim held numerous executive sales, business development and sales management positions at Wireless Faculties Incorporated (WFI), a wireless engineering consulting company. His background also includes more than 10 years at Motorola, Inc. in system engineering, sales, sales management and operations, including leadership positions supporting location based services, hosted and non-hosted applications for the Motorola handset division. Later, as a vice president for Ericsson, Tim led the Sprint professional services/backhaul team. He began his career with General Instrument/Jerrold designing cable TV products.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Bradley University. He is on the board of advisors for Brilliant Telecommunications.
Vice President, Research & Development
Jerome is the principal architect of its software and has more than 15 years of experience in system and software engineering and geographic information system. Besides supervising the system design at TrafficCast as chief engineer, he did the same for TrafficOnline and FleetOnline.
He holds Master of Science degrees in computer science from the University of Oklahoma and in remote sensing and geographic information systems from the National Central University in Taiwan. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Geo-Spatial Information Engineering Program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Executive Vice President, Operations
Bruce is responsible for leading the day to day business operations at TrafficCast. He is a seasoned veteran with over 30 years of operational experience.
Prior to TrafficCast, Bruce had a successful career spanning 20 years in senior operations positions at Motorola that included Business Operations, Program Management, Vendor Management, and Joint Venture / Alliance Management. In these roles he developed and managed high performance teams that were responsible for products and programs worth many millions of dollars. In addition, Bruce oversaw the implementation of complex technical systems in a number of different countries. He also has an extensive background in product development from requirements, through development, test and final delivery. His leadership positions also included building and managing operations teams that spanned large software operations, CTO, product development groups and applications eco systems.
Prior to Motorola Bruce had his own financial and operational consulting business. Additionally, he has held finance and control positions with a major retailing chain with over 350 outlets across Western Canada.
Bruce holds a CMA degree from the Society of Management Accounts of Canada.
Vice President of Marketing & Business Development
Nick formerly was senior vice president of Affiliate Sales for both the CBS Radio Networks and Westwood One, where he developed national program content and distribution. He was also chief marketing officer for Broadband Maritime, a world-wide telecommunications venture, and helped launch Wisdom Media as vice president of business development and general manager of radio operations.
Nick holds MBA and MS (Journalism) degrees from Columbia University. His Bachelor of Arts degree is from the University of Notre Dame.
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Mary brings over 12 years of experience in multiple industries with a strong blend of management, financial and technical knowledge. She has deep experience working with a broad variety of financial systems and focuses on TCI's financial organization including general management accounting and reporting, treasury functions, internal controls, information technology, human resources, facilities, risk management, audits, contract, grants, raising capital and debt financing. Her financial and administration experience spans from several bio-technology and high-technology start-ups to large manufacturing and supply corporations.
Mary holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, graduating magna cum laude.
General Manager of TrafficCast Shanghai
James was vice general manager of SIIC, the biggest investment bank of the Shanghai government. He also has served as director and board secretary of DS Company, the subsidiary company of Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group, the owner of TDSCDMA.
James has a Bachelor's Degree from law school and a Master's Degree in economics, holding the Lawyer Certificate. He is a member in The Telecommunications Association.
Chief Development Officer
Srinath Narayanan is the Managing Partner at Technology Square Partners, a boutique strategic advisory firm with offices in San Francisco and Connecticut. The focus of the firm is to provide strategic financial advise to clients across emerging high-growth sectors in clean-tech and WiMax/LTE. Most recently he was a Principal at Canaccord Adam's investment banking group and was focused on leading the firm's effort to provide West Coast-based clients with a broad range of investment banking services, including public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions advisory work across Internet media, software, communications and wireless sectors (www.canaccordadams.com).
Srinath was trained at Goldman Sachs in M&A, and has worked in a senior investment banking capacity at Banc of America Securities as well as at smaller boutiques. Srinath also has strong operational and technology experience working at various New England firms such as MRO Software (IBM), Fidelity Investments and SpringTide Networks (Lucent). Srinath holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Bombay, a Masters in Computer Engineering from Northeastern University and is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Managing Director, Ceres Venture Fund L.P.
Sona has more than 20 years of institutional venture investment experience, focusing on information technology, business services and healthcare. Since 1987, she has raised three Chicago-based venture capital funds totaling more than $100 million under management. They are Batterson, Johnson & Wang, INROADS Capital Partners and CERES Venture Fund LP. Previously, she was an investment manager with Allstate Venture Capital.
In addition to TrafficCast, Sona has served on numerous corporate boards including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, High Tower Software, SuccessLab Inc., Ultimo Enterprises, and IKOS Systems. Previously, she held key management positions in engineering, manufacturing and marketing at Intel Corp.
Sona graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and received a Master of Business Administration degree, graduating magna cum laude, from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She serves on Northwestern University's Board of Trustees.
Chief Executive Officer, TrafficCast International
Neal joined TrafficCast in September 2008 as Chief Executive Officer. He is a mobile industry veteran with more than 20 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and general manager of Strategic Marketing and Next Generation Products at ISCO International, a leading supplier of software-based, adaptive filtering products for the wireless industry.
Previously, he served 16 years at Motorola Corp. in engineering, marketing and executive management roles. He led its emergence in software-based, location-based services offerings in their mobile device and Telematics business units. As vice president and general manager for GSM Portfolio Management and Marketing in Motorola's Mobile Device business, Neal oversaw product portfolio selection for its $10 billion-plus GSM cellular device business. Working with customers, product development and marketing, his team created compelling product roadmaps for 80 percent of Motorola's mobile-device business in the highly competitive consumer market.
Earlier, he was vice president, Location Based Solutions, and managed development and marketing of robust location and navigation solutions for mobile devices, marketed under the brand name VIAMOTO.
Neal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Bradley University and a Master of Science degree in management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Chief Executive Officer, TrafficCast International
Neal joined TrafficCast in September 2008 as Chief Executive Officer. He is a mobile industry veteran with more than 20 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and general manager of Strategic Marketing and Next Generation Products at ISCO International, a leading supplier of software-based, adaptive filtering products for the wireless industry.
Previously, he served 16 years at Motorola Corp. in engineering, marketing and executive management roles. He led its emergence in software-based, location-based services offerings in their mobile device and Telematics business units. As vice president and general manager for GSM Portfolio Management and Marketing in Motorola's Mobile Device business, Neal oversaw product portfolio selection for its $10 billion-plus GSM cellular device business. Working with customers, product development and marketing, his team created compelling product roadmaps for 80 percent of Motorola's mobile-device business in the highly competitive consumer market.
Earlier, he was vice president, Location Based Solutions, and managed development and marketing of robust location and navigation solutions for mobile devices, marketed under the brand name VIAMOTO.
Neal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Bradley University and a Master of Science degree in management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Director for Schneider National
Paul is responsible for new business development and pricing of more than $3.5 billion in annual revenue for Schneider National's global client base, supporting shipping and logistics worldwide. This work can be seen on the Interstates everyday, with the company's distinctively orange long haul trucks. He rejoined the family business in September 1998 as a supply-chain engineer.
From 1999-2003, he spearheaded Schneider's e-commerce efforts, and served as research director and general manager at Schneider Logistics, launching BidSmart, an Internet-based procurement product. In 2003, he led Schneider National's Midwest driver operations. Previously, he was a financial analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co.'s investment banking division.
Paul received a Bachelor degree in economics from Northwestern University and a Master of Science degree in information systems from the University of Wisconsin. He serves on the board of directors of Schneider National, Inc., and Family Services of Wisconsin.
Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-founder, TrafficCast
Bin also provides strategic consulting services to the company. He is a professor and Director of the Traffic Lab at the University of Wisconsin. Bin is an expert in dynamic transportation network models and traffic simulation and control. He has led the development and deployment of various information systems and technologies, Internet/intranet and Web-based geographical information systems.
Bin is the author of two leading textbooks on dynamic traffic networks. He has published 51 papers in refereed journals and has presented 83-refereed papers at national and international conferences. Earlier in his career, Bin held positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley. He is active in the Transportation Research Board and Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
President and Principal Owner, Weather Central, Inc. Chairman and CEO, My Weather LLC
A leader for more than 30 years in the development of innovative weather display and forecasting equipment, software and services, Terry has founded several successful technology companies, including ColorGraphics System, Inc., and New Star. He managed the Dynatech Video Group of companies from 1983 through 1993. He has been an owner of radio and television stations, and was named "2003 Entrepreneur of the Year" in Wisconsin by Ernst & Young. Terry also served as chairman and chief financial officer of Air America Radio.
Terry holds a degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He also received the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval and the AMS award for Outstanding Service By A Broadcast Meteorologist.
General Manager of TrafficCast Shanghai
James was vice general manager of SIIC, the biggest investment bank of the Shanghai government. He also has served as director and board secretary of DS Company, the subsidiary company of Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group, the owner of TDSCDMA.
James has a Bachelor's Degree from law school and a Master's Degree in economics, holding the Lawyer Certificate. He is a member in The Telecommunications Association.
Managing Director, Phenomenelle Angels Fund I, LP & DaneVest Tech Fund I, LP
Joe is a TCI board observer on behalf of Phenomenelle Angels Fund I, LP and DaneVest Tech Fund I, LP, where he is Co-Founder and Managing Director of both.
He is a Partner Emeritus at Foley & Lardner LLP where he was founder and chair of the firm's national Emerging Companies/Venture Capital Team and represented clients in more than 350 private placement offerings.
Joe has personally invested in more than 50 private companies, has been a vice president of a small investment brokerage firm, manager or co-manager of several small venture capital funds or partnerships, and active in the venture capital community for more than 30 years. Joe has served on several committees by appointment by the Wisconsin Securities Commissioner. He has served as chairman of the Wisconsin Secretary of State Improvement Committee; as a co-organizational committee member of the Governor's Summits on Venture Capital; and drafter of white papers for such conferences including 50 initiatives for the state, many of which have been adopted including the Wisconsin Act 255 investment tax credits.
He was co-organizer and president of the Wisconsin World Trade Center-Madison, Inc.; Invest Wisconsin, Inc.; co-founder, officer and director of Capitol Bank, Downtown Madison Partners, Inc., Wisconsin Harvest, Inc. and The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Inc. He has received many local and national awards for his charitable work.
Joe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, investment and banking, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School.
Executive Vice President, Noel Group, LLC
The Noel Group, LLC is a Madison-based holding company with hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate. Prior to joining the Noel Group, Tyler was executive vice president of corporate development for AIG Travel Guard where he headed up acquisitions for Travel Guard International.
Tyler received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and his MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. Tyler is a director on several foundation boards in Wisconsin and was recently named as one of InBusiness Magazine's Top 40 Under 40.
Managing Director of Women Angels of Milwaukee
Barbara is a managing director of Women Angels in both Milwaukee and Florida. She also serves as general counsel and director of governmental affairs of PDM Bridge. She was the chair of the government relations department at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Barbara has substantial political experience at the local, state and national levels. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, commercial developers, municipalities and a wide range of nonprofit organizations. She serves on the boards of numerous local nonprofit organizations.
Barbara earned a Master's Degree in public administration and a Law degree from Marquette University. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar and the Milwaukee Bar Association. In addition, she is a member of the Association for Women Lawyers and the Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists.