Dr. HP Jin is a cofounder of our company and has served as our president and
a member of our board of directors since October 1999. Dr. Jin has also served
as our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors from October
1999 to May 2001 and since December 2001. Prior to Telenav, Dr. Jin served as
a senior strategy consultant at the McKenna Group, a strategy consulting firm.
Prior to that time, Dr. Jin was a business strategy and management consultant
at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. Dr. Jin was also previously
a technical director at Loral Integrated Navigation Communication Satellite
Systems, or LINCSS, a division of Loral Space & Communications, Inc., a
GPS service and engineering company. Dr. Jin holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in China and a Ph.D. in Guidance,
Navigation and Control, with a Ph.D. minor in Electrical Engineering, from Stanford
University.
Michael Strambi has served as our chief financial officer and treasurer since
June 2012. From November 2009 to June 2012, Mr. Strambi served as our vice president
of finance. From December 2008 to August 2009, Mr. Strambi served as vice president
and chief accounting officer of Silver Spring Networks, Inc., a provider of
smart grid services. From February 2008 to December 2008, Mr. Strambi served
as chief financial officer of Metacafe, Inc., a provider of online video services.
From February 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Strambi served as vice president of
finance of MobiTV, Inc., a provider of mobile media solutions. From 2002 to
2006, Mr. Strambi served in various positions, the most recent of which was
vice president, controller and treasurer, with Macromedia, Inc., a provider
of web publishing products and solutions that was acquired by Adobe Systems
Incorporated. Mr. Strambi holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration
in Accounting from California State University, Sacramento and an M.B.A. in
Finance from the University of Southern California.
Rohan Chandran has served as our vice president and general manager, mobile
business unit since October 2014. From January 2014 to October 2014, Mr. Chandran
served as our head of consumer products. From April 2013 to January 2014, Mr.
Chandran served as senior vice president, product management of Technorati,
Inc., a provider of online media services. From June 2010 to February 2013,
Mr. Chandran served in various positions, the most recent of which was head
of consumer products, with YP, Inc., formerly AT&T Interactive, a consumer
local search and digital marketing company. From February 2008 to June 2010,
Mr. Chandran served as chief executive officer and founder of Collient, Inc.,
a long-form video personalization company. From August 2005 to February 2008,
Mr. Chandran served as senior director, product management, with Experian Interactive,
a provider of online financial services marketing solutions. Mr. Chandran holds
a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Salman Dhanani is a cofounder of our company and has served as co-president
of our automotive business unit since January 2014. Mr. Dhanani served as our
vice president, growth strategy and partnerships from July 2012 to January 2014,
as our vice president, products from August 2010 to July 2012 and as our vice
president, products and marketing from August 2009 to August 2010. Mr. Dhanani
served as our executive director of marketing from March 2009 to July 2009 and
as our senior director of marketing from November 1999 to February 2009. From
January 1999 to November 1999, Mr. Dhanani served as a consultant at the McKenna
Group, a strategy consulting firm. From July 1996 to December 1998, Mr. Dhanani
served as an application engineer at Schlumberger Ltd., a technology consulting
services company. Mr. Dhanani holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Washington.
Loren Hillberg has served as our general counsel and secretary since April 2009
and president and general manager, Thinknear since October 2014. From January
2013 to October 2014, Mr. Hillberg served as general manager, mobile business
unit. From September 2007 to September 2008, Mr. Hillberg served as vice president
and general counsel at Force10 Networks, a privately held communications and
networks company. From April 2005 to May 2007, Mr. Hillberg held various management
positions, including executive vice president and general counsel at Macrovision
Corporation (now Rovi Corporation), a publicly traded digital entertainment
company. From May 1998 to March 2005, Mr. Hillberg served as senior vice president
and general counsel at Macromedia, Inc., a provider of web publishing products
and solutions that was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Mr. Hillberg
holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University
of California, Hastings College of Law.
Hassan Wahla has served as co-president of our automotive business unit since
January 2014. Mr. Wahla served as our vice president, business development and
carrier sales from August 2009 to January 2014 and served as our executive director
of business development from May 2005 to August 2009. From April 2003 to May
2005, Mr. Wahla served as a senior product manager at Nextel Communications,
a wireless communications company that merged with Sprint. From February 2002
to April 2003, Mr. Wahla served as vice president of business development of
Wireless Multimedia Solutions, a privately held wireless software platform company.
From September 1999 to February 2002, Mr. Wahla served as director of business
development at MicroStrategy, Inc., a business intelligence software company.
Prior to that time, Mr. Wahla served as a senior consultant at Maritime Power,
a maritime equipment company. Mr. Wahla holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering
from Virginia Tech, an M.S. in Management from Stevens Institute of Technology
and a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University.
Telenav Inc currently has 579 employees.
