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MELODIS’s board of directors includes company executives and venture capital partners, as well as an independent director:
Keyvan Mohajer
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer Keyvan leads the company's management, corporate strategy and operations. Keyvan is also the principal executive responsible for MELODIS’s technology development. His expertise in speech recognition, signal processing, algorithm design, statistics and Internet technology have resulted in the invention of revolutionary technologies since MELODIS’s formation. Prior to MELODIS, Keyvan was involved in the creation and growth of a number of technology companies in the United States and Canada, and remains an advisor or board member to many of these companies today. Keyvan has a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
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Founder & Vice President, Products & Chief Financial Officer James is responsible for managing all of MELODIS’s product development efforts and for overseeing all finance and accounting operations. He has extensive knowledge of product design, development and testing, with a particular focus on database design and clustering, human computer interaction, accounting and finance. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Stanford University. |
| Kamran Elahian,
Global Catalyst Partners Kamran Elahian has co-founded more than ten high-tech companies and two nonprofit organizations, in addition to co-founding Global Catalyst Partners. He serves as chairman of the board for Centillium Communications, Planetweb, Actelis Networks, the Global Catalyst Foundation and Relief International-Schools Online, and serves on the boards of Beceem Communications, Ikoa, Melodis, and Yoomba. Kamran is also a recipient of The Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award for recognition of his exceptional contributions to the development, innovation, growth and long-term opportunities of the fabless semiconductor industry.
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| Jay Eum,
Translink Capital Jay is responsible for investments in mobile and digital media at TransLink, and supports portfolio companies with their customers and partners. Prior to TransLink, Eum was responsible for starting up the U.S. operations for Samsung Venture Investment Corp., the venture investment arm of Samsung, and leading their U.S.-based investments and portfolio management. Under Jay’s leadership, Samsung Ventures America grew to a team of five investment professionals and invested over $80M in 27 U.S.-based startup companies. http://www.translinkcapital.com |
| Richard Geruson, Independent Prior to its acquisition by Nuance, Rich served as CEO of VoiceSignal, the world leader in voice-enabled mobile search and other mobile voice solutions. Within four years of his arrival at VoiceSignal, Geruson increased shareholder value more than tenfold, which resulted in the business selling for a multiple of more than 12 times its revenue. Before joining VoiceSignal, Geruson also held senior executive and management positions at Nokia, IBM, Toshiba and McKinsey & Company. | |
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