Our Team
Ian Cash
Chief Executive Officer
Nick Bockenfeld
Head of Business Development
Cesar Fuentes
Chief Product Officer
Nishant Barma
Chief Data Scientist
David Rhine
Chief Software Officer
Fariba Khoshghalbvash
Data Scientist
Ryan Buck
Software Engineer
Board of Management and Mentors
Chip Miller
Board of Management
Highly successful executive with 28 years of international and multiple business segment experience in a Fortune 100 company. A decisive leader with an unblemished history of profit and growth. Expertise in strategy development and deployment, profit and loss, mergers and acquisitions, business acquisition, capitalization strategies, intellectual property development and defense, negotiation, company culture, as well as operational experience from field operations through executive leadership. Formally educated in petroleum engineering and business, with a background in both asset intensive, as well as working capital businesses.
Alan Reid
Board of Management
Vice President of Stimulation and Intervention at Forum Energy Technologies with 28 years of experience in the international and domestic marketplace for a Fortune 100 company. An expert in measuring growth through sound financial performance metrics. Excels in leading, developing, and growing operational teams. Enthusiastically seeks new challenges and implements process-based applications to develop the competency of the people whom he mentors. Formally educated in accountancy, with a background in both finance and operations in the international and domestic marketplace.
Rodney Boehm
Mentor
Director of Engineering Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University with over 35 years of experience including startups, international business, and telecommunications, etc. Excels in startup development including team management, sales, product development and product market fit. Technical and business experience in running innovation and entrepreneurship programs at Texas A&M University. Received a VentureWell Faculty Grant to support student teams working to commercialize their products. Formally educated in electrical engineering with a background in large-scale distribution.
Peter Hansen
Mentor
Principal Firmware Architect at Hewlett-Packard with 24 years of experience in low level firmware development. An expert in system architecture, cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and creation of technology-based intellectual property. Excels in both software and hardware, including phone application development. Proven ability to solve complex issues while maintaining domestic and international team relationships to ensure the product quality. Formally educated in computer info systems, with a background in both embedded systems and software development.
Timm Madden
Mentor
Former Senior I&C Consultant and Project Execution Adviser for a top 5 Fortune 500 company. Over 35 years of experience in the implementation of process automation technology throughout the energy sector as well as Refining and Upstream project execution. Highly qualified leader with a large skill set in process control, system design, system safety and product reliability. Former member of the Board of Directors for the Fieldbus Foundation, and voting member of the ISA SP50. Formally educated in electrical engineering with a background in process automation and controls.