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Francois graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a BS in General Science. During his time at Penn State, he co-founded a small finance company which eventually led to a partnership in a larger venture in New York City. After the business was sold in 2010, Francois’ passion for entrepreneurship and innovation drove his search for new and exciting endeavors.

Through his studies in science and an understanding of intellectual property, he was able to develop his curiosity into a deeper understanding of Android based operating processes. Together with Jake Louw, his ideas came to fruition as they pioneered one of the most ground-breaking and advanced frameworks in the messaging industry. To date, they have designed multiple patented technologies. Disa is now on the forefront of an emerging message unification market.

Sandeep is a senior tech executive with a passion for delivering impactful, cutting-edge technology. He started his career in software development at IBM. He then became a partner & principal at The Kernel Group, which Veritas acquired. Following the exit, he joined Exterprise as Chief Architect and led its development through acquisition by Commerce One. He then went on to co-found Gravitant, which IBM acquired.

Since 2008, Sandeep has been focused on mobile-first application strategies, whereas an early adopter of the smartphone ecosystem, he launched award-winning music platforms MixZing and Socialmuse on Android. He has successfully launched numerous applications for various clients, including the official NFL Mobile applications and Verizon Message+ applications, each with more than 15million active users.

• Bloomberg - Are you a robot? (bloomberg.com)
• Commerce One to buy Exterprise for $78M (computerworld.com)
• IBM Acquires Gravitant to Boost Hybrid Cloud and Enterprise Services (newsroom.ibm.com)
• SocialMuse, Inc. - Overview, Competitors, and Employees (apollo.io)

Steven is a seasoned mobile media developer well-versed in complex, massively scalable systems. He has brought multiple enterprise level software companies to market and has closed revenue and strategic distribution deals with a multitude of companies including; Facebook, Amazon, Google, NBC, CBS, Pandora, and NY Times. Before joining the team Steven lead the NFL mobile team to launch their apps on 5 platforms (including Android and iOS).

Jim is a whip-smart Startup Finance leader with over a decade of experience in driving successful business outcomes for entrepreneurs and investors. At Kruze Consulting Jim has worked with startups in New York, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, providing his invaluable expertise in startup accounting, finance, HR and tax.

• Fractional CFO, Kruze Consulting
• Head of Finance, Xero

Seasoned product innovation, management and marketing leader. Experienced in scaling startups as well building new products and businesses. Before joining the team Vipin worked as Executive Director at IHS Markit.

Michael heads the business development of Disa Technologies, helping the company to grow and scale. He manages external relationships with partners and investors, oversees the growth plan, team development, and business planning. With ten years of experience from the management consulting industry, he was responsible for client relationships with high-tech sales and marketing executives. Michael has spent 3 years at Gartner as marketing director, regional sales leader, and sales strategist and is a recent graduate of The Wharton Business School MBA program, where his focus was on entrepreneurial management and marketing.

Bill is a seasoned mobile developer/manager with over 20 years’ experience delivering successful mobile apps and server side services. His skill set has allowed him to work effectively in big companies, across teams - to start-ups with their own culture. Bill was one of the first ten developers hired at GroupMe and worked with the team for 4 years. Currently his focus is on UI with an expanding managerial role as the development team grows. Bill has a BSEE from Union College.

David was the CTO for Wine by Wives - a celebrity wine club imagined by Reality TV stars Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Barney along with New York businessman and internet marketing entrepreneur Christopher Gravagna. David handled all development aspects from the marketing, purchasing and application sides of the company. He is a C# coding language specialist.