RICH FERREIRA

MANAGING PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER

LAS VEGAS, NV

• Broad understanding of Technology, Products, and Global Markets

• Creation of Strategic partnerships and sales channel - reps/disti/OEM, and VAR

• Strategic Sales and Business Development, creative positioning across channels

• Multiple Marketing and Sales leadership roles in large multination and SMB

• Regional and Global General Management experience

Rich is a Sales and Business Development Executive with more than 35 years’ experience in North America.

A large portion of his career was spent in the Semiconductor industry. Rich worked 25 years for Philips/NXP. He started his career in the fab, as a wafer fab process engineer and transitioned to sales, where he grew to Sales Leadership positions. Rich was the Global Key Account manager for HP and oversaw the shifting of production to EMS in Asia. He was head of Sales for the Americas for the Computing and Wireless/Cellular Segment.

Rich understands the Manufacturing Sales Representatives (Rep) and Distribution infrastructure like no other. He was a managing partner of a Semiconductor Manufacturing Rep Firm Envision LLC, with locations in Atlanta/Huntsville, Dallas, and San Jose. 

Rich excels at creating key partnerships and operational sales infrastructure. He has a track record of “connecting the dots” between multiple partners, across products and technologies.

Rich has an office in (Summerlin) Las Vegas, NV.

Education: BSEE, MBA

ERWIN BOSMA

MANAGING PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER

DENVER, CO

• Deep understanding of Technology, including Systems, Software, and Silicon

• Strategic positioning across technologies and products

• An active network of resources in silicon, software, contract manufacturers

• Sales, BD, and Operations Leadership at Senior positions and Board Level

• Extensive sales operations experience – from sales pipeline to forecast

Erwin is a Sales, Business Development, and Marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience.

He started his career at Philips in its R&D center and the System Laboratory as a systems engineer. He moved from the Netherlands to North America in 1999 and transitioned to sales in a Business Development role. He has worked for several semiconductor companies like NXP, Trident Microsystems, and Entropic in a variety of sales roles: Account Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Global Key Account Manager, and Head of Sales. Sales channel management was an important part of his responsibility and he has worked with Manufacturing Reps and Distribution partners, with a focus on Consumer Electronics. His team won and launched various programs at Tier 1 & 2 Cable and Telco service providers.

Erwin transitioned to Software Sales in 2014 focusing on IoT, Industrial IoT, and AIoT. He was part of the C-suite at Greenwave Systems, Savant, and Gravetti. He has an extensive network and is recognized in the market for his sales, sales operations, industry, and technology knowledge.

Erwin has an office in Castle Rock, CO, just south of Denver.

Education: BSEE, MBA

JOÉ HOUARI

GENERAL PARTNER - LOS ANGELES, CA

Joé Houari is the owner of JBH Consulting. After graduating with an MBA in marketing and business development, he started JBH Consulting with the idea of helping entrepreneurs and small/mid-sized businesses on their creative journey. After moving to the US and spending few years in the restaurant industry as a business development manager in Washington, D.C., he decided to go back to his original aspiration. Now based in Manhattan Beach, CA, he is shaping creative design strategies for self-starters, SMBs, and bigger operations from any industry.

JIM FRIEDRICH

GENERAL PARTNER - RALEIGH, NC

Chairman, CEO of both Envision LLC a 30-year IC Rep Company operating in the * SE States; and Envision EES, a 5-year IT VAR operating nationally. Jim has offices in Raleigh, Atlanta, and Huntsville and many deep relationships in the world of WLAN, SaaS, DaaS, Telecom, and ISP. Jim’s passion is currently in the scaling of his Envision EES business, connecting IoT and IIoT data pipes into a customer network and then utilizing Kloudspot for the integration of this data and analytics/AI. With the current need for improving rural internet capabilities, Jim has aligned with partners to provide faster connections for improving residences to operate effectively. This is critical as we become more remote in work and school.

JASON NAGY

GENERAL PARTNER - CLAYTON, NC

Jason is the President of J & M Security Solutions. He started his career as an engineer with MCI in the late '90s and has worked in telecommunications, networking, and security for over 20 years. He has experience in supporting multiple government agencies in designing, building, and maintaining secure, critical infrastructure, communications, and security platforms worldwide. J & M Security Solutions is a technology company specializing in communications, infrastructure, and security solutions for local, state, and federal governments.

DONALD MALLOY

GENERAL PARTNER - LOS ANGELES, CA

Donald Malloy is the Chairman of OATH, The Initiative for Open Authentication. OATH is an industry alliance that has changed the authentication market from proprietary systems to an open-source standard-based architecture promoting ubiquitous strong authentication used by most companies today for their Multi-Factor solutions. He is also the Founder of Securing the IoT which provides symposiums and design packages focused on IoT Security.

BRANDON HARWOOD

GENERAL PARTNER - PHOENIX, AZ

Brandon offers over 25 years of Human Resources experience in corporate America, Europe, Asia. He has successfully led and executed critical search assignments for senior leaders and high-level individual contributors in numerous fields, including semiconductors, aerospace, the display industry, and healthcare.