The Motorola Mafia
107 people came through Motorola and went on to found or lead other companies.
Jeff MerkelDirector, Market DevelopmentFounded Ladder Financial +1Kirthiga ReddyDirector, Good IndiaFounded Optimizegeo +1John HewittDirector of Finance, Telecom Access SolutionsFounded Robertshaw +1Craig RuppLead Engineer - IridiumFounded Sabanto +1Barun KarDesign Manager and Technical Staff Engr.Founded Auradine +1Dana LevinePrincipal EngineerFounded Instantq +1Slim S. SouissiPrincipal Staff EngineerFounded Novatel Wireless +1Ray SmetsVP β Broadband Solutions Group (SVP - Global Sales and Marketing, Netopia, Inc)Founded Quantum Circuits +1Ram JayaramanSoftware EngineerFounded Southparkcommons +1Anshu AgarwalSr. Research EngineerFounded NimbellaScott SobelDirector, Business DevelopmentFounded OlistMohan KumarExecutive Vice President Mobile BUFounded Capillary TechnologiesJason KochProcess engineerFounded Telogis, Inc.Kirk WolfeTechnology ManagerFounded Kollective TechnologyManish SinghalHead @ AlgorithmsFounded PiventuresEduardo AbeliukEngineering Intern (Chandler, AZ)Founded TeselaGenLeo LiangIntern ResearcherFounded CipherOwlRaghu YarlagaddaHardware Project LeadFounded FalconXDean ForbesSales ManagerFounded ForterroPat VihtelicSummer Intern - Mobile DivisionFounded Home ChefRonjon NagVP & General ManagerFounded AgemicaJeffrey EschbachLead R&D Solutions Manager/Architect, WiMAX Systems Architecture (Canvas Product Team)Founded Page VaultThilo SemmelbauerManagerFounded Weight Watchers InternationalDavid BluhmSenior Business DevelopmentFounded PlunkKurt SeidenstickerDevelopment LeadFounded Vital ProteinsSebastien BorgetInternFounded The SandboxDavid AragaoSoftware DeveloperFounded HentNathan ShinderManager, Ecosystem and Software PlatformFounded SentiyenKhairul Anwar Mohamad ZakiR&D EngineerFounded PandaiBrian CripeStudent Capstone Course Team-LeadFounded OneGrepMichael RosenfieldATAP InternFounded Decipher AIShaun ModiIndustrial DesignerFounded Capitol AISergio AlmaguerSoftware DeveloperFounded YaydooHemanth MeenakshisundaramSoftware EngineerFounded CanopyJohn Peter NorairSenior EngineerFounded LynqSek ChaiPrincipal MTSFounded Latent AIJason DettbarnEmbedded Software EngineerFounded AddigyJack O'HolleranBusiness Development and Product StrategyFounded SkalePunit Singh SoniVice President, Product ManagementFounded Suki Redwood CityUri NativSystem AdministratorFounded ToriiVinay RavuriHead of Service ManagementFounded EdgeqAli JavidanATAPFounded RangeAnand JainSr. Software EngineerFounded CleverTapMance HarmonSr. Director, Security ProductsFounded Hedera HashgraphDanesh IraniApplications Research Engineering InternFounded TheomRitesh PatelSr Software EngineerFounded NirmataAnupreetSummer InternFounded BrevianDoreen DuNetworks & Enterprise Department M-Commerce Business Development ConsultantFounded SophonRay Chen (Chen Yue / ιζ¦)Head of Business Development and New Channel SalesFounded GotinCedric RogersQuality & Product EngineeringFounded LookliveJustin VencelNetworking InternFounded SolveMukund NambirajanProduct Management - Regional Lead for APACFounded General SystemsAshraf AlkarmiSr. Product ManagerFounded DropboxRichard GrundyPrincipal Staff EngineerFounded FlomioVinnie DelgadoSourcing EngineerFounded PPAP ManagerMichael ShengSenior Software EngineerFounded ABCS InsightsMarcie Blackdevice engineerFounded Advanced Silicon GroupLeemon BairdDirector of Security EngineeringFounded Hedera HashgraphPaul HartungVP OperationsFounded CognoptixSumit SanyalSW EngineerFounded Minds AiRohini KasturiLead EngineerFounded HG InsightsMeenakshi VashistSenior Engineering ManagerFounded TekUncorked EnergyPatrick BergougnouChanel Sales ManagerFounded CirpackAlexander SmirnovStudentFounded SpinDriveDusty JonesProcess EngineerFounded TrueAbilitySean LongworthEnterprise Business Development ManagerFounded HotmicVeselin RaychevSoftware EngineerFounded logicRahul BammiProcess Engineer, R&DFounded VerdagyVishalini PaliwalStaff Software EngineerFounded ZipyLee TurmanCreative Media ConsultantFounded Elite Personal ChefsMark DeanProduct Manager - Location and Messaging ServicesFounded DaitumYoav LevySoftware DeveloperFounded Upstream SecurityBrian BauerDirector Product MarketingFounded ResynergiKumar AbhijeetBusiness Development AnalystFounded OcientKaran TalatiMechanical Development EngineerFounded First ResonanceAndrew Van ValerOperations, Manufacturing & Program ManagementFounded EsaiyoDirk BuikemaDirector of Strategy World Wide ManufacturingFounded Hyper WearPaul KellenbergerVice President & DirectorFounded zSpacePete ConaProduct Manager, Network Management SystemsFounded VersifyJeremie Pierre GayProject Leader EngineeringFounded Create it REALVenki AyalurEngineering ManagerFounded BlendidHowie AltmanSoftware EngineerFounded Perceiver AIGeoff BairdSenior Director, Global Retail & DistributionFounded EnrollmlYoav Izhar-PratoIndependent ConsultantFounded SkaiLarry KissSenior Design EngineerFounded Spot HeroDenise GibsonVice President and General Manager, US MarketsFounded BrightstarPadmasree WarriorChief Technology Officer and EVPFounded Fable GroupMasumi ReyndersVP Global Software Partnerships and InnovationFounded Majestic LabsMayank SekhsariaEngineeringFounded Sun KingVladimir IvanovConfiguration ManagerFounded SuppliedSandy GodseyEngineer and Patent CounselFounded MetawaveSrinivas MandyamSr Director, EngineeringFounded TynkerAbe McIntoshIT DirectorFounded TangleLaiq ChughtaiEngineering InternFounded ZyptechnologiesPhil SpiveyVice President & GM Revenue Products & Services Business UnitFounded Dedicated ComputingJason GulbinasMBA - Consulting Alliance ProgramFounded Ailatech
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the Motorola mafia?
- The Motorola mafia is the network of 107 people who came through Motorola and went on to found or lead other companies, including Ladder Financial, Optimizegeo, Robertshaw, Sabanto, Auradine.
- Who is in the Motorola mafia?
- Notable members include Jeff Merkel (Ladder Financial), Kirthiga Reddy (Optimizegeo), John Hewitt (Robertshaw), Craig Rupp (Sabanto), Barun Kar (Auradine), Dana Levine (Instantq), Slim S. Souissi (Novatel Wireless), Ray Smets (Quantum Circuits), among 107 tracked members.
- What companies did Motorola alumni found?
- Companies founded by Motorola alumni include Ladder Financial, Optimizegeo, Robertshaw, Sabanto, Auradine, Instantq, Novatel Wireless, Quantum Circuits, Southparkcommons, Nimbella.