What is the Motorola mafia?

The Motorola mafia is the network of 115 people who came through Motorola and went on to found or lead other companies, including Valor Capital Group, Optimizegeo, Ladder Financial, Robertshaw, Sabanto.

Who is in the Motorola mafia?

Notable members include Scott Sobel (Valor Capital Group), Kirthiga Reddy (Optimizegeo), Jeff Merkel (Ladder Financial), John Hewitt (Robertshaw), Craig Rupp (Sabanto), Barun Kar (Auradine), Dana Levine (Instantq), Slim S. Souissi (Novatel Wireless), among 115 tracked members.

What companies did Motorola alumni found?

Companies founded by Motorola alumni include Valor Capital Group, Optimizegeo, Ladder Financial, Robertshaw, Sabanto, Auradine, Instantq, Novatel Wireless, Quantum Circuits, South Park Commons.

The Motorola Mafia

115 people came through Motorola and went on to found or lead other companies.

Scott SobelDirector, Business DevelopmentFounded Valor Capital Group +1 Kirthiga ReddyDirector, Good IndiaFounded Optimizegeo +1 Jeff MerkelDirector, Market DevelopmentFounded Ladder Financial +1 John HewittSr. Manager of Finance, Digital Media SystemsFounded Robertshaw +1 Craig RuppLead Engineer - IridiumFounded Sabanto +1 Barun KarDesign Manager and Technical Staff Engr.Founded Auradine +1 Dana LevinePrincipal EngineerFounded Instantq +1 Slim S. SouissiPrincipal Staff EngineerFounded Novatel Wireless +1 Ray SmetsVP – Broadband Solutions Group (SVP - Global Sales and Marketing, Netopia, Inc)Founded Quantum Circuits +1 Ram JayaramanSoftware EngineerFounded South Park Commons +1 Anshu AgarwalSr. Research EngineerFounded Nimbella Mohan KumarExecutive Vice President Mobile BUFounded Capillary Technologies Jason KochProcess engineerFounded Telogis, Inc.Kirk WolfeTechnology ManagerFounded Kollective Technology Nick NaclerioDirector, Motorola VenturesFounded Quanterix Manish SinghalHead @ AlgorithmsFounded pi Ventures Eduardo AbeliukEngineering Intern (Chandler, AZ)Founded TeselaGen Leo LiangIntern ResearcherFounded CipherOwl Raghu YarlagaddaHardware Project LeadFounded FalconX Dean ForbesSales ManagerFounded Forterro Francois Tanguay.NET ConsultantFounded UNO Platform Pat VihtelicSummer Intern - Mobile DivisionFounded Home Chef Ronjon NagCEO/oo-founderFounded Agemica Jeffrey EschbachLead R&D Solutions Manager/Architect, WiMAX Systems Architecture (Canvas Product Team)Founded Page Vault Mony HassidTechnologist, Engineering and Research Lead - MotorolaFounded Microsoft Thilo SemmelbauerManagerFounded Weight Watchers International David BluhmSenior Business DevelopmentFounded Plunk Kurt SeidenstickerDevelopment LeadFounded Vital Proteins Sebastien BorgetInternFounded The Sandbox David AragaoSoftware DeveloperFounded Hent Nathan ShinderManager, Ecosystem and Software PlatformFounded Sentiyen Khairul Anwar Mohamad ZakiR&D EngineerFounded Pandai Brian CripeStudent Capstone Course Team-LeadFounded OneGrep Michael RosenfieldATAP InternFounded Decipher AI Shaun ModiIndustrial DesignerFounded Capitol AI Sergio AlmaguerSoftware DeveloperFounded Yaydoo Hemanth MeenakshisundaramSoftware EngineerFounded Canopy John Peter NorairSenior EngineerFounded Lynq Sek ChaiPrincipal MTSFounded Latent AI Jason DettbarnEmbedded Software EngineerFounded Addigy Jack O'HolleranBusiness Development and Product StrategyFounded Skale Punit Singh SoniVice President, Product ManagementFounded Suki Redwood City Uri NativSystem AdministratorFounded Torii Vinay RavuriHead of Service ManagementFounded Edgeq Ali JavidanATAPFounded Range Energy Anand JainSr. Software EngineerFounded CleverTap Mance HarmonSr. Director, Security ProductsFounded Hedera Hashgraph Anshoo SharmaEngineeringFounded Magicpin Danesh IraniApplications Research Engineering InternFounded Theom Ritesh PatelSr Software EngineerFounded Nirmata AnupreetSummer InternFounded Brevian Doreen DuNetworks & Enterprise Department M-Commerce Business Development ConsultantFounded Sophon Roy BickSoftware development engineerFounded vimi Ray Chen (Chen Yue / 陈悦)Head of Business Development and New Channel SalesFounded Gotin Cedric RogersQuality & Product EngineeringFounded Looklive Justin VencelNetworking InternFounded Solve Mukund NambirajanProduct Management - Regional Lead for APACFounded General Systems Richard GrundySenior Software EngineerFounded Flomio Lava KumarProduct Marketing ManagerFounded Entropik Vinnie DelgadoElectrical Components Technologies EngineerFounded PPAP Manager Michael ShengSenior Software EngineerFounded ABCS Insights Marcie Blackdevice engineerFounded Advanced Silicon Group Leemon BairdDirector of Security EngineeringFounded Hedera Hashgraph Paul HartungVP OperationsFounded Cognoptix Sumit SanyalSW EngineerFounded Minds Ai Rohini KasturiLead EngineerFounded HG Insights Meenakshi VashistSenior Engineering ManagerFounded TekUncorked Energy Patrick BergougnouChanel Sales ManagerFounded Cirpack Alexander SmirnovStudentFounded SpinDrive Dusty JonesProcess EngineerFounded TrueAbility Sean LongworthEnterprise Business Development ManagerFounded Hotmic Veselin RaychevSoftware EngineerFounded logic Rahul BammiProcess Engineer, R&DFounded Verdagy Vishalini PaliwalStaff Software EngineerFounded Zipy Lee TurmanCreative Media ConsultantFounded Elite Personal Chefs Mark DeanProduct Manager - Location and Messaging ServicesFounded Daitum Yoav LevySoftware DeveloperFounded Upstream Security Brian BauerDirector Product MarketingFounded Resynergi Kumar AbhijeetBusiness Development AnalystFounded Ocient Karan TalatiMechanical Development EngineerFounded First Resonance Andrew Van ValerOperations, Manufacturing & Program ManagementFounded Esaiyo Dirk BuikemaCorporate AttorneyFounded Hyper Wear Paul KellenbergerVice President & DirectorFounded zSpace Pete ConaProduct Manager, Network Management SystemsFounded Versify Birago JonesUX ResearcherFounded Pienso Jeremie Pierre GayProject Leader EngineeringFounded Create it REAL Venki AyalurDirector - EngineeringFounded Blendid Howie AltmanSoftware EngineerFounded Perceiver AI Geoff BairdSenior Director, Global Retail & DistributionFounded Enrollml Yoav Izhar-PratoIndependent ConsultantFounded Skai Larry KissSenior Design EngineerFounded Spot Hero Denise GibsonVice President and General Manager, US MarketsFounded Brightstar Padmasree WarriorChief Technology Officer and EVPFounded Fable Group Masumi ReyndersVP Global Software Partnerships and InnovationFounded Majestic Labs Mayank SekhsariaEngineeringFounded Sun King Vladimir IvanovConfiguration ManagerFounded Supplied

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Motorola mafia?: The Motorola mafia is the network of 115 people who came through Motorola and went on to found or lead other companies, including Valor Capital Group, Optimizegeo, Ladder Financial, Robertshaw, Sabanto.
Who is in the Motorola mafia?: Notable members include Scott Sobel (Valor Capital Group), Kirthiga Reddy (Optimizegeo), Jeff Merkel (Ladder Financial), John Hewitt (Robertshaw), Craig Rupp (Sabanto), Barun Kar (Auradine), Dana Levine (Instantq), Slim S. Souissi (Novatel Wireless), among 115 tracked members.
What companies did Motorola alumni found?: Companies founded by Motorola alumni include Valor Capital Group, Optimizegeo, Ladder Financial, Robertshaw, Sabanto, Auradine, Instantq, Novatel Wireless, Quantum Circuits, South Park Commons.