MANAGEMENT TEAM
Larry M. Paulson
Chief Executive Officer
Larry M. Paulson has served as our
Chief Executive Officer and a member
of our board of directors since our
inception. He has also served as
principal and founder of Rancho Santa
Fe Solutions, a wireless industry
consulting company he founded in
February 2010. From 2013 to January
2020, Mr. Paulson was with Qualcomm
(Nasdaq:QCOM) where he served as Vice
President of Product Management
(2013-16), Vice President and
President India and SAARC (2016-2018)
and Vice President Sales NA and
Australia (2018-Jan 2020). Prior to
Qualcomm, he served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Marketing officer
of Brightpoint, Inc., a provider of
worldwide distribution and integrated
logistics services to the wireless
communications industry, from 2010 to
2013. Prior to that he served with
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) from 1987 to 2010
where he had numerous roles including
global Senior Vice President and
General Manager CDMA Product line. Mr.
Paulson holds a BA in Communications
from Point Park University. We believe
Mr. Paulson is well-qualified to serve
on our board of directors because of
his more than thirty years of global
senior management positions in the
tech industry with expertise in
wireless communications.
Robert J. Laikin
Chairman of the Board
Robert J. Laikin has served as our
Chairman of the Board since our
inception. Mr. Laikin currently serves
as the non-executive Chairman of the
Board of Washington Prime Group Inc.
(NYSE:WPG), where he has held a
director role since May 2014. Mr.
Laikin held the Lead Independent
Director role at Washington Prime
Group Inc. until the position was
eliminated by the Board in 2016 and he
at that time became Chairman of the
Board. Mr. Laikin has also been the
managing member of L7 Investments LLC,
a closely held company that invests
primarily in multi-family apartments
as well as single-purpose buildings,
hotels, divestitures and single-family
homes, since January 2016. Mr. Laikin
served as Executive Advisor to the CEO
and Government Relations Executive of
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), a
wholesale technology distributor and
supply-chain management and mobile
device lifecycle services company,
from November 2012 to December 2019.
Previously Mr. Laikin served as the
founder, Chief Executive Officer and
member of the board of directors of
Brightpoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: CELL) from
August 1989 until it was acquired by
Ingram Macro Inc. in November 2012.
Mr. Laikin holds a Bachelor of Science
from Indiana University. We believe
Mr. Laikin is well-qualified to serve
as our Chairman because of his
significant experience in the areas of
executive leadership, corporate
management, retail, real estate,
business strategy and corporate
finance, banking, financing,
accounting, corporate management,
general business and global business
operations, accounting, corporate
governance, public company compliance,
political/governmental matters,
audit/compliance, entrepreneurism,
real estate development, sales,
charitable/philanthropic matters,
marketing, risk management/insurance,
legal, investor, media and public
relations, negotiation and deal
structure.
Vince Donargo
Chief Financial Officer
Vincent Donargo has served as our
Chief Financial Officer since our
inception. Since December 2019, Mr.
Donargo has been providing financial
advisory and consulting services to
private clients. From May 2019 to
December 2019, Mr. Donargo served as
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Celadon Group
Inc. (OTC:CGIPQ). From November 2017
to April 2019, he was Vice President
and Chief Accounting Officer of the
Celadon Group Inc., where he was
brought in to assist with Celadon
Group’s financial restructuring.
Celadon Group filed a voluntary
petition for bankruptcy on December 8,
2019. From August 2016 to November
2017, Mr. Donargo was Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
of Beaulieu Group LLC, a North
American carpet and flooring
manufacturing company, where he
assisted the company with its
financial restructuring process.
Beaulieu Group LLC filed a voluntary
petition for bankruptcy on July 16,
2017. Prior to joining Beaulieu Group,
Mr. Donargo held senior finance
positions at several publicly-traded
companies, including Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
of Brightstar Corporation from April,
2014 to August 2016 and Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of Brightpoint, Inc. from
September 2005 until it was acquired
by Ingram Micro Inc. in November 2012.
From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Donargo was the
strategic business unit controller,
director of finance and corporate
controller of Aearo Company, a safety
products manufacturing company. Prior
to that, from 1990 to 1998, Mr.
Donargo was employed in various
financial positions with National
Starch and Chemical Company, a
specialty chemical manufacturing
company. Mr. Donargo holds a BA in
Accounting from Rutgers University.
