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Each member of Antenna's leadership team brings a wealth of industry experience,
knowledge, and unique talents to bear on Antenna's product and services offerings.
They are chartered with helping to shape this exciting, emerging marketplace and
position Antenna as a leader within it.
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James Hemmer has more than 20 years of experience in the hi-tech and communications
industries, and has been a senior executive at companies in all stages of development
from early stage to Fortune 500.
Prior to joining Antenna, Jim was senior vice president and general manager for
ADC Corporation's [ADCT] Software Services Division. Jim accepted the position in
February 2001 following ADC's acquisition of CommTech Corporation, an enterprise
software company focused on the telecommunications service provider market, where
he was president and chief operating officer.
Prior to CommTech, Jim was senior vice president of operations at Cap Gemini Telecommunications,
a division of Cap Gemini Group. He was responsible for operations and sales in the
telecommunications sector, the fastest-growing segment of Cap Gemini's North American
organization.
Jim also played a key role as a member of the senior leadership team at Computer
Sciences Corporation [CSC], establishing a substantial global communications business
for the company. During his nine years at CSC, Jim ran the company's Asia-Pacific
communications business unit, managed a global customer care and billing product-line
organization, and developed the company's European communications business unit
in London.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University
and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Bill Korn has more than 20 years of experience managing fast growth technology-based
businesses. As a five-time CFO in entrepreneurial companies, he has experience with
the unique challenges of managing growth, and also has significant operating and
strategy experience.
Prior to joining Antenna, Bill was CFO of iRail, LLC, a provider of procurement
solutions for transit agencies, where he continues to have a board seat. Bill was
President of Telelogue, a venture-backed Bell Labs spin-out creating advanced speech
recognition technology, and was both COO and CFO of INFONXX, an Inc. 500 company
providing directory assistance services to the wireless industry.
Bill also served as CFO of Integrion Financial Network, a joint venture of IBM and
19 major financial institutions, and INCOMNET, a public company that designed and
built data communications computers.
Bill spent ten years with IBM building their global services business, and was a
founder of IBM Consulting Group. He was part of the corporate strategy team which
created IBM's services strategy during Lou Gerstner's first year as CEO.
Bill received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College and a Masters
in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Jim has over 20 years experience as a senior executive in leading enterprise software
companies. Prior to Antenna, Jim served as an executive vice president at Lawson Software.
During his twelve year tenure at Lawson, he was responsible for worldwide field operations
and was a key driver in the company's growth from a $28 million company to a $344 million
company. Since June of 2002, Jim was the senior executive responsible for Lawson's multi-million
dollar international retail business unit where he managed worldwide marketing, operations,
development, professional services, finance and sales in both the United States and Europe.
Prior to his time at Lawson, Jim held senior sales and marketing positions at Software
Plus, Inc. a developer of human resources information systems, and Automatic Business
Centers, an application service provider of financial, payroll, and tax services.
Gregg Plekan, an industry veteran with more than 23 years experience in the technology,
communications and utilities markets, oversees Antenna Software's product management
and strategy initiatives.
Plekan joins Antenna after serving as partner of MTT Technologies', where he was
responsible for business development and acquisition in management, strategic, and
operations consulting engagements. He managed the company's software engineering
and project management programs, and provided consulting services for Qwest, ICG
Communications and AT&T Broadband. Prior to that, Plekan held executive management
positions at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, where managed the operations through an acquisition
and a merger bringing his business unit's value to $30 million.
Previously, Plekan was responsible for business development and alliance management
for the Work Force Management suite of products at MDSI, Inc. where he focused on
the communications and utility marketplaces. Plekan also held senior management
positions during a productive tenure at Computer Sciences Corporation. He served
as senior director of product management and technical director of system architecture
for work process and network services systems. Plekan was a principal founder and
vice president of software engineering for Phoenix Telecom prior to the company's
acquisition by CSC. Plekan has a degree in computer science and mathematics from
the State University of New York, at Brockport.
Michael brings over thirteen years of experience in the wireless industry to the
Antenna team. As Vice President of Operations, Michael's specific areas of responsibility
include network operations, customer service, IT, and product development.
Prior to his current position, he was Vice President of Operations at RPA Wireless.
He had also been their Director of Customer Service. Before joining RPA Wireless,
he held various management positions for Bell Atlantic Mobile within their Operations
and Strategic Planning departments.
Michael holds a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University
of Villanova.
Dan has over twenty years of experience in R&D and communications product development.
He has built and delivered various communications products to major network providers
and complex applications to worldwide enterprise customers. As Vice President of
Engineering, Dan helps define and implement our strategic vision and leads development
activities for our mobile solutions.
Before joining Antenna Software, Dan held several engineering and leadership positions
in many successful venture-backed companies and large R&D firms including General
Dynamics, Bell Labs and Lucent.
Dan has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics
and Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Jim Somers, an accomplished mobile executive with more than 15 years of experience in technology, communications and software industries, is responsible for overseeing Antenna Software’s global marketing and business development initiatives. Somers comes to Antenna with a proven track record of leading successful product launches in both the consumer and business technology markets.
Somers is responsible for further amplifying Antenna’s leadership voice in the enterprise mobility sector and managing partnerships in the VAR, System Integration, OEM and Carrier markets. Prior to joining Antenna, Somers was VP, Marketing for Fiberlink Communications, a leading provider of mobile workforce solutions for global multinational enterprises. During his time at Fiberlink, Somers was instrumental in repositioning the company from a network-centric access aggregator to a provider of secure mobility software and services.
Somers also spent 4 years at AT&T as a Marketing Director in the company’s Consumer Products Division, overseeing the launch of several new product initiatives including “00” INFO, One Rate, and the company’s initial roll-out of Cable Broadband. Prior to AT&T, Somers worked at Ogilvy & Mather and Lintas Worldwide, managing advertising campaigns for blue-chip brands including American Express, Ryder System, and Chesebrough-Pond's.
Somers earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government & Law from Lafayette College and lives in Northern New Jersey with his wife and three children.
As VP of Solutions Engineering, Reji Baby brings to bear a distinguished track record of more than 17
years in software engineering research and development, focused in the communications, networking and
financial industries. In this position, he sets and implements standard operating procedures and
methodologies for Antenna’s solutions development team and oversees Antenna’s operations in India.
Prior to joining Antenna Software, Reji was Managing Director at Evident Software, where he served as
a member of the Board of Directors for Evident Software India and helped to lead the company’s technology
strategy in both the US and India.
Before joining Evident, Reji held several key engineering positions. Notably he was a Distinguished Member
of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies and also worked at AT&T Bell Labs.
Reji played a key role in the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force), a world wide consortium responsible
for developing management standards and promoting inter-operability within Enterprise & Internet
environments. He completed his Masters Degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology
and has also earned a BS and MS Degree in Mathematics from Kerala University, India.
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