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Company
Background |
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Rotani,
founded in May 2003, specializes in the
development and design of future
generation wireless networking
solutions.
Rotani’s AirReferee™ technology is a
next-generation access point design
that makes WLAN interference-resistant.
Rotani is privately held and financially
backed by First Ventury GmbH.
Rotani’s technology benefits the entire
WLAN industry. Licensees of
Rotani’s hardware and software designs
can expand market opportunities, improve
customer satisfaction and expand the
lifecycle of current and upcoming
networking products.
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Management Team
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Experienced business leader with over 20
years of business and engineering.
Directly responsible for brokering
substantial partnership and business
agreements with major international
corporations including; IBM, Sikorsky
Aircraft, Intel, NTT, and Mitsui.
Activities prior to Rotani include:
Co-founder and CTO of RF Code, Inc. Developed two award-winning
generations of real-time tracking and
locating systems (RTLS). Awarded Best of
Show by PC Week Magazine at Fall Comdex
1999.
Vice President Telepad, Inc. Developed
two award-winning generations of
Pen-based portable computers. NASDAQ IPO
1996. Awarded Best of Show Fall Comdex
1996.
Deputy Program Manager VH-60, SH-60F,
HH-60J/J Helicopters. Direct P&L and
management responsibility for more than
$4 billion in aircraft contracts.
Master of Science degree in Aeronautical
Engineering from Naval Post Graduate
School.
US Naval Officer and pilot.
Over 12 issued and pending patents
worldwide.
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Nicholas is responsible for Rotani's
operations, finance, commercial strategy
and business development with over 8
years of entrepreneurial experience in
partnership development, project
management, sales, marketing, and
operations in high-growth,
high-technology companies.
Activities prior to Rotani include:
Sr. Project Manager at Harley-Davidson Sweden. Responsible for the
successful implementation of a business
consulting system developed by H-D
University that improved dealer network
profitability. H-D Sweden was honored
third highest in worldwide sales 2002.
Managing Director at DEFCOM Security in
Germany, which offered highly
specialized professional IT security
services and served FTSE 100
organizations in the financial,
insurance, manufacturing and government
markets.
Co-Founder and COO at WorldGuide Media
AG, a multimedia publishing company with
worldwide sales.
MBA from the private Business School of
Nagold, Germany.
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Over 17 years of engineering experience
and project management and responsible
for all aspects of hardware design,
system architecture, and new hardware
technologies.
Activities prior to Rotani include:
Vice President of Engineering at International Internet & Telecom.
architect and developer of an innovative
VoIP gateway.
Program manager at RF Code, developing
RFID products for the asset tracking
industry.
Project Manager AT&T Bell Labs (Lucent
Technologies). Architected and developed
several high volume Telecom products.
Holds several patents issued and pending
worldwide.
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Utah.
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Over 20 years of engineering experience
in hardware, software and embedded
solutions and responsible for all
aspects of software design, architecture
and system engineering.
Activities prior to Rotani include:
Chief Technical Officer at International Internet & Telecom.
Architect and developer of an innovative
VoIP gateway and advanced IP router
platform.
Vice President Mayan Networks. Architect
and designer for a next generation SONET/ATM
switch.
Principal Engineer AG Communications.
Architect and designer for AG
Communications Systems, developing high
reliability systems for class 5 central
office switches. Received the company's
highest award for two designs.
Holds several patents issued and pending
worldwide.
Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia
Tech in Electrical Engineering.
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Over 20 years of engineering experience
in research & development integration
and system test of embedded solutions
and responsible for all aspects of
customer support.
Activities prior to Rotani include:
Director System Integrity at International Internet & Telecom.
Integration and System Test of an
innovative VoIP gateway and advanced IP
router platform.
Director of System Test at Mayan
Networks. Integration and System Test
for a next generation SONET/ATM/Data
switch.
Systems Engineer at AG Communications.
Integration and System Test for AG
Communications Systems, testing high
reliability cutting edge ATUIM access
products such as broadcast quality
streaming video over ATM, xDSL systems.
Bachelor of Science degree from Southern
Illinois University in Electrical
Engineering.
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Investors |
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Since its founding in April 2000, First
Ventury
has become one of Germany's leading
venture capital firms. This
has been confirmed by
a number of independent studies,
including the consulting firm Makewicz &
Partner's
quarterly Venture Capital Panel.
Investment Strategy
Transatlantic Approach: First Ventury
invests in early stage high technology
companies in German speaking countries
that have the potential to scale in
world markets, with a focus on the US.
First Ventury actively supports its
portfolio companies in entering this
most important market through
proprietary relationships on both sides
of the Atlantic and active support
through the San Francisco office.
Convergent Technology focus: First
Ventury invests in convergent
technologies which integrate innovations
from the Life Sciences, IT and applied
physics. The combined knowledge and
experience of the team members reflect
this approach.
Proprietary Deal Flow: First Ventury’s
experienced team has developed a
proprietary network in Europe and the
USA which provides it access to
convergent technologies with the
potential for capturing white market
space.
to contact First Ventury.
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