Management Team

the team behind proxense

John Giobbi – Chief Executive Officer

John is a technology company veteran, with 25+ years developing technology-based products and managing their successful launch. As a senior executive (SVP, Product Development & Engineering) at WMS Industries, Inc. [NYSE:WMS] from 1995-2001, he spearheaded the development of numerous, award-winning WMS products which fueled tremendous sales/company growth, and propelled WMS to its current market-leading position within the electronic gaming industry. He is a naturally charismatic leader with outstanding communications skills and a strongly competitive spirit. John has been named as sole inventor on approximately 30 issued technology and design patents. and managed/co-developed over 100 additional patents.

David Brown – Chief Technology Officer

David has over 27 years’ design experience in wireless communications. He was Chief Engineer of Digital Technologies for XM Satellite Radio Inc. and a key member of XM’s startup team, developing SDARS protocols, system architectures, and core satellite radio technology. He served ten years at Motorola analyzing protocols and leading cutting-edge IC/SOC design for the Personal Communication Sector (micro-cellular) and Paging Division Core Technology Group. He holds 20+ issued technology patents.

Mike Osborn – Chief Financial Officer

Mike has served in the role of Founder or founding CFO for six startup companies. He was CFO at IntelliChem, a Bend, Oregon-based software company selling electronic lab notebooks to the pharmaceutical industry, which subsequently completed a merger with Symyx Technologies. Previously, Mike was the founding CFO of Digital Systems, a Redmond, WA telecommunications firm. Mike holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jason Gilbert – Vice President of Product Development

Jason has over 20 years’ design and electronics experience, specializing in high-volume product manufacturing, most recently for XM Radio, where he served as Senior Chief Engineer. Previously, Jason spent over ten years in pager and cell phone development at Motorola’s Paging Division. He brings extensive knowledge and experience in FPGA platforms for IC development. Jason holds a BSEE and MSIE from the University of Central Florida.

Richard Camden – Vice President of RF Technology

Richard has over 25 years of design and development experience related to RF electronics and over 15 years of RFIC design experience. He previously worked for XM Satellite Radio where he served as VP in charge of RFIC designs and managed the development of ten custom XM RFIC designs. Prior to XM, Rich worked with Motorola in the IC development group and the PCS product development teams developing 2 GHz cellular technologies, and with Westinghouse Defense Electronics on airborne radar designs. Richard holds a BSEE from Virginia Tech and an MSEE from the University of Miami.

Matt Davio – Business Development

Matt has over 18 years’ business development, sales and marketing experience in medical and technical categories, including six years in business development at DeRoyal Industries and Cardinal Health. He also has extensive financial experience managing hedge funds, trading and fundraising as a partner at Peak 6, Parallax Fund and Red Rock Partners.