The members of the SBI management team have a long history of creating companies that deliver disruptive technologies to the marketplace. Most recently, they were the senior management team of MeshNetworks, acquired by Motorola in late 2004. Combined, they have created six successful startups, each of which resulted in either an acquisition or IPO.

Richard Licursi, President & CEO

Mr. Licursi is the CEO and co-founder of Spectrum Bridge. He was also a co-founder, President and CEO of MeshNetworks Inc., which became recognized as the global leader in mobile mesh networking technology. Upon Motorola’s acquisition of MeshNetworks in 2004, he held the position of Vice President and Director of Operations for the Mesh Product Group.

Peter Stanforth, CTO

As CTO and co-founder of Spectrum Bridge, Mr. Stanforth is responsible for managing strategic business and technical aspects of Product Development and Operations. Prior to co-founding Spectrum Bridge, Stanforth was co-founder and CTO of MeshNetworks, Inc, where he was responsible for managing the strategic business and technical aspects of product development and operations. MeshNetworks owns 48 patents on adhoc and broadband wireless technologies, of which he authored 10, and has over 200 pending applications.

Joe Hamilla, COO

Mr. Hamilla is responsible for Engineering, Sales & Business Development at Spectrum Bridge, where he is Chief Operations Officer and a co-founder of the company. He was VP of Engineering at MeshNetworks Inc., and was responsible for directing the technology development, manufacturing and product delivery for ad hoc mesh network systems and products into several worldwide vertical markets.

Rick Rotondo, CMO

As a co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Spectrum Bridge, Mr. Rotondo is responsible for planning and implementing the company’s marketing strategy. Previously, Rotondo was VP of Marketing for MeshNetworks, where he established MeshNetworks as the ad hoc networking brand leader through working with partners, journalists, analysts and industry associations. This resulted in hundreds of articles and over two dozen industry awards from the WSJ, Wired, the IEEE and others.

Chris Duffus, CFO

Prior to his position at Spectrum Bridge, Chris was the deputy CEO of Finance and Administration for the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) where he was responsible for a budget of more than $100 million. Prior to his role with the DNCC, he was CFO for M2Z, an innovative wireless services company focused on providing free, universal wireless broadband across the United States. Mr. Duffus has also held similar positions at other start-ups including Govolution, a leading provider of electronic payment software and services to the public sector and the banking industries.