Solavei Executive Team
Ryan Wuerch – Founder & CEO Ryan is a seasoned and proven leader with experience including roles as CEO, chairman, and key visionary. Prior to founding Solavei, Wuerch founded Motricity, a mobile data services company that he grew into a publicly traded enterprise worth $1 billion, creating significant investment returns for investors. He served as president for Learning 2000, Inc., an education software company, from 1998 to 2001, and as senior vice president of ShapeRite, a nutritional supplement manufacturer, from 1995 to 1998. He was named the 2010 Pacific Northwest and 2005 Carolinas Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Wuerch’s current board positions include the Miss America Organization and the Washington Roundtable, a nonprofit public policy organization composed of Washington State chief executive officers. In addition, he is an ambassador for the Internet Innovation Alliance in Washington D.C.
John Rittenhouse – Chief Operation Officer Chairman and CEO of Cavallino Capital, former COO of Walmart, Louis Vuitton, and Target
Jose Rojas – Head of Operations Former JPMorgan Chase Payments executive, McKinsey & Co., U.S. Army aviator
Allyn Hebner – Head of Finance Former chief accounting officer of T-Mobile and CFO of Motricity
Rick White – Head of Legal and Policy Former U.S. congressman, attorney at Perkins Coie, CEO of Technet
Jim Ryan – Head of Products Former head of Mobile Data Services of AT&T, Sprint, O2, CSMO at Motricity
Robert A. McFadden – Head of Sales Former president of Viridian Network
Maria Pinchevsky – Head of Member Experience Former VP of customer service at T-Mobile
Stan Simpliciano – Head of Mobile Network Services Former T-Mobile head of MVNO/M2M, Naval aviator
Larry Wallace – Head of Corporate Development Former VP of Global OEM and OS Services at Motricity
Jason Genthner – Head of Corporate Communications Former communications executive at Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Jason Mckinnis – Head of Marketing and Brand Former head of brand and marketing communications at Motricity, Infospace
Board of Advisors and Investors
Sue Nokes SVP of Asurion, former COO and CCO of T-Mobile
Jon Miller Chief digital officer of News Corp, former chairman and CEO of AOL
David Limp VP of Amazon, former CSO of Palm and Liberate
Brian Turner Former CFO of Coinstar (Redbox), RealNetworks, and Bsquare
Roland Van de Meer Managing director of Fuse Capital, former founder and managing partner of ComVentures
Rick Fox Former CFO of CyberSafe Corp, Wall Data, Managing Partner Ernst & Young
Brian Long Managing partner of Atlantic Bridge Capital, founder of Parthus Technologies
David Burnett Managing Member of Bright Rivers Capital, on the board of the Joshua Green Corporation
Eddie Lazarus Former Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), attorney Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld