Proximetry Management

Tracy R. Trent - Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder

As a co-founder of Proximetry in early 2005, Mr. Trent sought to introduce software techniques to make standards-based wireless networks vastly more predictable and robust. Mr. Trent brings close to 20 years of senior technology experience to Proximetry, with the past ten years focused on wireless and other networking technologies.

Prior to founding Proximetry in 2005, Mr. Trent was president and CEO of Vytek/Stellcom, which subsequent to an acquisition became the solutions division of CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP). During his five-year tenure at Stellcom, Inc., Mr. Trent led a team of professionals focused on the rapid development and integration of mobile/wireless technologies.

Mr. Trent's previous experience includes serving as the senior vice president and group manager of SAIC's e-Business Solutions organization. In this role, Mr. Trent managed a number of SAIC's emerging e-commerce businesses, including the Automotive Network eXchange (ANX), a networking solution for the automotive industry. Prior to that, Mr. Trent was the group manager of SAIC's health solutions organization, which provided systems integration and consulting services to some of the nation's leading health providers. Mr. Trent initially joined SAIC in 1993, serving as the vice president of marketing for its systems integration organization.

Before joining SAIC, he held business development roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems with a significant emphasis on support to government and other public-sector solution providers.

Mr. Trent holds a Master's degree in Management of Technology from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Andres Carvallo - Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Andres Carvallo is Proximetry’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for the company’s market strategy, branding, business development, product commercialization, and consulting solutions. With over 25 years in the energy, wireless, computer and software industries, Mr. Carvallo brings a breadth of management experience to Proximetry, having been responsible for the successful development and commercialization of over 40 products, for companies ranging from start-ups to market leaders.

Prior to Proximetry, Mr. Carvallo served seven years as Austin Energy’s Chief Information Officer, where he was responsible for the utility’s technology vision, planning, development and operations, and led a comprehensive and successful technology transformation company-wide. He became an early smart grid proponent, defining and promoting the term “smart grid”, and was the chief architect of the first fully deployed smart grid in the United States. Mr. Carvallo has also held senior executive titles with Philips Electronics, Digital Equipment, Borland and five start-ups.

Mr. Carvallo is co-author of The Advanced Smart Grid and holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas. He has received over 22 awards for his industry contributions including 2006 CIO 100 by CIO Magazine, 2009 CIO of the Year by Energy Central and the Networked Grid Top 100 by GreenTech Media in 2010.  Mr. Carvallo is currently a board member of the Utility Telecom Council's Smart Networks Council; an energy and technology advisor to several leading universities around the country and a requested speaker at industry events.

Jim Arnett - Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Arnett brings more than 20 years of strategic finance and operations experience to Proximetry. Before joining Proximetry, he was chief financial officer and vice president of business development for Keylime Software, a venture-funded internet ASP in the website analytics space.

Prior to Keylime Software, Mr. Arnett was chief operating officer of Quake Wireless, a leading provider of equipment and technology to the Orbcomm low-earth-orbit satellite network and vice president of corporate development for TriTeal Corporation, a publicly-traded enterprise software company.

Mr. Arnett is also a veteran technology investment banker, spending 14 years on Wall Street with Paine Webber and Kidder Peabody. Mr. Arnett is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a degree in Finance and Business Economics.

Michael Sanderson - Vice President of Product Management

Mike Sanderson leads Proximetry's Research and Development departments and is responsible for bringing the industry's first truly dynamic wireless network optimization system to the market.

Mr. Sanderson brings more than 15 years of experience in datacom and telecom solutions. He has a passion for broadband wireless, and over the past 10 years has helped set product strategy for industry leaders such as Nortel Networks, Ensemble Communications, Alvarion, and RF Magic.

Mr. Sanderson received degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Yair Bourlas - Vice President of Engineering

Yair Bourlas comes to Proximetry with over ten years of experience in broadband wireless access. Prior to joining Proximetry, Mr. Bourlas was a principal system engineer for NextWave; a holding company whose subsidiaries develop and market mobile multimedia and wireless broadband products. Mr. Bourlas actively participated in the IEEE 16 standard development and has more than 15 patents related to broadband wireless technology. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a degree in Electrical Engineering

Mirek Ossysek - General Manager of Proximetry Poland

Mr. Ossysek comes to Proximetry with more than 15 years of experience in the commercial software development industry. Before joining Proximetry in 2006, Mr. Ossysek was working for the Institute of Electronic, Silesian University of Technology, where he was involved in research activities in Electronic Design Automation area. In 1993, he joined Aldec - EDA software company (Henderson NevadaUSA) - he held several positions: group manager, QA manager and then was President of Aldec-ADT (Katowice).

Today, Mr. Ossysek is responsible for the performance and overall success of Proximetry Poland. He qualifies new architecture solutions while managing a group of more than 60 employees working with the latest in WiFi and WIMAX technology.

Mr. Ossysek received an MS degree in Electronic Equipment from Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland.