Charlie Nooney – Chairman and CEO

Charlie Nooney is the CEO and chairman for MobiTV, Inc. Nooney is a seasoned media executive, with a career dedicated to connecting media and mainstream brands with consumers through emerging technologies.

Prior to joining MobiTV, Nooney was president at Technicolor Network Services (TNS) where he was responsible for supporting a wide range of media companies, content owners, channel operators and corporate media networks including BBC Worldwide, Canal+, Disney and ITV. He managed TNS’ global operations, strategic direction, retail growth, cinema networks and broadcast services. Nooney also served as chairman for ScreenVision, the country’s leading in-theater advertising network, through the ScreenVision’s joint venture relationship with Thomson.

Dr. Phillip Alvelda - Co-Founder, MobiTV

Dr. Phillip Alvelda is the Co-Founder of MobiTV, Inc., the leading provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, and the Co-Founder of the Westminster Institute for Science Education.

As MobiTV’s founding CEO, Dr. Alvelda led the team that took the idea of “rich media delivery over wireless networks” from concept to market leadership with the world's first live television experience over mobile phones.  Under Dr. Alvelda’s leadership from November 1999 through April 2007, the Company created an entirely new media distribution channel, now called mobile television. Since MobiTV's debut on Sprint in November 2003, Dr. Alvelda grew the  Emmy® Award winning service to more than two million paying subscribers throughout several international markets, and launched a broadband PC version of the service in partnership with AT&T.  Placing MobiTV at the center of converged media delivery services, Dr. Alvelda and his team have been celebrated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, AlwaysOn, CNET, Fast Company, Fierce-Wireless, Frost & Sullivan, Mobile Entertainment, Red Herring and other influencers for innovation and market leadership.

Previously, Dr. Alvelda was the founding CEO and CTO of The MicroDisplay Corporation, a manufacturer of ultra-high resolution miniature displays for portable systems and low cost HDTVs. Prior to MicroDisplay, Dr. Alvelda was a developer of spacecraft hardware and software systems, and new computing architectures at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  Dr. Alvelda holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Cornell University and received a Masters and PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.)- Board Member of SBC, SAIC, Fluor

Admiral Inman graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950, and from the National War College in 1972.  He became an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin in 1987.  He was appointed as a tenured professor holding the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy in August 2001.  He served as Interim Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs from 1 January to 31 December 2005.

Admiral Inman served in the U.S. Navy from November 1951 to July 1982, when he retired with the permanent rank of Admiral.  While on active duty he served as Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.  After retirement from the Navy, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas for four years and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westmark Systems, Inc., a privately owned electronics industry holding company for three years.  Admiral Inman also served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1987 through 1990.

Admiral Inman’s primary activity since 1990 has been investing in start-up technology companies, where he is a Managing Partner of Gefinor Ventures. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company and of several privately held companies.  He serves as a Trustee of the American Assembly and the California Institute of Technology. He is a Director of the Public Agenda Foundation and is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Jarl Mohn - Private Equity Investor

Jarl Mohn, known as Lee Masters since his radio days, has spent the past 20 years leading some of the media businesses’ most recognized brands and companies from inception to launch. A true visionary in the entertainment space, Mohn divides his time between being a corporate director and advisor to various media and technology companies, and making private equity investments in venture capital and buyout opportunities. Previously, he was the founding President and CEO of Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in interactive television, cable networks and Internet enterprises; creator, President and CEO of E! Entertainment Television; and Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1, where he led the strategic development of the networks transition from music videos to longer-form programming, and oversaw its worldwide expansion.  Prior to his career in television, Mohn enjoyed a successful 19 year career in radio.

He is currently on the Boards of the E.W. Scripps Company, CNET and XM Radio and chair of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, on the USC Annenberg School for Communications Board of Councilors, and a trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art and KPCC, and Southern California Public Radio.

John Jarve - Managing Director, Menlo Ventures

John joined Menlo Ventures in 1985. Prior to joining Menlo, he worked at Intel Corporation in various marketing positions. John focuses primarily on communications, storage, semiconductor, and financial technology investments. His recent investments and board seats include: Cavium Networks, Finaplex, Maranti Networks, Matisse Networks and NetContinuum. Additionally, he is a former director of Digital Insight (DGIN), iBasis (IBAS), SpectraLink (SLNK) and UUNET Technologies (UUNT, now part of MCI). John is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering) and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.). He is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Management Board, a trustee of the Crystal Springs Uplands School, and is a former trustee of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jeff Brody - Founding Partner, Redpoint Ventures

Jeff Brody is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, Jeff was a general partner with Brentwood Venture Capital, a firm he joined in 1994. Jeff is focused on investments in new technology companies spanning both enterprise and consumer customers. He currently serves on the board of directors of Danger, MobiTV, Lets Talk, LifeSize, Loopnet, Kodiak, and Mobilygen. Jeff was an early investor and director of Concur Technologies (CNQR), GetThere (GTHR), mySimon (acquired by CNET), NextCard (NXCD), Onebox (acquired by OpenWave), ViaVideo (acquired by Polycom), and Web TV (acquired by Microsoft). Prior to joining Brentwood, Jeff spent six years with Comdisco Ventures. Before Jeff joined Comdisco, he was an Associate at Crosspoint Venture Partners and co-founded a mobile telecommunications company. Jeff also worked as a field engineer for Schlumberger Ltd. in Europe and Africa. Jeff received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Vern Stevenson - President & Chief Operating Officer, MetricTest

Mr. Stevenson, a 20-year Silicon Valley veteran, is the President and COO of MetricTest, a provider of test and measurement solutions for the wireless, semiconductor and defense industries. Previous to his leadership role at MetricTest, he served as interim CEO and board member for Broadstorm and prior to that, as Vice President of Corporate and Business Development at PacketVideo Corporation. Before joining PacketVideo, Mr. Stevenson was Vice President, Partner and one of the founding members of Mustang Ventures, a venture capital arm of Siemens AG. Earlier in his career, Stevenson held a variety of executive positions in sales, marketing, and management with Honeywell, ROLM, IBM, and Siemens. Stevenson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and has served on the advisory boards of several start-up technology companies.

Paul Scanlan - Co-Founder and President of MobiTV, Inc. 

Paul Scanlan is a Co-Founder and President of MobiTV, Inc.  In this role, Scanlan manages all aspects of the company’s sales, marketing and partnering efforts.  Scanlan has been intimately involved in defining and evolving the company’s business plan, and its partnering and corporate strategies.

Scanlan has driven the launch of MobiTV on three of the nations’ leading cellular carrier networks, and has helped secure MobiTV’s current line-up of over 25 well-known channels through negotiations with some of the nations’ largest television content providers.  Additionally, Scanlan manages the company’s International efforts and operations where he has played a key role in generating the initial momentum and hiring the teams to run the new MobiTV offices around the world.

Previously, Scanlan was Managing Partner and Executive Vice President with Enterprise IG, where he managed the company’s technology consulting practice and was instrumental in successfully expanding and growing the business. Prior to Enterprise IG, Scanlan cofounded a successful advertising agency in Chicago, and prior to that he worked in telecommunications sales at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T).

Scanlan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin.

Bandel Carano - Managing Partner, Oak Investment Partners

Bandel L. Carano joined Oak as a General Partner in 1985. Bandel has invested in companies with emphasis on design automation (Centric Software, Interconnectix, Parametric, Synopsys and Tensilica); telecommunications (2Wire, Airspan, Avici, CommVerge, CoreTek, Endwave, FiberTower, General Bandwidth, Metawave, NeoPhotonics, Netopia, PictureTel, Polycom, PulsePoint, Qtera, ReliOn, Sentient Networks, Tegic, Trapeze, Wellfleet, White Rock Networks and WFI); software (Entropic, firstRain, Illustra/Informix, Sybase, Tele Atlas and Visto); and advanced semiconductors (Actel, Airgo, CommQuest, Kenet, Level 5, NemeriX, Newport Media, nLight, Plastic Logic, Resonext, SMIC, Solarflare, Stretch, Synaptics and Virata). Prior to Oak, Bandel worked with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group. He was responsible for advising Morgan Stanley on high-tech new business development, as well as sponsoring venture investments. Bandel received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He currently serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.

Simon Bax -Board Member

Simon Bax brings more than two decades of valuable experience in corporate financing and operations, as well as key entertainment industry relationships to the MobiTV board of directors. Most recently, Bax was EVP and CFO at Pixar Animation Studios. During his time at Pixar he was directly responsible for finance, administration, and investor relations, while overseeing marketing, distribution and consumer products. His role with the Pixar earned him recognition for “Bay Area CFO of the Year” by San Francisco Business Times. Between 2002 and 2006, Bax was chairman of SmartJog, a technology startup that was purchased by TDF in August 2006. Before 2002, Simon served as the CFO and president of studio operations for FOX Filmed Entertainment for eight years. He joined FOX from TBWA\Chiat\Day advertising, where he also played the role of CFO. Simon is a graduate of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in England. He trained as a Chartered Accountant in London with Stoy Hayward & Co where he was named partner in 1986. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and serves on several boards including Docufide, the ODC/Dance Company, the Berkeley Art Museum and the Caius Foundation.