Executive Team

Joe is highly regarded for his business acumen and bold moves in the high-tech industry. In 1997, Chief Executive Magazine named Joe the top performing chief executive officer of all publicly traded companies in North America. He also made Upside Magazine's 1997 "Elite 100" list of the top executives leading the digital revolution. In addition to his position at Orb Networks, Joe is chairman of think3, a global provider of product design and development software solutions, where he also previously served as chief executive officer. Prior to think3, Joe was president and chief executive officer at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., for more than a decade. Under his leadership, Cadence became the world's leading supplier of electronic EDA software and services and one of the 10 highest-grossing software vendors in the world. Joe also acts as chairman of a number of other privately-held companies that include Readio, Abazab, SpeakESL and Soliloquy Learning. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Harvey Mudd College, a Master of Science degree in physics from Yale University and a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Luc has more than ten years experience in design and integration of multimodal and multiuser technologies, specializing in rapid prototyping and user studies. He is an author and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications and has several patents related to human computer interaction. Prior to joining Orb, Luc created and led the Computer Human Interaction Center! (CHIC!) at SRI International. CHIC! was a cross-disciplinary group of scientists specializing in the research, design, development, and evaluation of new styles of user interfaces to complex systems. While with CHIC!, Luc collaborated with numerous academic and commercial institutions. During his tenure at SRI Luc helped start Nuance Communications, now a world leader in speech technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Télécommunications de Paris, France, and a Masters and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Christopher Vinckier spent eight years at Cisco Systems in various engineering and management roles. As a network architect in Cisco's IT organization, he focused on designing and building Cisco's global network and services portfolio. While an engagement manager in the Advisory Services group, Christopher helped customers solve the perennial problems of business technology alignment, adoption, and absorption. He was most recently a member of Cisco's Corporate Development team where he focused on investment and acquisition opportunities for the Service Provider and Consumer segments. Christopher holds and Ms. In Computer Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium and the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Ivan has over 30 years of experience developing innovative media-based systems and consumer products. Most recently, Ivan was a co-founder of PicoChannel, a startup that created a personal content delivery system for sharing photos and videos on internet-connected consumer electronic devices. Prior to that, Ivan served as VP Engineering for Kaleidescape, whose high-end home media server simplifies the collection, management and enjoyment of movies and music. Previously, Ivan was VP Engineering for the Pinnacle division of Avid. As a founding member of Pinnacle's consumer division, he was the architect of Pinnacle Studio, the leading PC-based consumer video editor. Earlier, Ivan developed a series of broadcast graphic and animation products for the Grass Valley Group. Ivan received an MS in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley, and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook.

Keith is an award-winning software designer with over 30 years of experience creating simple, elegant, easy-to-use products for both consumers and professionals. Prior to joining Orb, Keith co-founded PicoChannel, a Silicon Valley startup that pioneered new ways to deliver personal media to digital picture frames, set-top boxes and other Internet-connected devices. Previously Keith has held VP/UX positions at Kaleidescape (high-end home media servers) and GuardID Systems (identity theft protection). As Director of the User Experience Group at Avid/Pinnacle, Keith led the team that designed the top-selling home video editing software, Pinnacle Studio. His earlier work on television graphics and animation systems for the Grass Valley Group and Dubner Computer earned two Emmy awards. Keith holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University.

William Chien has over 15 years of experience in Marketing and Product Management. He was most recently CEO and co-founder of PicoChannel, a start-up developing a photo and video sharing service optimized for connected digital home devices. As Director of Product Management for Electronic Delivery at Netflix Inc., William led the effort to develop a low-cost streaming set-top box, which eventually became the Roku Netflix Player. At Pinnacle Systems, William ran world-wide product marketing and product management for the highly-successful consumer video editing and PCTV product lines. William holds and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University

Joe is highly regarded for his business acumen and bold moves in the high-tech industry. In 1997, Chief Executive Magazine named Joe the top performing chief executive officer of all publicly traded companies in North America. He also made Upside Magazine's 1997 "Elite 100" list of the top executives leading the digital revolution. Presently Joe serves as chief executive officer and chairman of Think3, a developer of mechanical computer-aided design software used throughout the product development process. He also serves as chairman of BravoBrava!, Soliloquy Learning and Barcelona Design, and is on the boards of Catena Networks, Santa Cruz Networks and Saba. Prior to Think3, Joe played a pivotal role as president and chief executive officer at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., for more than a decade. Under his leadership, Cadence became the world's leading supplier of electronic EDA software and services and one of the ten highest-grossing software vendors in the world. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Harvey Mudd College, a Master of Science degree in physics from Yale University and a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Gary joined Morgenthaler in 1989, bringing with him 19 years of computer industry experience. Gary was a co-founder and past Chief Executive Officer of Illustra Information Technologies, Inc., and served as a Chairman of Illustra's board until it was acquired by Informix in 1995. He served as Chairman of Ingres Corporation (formerly Relational Technology) until its sale in October 1990, and was a founder of the company in 1980. Between 1984 and 1988 he was Chief Executive Officer of Ingres. Earlier he was with McKinsey & Company, Tymshare, Inc., and Stanford University's Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences.