The Management Team Behind Minerva

Mauro Bonomi
Chief Executive Officer

Mauro Bonomi is Minerva’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Minerva, Mauro was Vice President of Marketing at C-Cube Microsystems. Bonomi has contributed heavily to the adoption of digital video technology in the consumer and communications markets. Mauro holds Master’s Degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Management from Stanford University and received an Undergraduate Degree with Honors in Electrical Engineering from Pavia University in Italy.

Jean-Georges Fritsch
EVP of Business Development and Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Fritsch joined Minerva Networks shortly after its inception. In his previous position at C-Cube Microsystems, he headed the company’s MPEG decoder product development, and contributed to the development of its core MPEG encoding algorithms. Dr. Fritsch worked as a Staff Scientist at Alcatel Business Systems, focusing on speech recognition, speech compression and digital acoustic echo canceling. Dr. Fritsch holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Signal Processing from the University of Nancy in France.

John Doerner
Chief Financial Officer

A longtime member of the Minerva executive team, John Doerner has over 30 years of experience in working with both public and private Silicon Valley firms, including Altos Computer Systems, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Doerner has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Colorado and is a Certified Management Accountant.

Todd Clayton
Chief Commercial Officer

Todd Clayton has more than 25 years of experience in selling to leading service providers worldwide. He has a proven track record of increasing revenue by securing new strategic accounts and effectively managing existing partnerships. Todd originally joined Minerva as Vice President of Strategic Sales and was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer in the Spring of 2019. Previously Todd held executive positions at Zest Labs, Pace and 2 Wire. Mr. Clayton has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Finance from San Diego State University and served for 4 years as a member of the United Sates Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) Teams.

Fabrizio Capobianco
Chief Innovation Officer

When TOK.tv joined Minerva Networks, Fabrizio became its Chief Innovation Officer. As the CEO of TOK.tv, he established the company as the leading social network in sports. He serves as Chairman of Funambol, the leading personal cloud provider, which he founded in 2002. In 1994, he founded the first Web Company in Italy, Internet Graffiti. Fabrizio has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is a Knight of the Italian Republic.

Chuck Morris
Vice President of Engineering

Chuck Morris has over 20 years of experience in building engineering teams and developing software and systems products in the networking and video space. Prior to joining Minerva, Morris held VP of Engineering roles at Pie Digital, Omneon, and Venturi Wireless. Morris holds a MS Degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in Business and Economics from Saint Anselm College.

Matt Cuson
Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Matt Cuson has over 20 years of experience in product marketing and business development. Prior to joining Minerva, Matt held senior marketing positions at Adaptec, Logitech, and Dolby, and worked four years internationally with Hewlett-Packard. Cuson has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Andy Crowe
Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations

Prior to joining Minerva in October 2000, Andy Crowe held the position of Principal Architect in Harmonic Inc.’s Digital Systems Division. Crowe has over 25 years of experience in digital video compression and video networking. Andy holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Dartmouth College.

Randolph Osborne
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Randy Osborne is an industry veteran, with more than 30 years of sales and technology leadership experience. Originally joining Minerva Networks in 1998 as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Randy has again rejoined the team at the beginning of 2018. Previously, Osborne held VP positions at TiVo, FutureDial, and Venturi Wireless. A native to the San Francisco Bay Area, Osborne holds a BS in Business Administration & Computer Science from California State University, Sacramento.

Marco Bonomi
Regional Vice President, International Sales

Marco Bonomi has over 10 years of experience in the networking, telecommunications and video industry. Prior to joining Minerva, Marco held product management positions at Global Crossing. Marco holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Milan Polytechnic University.

Michael Bransch
Regional Vice President of Sales, Americas

Michael Bransch has over 20 years of sales experience in the telecommunications and video space. Prior to joining Minerva in 2001, Michael sold industry leading digital video processing platforms to the government, advertising and education industries. Michael has a Master’s Degree in Information Technology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Audio and Video Production from Michigan State University.

John Campos
Vice President of Operations

John Campos joined the Minerva team in January of 2000. John has over 25 years of experience in operations and logistics management. Prior to Minerva, Campos held senior manufacturing positions at Therma Wave, Scitex Digital Video and Pinnacle Systems.

Board of Directors

Mauro Bonomi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Networks

Mauro Bonomi is Minerva’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Minerva, Mauro was Vice President of Marketing at C-Cube Microsystems. Bonomi has contributed heavily to the adoption of digital video technology in the consumer and communications markets. Mauro holds Master’s Degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Management from Stanford University and received an Undergraduate Degree with honors in Electrical Engineering from Pavia University in Italy.

Irwin Federman
General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners (Board Observer)

Irwin Federman, who joined USVP as a General Partner in April 1990, was President and CEO of Monolithic Memories, Inc. from 1978 to 1987. MMI was a startling turnaround. Under Irwin’s leadership, the Company grew from virtual bankruptcy to $250 million in revenues during his nine-year tenure as CEO. After becoming a public company, MMI merged with AMD, of which Irwin became Vice Chairman. Irwin was also two-term Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, has served on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and served two terms on the Dean’s Advisory Board of Santa Clara University. As CEO at Monolithic Memories, Irwin initiated MMI investments in such highly successful venture capital start-ups as Altera, Cypress Semiconductor and Xilinx. As a professional venture capitalist, Irwin was a founding or lead investor in Blue Martini, Check Point Software Technologies, Centillium Communications, Crescendo Communications, MMC Networks, NeoMagic, Netro, Nuance Communications, QuickLogic, SanDisk, and TelCom Semiconductor. Irwin has been the founding or lead investor in a number of high-potential, high-profile early-stage venture capital investments, including BeVocal, ON24, and Mellanox, among others. He has been the recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Torch of Liberty Award and the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Community and Justice. In 2004, Irwin was inducted into Junior Achievement’s Silicon Valley Hall of Fame. Irwin received a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering Science from Santa Clara University.

Chris Bowick
President, The Bowick Group LLC

Chris Bowick joined the board in December, 2013. Mr. Bowick currently serves as President of The Bowick Group, LLC, where he provides strategic advice to clients in the cable television and telecommunications industry. From 2000 to 2009, Mr. Bowick served as Cox Communications’ Senior Vice President of Engineering & Chief Technical Officer. Prior to his tenure at Cox, Mr. Bowick also served as Group Vice President, Technology & Chief Technical Officer for Jones Intercable, Inc., as well as President of Jones Futurex, a designer and manufacturer of triple DES, PC-based hardware encryption devices. Mr. Bowick has also served as Vice President of Engineering for Scientific Atlanta’s Transmission Systems Business Division, and served on the Board of Directors of ViXS Systems, acquired by Pixelworks. Mr. Bowick holds a BEE from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Sebastiano Tevarotto
Managing Partner, SEBATEVA Inc.

Sebastiano Tevarotto has over 25 years of experience in the IT, Telecommunications and Media industries. In most recent years, Tevarotto joined boards of startup companies to help them strengthen operations and accelerate growth in areas such as real time databases, advertising, video processing and mobile services. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Communications, Media & Entertainment Business at HP. Sebastiano holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy and a Young Managers Program Diploma at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.