Viafo is led by a team of mobile industry and start up veterans. We have built and sold solutions for the biggest names in the industry, and are now putting that experience to use in spurring the next generation of compelling mobile applications.
David O'Neill - CEO
David has over a decade's experience building mobile start-ups and selling mobile solutions. As an early member of the anywhereyougo.com mobile internet lab in London, David led the company's sales efforts leading to the eventual acquisition of the company to Argogroup.
At Teleca David built up a string of new businesses, opening new key accounts like Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm, and turning green field ideas into multi-million dollar business streams.
Nick Denny - CTO
Nick has worked his entire career in mobile and embedded systems engineering. As a specialist in embedded systems engineering Nick has worked on a wide range of mobile devices from OEMs including Panasonic, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Motorola and reference hardware from Texas Instruments.
Nick was heavily involved in the development and integration of the first generation of mobile browsers and has worked on all mobile technologies from basic WAP enabled feature phones to the most recent generations of smartphones.
John Cooper - VP EMEA
Prior to Viafo, John was the Managing Director of Teleca UK , responsible for an annual turnover of $16 million, and a staff of 150 people. John was responsible for the growth of Teleca’s business into significant new markets including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android and Adobe Flash. Prior to his Managing Director role John led Teleca's Smartphones division, growing the unit to a $32 million per annum revenue business.
John is also principal at Pyxis Ventures Ltd, a mobile consulting business.
Robert Stefanski - Advisor
Robert was a part of TIBCO's Software founding management team, former EVP Corporate Development and General Counsel – at the world’s leading enterprise infrastructure software company.
Fred Chieux - Advisor
Fred is an experienced entrepreneur with comprehensive Product Marketing, Business Development and Legal experience. Fred is currently the Managing Partner at Duel Purpose, a boutique product marketing, and technology agency. Prior to Duel Purpose Fred was a Co-Founder and CEO of User Level Media, a video DRM company. Fred was also a part of the original team at Neomar, developer of the first WAP browser and gateway for the Blackberry and Palm OS.
Lee Wright - Advisor
Lee has a track record of building value in the mobile sector, with a strong pedigree with startups and major players such as Nokia. He has pioneered the introduction and adoption of new technologies, including database-driven sites (1994), web usability (1997), wireless applications (2000), mobile developer communities (2001), identity services infrastructure (2004), and history 2.0 (2008). Lee has advised the management teams of several pre-launch and early stage start-ups.
