Our Team
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Larry Leung
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer (Founder)
Mr. Leung has a strong track record in global business development. As CEO of AirKast, Mr. Leung sets the vision and drives the company's products into new markets.
Prior to founding AirKast, Mr. Leung served as vice president of business development and general manager of Asia Pacific for Actional, Inc. where his team expanded and secured significant new revenue opportunities in the US and Asia Pacific regions. Before Actional, Mr. Leung held the position of business development director at webMethods, Inc. Here, Mr. Leung established a strategic systems integrator and technology/ISV program used to secure senior partnerships and alliances with Big 5 consulting firms and Blue Chip companies. Mr. Leung has also worked for EDS, MCI Systemhouse, Seer Technologies, KPMG Management Consulting and Clerical Medical Investment Group.
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Simon Moy
President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Moy has more than two decades of experience leading successful start-ups and emerging high growth companies. At AirKast, Mr. Moy is responsible for seeking and securing funding, establishing strategic partnerships, securing new clients and advertisers, and implementing financial controls and processes.
Prior to AirKast, Mr. Moy co-founded Catchpoint, Inc. As chief executive officer, he led all marketing and advertising initiatives and secured key strategic partners and new clients. Before Catchpoint, Mr. Moy co-owned and operated Alpha Technologies, where he grew the company from a start-up to 225 employees with more than $25M in revenue. In 2001, Mr. Moy sold Alpha Technologies to Immedient Corporation, a private equity-backed national software consulting firm, then continued with Immedient as senior vice president. Mr. Moy holds a B.S. in Business Economics from Rutgers University.
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Hung Nguyen
Vice President, Engineering, Platforms
For nearly 15 years, Mr. Nguyen has designed, implemented and maintained many company networks, for both global and small companies, where he's experienced all aspects of network engineering. As vice president of engineering, platforms, Mr. Nguyen will use his knowledge to oversee all functions for both the engineering and IT departments.
Before AirKast, Mr. Nguyen owned an independent consulting firm overseas where he handled all details of network installations and services. For more than 4 years, he was a senior network engineer for Visioneer where he designed and developed several internal networks and supervised several teams. Mr. Nguyen also founded NetFormations, an IT service company for small to medium companies. As president, Mr. Nguyen managed vendor and partner relationship as well as designed and implemented specialized systems and services. Mr. Nguyen has an MBA from San Jose State University and a B.S. in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara.
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Dylan Beadle
Vice President, Engineering, Client Applications
Mr. Beadle is a passionate mobile software developer with a strong background in marketing and publishing. In his role as vice president of engineering, client applications, Mr. Beadle is in charge of the development and user experience of all AirKast-supported mobile devices.
Before joining AirKast, Mr. Beadle developed several iPhone applications published on the iTunes App Store, one of which became a top 40 paid application. He has collaborated on several other mobile software projects, provided online iPhone programming training and consulting, and is an active participant within the mobile development community. Prior to developing mobile applications, Mr. Beadle held several managing and technical positions within the publishing industry, including Primedia (a leading consumer publisher now part of Source Interlink) and the largest newspaper publisher in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. Beadle attended university in Rio de Janeiro for Business Administration
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Diane Robinette
Vice President, Marketing
With more than 20 years in the technology field, Ms. Robinette has an intimate knowledge of a broad spectrum of technologies that affect today's consumer mobile market. As vice president of marketing, Ms. Robinette is responsible for marketing the growing AirKast product line.
Prior to AirKast, Ms. Robinette held senior management positions at BroadVision, Contivo, Covigna, and Perfect Commerce where she successfully defined and launched numerous products into the marketplace. Her background includes management positions at KPMG Consulting (now Bearing Point) and Ernst & Young (now Capgemini) where she guided her clients with strategic direction and strict methodologies. Ms. Robinette holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
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Shawn Sires
Vice President, Industry Solutions
Mr Sires has more than 20 years of expertise in business consulting and strategy execution. Mr. Sires has been involved in Internet related businesses since 1994 and has been involved in social media and digital marketing since its inception. Shawn focuses on brand, media, entertainment, and sports industries helping clients to adopt emerging technologies to create innovative business opportunities.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Sires has succeeded in a variety of consulting, marketing and operational roles providing business and technology strategy to Fortune 500 and companies. Mr. Sires worked with major brands such as Adidas, Volkswagen, Major League Sports, Music, film, and leading Advertising firms. As Managing Director for consulting major firms CSC, MCI Systemhouse and Lante, Mr. Sires managed regional sales and marketing, and launched several new internal business units, and as an Executive Committee member helped define the operational strategy for those companies. Mr. Sires holds a BSBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Arizona. Shawn also holds a degree in Private Market Economics (Entrepreneurship) from the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management.