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Management Team

Rich Mirabella, Co-founder & CEO
Dan Illowsky, Co-founder & CTO
Bruce Bernstein, Director of Engineering

Rich Mirabella, Co-founder & CEO

Prior to DARTDevices , Rich was VP Corporate Strategy at Macrovision Corporation(MVSN) working on Digital Rights Management for Digital Video and Enterprise Software. He joined Macrovision through Macrovison's acquisition of GLOBEtrotter Software for $700 million in common stock in 2000.

At GLOBEtrotter, he was VP of Marketing at GLOBEtrotter for 12 years, responsible for marketing, sales and business practices consulting to software vendors on electronic licensing and pricing. GLOBEtrotter's FLEXlm is a de facto standard DRM used by software vendors to electronically license their software. At GLOBEtrotter, he has consulted to hundreds of software vendors on their transition to electronic licensing, DRM technology and the resulting new pricing and business models.

Mr. Mirabella has more than 20 years experience in the computer industry in sales and marketing. He also served as director of marketing at Sony, Daisy Systems and General Electric. Mr. Mirabella has been active in computer industry organizations such as the SIIA, SPA, IETF OpenGroup, Licensing Executives Society and many others. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics and math from Cooper Union, completed graduate work in applied physics at Stanford University and received an MBA from Harvard.

Dan Illowsky, Co-founder & CTO

Dan started his career by writing some early best selling video games for the original Apple II and IBM personal computers in the early 80's. Acting as a independent top-tier Silicon Valley consultant for more than 20 years, Dan worked on major projects with Intel (custom speech and handwriting chip), Microsoft (parts of the core Windows 95 OS), RSA (optimization of their BSAFE libraries), Xerox PARC (digital picture processing algorithms), Diva Systems (the first video on demand set-top-box), and Zoran (DSP audio and DVD playback software). In 2000 Dan co-founded Storymail, Inc. which created a new super-rich media format. Storymail was sold to Gemstar-TV Guide in 2002.

Bruce Bernstein, Director of Engineering

Bruce Bernstein is the Engineering wizard at DARTDevices. An original member and builder of the engineering team, Bruce is credited with core engine development including communications, real-time data coordination, and power management.

Bruce brings a unique mix of engineering know-how, process design expertise, and complex system management to the Dart development team.

While at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bruce designed leading edge instrumentation, embedded microprocessor-controlled test and data collection systems, and cross-discipline control technology. His research was noted and picked up by Macrodyne, Inc. which immediately applied the technology in industry and government. While still in academia, Bruce was also promoted to Vice-President of Engineering for Macrodyne.

During post-graduate studies, Bruce joined General Electric’s prestigious R&D Center, where he pioneered the use of advanced communication in industrial settings. His diverse achievements included design of CAD/CAM and manufacturing process systems, web-based data search and coordination systems, and network security for (TV Network) NBC’s media-delivery process.

Bruce has also held important positions at Storymail, Inc. where he enhanced the core engine by adding peripheral functions and multitasking capability, and released the Storymail Personal Publisher.

 
Team of experienced industry veterans with background in consumer electronics, Digital Rights Management, operating systems and embedded security:
 
 
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