Meet the Dash Team
The Dash executive team has spent years behind the wheel at successful consumer technology companies.
And that's just one of the reasons our investors include two of the leading venture capital firms in the country.
Not only that, but our Board of Directors is a "who's who" of Silicon Valley technology executives.
Executive Team
Robert Currie has more than 15 years of experience leading early-stage tech companies in Silicon Valley including TiVo-acquired Strangeberry, a company whose technology enables TiVo to provide unique content to its set-top boxes. Rob's experience covers a range of markets including consumer products, enterprise and digital-media production. Prior to his role at Strangeberry, Rob co-founded wireless mobile software company Airgomo where he led product development for emerging 2.5G mobile technologies. He previously served as Marimba's vice president of engineering and Digidesign/Avid's vice president of software engineering, each from early stage through IPO. Rob holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and a MBA from the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the board of the Stanford Jazz Workshop and Funambol Inc., an open-source mobile software company.
For nearly 20 years, Ken Kershner has held key engineering roles in the digital media field with a focus on product innovation and customer experience. Prior to joining Dash, Ken spent seven years at TiVo serving in a number of engineering leadership positions including Vice President of Service Engineering. In this position, Ken was charged with building the division focused on developing products for satellite and cable providers. Before TiVo, Ken was the Engineering Vice President of TenTV.com, a streaming media educational services firm. For more than eight years, Ken held engineering and program management positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., focusing on digital media and web applications. Earlier in his career, Ken worked in product management at Hewlett Packard and sales engineering at Texas Instruments. Ken holds a BSEE degree from Duke University and an MBA from M.I.T.'s Sloan School.
For more than 15 years, Jim Geison has been driving licensing and advertising sales for technology and media organizations. Prior to joining Dash, Jim spent seven years at DivX, a digital media company enabling high quality video, serving in a number of sales and business leadership positions including Vice President of Worldwide Sales and most recently Vice President and General Manager of Consumer Electronics Licensing. In these positions, Jim was charged with starting up and growing the DivX consumer electronics licensing business with responsibility for $85 million in annual revenue. Before DivX, Jim held sales positions with Infospace and the Meredith Broadcasting Group. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts from Drake University and a Master of Arts in Broadcast Management from Indiana University.
Brian Smartt brings 20 years of experience as a recognized industry expert in spatial data modeling for navigation applications. Prior to joining Dash Navigation, Brian was cofounder and chief technical officer of Telcontar, a leading geo-spatial software platform provider whose customers include Google, Yahoo Maps, Motorola, and Rand McNally. Prior to that, Brian spent seven years at Etak, the company that pioneered automotive navigation systems in the 1980s. Brian graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from San Jose State University.