Leadership Team
Matt Harrison
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Shyarsh Desai
President
Andre DeLeon
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Joe Jose
Chief Revenue Officer
David Figoli
Chief Technical Officer & Sr. Vice President of Engineering
Board of Directors and Advisors
Matt Harrison
Chairman & CEO
15+ Years of Startup Experience, Investor and Fortune 100 Executive
Dick Cheney
Board Director
Former Vice President of the United States, Former Chairman & CEO of Halliburton
Andres Vasquez Del Mercado
Board Director
(representing Carlos Slim) Chief Content Officer, America Móvil, Founder M+
Jim Montgomery
Board Secretary
Managing Partner, DLA Piper Austin
Gene Powell
Board Director
Chairman & CEO of Bitter Blue, Former Chairman UT Board of Regents
Cameron Powell, MD
Board Director Co-Founder
CMIO AirStrip Technologies, MD, Investor, Entrepreneur
Neeta Rastogi SIngh
Board Director
Chief Operating Officer, Activant Capital, Over 20 Years of Investing and Operating Experience
Erik Levy
Board Director
Group Head of Corporate Development and M&A, DMGT
Alec Dafferner
Board Director
Partner, GP Bullhound Over 20 Years of Technology Investment Banking Experience
Casey Friedel
Board Director
Partner, District 5 Investments
Mark Lynd
Board Director
Head of Digital Business – CISSP, ISSAP & ISSMP, NETSYNC
Matt Harrison
Matt is Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since WellAware’s founding. He has more than 20 years of experience delivering results in high-growth technology companies. At WellAware, Matt drives the overall business and company strategy, ensuring the company has the right people, capital, and resources available to serve its customers well.
Matt is also a partner with InCube Ventures, a leading medical device venture capital firm, with offices in California and Texas. Prior to joining InCube, Matt was the General Manager of Texas Instruments Medical Business Unit, where he was responsible for overall direction, growth, strategy, promotion, and execution of the business. Matt began his career with Texas Instruments (TI) and held many roles and management positions. He led the creation of two internal business units for TI that contribute more than $50M in revenue, one focused in optical networking and the other in digital power.
Matt holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University
Shyarsh Desai
As President at WellAware, Shyarsh is responsible for sales, marketing, products and client success with a clear goal for adoption and scalability of a game-changing platform. He works closely with the Founder and CEO in executing a long term growth plan and raising investor interest in this privately-backed company. Prior to joining WellAware, Shyarsh was the CEO and co-founder of Credit2B, a Software-as-a-Service financial risk and workflow platform which experienced rapid growth and an ultimate sale to Billtrust, a Bain Capital portfolio company. At Credit2B, he led all aspects of the company’s strategy and operations.
His previous background includes senior roles in strategy, business development, sales and finance through a career that encompasses large as well as high growth SaaS companies. At privately backed Navex (previously Global Compliance), he was a key member of the executive team responsible for a significant ramp in the business and a successful exit for investors. Prior to this, at D&B he played a key strategy and business development leadership role for the North American business, including key plays in growing D&B’s software and data partner ecosystem. Shyarsh joined D&B from IBM where he played multiple roles across the firm in sales and client consulting for the financial services vertical and then later in Corporate Development. He began his financial services consulting career at Booz Allen and Hamilton in New York and prior to this he worked in corporate finance and strategic investments at the Tata Group.
Shyarsh has a B.S. in Life Sciences and Masters in Finance from Bombay University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Andre DeLeon
Andre manages all Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Legal and Human Resources activities. He previously served as WellAware’s Controller, while also leading business development in Latin America. Prior to joining WellAware, Andre was Controller for the City of San Antonio. He spent nearly a decade in public accounting working for EY’s assurance practice with a principal focus on telecommunications.
Andre holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in Accounting from the University of Virginia and St. Mary’s University, respectively, and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.
David Figoli
David manages WellAware’s Network and Field Automation Telemetry, with responsibility for design and deployment of Remote Data Collection, Processing, and Control technologies in conjunction with intelligent Networks and Field equipment. Prior to joining WellAware, David was with Texas Instruments (TI) as a Senior Technical Manager for the World Wide Industrial Processor group. Additionally he held the position of Distinguished Member on TI’s Technical Council, and has 20+ years experience in Industrial control, power and communications systems.
David holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from UNSW (University of New South Wales) Sydney, Australia
Joe Jose
Joe is responsible for the development and execution of WellAware’s Go-To-Market revenue strategy. He is recognized as a leader in introducing disruptive technology, which has led to record-breaking sales growth at groundbreaking IT companies such as Oracle, Novell, Netscape, VeriSign, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Joe holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.