Our Team

Meet Atombeam's team of seasoned executives, leveraging their diverse backgrounds in tech startups and corporate enterprises to pioneer the future of data compaction.

Executive Team

Charles Yeomans
Chairman & CEO
Three-time CEO, former banker and Naval intel officer, Stanford MBA​
Chuba Udokwu
COO​
30+ years tech leadership, VP Bell Labs and other high level jobs,  Bs, MS Columbia ​
Josh Cooper
PHD CSO
Mathematician &​ professor at U of ​
South Carolina,​
 MIT, UCSD​
Julien Dersy​
CPO
Former VP Product, Inmarsat, AWS, ​
Amadeus, Cambridge ​
Pam Dodge
VP of Marketing
Senior marketing and ​
product management, Brocade, Ciena, F5​
David White​
 VP BD, Head of Federal​
30+ years as S/VP sales, CEO in tech companies​
Rajiv Bhagat​
CFO​
Widely experienced CFO for venture-backed Silicon Valley companies, MBA Chicago ​
JC Lin
VP, Sales Engineering
Mr. Lin is a senior executive with 30+ years’ experience in product development, software management, and sales engineering across multiple industries.
Steve Collins
CRO
Steve Collins serves as Atombeam’s Chief Revenue Officer. He has over 30 years of experience in executive leadership including established companies, start-ups, and organizations in the midst of transformation. Steve served as the VP of Global Sales at both Benu Networks and Radisys Corporation. In addition, Steve held leadership positions as the VP of International Sales at Casa Systems, the SVP of Telecommunication Solutions at Neustar Inc., and the VP and GM of Americas Sales at Sonus Networks. Steve holds a degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Jim Luciani
SVP Engineering​
VP Engineering Ericsson, Akamai, ​
PhD Purdue​

Board of Directors

Charles Yeomans
Chairman & CEO
Three-time CEO, former banker and Naval intel officer, Stanford MBA​
Chuba Udokwu
Board Member
30+ years tech leadership, VP Bell Labs and other high level jobs,  Bs, MS Columbia ​
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Courtney Benham
Board Member
Courtney has over 30 years of experience as a highly successful entrepreneur. He holds a BA degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mojgan Haddad
Board Member
Mojgan has over 30 years of experience in software engineering. She is the VP of Engineering at Protein Metrics. She has also held executive positions at Corin Group, Talis Biomedical, HealthTell, and Monogram Biosciences. Mojgan received a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a Master’s in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence from Vienna University of Technology in Austria. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University of California San Francisco in Mathematical and Computational Biology.
Greg Caltabiano
Board Member
Greg Caltabiano has served as President, CEO, COO, and in numerous other leadership positions at high-growth companies in the telecommunications, mobile, hardware, and software industries. In addition to residing in Japan and Greater China for nearly 15 years, he has worked extensively in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Israel. Previously, he was President and CEO of Teknovus, which was acquired by Broadcom, President and CEO of ACCO, and President and COO of SOMA Networks. He was also the founding GM of Asia and Corporate Vice President for Comverse, a US/Israeli company, that during his tenure grew from a small company to a listing in the S&P 500. He is certified by the NACD & CERT for Cybersecurity Board Oversight.​
Greg Caltabiano has served as President, CEO, COO, and in numerous other leadership positions at high-growth companies in the telecommunications, mobile, hardware, and software industries. In addition to residing in Japan and Greater China for nearly 15 years, he has worked extensively in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Israel. Previously, he was President and CEO of Teknovus, which was acquired by Broadcom, President and CEO of ACCO, and President and COO of SOMA Networks. He was also the founding GM of Asia and Corporate Vice President for Comverse, a US/Israeli company, that during his tenure grew from a small company to a listing in the S&P 500. He is certified by the NACD & CERT for Cybersecurity Board Oversight.​
Christian Becker
Board Member
Rear Admiral Becker has over 30 years of military and government service. He is a retired two-star Rear Admiral, and former Commander of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, an 11,000-headcount command responsible for acquisition and development of communications and intelligence technology for the U.S. Navy. From 1987 until 2020, Rear Admiral Becker worked for the U.S. Navy in various operational and leadership positions. From 2021 to 2022, he was President of Terran Orbital. From 2020 to present, he was President of Silvergate Consulting, LLC. From 2023 to present, he was a Senior Partner of Elara Nova. From 2023 to present, he was President of OneLight Sensing. Rear Admiral Becker received a B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from Boston University, an M.S. from The George Washington University, and he completed the Executive Fellows program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He was commissioned from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program.​
Rear Admiral Becker has over 30 years of military and government service. He is a retired two-star Rear Admiral, and former Commander of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, an 11,000-headcount command responsible for acquisition and development of communications and intelligence technology for the U.S. Navy. From 1987 until 2020, Rear Admiral Becker worked for the U.S. Navy in various operational and leadership positions. From 2021 to 2022, he was President of Terran Orbital. From 2020 to present, he was President of Silvergate Consulting, LLC. From 2023 to present, he was a Senior Partner of Elara Nova. From 2023 to present, he was President of OneLight Sensing. Rear Admiral Becker received a B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from Boston University, an M.S. from The George Washington University, and he completed the Executive Fellows program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He was commissioned from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program.​

Advisors

Toby Tobaccowala
Advisor
Toby has over 40 years of experience in senior executive and CEO positions at technology and business services companies.
Toby has over 40 years of experience in senior executive and CEO positions at technology and business services companies.
Greg Caltabiano
Advisor
Greg has over 35 years of experience in the technology industry and has been the CEO of multiple venture-backed companies. He is on the board of directors for several technology firms.
Greg has over 35 years of experience in the technology industry and has been the CEO of multiple venture-backed companies. He is on the board of directors for several technology firms.
Todd Crick
Advisor
Todd is an experienced entrepreneur and General Partner with Astra Capital Management, which specializes in growth buyouts in the communications and technology services industries
Todd is an experienced entrepreneur and General Partner with Astra Capital Management, which specializes in growth buyouts in the communications and technology services industries
Spencer Hosie
Advisor
Spencer is a nationally recognized top-ranked trial lawyer. He is the Founder of Hosie Rice LLP, which specializes in patent and intellectual property, commercial litigation and antitrust law.
Spencer is a nationally recognized top-ranked trial lawyer. He is the Founder of Hosie Rice LLP, which specializes in patent and intellectual property, commercial litigation and antitrust law.
Rick Kleifeldt
Advisor
Rick is SVP / GM America R&D Lab at LG Electronics, and is a leading expert in automotive connectivity.
Rick is SVP / GM America R&D Lab at LG Electronics, and is a leading expert in automotive connectivity.
Andrei Kurshodev
Advisor
Joel is Chief Technology Officer of Racklive, a data center provisioning company that supplies turnkey data centers to major companies.
Joel is Chief Technology Officer of Racklive, a data center provisioning company that supplies turnkey data centers to major companies.
Hoofar Razavi
Advisor
Hoofar is a highly experienced entrepreneur and operating executive whose expertise is focused on technology product creation and managemennt.
Hoofar is a highly experienced entrepreneur and operating executive whose expertise is focused on technology product creation and managemennt.
Gagan Verma
Advisor
Gagan is an experienced private equity investor with approximately 30 years of investing experience.
Gagan is an experienced private equity investor with approximately 30 years of investing experience.
Joel Wineland
Advisor
Joel is Chief Technology Officer of Racklive, a data center provisioning company that supplies turnkey data centers to major companies.
Joel is Chief Technology Officer of Racklive, a data center provisioning company that supplies turnkey data centers to major companies.
Farid Yavari
Advisor
Farid is Global Business Development & Sales Leader for Supermicro, and he has expertise in generating initial sales for early-stage companies.
Farid is Global Business Development & Sales Leader for Supermicro, and he has expertise in generating initial sales for early-stage companies.
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