Rob’s mission at Originate Labs is to drive the vision, execution, and core values of the company from an out-of-the box perspective. As both a software engineer and entrepreneur, Rob stands by the principal that the most important element for success in any venture is finding smart, self-driven talent and trusting them to succeed. Rob has assembled some of the most elite talent in his previous ventures, and Originate Labs is no exception.
Prior to Originate Labs, Rob co-founded Lumitrend, Inc., a mobile software developer and publisher. Lumitrend developed a mobile content management application that wirelessly synchronizes contacts, photos, music and videos between feature phones and an online data-store. Lumitrend was acquired by Asurion Insurance Services in 2006 and has since deployed the technology on the AT&T, US Cellular, ALLTEL and Roger’s carrier networks. Rob subsequently served as Director of Products at Asurion for a period after the acquisition to ensure a smooth transition of the technology and team.
Prior to Lumitrend, Rob worked for IBM, Slam Dunk Networks, and founded the technology consulting firm Meadows Consulting. Meadows Consulting provides high powered software development services to companies such as Qualcomm, Amadeus, and Amazon and continues to operate today with a select client base and a focus on mobile technologies.
Currently, Rob serves on the board of various companies including Originate Labs, Originate Resources and Thrive Apparel.
Jeremy's mission at Originate Labs is to constantly seek out talent, projects and business opportunities that best fit the Originate culture. Jeremy has a keen eye for high caliber partners who Originate prides itself on working with. Jeremy also plays a key role in the recruiting, partner, and incubation programs.
Before co-founding Originate Labs, Jeremy worked with the University of Hawaii Football Team spearheading corporate sponsor fulfillment and helping establish a consistent fan base throughout the state of Hawaii. Jeremy earned his M.B.A. from the University of Hawaii with a specialization in Finance and Marketing.
Josh’s mission at Originate Labs is to aggressively drive the continued growth of Originate’s world-class engineering organization through the addition of elite talent, streamlined processes, and adoption of cutting edge technologies. Josh’s focus on continued education and self-improvement ensures that Originate’s innovators are always at their sharpest and are ready to tackle the most challenging projects.
After receiving a B.A. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College, Josh worked for a variety of top tier consulting firms and gained deep experience across the technology spectrum. Throughout his career, he has led teams to rapidly construct custom software solutions to meet demanding business requirements. His experience includes eCommerce applications integrated with legacy inventory, order-processing; customer-service fulfillment systems; business-to-business applications aggregating data from diverse business partners; client-server applications for medical billing and asset management; and peer-to-peer download acceleration services for rich-media content providers.
Josh’s deep expertise in Internet and Enterprise Application Architectures enables Originate to rapidly architect highly scalable, high performance solutions for our partners.
Matt’s mission at Originate Labs is to drive and motivate a constant focus on technology innovation. Originate’s internal innovation challenges, hosted by Matt, have become a cornerstone in the entrepreneurial culture at the core of Originate Labs. This challenge encourages innovators to continually think outside the box and present ideas for potential incubation at Originate.
After receiving his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Matt focused his career in the area of database and storage systems. Today, Matt is one of the foremost experts in database driven web applications, large operational databases, and the design and development of business intelligence data warehousing systems. In addition to working for industry leaders like Motorola and Gulfstream Aerospace Matt participated in the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle race. Prior to joining Originate Labs, Matt worked at Yahoo! where he was responsible for architecting, developing and supporting the Yahoo! Shopping Division. This expertise gives Originate the ability to rapidly architect large, data driven applications, capable of competing technically with some of the biggest players in technology.
Ali earned his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from The University of California, Los Angeles in 2002.
While an undergrad, Ali spent 3 years working in the Scientific Visualization department of UCLA where he focused heavily on computer graphics. In addition to using graphics tools, Ali wrote his own Render software that also included the ability to generate shadows, reflections, and transparencies.
During graduate school Ali joined the faculty and taught Computer Architecture in the Computer Science department for one and a half years. During his residency at UCLA, Ali also worked on streaming video software for Cisco Systems in San Jose. After completing his masters, Ali left Cisco Systems to work for Slamdunk Networks in Redwood city where he worked on an Enterprise application capable of transferring business data in many formats including, email, xml and EDI.
After Slamdunk, Ali went to work for UBMatrix, an XBRL consulting company. As a consultant, Ali was the lead contact with major clients like the FDIC, Unisys and KPMG for 3 years.
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