Rob Meadows is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lumitrend, Inc. He holds a strong background in both software and corporate development and an aggressive focus on developing innovative new technologies. Meadows began his career at IBM where he became a key player in the storage software division. After IBM's acquisition of Tivoli, Meadows' team managed the integration of the storage technologies to deliver the widely used Tivoli Storage Manager.

Meadows left IBM to become a development manager at Slam Dunk Networks, which operated the first global infrastructure to guarantee delivery and tracking of transactional messages. Meadows ultimately served as the Vice-President of Corporate Development and played a key role in the structuring and management of many partnerships including American Express and Amadeus Data Processing. Amadeus continues to successfully use the Slam Dunk technology for their current Message Net service.

Prior to Lumitrend, Meadows founded "Meadows Consulting", a leading technology consulting firm. With a strategic focus on network and wireless technologies, Meadows grew the client base to include both successful startups and Fortune 500 companies. The firm continues to grow by adding some of the most gifted and respected professionals to the consulting team. Meadows Consulting works closely with Lumitrend to provide superior customer and internal consulting as needed.

Meadows holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Arizona.

 
 
 
 
 

Garrett Larsson is co-founder and Vice-President of Business Development for Lumitrend, Inc. He is responsible for developing strategic partnerships and maintaining Lumitrend’s numerous carrier relationships. In addition, Larsson played an integral role in the development of early Lumitrend products and still maintains an active role in product development and R&D.

Prior to Lumitrend, Larsson became a veteran of wireless technologies during his time at QUALCOMM. He headed the mobile software development team that produced the first commercially available Enterprise BREW application, OmniOne, which is still widely used today.

Larsson previously held product management and software development positions at Slam Dunk Networks, Cisco Systems, and Abeona Networks.

Larsson earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.


Stephen Bell serves as Vice-President of Marketing for Lumitrend and oversees all marketing and public relations activities. In addition to developing and spreading Lumitrend’s corporate messaging, Bell has led the branding efforts for CellBackup, CellSynx and ringvault. From the marketing material, to the websites and application interface design, Bell’s creativity and attention to detail have been instrumental to Lumitrend’s growth and success.

Before joining Lumitrend, Bell helped co-found "Meadows Consulting," a highly successful technology consulting firm. Bell played an influential role in growing the initial client base for "Meadows Consulting" and still maintains an advisory role for the company.

Bell's breadth of experience also includes management positions in customer relations, mobile billboard advertising and sales.

Bell holds a B.S. degree from University of Nevada Las Vegas and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Prior to founding Scheinrock Advisory Group in mid-1997, Mr. Scheinrock served as Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Kistler Aerospace Corporation from 1996 through May 1997. While at Kistler, Jeff formulated the capital raising plan and all documents for a successful raise of $350 million in equity. Jeff also negotiated strategic contracts with suppliers such as Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Aerojet, Allied Signal and Raytheon. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Scheinrock served as Vice Chairman of Finance and Strategic Planning for Packard Bell NEC Electronics, Inc. While at Packard Bell, Jeff negotiated equity investments from Groupe Bull and NEC. Jeff also set up operations throughout Europe and Asia and negotiated tax incentives from the different countries. Jeff negotiated in excess of $1 billion in bank debt and $3 billion in trade credit from companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Panasonic, Tatung, Lite-On, Seagate etc. Jeff was responsible for all administrative functions including but not limited to personnel, real estate, accounting and finance, management information systems, planning and budgeting. Jeff also handled the negotiation and structuring of all acquisition including Zenith Data Systems and Ark Interface Software among others. Prior to joining Packard Bell NEC, Mr. Scheinrock was Senior Partner in charge of the Entrepreneurial Services Group of Arthur Young and Company’s Los Angeles office. He has extensive experience in international financial markets, corporate finance and capital structure, acquisitions and strategic investment, and is a CPA.

In addition, Mr. Scheinrock served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tornado Development Corporation from July 1997 through August 9, 2002. Under Mr. Scheinrock Tornado Development raised $52 million in equity (from Questmark Partners, GE Equity, Intel Communications Fund, Aries Partners, KIPCO etc.) and $3 million in bank debt and became the leader in enhanced messaging for telecommunication carriers. He also negotiated strategic agreements with Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, Invisix (a Motorola owned Company) among others. He departed the company and rejoined Scheinrock Advisory Group after Tornado reached the milestone of entering into a contract to be the next generation messaging provider to Verizon Wireless.

Mr. Scheinrock is a Director of SRS Labs (SRSL), Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. (BDE) and Andrews Space and Technology.

Brendon Grunewald is founder and CEO of IceVista, a company that provides operational improvement strategy development and implementation, financial restructuring and merger and acquisition services toward investors, shareholders, their portfolio companies and organizations of all sizes. He has served as CEO and board member of Sinfilo, where he took the company from incorporation to one of the best known WLAN operators in Europe with a successful exit in October 2003. Prior to that he held various executive positions at several companies including Siemens in Germany. Mr. Grunewald is founder of 70South, a recognize leader in Antarctic news and educational information, is active in Antarctic and polar conservation and education and continues to travel extensively. Mr Grunewald has and continues to serve on company boards or act as an executive or board advisor. Mr Grunewald speaks English, Dutch and German.


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