About Us
Management Team
Robert P. Bova, President and Chief Executive Officer
Bob has over 20 years experience successfully leading high technology organizations to surpass corporate goals with special competence in entrepreneurial, start-up, rapid growth, M & A and public companies.
As a Director at U.S. Bank/Oliver Allen Corporation, he created the Secure Networking Division and grew it to over $12 million in revenues within 2 years. In 1997, Bova started the ISG division (SSL Technology) at Rainbow Technologies and grew it from zero to $56 million in revenues, in just over 3 years. Bob later served as CEO and Vice Chairman of Enfotec, Inc., a worldwide provider of open system Internet security devices. Enfotec was acquired by Ariel Way Communications, a worldwide provider of secure communications; he served as a Director, and was placed on the M & A committee and managed the acquisition due diligence as well as co-authored the SB2 and took the company public. As EVP of Asita Technologies, Bob was responsible for developing the worldwide sales, marketing, administration, support and finance infrastructures as well as raising $24 million in funding for the organization. He established the organization in the Pacific Rim, Europe and North America.
Mr. Bova holds an MBA in Marketing from National University and a BA from Syracuse University.
William Arthur, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Arthur is directly responsible for designing and implementing significant elements of the AccuSpeechMobile voice technology. His professional career includes substantial experience in both the Text-to-Speech (TTS) and speech recognition disciplines. He was directly responsible for implementing the speech interfaces for the voice-activated VCOMMAND automobile navigation system. Dr. Arthur developed natural-voice TTS system currently being revised for use in a popular radio/ navigation module for a major automobile manufacturer. As Director of Engineering at Cendant Software, Dr. Arthur was responsible for the development and maintenance of all language-related software for the First Byte and Knowledge Adventure divisions, which included several popular Davidson & Associates educational products. This group successfully developed Speech Synthesis APIs and Toolkits for Windows, OS/2 and several telephony application environments including Creative Labs, Dialogic and Natural Microsystems. Dr. Arthur has a Ph.D. in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, as well as an MA and BA from the University of Massachusetts.
Dan Villanueva, Vice President, Marketing
Dan Villanueva has served in senior management roles in the mobility and related information technology markets since 1985. He has over 20 years experience in key corporate disciplines including corporate and product marketing, sales, sales support and marketing communications. His business and marketing credentials have been employed across several technology sectors including enterprise systems and data base management, applications development, enterprise mobility applications, mobile field services, Web and internet operations. Dan has served as a director, senior executive and marketing consultant for companies such as Legent Corporation, Sage Software, Software AG, iBrite and eStara. Mr. Villanueva holds a BA in marketing and communications from the University of Northern Iowa.