Board of Directors

Giacomo Marini
Founder/Managing Director, Noventi/CIR Ventures

Giacomo Marini has served as a board member of Minerva since June 2003. The Founder and Managing Director of Noventi/CIR Ventures, a venture capital firm, Marini is director of PC-TEL, Aurora Biofuels, Ecrio, Neato Robotics and is also Chairman of TES Automation and Marini Group. Giacomo co-founded Logitech. He served as director and member of the management team that launched Logitech, driving it to become a world leader in computer-input devices. He served most recently as Chief Operating Officer; previously he was Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations, and Vice President of Engineering. Before joining Logitech, Marini held a variety of technical and managerial positions with Olivetti and IBM. Marini holds a Laurea degree, cum laude, in computer science from the University of Pisa, Italy.

Magdalena Yesil
Former Venture Capitalist, US Venture Partners

Magdalena Yesil was most recently a venture capitalist at US Venture Partners (USVP), making investments in information technology start-ups. She has been an early stage investor in several successful companies, including Salesforce.com, 3Ware, Valicert, Securify, and Claria. Magdalena joined USVP after a successful career as an entrepreneur, founding two successful electronic commerce companies, CyberCash and MarketPay. She also was part of Unet in its early days and was chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997 by Red Herring magazine. Yesil is the author of Creating the Virtual Store. Magdalena holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, both from Stanford University.

Mauro Pretolani
General Partner, TLcom Capital LLP

Mauro Pretolani is currently Chairman of CommProve, where he served as CEO in 2005-2006. He is also on the board of Axerra Networks and was on the board of Netscalibur and Sphera Technologies. At TLcom, Pretolani focuses on Telecom and Internet Protocol Technologies and Services. Previously, he was a Manager in Bain & Company's TMT practice, serving telecommunications, internet and media clients in Europe and Silicon Valley. Before joining Bain, he worked in the Marketing and Treasury departments of Procter & Gamble in Greece and Italy. Mauro holds a Summa Cum Laude Laurea Degree in Business Administration from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Sebastiano Tevarotto
Managing Parter, SEBATEVA Inc.

Sebastiano Tevarotto has over 25 years experience in the IT, Telecommunications and Media industries. In most recent years, Tevarotto joined boards of startup companies to help them strengthen operations and accelerate growth in areas such as real time databases, advertising, video processing and mobile services. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Communications, Media & Entertainment Business at HP. Sebastiano holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy and a Young Managers Program Diploma at INSEAD, Fountainbleu, France.

Mauro Bonomi
Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Networks

Mauro Bonomi is Minerva's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Minerva, Mauro was Vice President of Marketing at C-Cube Microsystems (Acquired by LSI Logic). Bonomi has contributed heavily to the adoption of digital video technology in the consumer and communications markets. Mauro holds Master's Degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Management from Stanford University and received an Undergraduate Degree with honors in Electrical Engineering from Pavia University in Italy.