Board of Directors

Martin Zumtobel, Chairman, IDENTEC GROUP
Mr. Zumtobel, a prominent Austrian entrepreneur and investment professional, is co-founder and major shareholder of IDENTEC GROUP. For the past 17 years he has headed his own international investment firm, Zumtobel Group. Prior to this he built a family business, F.M. Zumtobel and the Familia Supermarket Chain, to over 3000 employees; he then sold it to Migros, a Swiss company. Mr. Zumtobel holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France, and a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Economy, Vienna, Austria.

Dietmar J. Amann, CEO, IDENTEC GROUP
Mr. Amann has more than 20 years experience in private equity management and co-heads the IDENTEC GROUP team of dedicated investment professionals and entrepreneurs. Before co-founding IDENTEC GROUP he served for several years as a business angel and co-investor. Prior to this, he led the Strategic and International Business Development Division at Beisheim Holding in Switzerland and served as Investment Manager at Invision AG, the VC arm of Beisheim/METRO Group. Mr. Amann holds an MBA from A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Peter Linke
Mr. Linke lives in Dallas, Texas and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. He is currently the President & CEO of Hothead Technologies Inc. He is a co-founder of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, where he headed the company’s US operations and was also responsible for worldwide sales and marketing. Prior to rejoining IDENTEC SOLUTIONS in March of 2006, Mr. Linke was the VP of Sales for I.D. Systems, Inc. Mr. Linke also serves as a Director for Beverage Metrics, Inc. (http://www.beveragemetrics.com).


Ashish Chona, CEO and Co-founder
Ashish Chona is the CEO and co-founder of InSync Software. Prior to co-founding InSync, Ashish was a member of the senior management team at Asyst Technologies (NASDAQ: ASYT), a leading provider of automated material handling systems and Auto-ID systems (RFID, IR & barcode) for the semiconductor and electronics industries. He was responsible for global software marketing and sales at Asyst. Prior to Asyst, he was the co-founder and Vice-President of Sales & Marketing at Radiance Systems, a provider of factory automation software products and services. Radiance was acquired by Asyst Technologies in 1996. Prior to Radiance, Ashish held senior technical positions at Honeywell and Ultratech Stepper.

Ashish has an M.S. in Robotics & Control Systems from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.

Ravi Panja, President and Co-founder
Prior to co-founding InSync Software, Ravi was part of the senior management for Asyst Technologies, a company that specializes in automated material handling systems and a leader in Auto-ID systems using RFID, IR, and barcode-based technologies driving product development and worldwide systems integration. Prior to Asyst, Ravi was one of the founding members of Radiance Systems and was responsible for product development and worldwide software integration solutions. Ravi has experience in product strategy and management, Auto-ID technologies, developing web-enabled software architectures, mission-critical enterprise software systems utilizing object-oriented technologies, workflow systems, and business process modeling. Ravi also had several positions at National Semiconductor in their Santa Clara, CA and Scotland manufacturing facilities.

Ravi has an M.S in Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.S. from Osmania University in India.

Rob Rueckert (Board Observer)
Rob Rueckert is a director at Intel Capital and a Kauffman Fellow.  He joined Intel Capital in 2002.  Prior to Intel, Rob spent 10 years in the software industry. He spent 5 years as a senior engineer / CTO with a few start up companies and an additional 5 years as a senior software consultant with Arthur Andersen. Rob invests in enterprise software and internet and has managed over 8 IPOs and 30 exits during his time with Intel Capital. Rob has a MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS in Information Systems from Brigham Young University.