Board of Directors
John Delta
John Delta is an experienced operating and financial executive and entrepreneur with experience in enterprises from $2 million to $500 million. His main areas of focus are mid-stage software, SaaS and consumer-facing firms in need of assistance with CFO duties, transaction execution and scaling their finance/operations. Recent engagements include:
1. Principal Accounting & Financial Officer for a Nasdaq-listed company (from July 2020 to March 2022).
Led the annual Audit, 10-K and 10-Q filings, and fund-raising efforts. Included in scope of work was developing
the annual FP&A/budgeting process. Reviewed and implemented new accounting policies and procedures and SOX
compliance.
2. Serves as interim CFO for an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company, with scope including FP&A, treasury management, ASX reporting/compliance and M&A.
3. Served as Interim CFO for a SaaS cybersecurity firm, with scope including setting up the issuer’s Finance function.
Broad consulting, operations and finance experience, including:
● Consulting Associate at McKinsey & Co. and Consulting Manager at Deloitte & Touché.
● Vice President, The Nasdaq Stock Market – John worked in several departments and developed the business plan for, and then ran, the E-commerce group.
● EVP/COO, Hemscott – The firm was a PE-backed roll-up in the financial info space. John led post-merger integration and ops (US, UK and India). He developed the successful exit strategy of splitting the firm and selling the retail unit to Morningstar.
● CFO, DoublePositive Marketing Group – the firm was a VC-backed SaaS offering in the lead gen space. John joined when it had $1M in revenue and led several financings while building the Finance/Admin functions. The firm had a successful exit to a strategic.
● CFO, Edison Worldwide – John restructured operations, sold off assets and closed non-core units.
● Founder/CFO, JJAB Holdings – Ran Finance and Operations for this PE-backed startup in the direct response marketing space. The firm was sold to a strategic acquirer in 1 year.
John holds a BA and MBA from the University of Virginia.
Andrew Jacobson
Nav Sunner
Paul Huang
Mr. Huang, age 45, has been an Assistant Professor (2014-2020) and Associate Professor (2020-present) of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) at the University of Delaware (UD), where he leads the Robot Perception and Navigation Group (RPNG). His research interests center on nonlinear estimation and spatial computing for autonomous robots and extended reality (XR). Mr. Huang is experienced in the fields of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and visual-inertial systems, renowned for developing innovative, state-of-the-art solutions that combine theoretical elegance and practicality. Many of his contributions have been incorporated into real-world systems and products. He co-led the research and development efforts for autonomous food delivery at Meituan during his sabbatical leave from 2020 to 2022. Mr. Huang has been constantly recognized among the AI 2000 Scholars, Highly Ranked Scholars, and World Top 2% Scientists. He was also the recipient of a number of prestigious best paper awards, including the ICRA 2022 Best Paper Award (Navigation), 2022 GNC Journal Best Paper Award, and the Finalists of the ICRA 2024 Best Paper Award (Robot Vision), RSS 2023 Best Student Paper Award, ICRA 2021 Best Paper Award (Robot Vision), and RSS 2009 Best Paper Award. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), and IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics (CSR). Mr. Huang held a Postdoctoral Associate position at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), and holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.