Management Team

Joaquin Silva - President and CEO
Joaquin has extensive experience, including start up executive leadership, investment banking, and operational management within Wireless, Defense Electronics, and the Display & Semiconductor Industries. He has an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles and a BS in Management from the United States Air Force Academy. Prior to founding On-Ramp Wireless, Joaquin was a co-founder of Ostendo Technologies Inc. where, as President and COO, he was instrumental in developing a new product strategy and market entry plan for a unique curved display technology. This technology resulted in a Tier-1 customer design win and best of CES 2008 nominations by CNET and Business Week. Prior to Ostendo, Joaquin was a Vice President at the investment banking firm Montgomery & Co., where he led their wireless and semiconductor franchise for 6 years. Prior to that, he was the co-founder and COO of AccelerateTV (later acquired by RespondTV). Earlier in his career Joaquin was an officer in the United States Air Force. Joaquin is a founder of On-Ramp Wireless and also serves on its board.

Jake Rasweiler - COO
Jake Rasweiler has more than 18 years of engineering, sales and business development experience within the wireless communications industry. Prior to joining On-Ramp Wireless Jake was the CTO & VP Engineering of Arcadian Networks, where he was instrumental in developing and deploying one of the very first Smart Grid wireless networking systems – a currently operating statewide smart grid network in Minnesota. Prior to this, his wireless carrier experience includes various leadership roles at Nextel and Sprint including Senior Director for the New York Area and Northeast Design leader. Jake has worked on a wide variety of domestic and international communications projects including the World Trade Center recovery effort, and the operation of Con Edison’s private radio network. He holds degrees in Physics, Electrical Engineering and Management, is a licensed professional engineer and has been awarded two patents.

Dr. Ted Myers - Chief Technology Officer
Ted is a recognized expert in wireless communication systems and digital signal processing theory. He has a PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. Ted was a founder of CommASIC, where he developed the WBSP processor and its first application to the 802.11 a/b/g physical layer. Based on this architecture, the resultant chipset was a first-pass success and industry-best in cost and power consumption; leading to the acquisition of CommASIC by Freescale Semiconductor. While at Freescale Semiconductor, Ted applied the WBSP processor architecture to various other wireless applications. Earlier in his career he led and/or contributed to numerous other physical layer designs for cellular applications and government satellite systems. Ted is a founder of On-Ramp Wireless and also serves on its board.

Jeff Gray - Senior VP Sales
Jeff brings more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development and applications after having held senior level positions in a number of wireless and semiconductor companies. Most recently, he was VP of Sales and Business Development for Staccato Communications, an Ultra-Wide Band technology company based in San Diego. Prior to Staccato, Jeff was VP of Sales and GM of Asia for GloNav, a GPS silicon and software company acquired by NXP. Jeff was also VP of Sales and Applications at Brecis, a semiconductor startup, and has also held senior positions at Sandburst, Chipidea Microelectronica, Apogee, Infineon and Cyrix. During the course of his career, Jeff has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America where he successfully built and managed worldwide sales and marketing organizations for several companies. Jeff holds degrees in Electromechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Portsmouth University.

Dr. Eckart Voskamp - VP Business Development
Eckart’s professional experience includes design, marketing, business development, and management functions for global, top-ten semiconductor companies, as well as start-up environments. Before joining On-Ramp, he was the Director of Sales at Staccato Communications (an Ultra-Wideband wireless company) where he generated the first revenues for the company. Prior to Staccato, Eckart was the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Chipidea Semiconductors (acquired by MIPS) where he successfully developed key relationships in the wireless mobile arena and setup operations in the Americas. Eckart has also held the positions of P&L Business Line Manager for Sensor Signal Conditioner, Director of Strategic Marketing for ZMD AG, Senior Director of Applications and Systems for Brecis Communications (acquired by PMC-Sierra), and Marketing and Systems Architecture positions with Infineon, TI, and Bosch Semiconductors. Eckart received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bremen, Germany and his PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Tuebingen, Germany.

Jonas N Olsen - VP Strategic Marketing
Jonas has extensive experience in technology consulting and business development. Most recently, Mr. Olsen was VP of Business Development at Blue Sky Network - a pioneer in global, satellite based asset tracking. In that capacity, he oversaw early product development and won contracts with some of the largest energy companies in the world, including ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as military entities like the Royal Air Force. Prior to Blue Sky Network, Jonas had several business development and consulting roles, including consulting work with PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet Business practice. Jonas has a MS in Business Administration and Computer Science from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. After finishing his degree, Jonas served as an assistant lecturer in Information Economics for the business school's graduate program.

Mike Peterson – VP Finance and Corporate Strategy
Mike brings significant experience evaluating and capitalizing on new business opportunities with several venture-backed companies in the technology and digital media industries. Prior to On-Ramp, Mike was VP of Finance and Corporate Development with DECA – a digital media start-up backed by Mayfield, General Catalyst, Rustic Canyon and Atomico Investments – where he focused on fund raising and day-to-day financial management, as well as the development of several key LLC partnerships. Prior to DECA, Mike was VP of Corporate Development & Finance at ClickStar, an online entertainment venture founded by Revelations Entertainment and Intel. He began his career in the Strategic Advisory Group of Montgomery & Co, where he advised both start-up and Fortune 500 clients in their evaluations of new ventures and investment opportunities in a variety of technology industries. Mike holds a MS degree in Engineering-Economic Systems and a BS degree in International Relations, both from Stanford University.

Robert Boesel - VP of Engineering
As VP of Engineering Rob applies his extensive experience designing and leading the development of wireless systems and ASICs. Rob has an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, with a background in signal processing and communications. Most recently, Rob was a founder and VP of Engineering for CommASIC Inc. (acquired by Freescale Semiconductor in 2005). At CommASIC, he was responsible for building a team of 25 engineers, for managing the development of Systems, ASIC, Software, Hardware, and Test disciplines, and for completing the development of a WLAN baseband ASIC for handheld devices based upon CommASIC's WBSP technology. Prior to CommASIC, Rob held several engineering leadership positions, including Director of Engineering at Qualcomm Inc. where he led the system design of CDMA technology and infrastructure products. Rob is a founder of On-Ramp Wireless and also serves on its board.

Jason Wilson - VP Product Management
Jason comes to On-Ramp with years of experience in product and program management in the telecommunications, defense electronics, and wireless industries. He earned a MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy. Prior to joining On-Ramp Wireless, Jason was VP Product Management at Ostendo Technologies, where he executed the development of an innovative immersive, curved screen display and secured a major DOD contract win for advanced imaging technologies. Prior to Ostendo, he served in various product and program management roles at large companies and start-ups including L-3 Communications, TollBridge Technologies, and Nortel Networks. Early in his career Jason served as an officer in the United States Air Force as a program manager for what are now the Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicle systems.