Our Team

Mario R. Garcia, Lead Inventor and Co-Founder
  • Mario started and ran a successful automotive business from 1997 ~ 2003.mrg_ceo
  • He also pitched a business plan and secured additional funding for his automotive business in 1999 (SBA/    SCORE – Comerica Bank).
  • Mario is also a long-time automotive OEM employee (2004~2019), with a tremendous amount of automotive expertise, imagination, creativity, and know-how.
  • His automotive career has been spent in the product  quality, engineering, product development, technical operations, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing departments of some of the largest automotive OEMs on the planet.
  • Mario is also a patented inventor (US10186089B2 and US11198446B2) and lead inventor on two other patent applications filed with the USPTO.
  • Patent Portfolio
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Marcelo Simoes, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder
  • Marcelo is a long-time aerospace industry employee (1995 ~ 2017), with a tremendous amount of experience in practical and cost-effective mechanical marcelo_cropped3design, complex product development, and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.
  • He is also a CAD software expert with over 36,000 hours of experience on multiple CAD platforms.
  • Marcelo has participated in the design and engineering of various military hardware programs, with an emphasis on infrared vision systems, space tracking and surveillance systems, and thermal sight systems for weaponry.
  • He has also held a Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance for two, consecutive, ten year periods.
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Jim Adams, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder
  • Jim has managed large, complex projects and brings over 25 years of diverse experience across home entertainment, financial services, real estate, aerospace and automotive industries.profile_headshot2
  • He was involved in the launch of the DIRECTV service and spent over 13 years supporting its growth to over 15 million customers. As an IT Program Manager Jim successfully led DIRECTV’s systems integration of a broadband company.  Additionally, he was responsible for deploying Siebel CRM to over 11,000 users across 15 locations.
  • Jim has  previously held Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, California Life & Health licenses, as well as, the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor designation.
  • Has executive level Fortune 500 experience
  • Has led teams as large as 150+ technical employees and contract resources
  • Has managed an annual operational budget of $20M for telecom and IT support
  • Has extensive vendor management experience
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