Ms. Carol Politi, CEO
Ms. Politi is a 20 year technology industry veteran with extensive experience in establishing and growing high tech businesses. Prior to TRX, Ms. Politi was senior vice president, corporate and business development at kajeet®, the cell phone service for kids. Her responsibilities included establishing strategic and business relationships, as well as running indirect channels, direct sales, public relations and social media. As vice president of product management at kajeet, Ms Politi was responsible for the initial product definition and launch and held P&L responsibility for all voice, data, messaging, and content services.
Prior to kajeet, Ms. Politi founded and was vice president of marketing and product management of Megisto Systems, a company that developed prepaid software infrastructure for operators in Asia and Europe. Ms. Politi also served as Vice President of Product Management at Ericsson where she managed internal product development, as well as third-party vendor relationships for the company’s data portfolio.
Ms. Politi holds an M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S.E.E. and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Carole Teolis, CTO and Chairman
Dr. Teolis has over 15 years experience in technical management and is an expert in signal processing and control systems design. Dr. Teolis is responsible for the long term vision and technical direction of TRX and she oversees all research and development activities including the team developing the TRX Sentinel Tracking System. Dr. Teolis has also secured over $6 Million in funding for TRX GPS denied tracking system development, secured a TRX beta contract with the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, and secured a TSWG commercialization contract.
Prior to joining TRX, Dr. Teolis was Vice President of Systems Engineering at Techno-Sciences, Inc. where she led the Systems Engineering Group in the development of innovative engineering systems including the design and installation of an equipment monitoring and control system for the US Mint (Denver and Philadelphia), design and installation of an automatic coating mass control systems for Bethlehem Steel’s galvanizing lines, and the establishment of the HF and satellite network data exchange communications interfaces for the Trident Maritime Domain Awareness systems that provide a network of sites for remote monitoring of shipping traffic in the Malacca Straights. The Trident system is now deployed a several coastal facilities in Indonesia and Malaysia with over $70M contracts awarded.
Dr. Teolis holds two patents for applications in gas turbine engine health monitoring and has patents pending for the TRX location technology. Dr. Teolis received her Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1994.
Mr. William English, Product Manager
Mr. English has over eighteen years of experience in computer systems development and engineering management. At TRX, Mr. English is responsible for all aspects of product management, project scheduling, and test and verification planning. He has successfully managed numerous TRX programs including current and prior programs for the NSF, Army, DARPA, Argon/DHS and TSWG.
Prior to joining TRX, Mr. English was Software Development Manager and Software Architect at Techno-Sciences, Inc (TSi) where he developed Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) solutions. The Integrated Maritime Surveillance Systems (IMSS) developed by Mr. English is used for maritime vessel tracking and surveillance in and around the Malacca Strait and Celebes Sea. This system is largest of its kind, and it is now widely deployed in Indonesia and Malaysia with over sixty-million in contracts, more than ten ship-based systems, twenty-eight coastal stations, and four command centers.
Mr. English's prior experience also includes product development of network management appliances for storage area networks (SAN) and IP-based networks; extensive systems development experience of satellite ground systems; and extensive systems development experience of biometric systems. Mr. English received his degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Ms. Shimla Anderson-Harris, Controller
Ms. Anderson-Harris has extensive experience in finance and operations for startup and growing technology companies. She is accountable for the accounting operations of the company, including maintenance of accounting records & internal controls, policies and procedures. With a firm understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense FAR, Ms. Anderson is responsible for providing full contract administrative guidance & support on all TRX contracts. Ms. Anderson serves as the primary point of contact for all contract administrative issues. Further she ensures contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications. She is a graduate of the Robert H. Smith Business School at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Mr. Ben Funk, Vice President of Development
Mr. Funk is an expert in inertial tracking and emergency warning systems with strong experience in embedded systems, low-power hardware design, and electronics manufacturing. Mr. Funk is responsible for the implementation of TRX’s Tracking System, having developed circuitry, embedded firmware, efficient embedded signal processing, proprietary communications protocols, and printed circuit boards including RF layout.
Mr Funk has customized TRX’s hardware into one of the industry’s smallest stamp-sized Inertial Navigation Units for surveillance applications. He has developed robust, adaptive body-area networks (using both IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth) to accommodate the integration of external sensors and facilitate delocalization of sensors in TRX’s solution.
Prior to TRX, Mr. Funk worked for Alertus Technologies, where he assisted in designing and manufacturing a new early emergency warning system device. Mr. Ben Funk received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Mr. Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Bandyopadhyay is an expert in tracking algorithms and sensor fusion techniques. He has developed patented methods for 3D tracking and building floor plan generation.
At TRX Systems, Mr. Bandyopadhyay led the development of the TRX Tracking System Navigation Algorithms and engineering of the industry’s first Indoor Map Matching and Map Building Tracking Suite. Mr Bandyopadhyay successfully adapted TRX’s core tracking technology into a seamless outdoor to indoor 3-D tracking system for military environments. He is developing solutions for routing communications in a repeater-based multi-hop mesh network and routing Search and Rescue teams to emergency personnel in distress with visual shortest access routes on maps, and intuitive voice commands and directions.
Mr Bandyopadhyay received his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama.