Alan Knitowski

About Alan Knitowski

Founded, financed, operated and scaled 10 private companies since including four acquired by public companies, three trading publicly and three formerly trading publicly. Structured, financed and managed multiple other private companies, in addition to two hedge funds and two family offices. Granted four patents by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and formerly published for the Wall Street Journal\'s Accelerator Blog. Recipient of the 2017 Owler Top Rated CEOs in the World Award, including #26 Overall,#12 in Technology and #1 in Austin, Texas, the 2017 KPMG / University of Michigan QuantumShift Top Entrepreneurs in America Award, the 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist for the Central Texas Region and the 2014 USA Today National Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. Also a recipient of the 2022 University of Miami College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award, given to only 25 alumni in the past 40 years, while serving on the University of Miami\'s President\'s Council and assisting with its Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science, Launch Pad and Cane Angel Network initiatives. Phunware, the pioneer of Mobile as a Service (MaaS), trades publicly on NASDAQ as \"PHUN\"(Co-Founder, President & CEO). Vovida Networks, a communications networking software company, sold to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) in November (Co-Founder, President & CEO). vCIS, an anti-virus and security software company, sold to Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX) in October 2002, and subsequently acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) in August 2006 (Investor & Director). Telverse Communications, a wholesale communications ASP, sold to Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) in July 2003 (Co-Founder, Investor & Director). Edgewater Networks, a networking equipment company, sold to Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ: RBBN) in August 2018 (Investor & Advisor). Angel investor in RingCentral (NYSE: RNG), Vonage (NYSE: VG), Bazaarvoice (formerly NASDAQ: BV), MetaSaaS (acquired by Flexera Software), SunBasket (acquired by PSB Holdings, and subsequently renamed Intelligent Brands), Hamsa, PureBrands, Bold Metrics and Carepoynt. Curo Capital,\"Manager\" for the Curo Capital Appreciation Fund I, a diversified investment vehicle for accredited investors interested in public equities, private equities and virtual assets. Cane Capital, a holding company, acts as a strategic corporate advisor and investment vehicle for physical, financial and virtual investments. Windspring, a private data miniaturization software company (Investor & Director).

Experience

1. Co-founder & Special Advisor (Nasdaq - Phun)

   Phunware

   Dec 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MS, Industrial Engineering

  1991 — 1992

• University of California at Berkeley

  MBA, Business Administration

  1997 — 1999

• University of Miami

  BS, Industrial Engineering

  1987 — 1991