Executive Team

Joe is highly regarded for his business acumen and bold moves in the high-tech industry. In 1997, Chief Executive Magazine named Joe the top performing chief executive officer of all publicly traded companies in North America. He also made Upside Magazine's 1997 "Elite 100" list of the top executives leading the digital revolution. In addition to his position at Orb Networks, Joe is chairman of think3, a global provider of product design and development software solutions, where he also previously served as chief executive officer. Prior to think3, Joe was president and chief executive officer at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., for more than a decade. Under his leadership, Cadence became the world's leading supplier of electronic EDA software and services and one of the 10 highest-grossing software vendors in the world. Joe also acts as chairman of a number of other privately-held companies that include Readio, Abazab, SpeakESL and Soliloquy Learning. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Harvey Mudd College, a Master of Science degree in physics from Yale University and a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Luc has more than ten years experience in design and integration of multimodal and multiuser technologies, specializing in rapid prototyping and user studies. He is an author and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications and has several patents related to human computer interaction. Prior to joining Orb, Luc created and led the Computer Human Interaction Center! (CHIC!) at SRI International. CHIC! was a cross-disciplinary group of scientists specializing in the research, design, development, and evaluation of new styles of user interfaces to complex systems. While with CHIC!, Luc collaborated with numerous academic and commercial institutions. During his tenure at SRI Luc helped start Nuance Communications, now a world leader in speech technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Télécommunications de Paris, France, and a Masters and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Christopher Vinckier spent eight years at Cisco Systems in various engineering and management roles. As a network architect in Cisco's IT organization, he focused on designing and building Cisco's global network and services portfolio. While an engagement manager in the Advisory Services group, Christopher helped customers solve the perennial problems of business technology alignment, adoption, and absorption. He was most recently a member of Cisco's Corporate Development team where he focused on investment and acquisition opportunities for the Service Provider and Consumer segments. Christopher holds and Ms. In Computer Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium and the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Joe is highly regarded for his business acumen and bold moves in the high-tech industry. In 1997, Chief Executive Magazine named Joe the top performing chief executive officer of all publicly traded companies in North America. He also made Upside Magazine's 1997 "Elite 100" list of the top executives leading the digital revolution. Presently Joe serves as chief executive officer and chairman of Think3, a developer of mechanical computer-aided design software used throughout the product development process. He also serves as chairman of BravoBrava!, Soliloquy Learning and Barcelona Design, and is on the boards of Catena Networks, Santa Cruz Networks and Saba. Prior to Think3, Joe played a pivotal role as president and chief executive officer at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., for more than a decade. Under his leadership, Cadence became the world's leading supplier of electronic EDA software and services and one of the ten highest-grossing software vendors in the world. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Harvey Mudd College, a Master of Science degree in physics from Yale University and a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Gary joined Morgenthaler in 1989, bringing with him 19 years of computer industry experience. Gary was a co-founder and past Chief Executive Officer of Illustra Information Technologies, Inc., and served as a Chairman of Illustra's board until it was acquired by Informix in 1995. He served as Chairman of Ingres Corporation (formerly Relational Technology) until its sale in October 1990, and was a founder of the company in 1980. Between 1984 and 1988 he was Chief Executive Officer of Ingres. Earlier he was with McKinsey & Company, Tymshare, Inc., and Stanford University's Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences.