Management
Bo Larsson
CEO
Mr. Larsson is a veteran business executive and has over 20 years of engineering, marketing, international channel development and management experience. He has worked in the PC, mobile, and telecommunication businesses at market-leading companies including Emuzed, Fujitsu, Sony, and Ericsson. Before joining Firetide, Mr. Larsson was President of Emuzed where he managed sales, marketing, engineering operations and QA both in the U.S. and in India. Prior to Emuzed, he was Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Inc. and served as Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Ericsson North America and Japan. Prior to Ericsson he was President of TouchWave, a startup delivering voice and data service and solutions using Voice over IP. Earlier in his career, Mr. Larsson held management positions at Fujitsu and Sony. He holds an MBA from the University of Goteborg, Sweden and a Masters in applied physics, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Mohan Natarajan
CTO/Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Natarajan has extensive experience in building and leading engineering teams at companies such as Force Computers, Jasmine Networks, Cisco Systems, and Silicon Graphics. He possesses a broad range of technical knowledge including operating systems, network applications, microcode design, and processor architecture. Mr. Natarajan is responsible for all product development at Firetide. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Delhi, India and a Masters in Computer Science from University of Indore, India.
Mike Duncan
Vice President – Sales
Mr Duncan is an accomplished sales and business development veteran, with 30 years of experience in electronic, telecommunications and physical security space. Prior to joining Firetide, he was Sr VP of Sales at Anixter Security Solutions, where he lead Anixter’s sales of security solutions through the installer channel to end users for video and access control solutions.
At Anixter, Mr. Duncan was responsible for dramatically growing the security business, implementing the sales and marketing strategy. This includes the selection of best in class supplier partners and helping them to implement their sales plans with Anixter. He built a security sales staff to support the efforts of the general sales organization, assisting them with business development and technical support. He hired a direct staff of salespeople to focus on the large security integrator organizations and vertical market sales people for critical infrastructure and transportation. While he focused primarily on North America, he provided direction and support for the rest of the world as needed. The sales and marketing strategy built in the U.S. is also followed in Asia/Pac, Latin America and EMEA.
Prior positions included Sr VP of Sales for Anixter's Enterprise Cabling business. He had also held executive positions in AT&T and SBC. Mr Duncan holds BS degree in Business Administration from Taylor University in Upland Indiana.