Executive Team
Mimosa is a different kind of moonshot, one right on the ground that reimagines how people will get amazing internet access via wireless across the globe. To tackle a challenge of this magnitude, we’ve brought together the industry’s brightest leaders, with experience from some of the most disruptive technology companies.
Brian
Hinman
President, CEO and Co-Founder
Jaime
Fink
CTO and Co-Founder
Tabetha
Hinman
CAO and Co-Founder
Aon
Mujtaba
Senior Vice President of Engineering
John
Colvin
SVP of Global Field Operations
Eric
Williams
Chief Financial Officer
Eric
Presworsky
Chief Product Officer
Brian Hinman
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Brian L. Hinman is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Mimosa. For Brian, Mimosa is the culmination of a lifetime dedication to creating cutting-edge telecommunications products. Starting with video conferencing pioneer, PictureTel Corporation (formerly NASD: PCTL) and audio conferencing giant, Polycom (NASD: PLCM), Brian also led the way in the DSL industry as a founder of 2Wire (later acquired by Pace). Mimosa is the latest iteration of his vision to connect people through technology. In addition to his entrepreneurial efforts, Brian was also a Venture Partner at Oak Investment Partners where he focused primarily on investments in information technology and clean energy.
An engineer by training, Brian is a specialist in digital signal processing and holds 30 patents in the telecommunications space. Brian has also served on the National Board of the American Electronics Association and was Director and Co-Founder of the International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium. In recognition of his entrepreneurial spirit, Brian has received multiple awards including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Brian holds a BSEE degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland and created the Hinman CEOs Program at his undergraduate alma mater. He also holds an S.M.E.E. degree from M.I.T. and an honorary Sc.D. from R.I.T.
Jaime Fink
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
As Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Mimosa, Jaime is instrumental in driving a disruptive wireless alternative solution for gigabit fixed internet and Wi-Fi applications. With Mimosa, Jaime aims to surpass the capacities of legacy wireline technology and deliver multi-gigabit access solutions at a fraction of the cost.
Jaime began his career working with Brian at Polycom, quickly joining the product ranks to manage the world-renowned Soundstation, and the industry’s first data and web conferencing products. During his tenure as CTO of 2Wire in the early days of broadband, Jaime pioneered delivering IP services to the home over Fiber and xDSL. He created “Zero Touch” self-installation, bringing DSL to the mass market and authored Broadband Forum TR-124 Broadband Residential Gateway functional requirements, standardizing how service gateways are deployed globally today. Jaime was also a key figure in driving the wildly successful Broadband Forum TR-069 management standard used throughout the broadband industry on over 350 million devices, streamlining broadband and home service delivery and advanced customer support operations.
Jaime graduated with a BSCE from the University of California, Irvine, and holds five U.S. patents.
Tabetha Hinman
Chief Administrative Officer and Co-Founder
As Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Co-Founder at Mimosa, Tabetha oversees a variety of business operations, including all marketing, legal and human capital matters at the rapidly growing provider of cloud-managed, fiber-fast wireless solutions. Tabetha co-founded Mimosa six years ago and is excited to advance Mimosa’s mission of expanding the reach of the internet to the world’s underserved populations.
Prior to Mimosa, Tabetha served as a corporate and technology licensing attorney for various Silicon Valley companies, and held COO and General Counsel roles at 2Wire and Sugar Publishing. She also served as the Co-Chair of the MIT Public Service Center Leadership Council for over five years, where she reviewed strategy, coordinated fundraising efforts, and served as an advisor to the MIT group.
Tabetha started her legal career at Gunderson Dettmer working on venture capital financings and start-up representation. She has an undergraduate degree in communication and a law degree from UCLA.
Aon Mujtaba, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Aon is Senior Vice President of Engineering at Mimosa. Aon joined Mimosa from Apple where he served as Director of Wireless System and Firmware Engineering for eight years and helped deliver innovative features across multiple generations of iPhone, iPad, and Watch products.
Aon previously held Management positions at Infineon Technologies, LSI Corporation, Agere Systems and Bell Labs. With over 20 years of experience in the wireless industry, Aon has worked on a diverse array of cellular and connectivity technologies ranging from 2G to 5G and from 802.11a to 802.11ad. Aon served as the PHY Chair during IEEE 802.11n standardization for which he received the IEEE Certificate of Appreciation, and has done pioneering work in the areas of MIMO, OFDM, and low power VLSI architectures. Aon holds 79 patents, is a published author in IEEE journals and conferences, and has delivered invited talks at IEEE conferences.
Aon received his Sc.B. degree in Electrical Engineering with Honors and Magna-cum-Laude from Brown University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. In his free time, Aon enjoys hiking in the outdoors and spending time with his family.
John Colvin
SVP of Global Field Operations
As Senior Vice President of Global Field Operations, John is responsible for leading the Mimosa sales, marketing, customer service and sales operations teams, to develop and aggressively grow existing and new business opportunities while creating innovative solutions to meet and exceed our customer expectations and deliver the ultimate customer experience to their subscribers.
Colvin most recently served as Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas at Calix and held other leadership positions at the company during his 13-year tenure, where the company’s customer base grew to $5B in total sales in over 100 countries and across more than 1,300 customers. Prior to Calix, he served in a variety of strategic leadership positions in sales, sales engineering and technical support at Cisco, Cerent, Alcatel, Rockwell Collins, and NEC.
John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Eric Williams
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer at Mimosa, Eric is primarily responsible for leading the financial efforts at the company while also being a key partner to the team in helping to define and fund key investment opportunities to drive growth and profitability.
Prior to joining Mimosa, Eric was Chief Financial Officer at UICO and Soraa, one of the industry’s leading providers of LED lighting solutions. Eric previously held VP-level finance roles at Flex, Rambus, and LSI Logic, along with having held a variety of product marketing, business development, and engineering roles at LSI Logic, AlliedSignal, and Boeing.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of CA, Irvine, and a Masters Degree in International Business from the University of San Diego.
Eric Presworsky
Chief Product Officer
As Chief Product Officer of Mimosa, Eric plays a key role in defining and executing on the Company’s product portfolio and roadmap. From his 18 years at DASAN Zhone Solutions (DZS), Eric brings to Mimosa a deep understanding of access technologies, domestic and international markets, and service provider operational requirements. He has a keen ability to pull all these elements together to deliver on the needs of our global customers.
At DZS, Eric was a founding engineer and integral member of the executive team, growing the company from inception to over $250M in annual revenue. Eric ended his 18-year career at DZS as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, responsible for R&D, Global Services and Support and Product Management. Prior to DZS, Eric held management positions with Ascend Communications and XCOM/Level 3.
Eric graduated with a B.A. from SUNY at Buffalo and a M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Our passion is evident. With a goal of not simply connecting more people to the internet, but making internet access even better, faster, and stronger than it is today, we are driven. We get things done with spirit, flair, courage, instinctive intelligence, and collaboration. Our team is made up of diverse talents and backgrounds and we strongly believe that these differing perspectives, ideas, convictions, values (and sense of humor) make our company stronger and our solutions better.
Board Of Directors
Forest
Baskett
New Enterprise Associates
Bandel
Carano
Oak Investment Partners
Charlie
Giancarlo
Board Member
Brian
Hinman
Mimosa President & CEO
Greg
Papadopoulos
New Enterprise Associates
Investors
Upcoming Events
Awards
Rural Wireless Solution of the Year
Mobile Breakthrough • 2017
Top 100 Company
Red Herring • 2017
Best Customer Support
Wispapalooza • 2015
Techonology Pioneer
World Economic Forum • 2015
Best New Venture Award
Wireless Broadband Alliance • 2015
Highest Capacity 80+ Mhz
Wispapalooza • 2015
Manufacturer of the year
Wispapalooza • 2015
Best User Interface
Wispapalooza • 2015
Best Features and Functions
Wispapalooza • 2015
Lowest Cost/Bit 40 & 80 Mhz
Wispapalooza • 2015
Yes, we are tooting our own horn. Loudly. Mimosa recently received industry recognition for our hard work and we wanted to share it with you. At an award ceremony which recognizes vendors for moving the needle with innovative solutions, we walked away with a staggering seven awards.
We are most proud of the "Best Support Award" as it embodies how we feel about you, our customers. Our philosophy is to go above and beyond to make you happy, something we view as a no-brainer. Clearly this stands out.
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association also presented Mimosa with "Manufacturer of the Year", in addition to another five, yes - that's right, five - awards for product features, throughput excellence and low cost. The B5c won four of the categories, and the B5-Lite proved its value with the lowest cost/megabit in the industry.
We're incredibly proud of this accomplishment, so forgive us for a bit of boasting. And know that we're fully committed to keeping our ability to boast in the future... our customers and partners deserve nothing less.