Mike Silva
Education
Bentley University
Master of Science - MS, Finance, General -
Loyola Marymount University
Bachelor of Science - BS, International Business -
The American University of Paris
, International Business -
Bellarmine College Preparatory
, -Work Experience
KnuVu
Current
KnuVu
KITE Scouting
Current
KITE Scouting
Mobile Giving Foundation
Current
Mobile Giving Foundation
Nucla
2022-05-01 - 2024-01-01
Nucla
HERE Technologies
2018-03-01 - 2020-12-01
HERE Technologies
ComHear, Inc.
2014-01-01 - 2014-09-01
ComHear, Inc.
Taida Company, LLC
2010-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Taida Company, LLC
Zipwhip
2008-11-01 - 2012-02-01
Zipwhip
Voice Assist, Inc. a Nevada public company
2011-01-01 - 2011-10-01
Voice Assist, Inc. a Nevada public company
Leveraged Benefit
2008-12-01 - 2010-03-01
Leveraged Benefit
Skills
Summary
Mike Silva has been at the center of Mobile and Emerging Technologies segments as a strategic consultant, mentor, investor and corporate development specialist to mobile carriers, handset OEMs, infrastructure providers and startups. As a former CFO and strategy consultant, Mike brings discipline and creativity to engineer winning transactions. With his depth of technical knowledge across a broad range of technologies, standards and vendors, Mike has been able to drive category creation and support each of his ventures toward segment leadership positions. Mike was a startup and turnaround specialist for communications and emerging technology companies in the Speech Recognition, Computer Telephony, Voice & Video over IP and web services segments. He leveraged his finance background to negotiate Computer Telephony and Computer OEM contracts, then funded and worked as a chief executive and consultant to Voice/Video over IP companies. Mike founded and was principal of brauning LLC, an emerging technologies and telecommunications consulting services boutique. He was recruited for a strategy role at AT&T Wireless, then went on to business development roles with Qpass, NMS and UIEvolution (Xevo). After spending 2 years in the non-profit sector, including serving as COO of the BBB Mobile Giving Foundation, Mike founded KnuVu, a strategy and corporate development consulting and transaction firm. Areas of Expertise: Strategy, Corporate Development, Go-to-Market, Market Entry, Category Creation, Business Development, Transactions, Contract Negotiation and Execution, Financial Modeling, Whitepapers, Marketing, Legal oversight, broad technical proficiency. Personal: - World traveler with over 600,000 miles by motorcycle - Avid snowboarder, AASI teacher certification - SCUBA AOW certified - 2 months in Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal
