At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Dallas based COO’ operating in the Hardware space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jake Edsell
Chief Operating Officer of ParkHub
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About ParkHub: ParkHub is a technology company that provides software and hardware for the destination industry.
Matt Himelfarb
COO of Vinli
Matt is the COO/CFO of Vinli, Inc. Previously, Matt founded and served as a managing partner at Dallas Venture Partners (“DVP”). While at DVP, Matt founded Yvolver, Inc. and served as its CFO and General Counsel until its sale to Opera Software in August of 2015. He is an entrepreneurial JD/MBA with a background in all financial and legal aspects of private equity transactions and management. He has used his unique skill set to actively manage investments through their full life cycle: introduction to investment to sale. He has experience in both raising private equity funds and in sourcing investment opportunities. Formerly a Senior Associate with Trailblazer Capital, he was responsible for analyzing the firm’s deal flow as well as managing the due diligence process for every one of the fund’s investments, bridge funding transactions and the sale of a portfolio company to a publicly traded corporation. Matt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and a former board member at DeviceFidelity, Inc. (sold to Square), Yvolver, Inc., and AgSolver, Inc. Matt received both his law and business degrees from Southern Methodist University with a concentration in Finance. While in graduate school, Matt founded a digital music company where he was successful in both raising capital for his company and attracting local talent. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University.
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About Vinli: Vinli is a universal car-to-cloud data computing platform that turns any car into a connected car.
David Herr
Chief Operating Officer of Opus-3
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About Opus-3: Opus-3 is a full service Tier 3 data center headquartered in the heart of Dallas and four other global locations.
David Herr
Chief Operating Officer of Opus-3
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About Opus-3: Opus-3 is a full service Tier 3 data center headquartered in the heart of Dallas and four other global locations.
Jean Carrier
Co-Chief Operating Officer of Essilor
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About Essilor: Essilor is a ophthalmic optics company, providing various types of lenses for vision.