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 Orange based COO’ operating in the Software 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.
Mehdi Rezaie
Chief Operating Officer of Redwood Software
Mehdi leads Redwood’s operations in the Americas and Asia Pacific. In his fifteen years at Redwood, Mehdi has successfully held a number of roles, including operations, sales and sales management. As the COO, he is focused on accelerating the growth and expansion of Redwood’s Automation and Robotics solutions across the regions.
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About Redwood Software: Redwood Software is an international company providing job scheduling, report distribution and SAP solutions.

Ingrid Leon
Chief Operating Officer of BatchMaster India
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About BatchMaster India: BatchMaster Software is one of the market leaders in offering enterprise software solutions for the process manufacturing industries.
Michael Gonzalez
COO and Director of Express Mobile
Michael R Gonzalez is the COO and Director of Express Mobile. He was formerly CEO and Co-Founder of IndX Software Corp. (acquired by Siemens) and VP Srategy and Business Development for Wonderware Inc. acquired by Invensys following their IPO.
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About Express Mobile: Express Mobile is a technology company that specializes in developing enterprise mobility solutions.
Michael Gonzalez
COO and Director of Express Mobile
Michael R Gonzalez is the COO and Director of Express Mobile. He was formerly CEO and Co-Founder of IndX Software Corp. (acquired by Siemens) and VP Srategy and Business Development for Wonderware Inc. acquired by Invensys following their IPO.
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About Express Mobile: Express Mobile is a technology company that specializes in developing enterprise mobility solutions.

Tony Wong
Founder, COO& VP Marketing of Badu Networks
27 years of broad functional experience & leadership (Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Customer Service, SW Quality) at Apple, HP, Sun Microsystems, Gateway Computers, Black & Decker, and 3M.
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About Badu Networks: Badu Networks develops software and appliance solutions that change the way TCP handles wired and wireless traffic.

Eric Shuss
Chief Operating Officer of BitSpeed
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About 4th Law, LLC, Avantiico, BitSpeed, iWithin: BitSpeed offers XFT and security software solution for moving big files through over-taxed global networks.