The SkyBitz management team brings together leaders with a wealth of expertise from various industries, including transportation, logistics, satellite, professional services, technology, data communications, manufacturing, and customer service. These individuals form a strong foundation that provides vision and support to a growing team of talented, dedicated professionals working to deliver standard-setting tracking and information management solutions.

Dr. Homaira Akbari CEO

Dr. Akbari has more than 17 years of strategic, sales & marketing, product development and operational experience across many critical high-technology industries including software applications, IT services, security systems for homeland defense, telematics and location-based services, and telecom. Dr. Akbari was most recently executive vice president of operations at TruePosition, a leading provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, where she led product line management and development, customer support and services, and supply chain management. Dr. Akbari has also held senior management positions in Microsoft, Thales, Cambridge Strategic Management Group (CSMG), and worked as a scientist at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research. Dr. Akbari holds a Ph.D. with honors in particle physics from Tufts University and an MBA with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of more than 50 scientific articles in international journals and a frequent speaker in industry conferences and tradeshows. She serves as a judge at MIT $100K Business Plan Competition.

Bob Blair CFO

Bob Blair has over 20 years financial operations management experience in the software and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining SkyBitz, Bob was Chief Financial Officer and VP of Operations for Anystream, Inc., a media content software firm and Chief Financial Officer for Current Analysis, a telecommunications, IT and consumer electronics market intelligence firm. Bob also served as vice president of finance for Scoreboard, a wireless network software manufacturer, and Visual Networks, a publicly traded telecommunications firm. Additionally his career includes financial management positions with US Order, Raxco, Arthur Andersen and Planning Research Corporation.

Bob received a bachelor's of arts degree in accounting from James Madison University.

Bernard Borghei Executive Vice President, Sales and Operations

Bernard Borghei is the Executive President of Sales and Operations focused on leading SkyBitz during its phase of new growth into additional vertical markets. With a superior solution and an experienced management team, SkyBitz has established its wireless presence within the North American fleet sector and now looks to extend its successful business model to new industries and geographies. Bernard’s presence at SkyBitz will help further the company’s plans for expansion.

As a seasoned sales and operations professional with over a decade in the wireless telecom and technology sectors, Mr. Borghei has achieved quantifiable results in operations including solution sales and business development, engineering and program management, field operations and customer services. He has been successful in leading operations from start-up to launch in global markets including: North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining SkyBitz, Mr. Borghei has held previous strategic positions at TruePosition, SunCom Wireless, Omnipoint, LLC and WFI. He has led various engineering disciplines, program management, business development and strategy formulation, customer relationship management, customer services, and field operations departments for various companies and organizations. Bernard holds an MBA in Global Management from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

Craig Malone Senior Vice President, Product Development

Craig has over 20 years of product development experience in technology startups and global companies within the defense and commercial electronics industries. Prior to SkyBitz, Craig served as the Vice President, Product Development and Chief Technology Officer at GeoLogic. He has also served in executive roles at Triverity, an early stage startup, where he was the Vice President, Product Development, and CTO. While at Triverity, he was responsible for developing real-time telematics products for mobile applications. Craig also held executive positions at Philips Consumer Electronics where he was the Vice President, Business Development in support of a strategic initiative to develop consumer solutions, as well as Vice President, Engineering, for Philips Broadband Networks where he led all global research and development activities with an international team of professionals. Craig worked at Raytheon Company in a variety of leadership roles developing RF and opto-electronic technologies.

Craig holds a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Massachusetts and a M.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Abdul H. Rana, Ph.D. CTO

Abdul H. Rana has his Ph.D. in engineering along with 25 years of business, engineering and product development experience in telecommunications, and information systems. Prior to joining SkyBitz, he was CTO & Senior Vice President, Strategic Development at Arrowhead Global Solutions. He also held positions directing the operations functions for Arrowhead, including Capture, Program Management, P&L, and the Engineering and Service Management Centers. He has extensive technical and business experience in satellite and cellular communications, information systems and data networks. Prior to joining Arrowhead, Dr. Rana held several leadership positions in engineering, product management and management consulting for domestic and international organizations in wireless data applications at VeriSign, ORBCOMM, and GTE. Dr. Rana has also held technical and management positions at COMSAT Labs and ENSCO Incorporated in the areas of satellite communications and signal processing. He has over 30 publications in professional journals to his credit, is a member of IEEE and was Technical editor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems for several years.

Roni Taylor Executive Vice President, Marketing

Roni leads SkyBitz marketing and corporate communications activities. She helped create and build the SkyBitz brand resulting in numerous industry awards and was an instrumental part of SkyBitz's 40,000 percent growth over the last five years. She is a member of the board of governors for the National Private Truck Council and is a committee member for the National Defense Transportation Association-Surface Transportation Committee. Roni joined SkyBitz with more than 20 years of experience in marketing communications and brand development across a wide range of industries that include organizations such as Marriott, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Marine Corp and Freddie Mac. Most notably was her work with Mobil Oil Corporation and the American Trucking Association (ATA). Her work for Mobil Oil concentrated on marketing and positioning efforts for six brands; Commercial Vehicle Lubricant (CVL) for diesel truck engines and off-highway heavy equipment; Mobil 1, a high-end vehicle synthetic oil; and Delvac synthetic diesel oil sold to fleets and owner-operators. She also provided ATA marketing and public relations support, as well as business development around various association initiatives.