Charles T. Medhurst
General Manager
As business unit general manager, Charles “Chuck” Medhurst oversees Novarra’s finance, information technology, human resources, legal and facilities departments. With more than 15 years of accounting and financial-services experience, Medhurst brings extensive skills in capital growth to Novarra. Prior to joining Novarra, Chuck directed the planning, analysis and corporate reporting for Cimlinc, Inc., a venture-financed software developer. Medhurst earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from DePaul University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Randy Cavaiani
Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Randy is responsible for global sales and marketing where he brings 25 years of telecommunications leadership experience. Previously, Randy led marketing, sales, and product development for First International Digital (FID), a Motorola Ventures company, where he developed and marketed client/server solutions for mobile multimedia. At National Semiconductor, Randy built and managed a telecom strategic business unit with customers including Motorola, Qualcomm, Cisco, IBM, and HP. Randy holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech University.

Simon Hunt
Vice President, Product Management
Simon is responsible for driving roadmap, architecture and strategic direction for Novarra. He has over 20 years of technology experience. Simon joined Novarra at inception and heads product management. He also creates and establishes Novarra’s IPR. Prior to Novarra, he designed and developed client/server enterprise and middleware systems for Motient, deployed as applications for RIM handhelds. Previously, Simon held lead engineering positions to architect, design and develop GUI based systems and CAD software. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Sydney (Australia).

Mike Mitchell
Vice President, Engineering - Core Platform
Mike is responsible for product development, roadmap and solution delivery for Novarra’s core platform. He brings 25 years of engineering experience to Novarra. Previously, Mike led Motorola system architecture and software development teams deploying the first digital cellular system and the first commercial CDMA system. At Tellabs, he developed and deployed digital cross-connects. Mike led the embedded engineering group for digital local-loop termination equipment at Advanced Fibre Communications, now Tellabs. At Bally, Mike developed video applications utilizing security techniques and graphical user interfaces. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

Brent Dafforn
Vice President, Engineering - Web Applications
Brent is responsible for definition, development and delivery of web applications based upon Novarra’s core platform at Novarra. He brings 20+ years of software background and 15 in telecom and internet technologies. Before joining Novarra, Brent held several positions at Motorola in international engineering management, program management, and project management. While at Motorola he was program manager for the first CDMA deployment. Prior to Motorola, Brent held engineering positions in construction and defense companies. Brent earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Tri-State University. 

Jim Peterson
Vice President, Operations
Jim leads the ongoing engineering work for Novarra’s customers, including software development as well as platform integrity and network and data center provisioning and operations. Prior to Novarra, as a Director at Lucent, he was responsible for CDMA and UMTS wireless networking products’ architecture.  At Motorola he led base station controller engineering teams and at Bell Laboratories architected and developed Unix-based multiprocessor systems.   Jim holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from St. Olaf College.  Dr. Peterson has also taught courses in computational complexity, parallel programming, and operating systems.

Kevin Wallace
Chief Technology Officer
Kevin drives the product direction and defines market strategy and positioning for Novarra products. Previously, at Motorola Kevin led the architecture of the GSM/EDGE Voice-over-IP platform, interfacing with various internet and telecom standards organizations. In the NSS advanced technology group, he created the operations and management platform for the ASPIRA Voice-over-IP system. Also at Motorola, Kevin developed CDMA & analog solutions for cellular carriers built around the EMX telecommunications switching platform. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from Boston University.