Mario Proietti is a Co-Founder of TechnoCom and over the years has served in a variety of capacities including EVP, CEO and most recently CTO. He has guided the company from its early stages as a fledgling, boot-strapped start-up, through a strategic investment from an industry leading publicly-traded corporation, and successful consummation of its first venture financing that included a syndicate of four prominent venture capital investors. Currently, as CTO, Mr. Proietti is responsible for guiding the technical strategy and product vision of the company.

Prior to TechnoCom, Mr. Proietti worked as Director of Advanced Development at AirTouch Teletrac, where he led mobile location R&D activities for infrastructure, system software and subscriber equipment. He also provided technical guidance during FCC regulatory proceedings affecting the use of spectrum for location monitoring services. In this capacity he presented before offices of the FCC, NTIA, Congress and the White House. Mr. Proietti also managed key technology supplier relationships and strategic partnerships. Earlier, Mr. Proietti held leadership positions at GM Hughes Electronics, in the Communications Systems Division of the Ground Systems Group, where he provided technical direction, program management and systems engineering guidance for wireless and location systems development. While at Hughes, he oversaw systems engineering and project management activities on a variety of new technology and business diversification initiatives and international programs. Mr. Proietti held supervisory and operations positions at Consolidated Edison and American Express prior to joining Hughes.

Mr. Proietti obtained his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Renssalear Polytechnic Institute. He holds two patents for the application of wireless location technologies. Mr. Proietti serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of GPS World Magazine and as chair of the Wireless Network Issues Committee of the E9-1-1 Institute.