Our Team

We draw upon decades of experience to help our clients build strategic and commercial capabilities to scale their connected business.

Ken
Forster
Executive Director
Ken Forster is a Momenta Partner
Ken
Forster
Executive Director
Luzern

Digital Industry veteran building ‘connected’ products, services, and businesses for over 30 years with senior leadership roles at ThingWorx, Syngenta, Coca-Cola and Philip Morris. He founded Momenta and several industrial automation companies. Ken resides in Switzerland and maintains an office in the 'cloud'.

Michael
Dolbec
Managing Partner
Michael Dolbec is a Momenta Partner
Michael
Dolbec
Managing Partner
Menlo Park

A venture Industrialist focused on the digital transformation of industries.  Held investment leadership roles at: GE, LG Electronics, Orange, 3Com and IBM. Investment career started at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and continued at Greylock. Working to transform the value of operational outcomes thru the intersection of connectivity, data, and machine intelligence.  

Douglas
Harp
Managing Partner
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Douglas
Harp
Managing Partner
Redding

Inquisitive business leader and Digital Industry strategist with a passion for discovering ways to better solve everyday problems and transform business models for industrial products, services and operations.  As CEO/COO/CxO he has scaled multiple start-ups and growth stage technology companies.  An executive trusted advisor, Doug has helped over 100 enterprises navigate their automation, IT and Digital transformation.  He works out of the SF Bay Area and maintains strong ecosystem connections into the Digital Industry, IoT and AI community. 

Richard
White
Managing Partner
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Richard
White
Managing Partner
New York

Richard White is the Managing Partner of Executive Search for Momenta Partners. For more than 10 years, Mr. White has led Talent Acquisition for Patriarch Partners, a leading New York City Private Equity (PE) firm where he placed C-Suite leaders at more than 50 portfolio companies across 14 industry sectors. Mr. White began his career in Public Relations and Digital Marketing, before serving as Director of Media Relations at FOX News Channel for nearly three years.

Ronnette
Cowlishaw
Partner
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Ronnette
Cowlishaw
Partner
Denver

With over 15 years of placing critical leadership professionals with emerging technology clients, Ronnette brings valuable Connected Industry search expertise to Momenta. Her international client representation includes pioneering startups and companies that have evolved to become recognized industry leaders in IoT verticals such as Smart Ag, Connected City, Energy, and IIoT.  Her understanding of the intricacies inherent to identifying and securing the best hire in the connected landscape ensures meeting the distinctive needs of Momenta clients.

Kathleen
Avery
Principal Partner
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Kathleen
Avery
Principal Partner
Menlo Park

Kathleen has a broad and deep background in executive search. She specializes in the appointment of senior executives within the Big Data, IoT, Data Security, Networking, AI, and FinTech spaces. She has led searches and acted as a trusted advisor and thought partner for some of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing venture capital-backed companies. Prior to Momenta, she founded The Avery Group, an executive search and consultancy company, which she sold for a 100x return.

Jesse
DeMesa
Principal Partner
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Jesse
DeMesa
Principal Partner
San Francisco

A Digital Industry pioneer, business and product leader driving digital transformation with leading product and service providers since 2010. Over 25 years of practitioner expertise in Industrial operations, management & automation systems. Former CTO GE Digital - O&G and CxO Siemens Energy and Industry sectors. Led industrial software startups through IPO and acquisitions; as co-founder of Manufacturing Intelligence pioneer IndX, acquired by Siemens and engineering executive at Wonderware, an industrial automation market leader.

Mark
Groark
Principal Partner
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Mark
Groark
Principal Partner
Philadelphia

Mark has spent the last 10 years in retained executive search, most recently, working in a boutique firm where he led all administrative searches on behalf of the firm. Previously, Mark held progressively responsible roles at two global executive search firms - Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles.  At Heidrick, he was a member of the global financial officer practice – serving a client base of Fortune 500 and small- and medium-sized public and private companies.

Harinderpal
Hanspal
Principal Partner
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Harinderpal
Hanspal
Principal Partner
Seattle

Harinderpal (Hans) Hanspal is a technology industry veteran and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience driving digital business and product transformations across technology, industrial, telecom, media, and entertainment industries. His expertise spans global companies and startups in leadership roles that include business development, product management, corporate strategy, and customer success at GE, Pivotal Software, VMware, and EMC (now DellEMC). As co-founder and COO of Nurego, an Industrial IoT Monetization startup, he helped grow the company from conception to a successful exit to GE. Hans lives in Seattle with his family and, in his spare time, leads the 4200+ member IoT Hub Meetup group.

Sandra
Mueller
Principal Partner
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Sandra
Mueller
Principal Partner
Luzern

Experienced B2B and B2C marketer and business developer for M2M and IoT companies with more than ten years of product/account management in FMCG companies and advertising agencies. A strategic thinker, she is adept at market analysis, product development, branding, and marketing. Sandra not only helps start-ups create their brand identity and build their overall marketing strategy, her creative direction helps them establish a company voice for telling their unique story.

Luke
Smaul
Principal Partner
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Luke
Smaul
Principal Partner
Seattle

Industry Executive with 20+ years of experience working in the digital industry, applying strategic thinking to new go-to-market and business models. Luke has successfully spearheaded large multinational digital transformation projects for Fortune 100 companies before going out on his own to bring his expertise to others. Luke’s passion is creating new business models across various verticals in the discrete and process space using IoT Edge sensors, big data, and advanced analytics. He advises global and early-stage firms focusing on digital strategy, sales/marketing, and go-to-market (GTM) planning leveraging his prior executive experience at GE Digital, Emerson, Flashpoint, and his firm, Chakra.

Ben
Steven
Principal Partner
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Ben
Steven
Principal Partner
Miami

Investor, operator, and entrepreneur with 15+ years’ experience in venture capital, business management, and investments. Ben combines expertise from investing in both private and public markets, owning and managing a precision manufacturing business, and as startup CFO. He has worked with clients in 35+ countries and all segments of the corporate hierarchy. Most recently Ben was a VC Investor at Venture University.

Rachel
Taylor
Principal Partner
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Rachel
Taylor
Principal Partner
Bend

Rachel Taylor has a strong history as an operational executive building and, more recently, founding technology companies. Her passion and ability to build companies with great cultures have played a pivotal role in propelling various Silicon Valley companies to success. Rachel has helped founders translate their vision into executable operating plans and talent strategies. 

 

Most recently, Rachel was the CEO and founder of Nubix, a digital transformation company empowering developers to easily build, deploy and manage applications on constrained devices at the farthest edge of critical infrastructure. Prior to Nubix, Rachel has built talent acquisition functions and held operational leadership roles at technology companies, including Rocana, Cloudera, Meraki (acquired by Cisco), Peakstream (acquired by Google), Riverbed, and VMware.

Dave
Ayers
Strategy Partner
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Dave
Ayers
Strategy Partner
Raleigh

Dave has over 30 years of experience in Digital Industry spanning Global R&D, Product, and Innovation in Energy, Process, and Telecommunication industries. He has served in several executive leadership positions as CTO and VP of R&D in companies such as Xylem, Sensus, and Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs, as well as advisory roles with public companies and academic institutions. His product experience spans full stack industrial IoT solutions from chip, hardware, and RF engineering to connectivity, software applications, and data analytics. Prior to joining Momenta, Dave was VP of Innovation Strategy & Partnerships at Xylem, where he was responsible for enterprise strategy and ecosystem partnerships.

Jamshed
Dubash
Strategy Partner
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Jamshed
Dubash
Strategy Partner
Boston

Digital Industry

Jamshed has worked in the digital industry for over 30 years, applying IoT, M2M, RFID, and Analytics to industrial and consumer products. He has successfully managed large multinational digitalization projects for Fortune 100 companies at the tactical and strategic levels. Jamshed’s passion is creating business opportunities in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, retail, CPG manufacturing, transportation, and logistics industries using IoT Edge sensors, big data, and advanced analytics.  He advises global and early-stage firms focusing on digital strategy, technology review, sales/marketing, and go-to-market (GTM) planning leveraging his prior executive experience at TraceLink, Proctor and Gamble, and Intel. 

 

Erin
Hill
Strategy Partner
Erin Hill is a Momenta Partner
Erin
Hill
Strategy Partner
Grenoble

Marketing Professional with over 20 years of international marketing experience for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise includes brand strategy, PR and marketing communications, digital marketing, new product development, and recruiting. Erin offers a diverse consulting background managing a portfolio of B2B and B2C clients across software, semi-conductor, sports, events, and travel, with a unique perspective having worked on both the client and agency sides. She focuses on aligning business strategy with talent acquisition through compelling brand storytelling and in-depth candidate identification and evaluation. 

Bill
O’Such
Strategy Partner
Bill O'Such is a Momenta Partner
Bill
O’Such
Strategy Partner
San Francisco

Digital Industry strategy and corporate development leader with over 20 years of experience in highly reliable device, on-premise edge and telco edge computing. Bill’s recent background includes working closely with business owners in networking, telematics, AI, automotive and IIoT to create innovative digital growth strategies. At Wind River Systems, collaborating with Intel Capital and the Intel IoT Group, he developed and executed on M&A and business roadmaps to accelerate Digital Industry strategies in industrial, transportation, networking and cloud. His unique combination of connected product technical and business experience enables him to rapidly develop and execute new growth strategies.

Sebastian
Winter
Strategy Partner
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Sebastian
Winter
Strategy Partner
London
A Digital Industry expert with experience across industry 4.0, software, and AI markets. Sebastian has advised industry and technology executives on organic and inorganic growth strategies in multiple verticals. He was most recently an Industry Analyst at Verdantix, where he led work on asset management software, sustainability solutions, digital twins, and contractor management software. He previously worked for Trucost (now Sustainable1), a division of S&P Global, and Tuz Ventures, a frontier market investor. Sebastian has held positions in multiple regions, including the UK, Kenya, China, and Brunei.
Jane
Arnold
Venture Partner
Jane Arnold is a Momenta Partner
Jane
Arnold
Venture Partner
Houston

Digital Industry

Industry Executive with 30+ years of experience in chemical, discrete, and additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0 digital leader passionate about improving manufacturing at the point of impact embracing new technologies. Held executive roles at Stanley Black and Decker and Covestro, leading digital transformation in manufacturing.

 

Stephen
Berard
Venture Partner
Stephen Berard is a Momenta Partner
Stephen
Berard
Venture Partner
Grenoble

Seasoned Digital Industry professional with over 20 years of software architecture, design, and implementation experience. Advisor to industrial enterprises and CTO of Momenta Ventures portfolio of early stage startups. Stephen has extensive experience in the latest IIoT cloud architecture, design, development, and operations. Prior to Momenta, Stephen was the Chief Architect for Schneider Electric’s IoT platform technologies team where he drove the technical platform strategy alongside global business units to support their connected products and services. His prior experience includes over 7 years as technical Program Manager for the Microsoft Windows Core OS team where he advanced data center power management, drove battery life improvements, and defined the connected standby experience.

Rohit
Bhosal
Venture Partner
Rohit Bhosal is a Momenta Partner
Rohit
Bhosal
Venture Partner
Munich

Industry Executive with 20+ years of experience scaling businesses across the globe, turned entrepreneur and venture capital investor over the last 5 years. Prior roles include European Director of Next47 (Siemens Venture Capital) and Venture Partner at Carl Zeiss Ventures. Rohit also has worked closely and developed internal accelerator models and continues to be an active angel investor and founding investor as and when possible.

Philipp
Bolliger
Venture Partner
Philip Bolliger is a Momenta Partner
Philipp
Bolliger
Venture Partner
Zurich
Serial entrepreneur, investor, and technologist with 15+ years of experience in IoT. Philipp has been CEO of two start-up companies with corporate exits. He is well-versed in the ins and outs of starting and running a company from early foundation through an exit to post-acquisition integration. Philipp has a Ph.D. in Distributed Systems and an MS in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and has done graduation research at PARC. He lives near Zurich with his family but is often found in the Swiss mountains, particularly during winter times.
Charlene
Duys
Associate Partner
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Charlene
Duys
Associate Partner
Boston

Charlene has provided project support to engineering and executive teams in the high-tech industry for the past 20 years. Business units that she has touched upon include: unified communications, global services and strategic initiatives, as well as immersive telepresence and robotics. Charlene provides essential support services to the Momenta Partners team and client community.

Lauren
Pelletier
Associate
Lauren Pelletier is a Momenta Partner
Lauren
Pelletier
Associate
Boston

Lauren spent the last 12 years leading the research function for senior executive searches in the technology sector while with Boston-based firm Polachi. While there, she was also responsible for formulating search strategies and identifying candidates for Venture, Private Equity and Fortune 500 companies.