Gerard Moore
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Moore is a founder of Santera and led the acquisition of Phoenix in 2021 and he is the largest individual shareholder. Responsible for the strategic direction and operational execution of the company he is particularly focused on business development. Mr. Moore is an experienced CEO with a track record in delivering significant growth and entry to new markets. Prior to Phoenix, Mr. Moore was founder and CEO of a number of technology companies including Spectel which was later sold to Avaya. He holds an electronic engineering degree and an MBA from University College Dublin and a master’s degree in engineering from Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan O’Connell
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. O’Connell, a founder of Santera and significant shareholder in Phoenix and will serve as CFO of Phoenix with overall responsibility for finance and financial strategy. Mr O’Connell has over 25 years’ experience as a CFO in growing technology and biotech companies including fundraisings, IPOs and trade sales. Prior to Phoenix, Mr O’Connell was CFO of a number technology companies including Spectel, which was sold to Avaya, Escher Group, a London listed technology company and Trinity Biotech, a Nasdaq listed company. He is a Chartered accountant and a graduate of business from Trinity College Dublin.
Terry Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Chen is a veteran of Phoenix Technologies and rejoined as CTO Emeritus in March 2021. He started as a senior engineer in 1991 and continued to grow until he reached the role of CTO. Prior to Phoenix, Mr. Chen began his BIOS engineering career working for a Taiwanese PC ODM. Mr. Chen earned his MSEE degree from Penn. State University.
Michelle Lu
Chief Revenue Officer
Ms. Lu is responsible for Global Sales & Field Operations in Phoenix. Before her current role at Phoenix Ms. Lu oversaw numerous operations at 2Wire/DSL Gateway. Prior to that she held various positions at HP/Compaq/DEC. Ms. Lu holds two degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from Fitchburg State University.
Jim Mortensen
Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Mortensen is responsible for Phoenix’s Global R&D team and is Head of Engineering. He coordinates with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Engineering to align Phoenix’s global engineering efforts with company strategy, vision and objectives. Mr. Mortensen also heads the dedicated Phoenix Security Team where he manages discovery, investigation and response to security vulnerabilities in Phoenix firmware and tools. He works closely with Phoenix partners to quickly communicate and provide solutions for new and emerging security threats. Mr. Mortensen has over 15 years of boot firmware experience with both UEFI and legacy BIOS, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Computing and Software Systems with magna cum laude honors from University of Washington.
Vito Molinaro
Vice President of Sales
(Japan, Korea and EMEA)
Mr. Molinaro is responsible for sales and operations of UEFI Firmware products in Japan, Korea, and EMEA. Prior to Phoenix, Mr. Molinaro worked for M Factory Corporation in Japan, Exodus Communications KK, and NEC Corporation. Mr. Molinaro holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Communications Engineering from RMIT University, Australia and held CISSP accreditation in good standing through 2015.
Charles Chan
Executive Director of Customer Engineering
Mr. Chan is responsible for our Global Customer Engineering & Program Management teams. Prior to Phoenix, Mr. Chan worked at Intrinsyc, Microsoft and Fujitsu in various Engineering and Program Management positions. Mr. Chan holds a Master degree in Computer Engineering from University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering with cum laude honors from Washington State University.
Jonathon White
Executive Director of Engineering
Mr. White leads the engineering effort for Phoenix’s UEFI firmware for servers as well as Phoenix’s solution for the OpenBMC initiative. Since joining Phoenix in 1995, he has held numerous roles, with a focus on supporting legacy and UEFI firmware solutions for worldwide customers. Mr. White joined the management team in 2012, engaging in initiatives with the US government and contractors, silicon vendors and OEMs.
Richard Wilkins
Principal Technology Liaison
Dr. Wilkins has been responsible for Phoenix’s relationship with international standards groups since 2010, particularly as relates to platform firmware security. As a UEFI board member, he leads the UEFI Security Response Team (USRT) and is a member of the Tianocore security team and CVE Numbering Authority. He actively participates in various security-related working groups of the TCG, FIRST, DMTF, PCI-SIG, OpenBMC, and others. He has over 30 years of security, firmware, and OS experience with organizations including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Digital Equipment Corp. He holds a PHD and MS in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern Univ. and National Technological Univ.
Felipe Luna
North America Sales Director, Enterprise and Cybersecurity
Mr. Luna is the Director of North American sales for Phoenix’s enterprise and cybersecurity customers. Prior to joining Phoenix, he founded two startups focused on financial services. He most recently ran Omniscient, a fintech company that focused on automating business processes using data to predict consumer behavior and developing next-gen solutions for financial services companies. Mr. Luna has an established career in the financial sector, having previously worked with corporate clients at Smith Barney and UBS. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and is currently working on his master’s degree in information cybersecurity from UC Berkeley.
