About Teal

Robert Hamblet is the Founder, CEO, & President at TEAL, an IoT networking company headquartered in Seattle, WA. Teal is the first cloud-native, Network-Identity-as-a-Service platform that provides intelligent connectivity and networking solutions to IoT device and network operators. Prior to founding Teal, Robert developed some of the industry’s earliest eSIM solutions for multi-national connected automotive manufacturers.

Michael Johnston is the Founder & Chief Business Officer at TEAL, overseeing Operations, Investor Relations, Finance, Marketing, HR & Recruiting. Michael is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and has held several Board and Advisory positions at early-stage technology companies and philanthropic foundations. Michael was formerly a Sr. Management Consultant at Microsoft and also serves as a Technology & Private Markets Advisor for Evergreen Gavekal.

After starting his career at McCaw Cellular, Glenn Lurie ushered in the modern smartphone era by leading AT&T’s negotiations with Apple to bring the first iPhones and iPads to market. While at AT&T, he built three groundbreaking businesses: the Internet of Things (IoT) business – bringing wireless connectivity to tablets, cars and consumer electronics; Digital Life – AT&T’s home automation and security business; and Aio Wireless – now Cricket Wireless – the company’s industry-leading pre-paid flanker brand. Lurie currently serves on the Board of Directors at Avis Budget Group, Inc., Bill Gates-backed Pivotal Commware, Inc., and Blue Link Wireless, LLC., also serving on multiple companies’ advisory councils. Glenn is also a Venture Partner at Stormbreaker Ventures.

Mike Self is the Co-Founder and General Partner at StageDotO Ventures. Prior to founding StageDotO, Mike was the Managing Member of Lake Union Capital Management, an investment adviser that managed two long-short equity hedge funds specialized in micro-cap companies which required hands-on development of management and strategy from 2003 until 2016. His favorite part of the startup process is late night and impromptu calls with founders. Mike loves embracing the start-up grind as a trusted advisor and proven strategist creating value across a multitude of funds and portfolios.

Mark Cranney was the founding operating partner of Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) market development team where he helped hundreds of portfolio companies scale and accelerate their time-to-market by creating thousands of business building opportunities. Cranney was most recently the COO at Skydio, where he led all operations and go-to-market for the company. He was also COO at SignalFx (acquired by Splunk). Previously, Mark led worldwide-field operations for Opsware (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) and Aster Data Systems (acquired by Teradata). Cranney came to Silicon Valley after being vice president of Americas at Boston-based Parametric Technology Corporation.

As SVP of Growth, Matt is responsible for all revenue generating activities with a charter to build a world class sales motion enabling scale and global expansion. Prior to joining Teal, Matt served as CRO at Polymath Labs, a leader in software development for digital solutions. Prior to Polymath Labs, Matt served as SVP of Business Development at Xavient Digital where he ran sales through the successful acquisition by Telus international. Matt began his career working with multiple technology startups that have all gone through success M&A cycles.

Robb is the VP of Marketing at Teal where he puts his love for storytelling and go-to-market experience to work heading up Teal’s global marketing and branding efforts. Having launched multiple hardware and software products at early-stage companies, he understands the importance of simple, clear, and frequent communication. Robb is on a mission to tell the world how Teal is helping to connect everything, everywhere. He was previously the founder and CEO of a leading employee safety platform that is relied on by hundreds of enterprises worldwide.

Perry Satterlee was formerly the COO of Clearwire and Nextel Partners. He was also the CEO of the wireless location services and remote monitoring company, RECON Dynamics. Prior to those roles, Perry served as President of the Pacific Northwest for Nextel Communications, Inc. and Vice President & General Manager of AT&T Wireless Services, formerly McCaw Cellular.

Peter Boit has held Executive positions at Icertis, Smartsheet, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft throughout his career, helping scale sales and commercial operations through various stages of growth. Most recently, Peter was Chief Alliance Officer at Icertis and Executive Vice President of Sales at Smartsheet.

Marcus Glover has created ventures and iconic brands with some of the world’s most beloved celebrities including Muhammad Ali, Jay-Z, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, and Lil Wayne. Over the years Marcus has consulted entertainers and athletes including; Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Shakira, The Black Eyed Peas, Kobe Bryant, Ray Lewis, Peyton Manning, Rihanna, Allen Iverson, and Eli Manning. Presently, Marcus is devoted to investing and advising early-stage ventures as the General and Managing Partner at Lockstep Ventures. Marcus has also held advisory positions at WeWork and B Lab.