Randy Allen, Founder and CEO

Randy Allen as Founder and CEO brings over 20 years of software and compiler development experience in startup companies, advanced technology divisions, and research organizations to Catalytic Compilers, Inc. His previous management experience includes serving as Vice President of Engineering at CynApps, Vice President of Performance Engineering at Chronologic Simulation, Executive Director of Software Development at Kubota/Ardent Computer, and Director in the Advanced Technology Group at Synopsys. Dr Allen is coauthor of the book Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures, and has authored or coauthored 15 conference and journal papers on compiler optimization, restructuring compilers, and hardware simulation. Dr. Allen received his A.B. Summa Cum Llaude in Chemistry from Harvard University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences from Rice University.

Mark Santoro

Mark Santoro as acting Vice President of Marketing brings 20 years of technical and business development to Catalytic. Prior to Catalytic, Dr. Santoro was founder and CEO of MicroMagic. Dr. Santoro has also served in management positions at Sun and Weitech, and received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Jonah Schnel

Jonah Schnel is a Managing Partner of ITU Ventures. Prior to ITU, Jonah was a Manager at SunAmerica where he participated in the origination of approximately $1.5 billion and management of $5 billion of portfolio assets, respectively. Jonah received a BA degree summa cum laude from Tulane University. Additionally, Jonah is a member of the steering committee for Caltech’s Partnership for Innovation Entrepreneurial Fellows Program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.