Mario Proietti is a co-founder and CEO of Locance, overseeing the establishment of Locance as an award-winning leader for cloud-based gaming geolocation compliance and IoT asset monitoring. Mario has spearheaded initiatives at Locance to establish the company as a premier Location-as-a-Service (LaaS) provider.

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Prior to Locance, Mario was a co-founder and CEO of TechnoCom Corporation, a pioneer in location services for E9-1-1 and mission-critical enterprise applications. Previously, he worked as Director of Advanced Development at AirTouch Teletrac, where he led R&D activities for its groundbreaking mobile location services. He also oversaw FCC regulatory initiatives for Teletrac's use of spectrum for location monitoring services, presenting before offices of the FCC, NTIA, Congress, and the White House. Earlier, Mario held leadership positions at GM Hughes Electronics, in the Communications Systems Division of the Ground Systems Group, working on a number of first of their kind wireless and location systems using spread spectrum technology.

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Mario held supervisory and operations positions at Consolidated Edison and American Express prior to joining Hughes. He earned his MSEE from the University of Southern California and BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He holds numerous patents related to wireless location methods and systems. Mario has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of GPS World Magazine and was the founding chairman of the Wireless Network Issues Committee of the E9-1-1 Institute. He has been an active member of the CTIA, participating in the Smart Cities Working Group, Privacy Working Group and conference panels.

Masoud Motamedi is the President and co-founder of Locance. He is responsible for business operations and management of corporate resources. His successful entrepreneurial experience and operational oversight drive organizational efficiencies and execution. Masoud has led the delivery of products and services to the wireless location industry focused on E911 and LBS.

Prior to Locance, he worked as Director of Systems Engineering of PacTel Teletrac where he led the development and deployment of their Vehicle Location Systems. Prior to that at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, he was responsible for proving the feasibility of direct audio broadcast to mobile users. Before JPL, as Director of Mobile Communications at Geostar Corporation, he was involved in the design and development of the first Radio Determination Satellite Service system.

Masoud holds two patents related to wireless location. He obtained his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University.