John Casey’s 20-plus years of deep technology leadership in software design and development for Telecom, Enterprise and Government provide the foundation for the CPLANE NETWORKS system architecture and engineering team. Previously John led worldwide deployment for both IBM’s Software Group and Narus, Inc. He also led large scale, high performance system design at Transarc Labs and Walker Interactive Systems.

Prior to CPLANE NETWORKS Robert founded SummaLogic LLC, a high tech IT and business consultancy. As VP, Industry Solutions and CTO at Cordys US, Inc. he led the development of industry solutions for Cordys' high performance BPMS platform. Previouly Robert was Director of ITO Architecture and Innovation Centers at EDS. He held many other leadership roles at EDS, including the development of EDS’ global networking and web hosting services.

Brandon's career spans industries from software and banking to infrastructure development and engineering. His observations of the IP placement market revealed its lack of structure or investment methodology. His insight helped create the IgniteIP Placement Engine™.
Brandon holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Pepperdine University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also is a former member of the Board of Trustee