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Michael O Shea
President and CEO of Abalta Technologies,
Michael O’Shea is President and CEO of Abalta Technologies, which he founded in 2003. He is responsible for all aspects of executive management of Abalta. Mr. O’Shea is also a frequent contributor to client engagements, providing top-level guidance to technical projects and management and analytical expertise to advisory projects.

Mr. O’Shea is a world-leading expert on digital map database formats and geospatial algorithms. He is named on numerous patents for his innovative work. He brings a wealth of technical, management, and industry expertise to our clients from his work at Alpine Electronics, NAVTEQ Corporation, and InfoGation Corporation.

Mr. O’Shea began his career as an engineer in automotive infotainment systems at the world headquarters of Alpine Electronics, in Iwaki Japan. As a senior engineer, he made key contributions to the development of the first commercially successful navigation system for the US market for the Acura division of Honda Motors. At NAVTEQ, Mr. O’Shea served as Director of Software Engineering and led the productization and launch of the SDAL/NAVTOOLS navigation software development platform. As Chief Operating Officer at InfoGation, Mr. O’Shea developed and implemented a turnaround strategy to rationalize the product line, stabilize operations, and secure the company’s acquisition by BSQUARE Electronics.

Mr. O’Shea holds a BS in Electronic Engineering from Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland.

 
Sychuang Na
Director of Software Development
Sychuang Na is the Director of Software Development. In this role, he is responsible for organizing, staffing, and managing all software engineering projects. Mr. Na has extensive experience in computerized mapping, navigation, and embedded software. He is also fluent in Mandarin.

For Abalta, Mr. Na played a lead role in development of a proprietary map database format, map compiler, and application software for a hand-held GPS device. He is also directing an Abalta team working on development of an OEM navigation application for a Tier-1 automotive supplier and a team developing a new navigation application for mobile devices. Mr. Na plays a key role in technical due-diligence and other advisory projects on behalf of our clients.

Previously, Mr. Na was a lead engineer at InfoGation Corporation, a supplier of navigation application software. He managed the team that integrated InfoGation software and WinCE for Automotive on the original Clarion AutoPC hardware platform and then led development of new core components, including map display and route guidance. Mr. Na also worked at Cubic Transportation Corporation, where he was responsible for the design and development of an automated fare collection (AFC) system for the New York subway system. Mr. Na began his career at Opto 22, Inc. where he developed device drivers for a variety of proprietary RTOS for Opto 22’s line of intelligent controllers.

Mr. Na holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

 
Pavel Stankoulov
Lead Architect
Pavel Stankoulov is the Lead Architect. In this role he provides top- level technical guidance and leadership for a wide range of Abalta client projects. Mr. Stankoulov has a substantial track record of success in development of navigation systems and other complex technologies. He is also fluent in Bulgarian and Russian languages.

For Abalta, Mr. Stankoulov was the technical lead in a project to analyze multiple transaction format protocols for use in the delivery of location content to mobile devices. He led a development project to adapt proprietary Vehicle Positioning software to a new map data access and management method. Mr. Stankoulov is also leading a multi-phase project to develop a location content management and delivery system.

Mr. Stankoulov served in a number of key roles at InfoGation Corporation, most recently, as Chief Architect. He led all aspects of development for InfoGation products such as Odyssey Mobile, a full featured navigation application for Win/CE and XM Parking, a real-time parking slot availability finder using XM Radio satellite communications. Prior to InfoGation, Mr. Stankoulov worked on development of a wide range of complex systems including a map visualization and editing tool, and Cyrillic alphabet support for Windows operating systems.

Mr. Stankoulov holds a degree in Computer Science from Electronic Systems Technical School and an MS degree in Control System Engineering from the Technical University, both in Sofia, Bulgaria.
 
Mako Matsumoto
Director of Product Testing
Mako Matsumoto is the Director of Product Testing at Abalta Technologies and is responsible for managing all testing projects and other field projects for data collection and verification. Ms. Matsumoto is well-known in the map and navigation industry from her many years in marketing and critical customer support roles at NAVTEQ Corporation. She is also fluent in Japanese.

For Abalta, Ms. Matsumoto has managed systems testing programs for portable and in-dash navigation devices. She has also consulted with clients to analyze, evaluate, and manage a variety of location content in conjunction with map data.
 
Ms. Matsumoto started at NAVTEQ in Technical Customer Support, helping customers to utilize the NAVTEQ map database. She served as Test Team Lead for a large-scale program to develop navigation application software for Panasonic. As a Product Manager, she was responsible for a wide range of new NAVTEQ content features. Most recently, as Customer Program Manager, she assisted customers such as Alpine, Pioneer, Denso, Aisin, and Xanavi to define, validate, and launch new navigation system features.

Prior to joining NAVTEQ, Ms. Matsumoto was a paralegal for the law firm of Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, assisting Japan-based commercial clients to pursue business interests in the US.

Ms. Matsumoto holds an AA degree in Paralegal Studies from MacCormac College in Illinois.
 
 
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