VTN Support Team

With over 24 years of experience in growing true software startups and more specifically the last 10 years serving as CTO and senior executive positions in entities ranging from global public software companies to small cutting edge software startups, he brings exceptional technology experience combined with battle-tested wisdom. He has shipped over 30 commercial software products across seven startups and has been involved in two IPOs, four acquisitions, due diligence, and raising six rounds of VC funding. As a prolific technologist, he has designed and implemented close to a million lines of object-oriented code within thousands of classes and dozens of frameworks across a broad and varied technology landscape. He has authored technology patents, proposals for standards committees, developer roundtables, and spoken at numerous conferences. Rob Pledger also has a strong global background in business, having flown more than one million miles internationally gathering feedback from press, analysts, customers, enterprises, and partners. He has spent more than a decade specializing in mobile and wireless technology startups and another 14 years in the health and medical technology sector. Specialties: Mobile & Wireless Technologies (Android / iPhone / Windows Mobile), software start-ups, WCF And Web-Services, cloud computing, SOA, RIA & web technologies, public speaking, leadership & mentoring, code walkthroughs, .Net/C#/SQL, Silverlight, RIA WCF, ADO Data Services, WPF, LINQ, SDLC (Agile, SCRUM, CI, RUP, Waterfall, RAD).

Mr. Davis has worked as a Development Executive at Indigo Pictures; a Film Producer at 818 Films; and as a TV/ Film Producer at Foxxhole Productions.  As a Screen Writer, Mr. Davis has sold several screenplays to major studios/distributors.   Mr. Davis attended Louisiana State University and the University of Houston, receiving a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Communications with minors in Math and Theater.

Mr. Price was the first person to win a school board seat with Dallas Independent School District (DISD) while still an employee and the youngest person to be elected to the Texas Association of School Boards. During his tenure on the DISD school board, he served as president in 2006, and held three terms as first vice president. He served two terms as secretary of the board, and also served as budget and finance chair over a district operational budget of $1.1 billion dollars and a $1.3 billion dollar bond program.   He served as budget and finance chair, overseeing a $1.2 billion dollar operational budget, and $1.3 billion dollar bond program. Under Price’s leadership, the district built 35 new schools, more than 30 school additions, a central kitchen, and a $40 million dollar athletic complex. He is one of only two school board members in the history of Texas to pass two $1.3 billion school bond programs. Under his leadership, the district bond program reached a record 45 percent minority participation. Mr. Price was the former President of the National Caucus of Young School Board Members, President of National Association of African American School Board Members, Chair-Elect National Black Caucus of School Board Members, and President of the Texas Black Caucus of School Board Members. Ron J. Price served as a board member for the Black Contractors Association and the Southwest Black Chamber of Commerce. He has been mentioned in various national publications including Education Week, USA Today, Jet Magazine, Essence Magazine and more than 100 newspapers across the nation. He also has been featured on national television news programs, including NBC World News, Hannity and Colmes, Fox Good Morning, CNN and BBC News. Mr. Price attended Texas Southern University and Paul Quinn College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.