Michael Samuel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Samuel graduated with a B.S. degree in engineering with honors from the University of Madras, India. He has over 27 years professional experience, spending the past ten years working in the GIS industry. Michael founded Nobel Systems in 1992 and has helped the company grow significantly over the last four years. Michael Samuel was honored as a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year of the Inland Empire in November 2003.
Audrey Samuel
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Samuel has over ten years experience in managing the accounting and finance department within Nobel Systems, which includes the day-to-day management of the accounting functions and systems.
Lt. Col G R Venkatesh
Managing Director and CEO- Nobel Systems’ India Office
Mr. Venkatesh has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Madras, India, and M.S. in Geo-Informatics from the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Netherlands. He has over 30 years of professional experience in mapping, surveying, and photogrammetry. He worked for the Survey of India and established the photogrammetric department for the National Survey Authority of Oman.
Balaji Kadaba
Vice President, Operations
Balaji Kadaba is the Operations Manager at Nobel Systems and has over 19 years of experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), specializing in project management, data automation and various technologies associated with it. He earned his GISP (Geographic Information System Professional) certification from GIS Certification Institute and Project Management Certification from California Institute of Technology. He is also in the process of obtaining his PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. Mr. Kadaba ensures smooth operations of various processes that contribute to the successful implementation of GIS projects for Nobel Systems. He guides and formulates suggestions on optimal usage of the resources of the company and effective cost management. As an Operations Manager, he has a clear vision of exactly how the operations help achieve the Company’s goals and set guidelines that align with the long-term goals.
David Manuwa
Vice President, Customer Success
Dave Manuwa is Vice President, Customer Success for Nobel Systems Inc., the leading provider of smart-map Cloud and Mobile technology and software integration. Dave has more than 25+ years of experience in Geospatial Technology; specializing in enterprise consulting, cloud platform migration, and other spatially enabling technology running on the web, desktop and PDA platforms. Mr. Manuwa has served in various capacities, with 15+ years of executive experience, implementing and managing enterprise GIS solutions for public and private organizations. Before Nobel Systems, Mr. Manuwa successfully built and operated his own consulting firm, providing enterprise-consulting services to public and private institutions across Southern California. As VP of Customer Success, his responsibilities include strategic planning, sales, marketing, project oversight, and customer service initiatives. He also oversees the pre-sales process, and the building and execution of customized plans that best meet the organization’s spatial technology objectives.
Aretha Samuel
Chief Technology Officer, CTO
Ms. Aretha Samuel is the CTO at Nobel Systems. She holds an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science From University of California, Berkeley. She has more than a decade professional experience in the field of IT, Web, Mobile and Application Development, GIS, Utility, Transportation, Oil, and Gas. Her focus is on Web Development, Mobile Applications, Data Analytics in GIS, System Architecture & Design, and Product Development. She has extensive knowledge in Cloud, Open Source, Deployment, Support, and Maintenance. Aretha has extensively worked with HTML, XML, SQL Server, SQL Database, JavaScript, ASP.NET, JAVA Applets, CSS, IIS and Web Services.