Our Team
The Pascal executive team represents centuries of technology, product and business experience to create and advance the only cloud data platform built to enable the data-driven enterprise.
Minh is the CEO and Founder of Pascal Studio and has held key leadership positions in high-tech companies. He headed the technology teams for renowned organizations such as NYSE, Flex, MTV, and PCH international in the Silicon Valley and Asia. Minh puts over 25+ years of tech savviness to work managing cross borders teams and tech infrastructure.
He has execution experience in advanced information systems, business process automation, supply chain management, and agile/scrum methodology. Prior to joining Pascal Studio, Minh was a CTO at PCH International driving new fulfillment innovation solution of a $100M business unit.
He was also founding member at Elementum where he grew engineering organization to 150+ engineers between Mountain View, Buenos Aires and New Delhi and help raised over $200M in funding. Minh has also founded multiple startups such as OrderGuru, and SaigonValley.
Jesse is the CFO of Pascal Studio. He comes to us with 15+ years of Finance experience, with time at major public technology companies and several rapid growth software startups in Silicon Valley.
For the past decade, Jesse has focused on leading Finance for growing software companies. Jesse has helped a startup grow to $50M revenue and get acquired by Google for $500M, managed $200M in sales, built a payments platform, and transformed Finance for an Inc. 5000 fastest growing private software company. Jesse is a former CPA with a B.A. in Business Economics and History from UCLA.
Dana is the Board Member of Pascal Studio and brings over a decade of experience in Supply Chain. He attended University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business where he started a company focused on supply chain risk management.
This company was acquired by a venture backed software company and Dana became the leader of the product and sales teams. With over $200 million in capital raised, Dana closed deals valued at over $500M and grew the company to over $40M in annual revenue.
Dana continues to be a thought leader in supply chain and teaches at MBA programs about supply chain around the country. Dana is married and started an investment firm with his wife Shannon focused on breakthrough technologies. Shannon serves as a board advisor for the company. In his free time, Dana enjoys golf and taking his car out onto the racetrack.
Dan is the VP of Sales at Pascal Software and brings over 30 years of experience in Cybersecurity and Wall Street Technology. Most recently Dan spent 15 years in Silicon Valley leading Business Development, Channel and Marketing teams in startups such as SafeGuard Cyber, Cato Networks, Imperva, Check Point, and Elementum.
Prior to the move to California in 2009, Dan has worked for various investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Securities in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai leading Compliance, Risk, and Sales Technology teams across multiple continents. He grew up in the New York tri-state area and is a techie at heart. In addition to traveling, Dan enjoys reading (monetary history and geopolitics) and is a passionate karaoke enthusiast.
Dr. Nguyen is a serial global high-tech entrepreneur. He’s currently a Board Advisor and AngelInvestors in several Startups. His technical domain expertise is in advanced semiconductordevice technology and scalable volume production.
Dr.Nguyen started his collegiate education at UC Santa Barbara with a prestigious UC RegentScholarship. He spent 10 years (1986-1996) at UCSB, where he earned his BS, MS and PhD; allin Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an emphasis in Solid State Device Technology.
Dr. Nguyen started his professional career as a Technology Researcher in Corporate America thenext 10-years (1996-2006) at various companies, HRL Laboratories, Skyworks, and GlobalCommunication Semiconductors (GCS). He was recognized as an HRL’s Distinguished Inventorin 2008. He was a Key member of the platform-technology team at Skyworks that developedPower Amplifier that are used in today’s mobile phones (InGaP HBTs). He became a Technicalleader of the GCS team that fabricated the world’s fastest solid state ICs (152GHz staticfrequency divider). Dr. Nguyen has over 25 patents and many pioneering peer-reviewedpublications.
He was a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cosemi Technologies, Inc in 2006. Cosemiwas recognized by Inc. Magazine in 2011 as Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Company inAmerica. In 2015, he was recognized as 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce; and was nominated to the Orange County Business Journalinaugural 2015 Innovator of the Year Award. In 2017, he was a Semifinalist of the prestigiousErnst Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Huan Nguyen (born 1958 or 1959) is a South Vietnamese engineer and retired rear admiral in the United States Navy.
In August 1994, Nguyen began working for General Motors (GM) where he managed the team that designed and integrated the powertrain control module for all of GM’s platforms. In 2006, he became the senior vice president of Bank of America and established computer security standards and processes. After joining Exelis Inc. in 2009, Nguyen “managed a multi-million-dollar portfolio of independent research and development projects on ground electronic warfare countermeasures, counter-remote improvised explosive device systems and interference mitigation systems
He also a CEO of UA Multimedia- a technology holding company and solution providerspecializing in the areas of information technology, blockchain and artificial intelligence
Throughout his distinguished career, Huan Nguyen has consistently demonstrated an unwavering dedication to innovation, leadership, and service. His impact on multiple industries and his contributions to advancing technology underscore the far-reaching influence of his work. As a visionary leader and trailblazer in various domains, Nguyen’s story continues to inspire and motivate aspiring engineers, entrepreneurs, and military personnel to make their mark on the world.
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