Antonio J. Viana is a 30+ yr veteran in the tech industry. In addition to serving on the board of Parsley, Mr. Viana is also the Chairman of BrainChip, an Australian and US based neuro-morphic AI Processor company.          

Since 2015, Mr. Viana has also sat on the board of Arteris, the market leading Network-on-Chip company who successfully IPOed in 2021. At Arteris, Mr. Viana currently chairs the Renumeration and Governance Committee while sitting on the Audit and Compensation committees.

Mr. Viana's most recent board appointment following Parsley is to PQShield, an Oxford-based post quantum cryptography solutions providere.

From 2016-2021, Mr. Viana served as the Executive Chairman of QuantalRF, an emerging Swiss RF semiconductor company.

In 1999, Mr. Viana joined ARM Holdings, the global leader in semiconductor IP, serving in a number of leadership positions, most notably as the President of Commercial and Global Development. At ARM, he helped scale the company's commercial operation from a multi-million dollar entity to the multi-billion dollar IP market leader it is today. He was appointed to the ARM executive team as Executive VP of worldwide sales in 2007. In 2013, Mr. Viana transitioned to President of Commercial and Global Development. 

Prior to ARM, Mr. Viana has also worked for Hughes Aircraft, Silicon Graphics, Encore Industries and was Senior VP of worldwide sales at Tensilica Inc. Mr. Viana is graduate of California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Jaye Connolly serves as chairman and chief executive officer of RippleNami, Inc., a global technology company with a keen focus on Africa.  RippleNami has redefined traceability and transparency with a simple-to-use technology platform leveraging artificial intelligence, blockchain, and data visualization. Leveraging RippleNami’s technology, we are expanding Africa’s presence in the Climate Economy.  RippleNami is dedicated to expanding the middle incomes and connecting the unconnected.

Connolly had a vision of connecting 5 billion unconnected people with an easy-to-use technology solution that leverages the mass adoption of the cell phone. Why not start in Africa?

Connolly brings more than 40 years of leadership experience to her role, which she garnered from various positions held in the finance, technology, audit, oil, gas, mining, healthcare, mergers, and acquisitions areas, as well as in key C-level roles she served in at both private and publicly traded corporations. In her leadership role with RippleNami, she is responsible for the development and execution of the Company’s long-term strategy with an emphasis on creating a difference for the unconnected population.

Connolly is experienced in leading publicly traded as well as privately held companies and start­ups. Her public company experience spans key roles at six publicly traded corporations. Over the course of her career, she led 18 accretive acquisitions, adding over $2 billion to revenue. Connolly-LaBelle also possesses significant IPO experience.

RippleNami is an internationally recognized award-winning company.  Since 2015, RippleNami received over fifty awards from a top organizations such as Entreprenur Magazine for America’s Best Company,  Thomson Reuters for Africa Startup Challenge,  International Business Awards for Data Visualization, and Fast Company for Best Developing World Technology.

In addition to sitting on Parsley's board, Connolly also sits on the following boards:

• • RippleNami, Inc., Chairman
  • RippleNami Uganda, Chairman
  • Caelum Resources, Inc., Chairman
  • Complete Patient Care, Chairman, and Chair, Nomination Committee
  • Promise2Kids, Board Member and Chair, Audit Committee
• • Athena, Board Member, and Chair, On Boards Program and Global Expansion
  • Wembly Mo Foundation, Board Advisory
  • Ominto, Inc. (NASDAQ) Former Board and Audit Chair

Previously, Connolly served at the following companies listed below.

• Chairman, president, and chief executive officer of PathCentral, Inc., which was acquired by XIFIN;
• President, and chief executive officer of A-Life Medical Inc., which was acquired by UnitedHealth Group;
• Vice president of business development and mergers and acquisitions at InSight Health Corp. acquired by Center for Diagnostic Imaging;
• Director of internal audit at LabCorp;
• Finance director at Domtar, Inc. a mining & forest products Canadian company;
• Audit and compliance at Pennzoil, Inc. acquired by Royal Dutch Shell.