MOTO Management Team

J. Daniell Hebert, CEO
Gregor A. Berkowitz, President
David McMullin, CFO
Tom Misage,  Vice President
Chris Verplaetse, Vice President
Sung O Yang, Vice President

Individual Biographies

J. Daniell Hebert
CEO and Co-Founder

J. Daniell Hebert is the CEO of MOTO Development Group which he founded with college roommate Gregor Berkowitz in 1991. MOTO is a leading product research and development company focusing on innovation and product development that blends electronics, software, and mechanical engineering. Under Daniell's leadership, MOTO has provided advanced research and intellectual property for leading research and innovation groups at Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Hewlett Packard, Interval Research, Motorola, Casio and Ricoh. MOTO has also developed and shipped high volume consumer electronics products for Virgin, Intel, Logitech, Sirius and many other startup companies. While at MOTO, Daniell was also the founder and CTO of two startup companies: Mjuice (1997) a secure music download company (aquired by Artist Direct) and MVOEM/MSX (2003) a software company providing deeply brand-customized mobile phones and services. Prior to founding MOTO, Daniell was a researcher in MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and later joined Apple Computer as a researcher of advanced manufacturing systems. Daniell received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and completed the Stanford Business School Executive Program for Growing Companies. He has been awarded patents for portable computer systems, portable audio systems and medical instruments.

Gregor A. Berkowitz
President and Co-Founder

Gregor brings a cross cultural experience and an energetic entrepreneurialism to MOTO. With a focus on communication and simplifying ideas and concepts, Gregor has created an atmosphere at MOTO that encourages originality and entrepreneurial approach to innovation and product development. Gregor is responsible for MOTO’s Asian operations and consulting practice. Leading with an understanding of cultural context, influences, and values, MOTO has established a reputation for building long term relationships and ongoing partnership with Asian suppliers and clients.

Before MOTO, Gregor held positions at Function Engineering, a Palo Alto California based engineering firm, where he contributed to the significant growth of the consulting practice. Previous positions include a research position at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, and Carnegie Mellon Engineering Design Research Institute. Gregor serves on the board of advisors for several startups including ET Water and JimmyJane. He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Gregor is also driving the effort to distinguish MOTO as a leader in community service, orchestrating company participation in community activities that include the annual San Francisco AIDS Walk.