Executive Officers

Long Long, 40
Chief Executive Officer and Director

From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Long served as the Chief Financial Officer of Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., which consummated its business combination with SoundHound AI, Inc. in April 2022. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Long served as Chief Financial Officer of Global SPAC Partners Co., a blank check company with $169 million held in trust which consummated its business combination with Gorilla Technology Group Inc. in 2022. From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Long served as Chief Financial Officer of Ackrell SPAC Partners I Co., a blank check company with $140 million held in trust which liquidated its trust and delisted from Nasdaq in August 2022. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Long was Vice President of Twelve Seas Sponsors I LLC, sponsor of Twelve Seas Investment Company, a blank check company with $207 million held in trust that consummated its initial business combination with Brooge Energy Limited in December 2019. From 2006 to 2016, Mr. Long worked for IBM in a variety of Corporate Finance, Audit, and Managerial roles, both within the U.S. and internationally. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Long served as Finance Controller for IBM China’s Consulting Business Unit and Sales Channels. From 2013 to 2014, Mr. Long served as Strategy and Planning Manager for IBM China and, from January 2012 to December 2012, as a Senior Finance Analyst for IBM China. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Long served as Internal Auditor for IBM’s Asia Pacific region and, from 2006 to 2009, as a financial analyst for IBM’s worldwide operations. Mr. Long graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration degree, majoring in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Electrical Engineering.

Daniel L. Sheehan, 70
Chief Financial Officer

Since 2004, Mr. Sheehan has been the founder and managing partner of Silicon Valley Wealth Law, a law firm specializing in estate planning, tax planning, business planning, and special needs planning. Since 1995, Mr. Sheehan has been an attorney licensed in the State of California. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Sheehan served as Chief Operating Officer of Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., which consummated its business combination with SoundHound AI, Inc. in April 2022. From 2020 to 2022, Mr Sheehan served as a director of Ackrell SPAC Partners I Co. Mr. Sheehan has designed and drafted over 1,000 estate plans for clients throughout Silicon Valley. Mr. Sheehan has expertise in handling federal and state income tax matters and disputes, in the formation and operation of business entities, and has provided strategic planning and technology enhancement guidance to new business ventures and established companies. Mr. Sheehan has senior management experience with companies in a range of industries, including computer-aided manufacturing, real estate development, health care, mining, and law. Mr. Sheehan has frequently consulted with venture capitalists to review and advise them about investment opportunities. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Sheehan was Chief Executive Officer of North Star Resources, a provider of technology for the extraction and refining of precious and strategic metals. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Sheehan was a partner in the law firm of Davidson, Sheehan & Jewel. In 2010, Mr. Sheehan filed for personal bankruptcy under Chapter 13, which was completed in May 2014 with no debts being discharged. Mr. Sheehan graduated from St. Mary’s College of California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management with honors. Mr. Sheehan received his Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Board of Directors

Dr. Eric R. Ball, 60
Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Since 2022, Dr. Ball has served as a Board member and the Audit Chair of SoundHound AI, Inc. Since 2016, Dr. Ball is a Founding General Partner of Impact Venture Capital, a Silicon Valley based venture firm investing in early-stage applied-AI start-up companies. From 2021 until 2022, Dr. Ball served as Chairman of the Board of Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., a blank check company with $133 million held in trust which consummated its business combination with SoundHound AI, Inc. in April 2022. From 2015 until 2016, Dr. Ball served as Chief Financial Officer for C3 AI, an enterprise AI software provider. From 2005 to 2015, Dr. Ball served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Oracle. Prior to 2005, Dr. Ball served in a variety of finance roles at Flextronics International, Cisco Systems, Avery Dennison, and AT&T. Dr. Ball has served as Chairman of the Board of CapConnect+, a start-up company that is focused on linking corporate bond issuers to their institutional buyers, since 2020. Dr. Ball has also served as an advisor to Kyriba, a private treasury management software provider, since 2017. Dr. Ball served as a Board member and Audit Chairman of Glu Mobile Inc, a developer and publisher of mobile games, from 2013 to 2021. Dr. Ball received his Ph.D. in management at the Drucker School of Management – Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Ball received his MBA in finance and a Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Rochester. Dr. Ball graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Dr. Ball is also the co-author of the book “Unlocking the Ivory Tower”.

Stephen N. Cannon, 56
Independent Director Nominee

Since 2014, Mr. Cannon has been President of Everest Partners Limited, a privately-owned investment firm focused on Asian private investments. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., which consummated its business combination with SoundHound AI, Inc. in April 2022. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Global SPAC Partners Co. From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Ackrell SPAC Partners I Co. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Financial Officer of Twelve Seas Investment Company, which consummated its initial business combination with Brooge Energy Limited in December 2019. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Cannon served as President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of CM Seven Star Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, sponsored by a leading Chinese private equity firm, which consummated its business combination with Kaixin Auto Holdings in April 2019. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of DT Asia Acquisition Corp, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, which consummated its business combination with China Direct Lending Corp. in July 2016. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Cannon was a Partner and Head of China for RedBridge Group Ltd., a boutique merchant banking firm focused on Chinese and Arabian Gulf cross-border investments. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Cannon was a registered representative of, and senior advisor to, Ackrell Capital. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Cannon served as Chief Financial Officer and a director of Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, which consummated its business combination with SGOCO Technology Ltd in April 2010. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Cannon served as a Managing Director of Asian investment banking for WR Hambrecht+Co. Prior to WR Hambrecht+Co., Mr. Cannon worked at ABN AMRO, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Smith Barney Shearson and Salomon Brothers. Mr. Cannon graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Jack Crawford, 58
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Crawford is a Founding General Partner of Impact Venture Capital since 2016. Previously, Mr. Crawford was a General Partner at Velocity Venture Capital from 2013 to 2016 where he managed the venture portfolio of Oracle. Prior to 2013, Mr. Crawford was an angel investor in various companies and served as a mentor in a startup accelerator program in partnership with the University of Pacific and, before that, Mr. Crawford was a Certified Public Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCooper. Mr. Crawford has also served as a member of the Board of Cornami, Inc. since 2017 and a member of the Board of TaskHuman, Inc. since 2019. Mr. Crawford also served as a member of the Board of Giga IO, Inc. from 2019 to 2022. Mr. Crawford was the recipient of the Kauffman Fellows Leadership Award upon graduation from the Kauffman Fellows Program in 2013 and he also served as an adjunct professor for multiple MBA programs with the University of Southern California and the University of Pacific through the Kauffman Fellows Program. We believe that Mr. Crawford is well-qualified to serve as a director of the company given his extensive finance and venture capital experience.

Vishwesh Pai, 40
Independent Director Nominee

Since 2021, Mr. Pai has served as Senior Director of Product Management at ServiceNow for its AI Platform. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Pai was the Head of Product in Amazon for the Amazon Alexa Multimodal Cloud Platform. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Pai was a Director of Product Management at Samsung. Prior to 2015, Mr. Pai held various software and engineering roles in Infosys Technologies, Qualcomm Inc., and Ayla Networks. Mr. Pai graduated from Visvesvaraya Technological University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, from North Carolina State University with a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering, and from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business with a Master of Business Administration degree.