Executive Team

Palle Pedersen, Founder

15+ years of experience in the fields of product development, project management and product design.  Prior to founding Kvasar Technology, Mr. Pedersen was CTO at Justa Technology Co. a provider of innovative server software for wireless carriers and web sites, as well as a Managing Director at Spydre LLC, a venture intelligence company build technology companies.  He has also previously served as Vice President of Product Development and CTO at Integrated Computing Engines, Inc. (ICE).  As a technology strategist there, he was responsible for the creation of high-performance parallel processing architecture and the invention of the Compaq/ICE Internet acceleration technology. Mr. Pedersen has also created high-performance solutions and multiple world record benchmarks for Thinking Machines Corporation (TMC), and was the first person in the company to deliver a cutting-edge parallel software architecture based on industry-standard hardware and software. back to top

Steph Richardson, Chief Architect

Stephen Richardson is a versatile software architect with over 8 years experience in both the professional services and product spaces, and across a broad range of technologies. Before founding Kvasar he was the Chief Architect at Wallaware Inc, leading the development of the core technology platform. Previously Mr. Richardson worked at Prospero Technologies, a provider of customizable high-volume on-line community services, as an architect mapping product visions to a technology roadmap. He also spent four years with the professional services firm i-Cube / Razorfish as a lead architect on many projects, including multi-year, multi-million dollar custom development efforts for the DOD. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from University College Dublin, and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from The University of Ulster.  back to top

Valerie Fraysse, Chief Scientist

Valerie Fraysse, Ph.D. drove the design and development of the natural language-based wireless proxy technology while at Wallaware, Inc,.  Dr. Fraysse's previous efforts at Justa Technology Co included the architectural design and development of several highly scalable, dynamic content internet ASPs, and the world’s first dynamic content caching system. Previously Dr. Fraysse spent 8 years at the Parallel Algorithms Group at CERFACS (European Center for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computing).  Dr. Fraysse is author of numerous scientific publications including the book "Lectures on Finite Precision Computations." Areas of expertise include high-performance parallel computing, distributed data and applications, and large scale parallel data management.  Dr. Fraysse received in 1992 her Ph.D in Computer Science and Applied Math, Dissertation: "Reliability of Computer Solutions."  back to top

Ashesh C. Shah, Managing Director

10+ years industry expertise founding and managing technology and Internet start-ups from the early stage through IPO; key executive positions held at several technology companies including Spydre, Justa Technology, Prospero Technologies, I-Cube, Integrated Computing Engine, and Cambridge Technology. back to top