Mario Facusse - Founder and CEO

Mario is the principal inventor of Xyber’s patent pending technology. While studying civil and materials engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, he learned about cooling technologies used in space-based systems to equalize temperatures.

As an avid PC-based gamer, he envisioned using heat pipe technologies in novel ways to develop high-end computers that would run cool and silent. Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mario attended high school in the United States at the Culver Military Academy in Indiana.

He currently resides in Miami, Florida, where he enjoys Dolphins football and fishing in his spare time.

Scott Kosch - VC and Advisor

Scott joined the Xyber team in 2008. In addition to his leadership role with Xyber Technologies, Scott is Managing Partner at Kosch Capital Management, which provides funding and liquidity solutions to early stage companies. Scott has invested in a number of companies that span industries ranging from wireless systems to clean tech. He has over 16 years experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and management consultant across IT, telecom, traditional and interactive media, energy, and financial services.

Scott has a BA in Economics and Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and a MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Scott resides in Miami, where he enjoys spending time with family and the rare round of golf.

Dixon Chan Dick - Technical Advisor

Dixon joined the Xyber team in 2010. In addition to his advisory role with Xyber Technologies, he is the Managing Partner of Archethought LLC, which provides open source technology solution consulting to business, education, and government clients. In 29 years of industry experience, Dixon has developed and managed microprocessor and ASIC development, BIOS and OS development, and network protocol development and deployment. Starting with IBM and later Compaq Computer, he developed deep experience in hardware, software and networking as a developer and team leader in multiple cycles of PC product development and delivery. Dixon also led the effort to build, deploy, and manage the first Intranet and operational Internet connection for Compaq Computer. He left Compaq to found Media Sourcery, where he oversaw the development of rich multimedia publishing tools, distributed data delivery networks, and state-of-the-art network security architectures.

Dixon earned a BS in computer science engineering from the University of Illinois, with graduate work at the University of Houston and Florida Atlantic University in neural networks and advanced networking architecture. He resides in Colorado, although he travels frequently to places like Vietnam, where he is acting as the Chief Information Officer for a new university being designed and built outside of Ho Chi Minh City, and Africa, where he is advising on mobile infrastructure development initiatives.

Reeder Ward – Product Development and Technical Advisor

Reeder joined the Xyber team in 2008. In addition to his advisory role with Xyber Technologies Reeder's broad experience base have enabled him to successfully manage projects in a diversity of technology areas; he has developed computer systems, information systems, control systems, custom machine designs, high precision opto-mechanical systems, and several communication system projects.

Reeder received his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from West Virginia University in 1988 and earned a master of science in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1991. He has written various papers and received patents in the fields of mechanics and optics.