Leadership Team

Aman Jabbi / Co-Founder & CEO

Aman Jabbi brings a balance of technology and business, along with leadership and execution capabilities. He has 20 years of experience, spanning multimedia systems, workstations and mobile cameras. Jabbi started his career designing MPEG systems at startup Graphics Communications America. He then spent five years at Sun Microsystems developing imaging & video solutions for Sun workstations, all of which were commercialized. Subsequently, he worked at 3D Graphics startup Rendition, where he managed video architectures and software for Rendition’s Vérité family of processors. After Rendition was acquired by Micron, Jabbi transitioned into a full-time leadership role as the head of Video Technologies at Micron Imaging (Aptina) and led multiple camera-pipeline and HD-video SOC go-to-market initiatives. From 1995-2004, he represented his companies at MPEG International Standards. He holds four US patents and has seven publications. Jabbi co-founded Pelican Imaging in 2008 and has led the company since May 2009, raising over $17 million in venture capital.

Jabbi received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and B.E. (Honors) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.

Kartik Venkataraman / Co-Founder & CTO

Kartik Venkataraman has over 20 years experience working with technology companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to founding Pelican Imaging, Kartik headed Computational Cameras at Micron Imaging (Aptina). He spearheaded the design of Extended Depth of Field (EDOF) imaging systems for the mobile camera market. As Manager of the Camera & Scene Modeling group, Kartik’s end-to-end simulation environment for camera system architecture and module simulations has been adopted in parts of the mobile imaging ecosystem. Previously at Intel, Kartik was principally associated with investigating medical imaging and visualization between Johns Hopkins Medical School and the Institute of Systems Science in Singapore. His interests include Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualization, Computer Architectures, and Medical Imaging. He holds seven US patents and has ten publications. Venkataraman co-founded Pelican Imaging in 2008.

Venkataraman received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Cruz, MS in Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and B.Tech (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Paul Gallagher / VP Business Development & Marketing

Paul Gallagher has more than 25 years of experience developing, evangelizing, and marketing solutions in software and image sensors for numerous markets including mobile, PC, automotive, security, and medical.  Paul’s most recent efforts focused on marketing and business development roles during his tenure at Micron (Aptina) and Samsung.  While a Director at Micron, Paul created and led Technical Marketing and Market Development, launching the company into the Automotive, 2-D barcode, 3-D UI (Kinect), Security and Biomedical markets. During the last three years, as a Director and Group Leader, Paul spearheaded the worldwide marketing organization for Image Sensors at Samsung SLSI, with a focus on growing the mobile customer base and expanding into new markets.  Under Paul's leadership, Samsung grew from 3 mobile customers to 11 of the top 12 and has held the number 1 market share in mobile since 2009.  Additionally, Paul drove Samsung to the premier position in >1Mpixel embedded laptop cameras and nearly tripled Samsung's CMOS Imaging revenue in 2.5 years.  Paul holds three US patents, and has written over half a dozen peer reviewed publications, as well as more than 20 articles for technical magazines.

Gallagher received his MBA from Pepperdine University and B.E. in Engineering Physics, Lasers and Applied Optics from Stevens Institute of Technology.