Ned Semonite is the Vice President of Products at Vecna Technologies reasonsible for VGo business. Mr. Semonite brings a wealth of experience as a seasoned product and marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in bringing innovative hi-tech products and services to enterprise and consumer markets.

Mr. Semonite came to Vecna Technologies with its acquisiton of VGo Communications in 2015.  Ned joined VGo in 2009 to execute product management, marketing and business planning functions.  In 2013 he also assumed responsibiity for engineering and service.

Before VGo, Ned joined American Power Conversion to help define and build a new line of business - Management and Enterprise Software Solutions - a strategic initiative to deliver intelligent data center management software. The new business line was instrumental in extending APC’s value to over $6B in its acquisition by the French conglomerate, Schneider Electric.

Prior to APC, Mr. Semonite contributed significantly to the development of the videoconferencing industry. Joining PictureTel in 1991, Ned first worked to sign and develop telco channel partners, then rose through the organization in a series of management roles including VP of product management, VP of engineering and EVP of worldwide marketing. Mr. Semonite executed two acquisitions, an OEM partnership, and two significant joint development programs with Intel and Sharp which resulted in a new product line that set off a wave of award winning innovation throughout the industry. The new product line and customer base strengths led to the acquisition by Polycom where Ned took over product responsibility for Polycom’s entire videoconferencing portfolio.

Before PictureTel, Ned spent 8 years with ICL (International Computers Limited), where he held management and marketing positions in their network systems group. At ICL, he developed an audio/data software application for ISDN and LAN connected PCs which was the first desktop screen sharing application – a forerunner of today’s web conferencing solutions.

He earned his engineering degree from Brown University.