Leadership

Chris Lindenau,
Chief Executive Officer

Chris brings 20 years of experience building and growing technology businesses serving public safety, commercial, and government markets. His background combines company leadership, product commercialization, and business development, with experience helping customers connect complex systems and data to improve their operations.

Chris founded and served as CEO of Fusus, a cloud-based platform that brings together video, sensor, and location data to support real-time operational awareness. Under his leadership, Fusus ranked No. 70 on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Following Axon’s acquisition of Fusus in 2024, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Axon.

Earlier in his career, Chris served as Chief Revenue Officer at Utility, Inc., and held global sales and marketing leadership responsibilities at Moog. A former U.S. Navy officer with six years of active-duty service, he holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Will Mitchell,
Founder & Strategic Advisor

Will led VETRO as CEO from its founding in 2016 through November 2026, shaping its product vision and team build through ten straight years of material growth. He built the company around telecom operators’ need for simpler, cloud-native fiber management software, embedding customer-driven innovation in its culture and products. Today, hundreds of operators worldwide use VETRO to design, build, and manage fiber networks, support fieldwork, and enable AI-driven automation and operational network intelligence.

Under Will’s leadership, VETRO raised substantial growth capital and earned four consecutive Inc. 5000 appearances (2023–2026) and five consecutive Best Places to Work in Maine honors (2022–2026). As Founder & Strategic Advisor and a Board member, he continues to support business development and market expansion, particularly international growth.

Previously, Will co-founded and served as CEO of NBT Solutions, a geospatial software company serving telecommunications, government, health care, real estate, and natural resources clients. Before NBT, he founded and led Mitchell Geographics, a GIS consultancy delivering geospatial software and data solutions.

Will holds an M.S. in Geographic and Cartographic Science from George Mason University and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Michaela Goodwin,
Chief Financial Officer

Michaela thrives as a strategic financial leader in dynamic, growth-oriented SaaS technology companies where she can build infrastructure to support scale. With 10+ years experience as a CFO, Michaela delivers value by focusing on more effective ways for teams to drive results; by leveraging data, metrics, customer interactions and by building strong relationships with colleagues, board members, and investors. Michaela earned a CPA while at Arthur Andersen and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is thrilled to be part of a company with a mission to increase connectivity for all; bridging the digital divide.

Pete Pizzutillo,
SVP of Strategy

Pete has held several roles at VETRO Inc., spanning marketing, international sales, and channel management.  Recognized as an active voice in the industry, Pete is the founder and host of the Broadband Bunch podcast. He speaks at events and contributes thought leadership on the trends shaping the market. Pete is passionate about activating the broadband ecosystem to develop partnerships and create new opportunities for collaboration.  Before joining VETRO, Pete served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ETI Software, a BSS/OSS provider. His roles across the software industry have spanned product management, product development, sales, and marketing, with a focus on partner development and demand generation. Pete began his career as an art director at an advertising agency.  Pete earned degrees in Business Administration and Art from The Pennsylvania State University. He lives in New Jersey with his four children.

Rafael Grillo,
SVP of Engineering

Rafael is the SVP of Engineering at VETRO, bringing over a decade of global experience leading distributed software teams and building real-time data systems. Having previously held key technical leadership roles at Wood Mackenzie and Genscape in Ireland, Rafael specializes in software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and low-latency data ingestion systems. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Universidade Federal Fluminense and is dedicated to driving operational excellence and developer mentorship within high-growth engineering organizations.

Barbara Curran,
Chief People Officer

Barbara is a senior human resources executive with over 25 years of experience guiding CEOs, leadership teams, and investors through critical growth stages in emerging technology and mid-sized organizations. As the founder of a long-standing HR consulting practice, she has advised high-tech SaaS companies and stepped into Head of People roles to drive scaling strategies and successful acquisitions. Earlier in her career, she partnered with fast-growing startups through a technical search firm and helped a New England staffing company expand from early stage to $200M in revenue while leading M&A initiatives. She holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Isenberg School of Business and the Boston College Carroll School of Management, and serves on the People Committee of KIPP Charter Schools of Massachusetts.