Executive Management

Mr. Romano has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors for ChargePoint since February 2011. Prior to ChargePoint, Mr. Romano co-founded 2Wire, Inc., a provider of broadband service delivery platforms, where he served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2006 until July 2010 when 2Wire, Inc. was acquired by Pace plc. Previously, Pasquale held multiple positions in marketing and engineering at Polycom. In 1989, he co-founded Fluent, Inc., a digital video networking company and served as its Chief Architect until the company was sold to Novell Corporation in 1993. Mr Romano is currently a board member at Levitate Acquisition Corporation. He holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Harvard University and an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ChargePoint believes Mr. Romano is qualified to serve as a member of the ChargePoint Board due to his extensive executive management and technology industry leadership experience.

Ms. Chavez joined ChargePoint in February 2021 and serves as the company’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Chavez is responsible for overseeing the legal affairs of the Company including commercial transactions, intellectual property, corporate governance, securities and compliance. Ms. Chavez also oversees the policy affairs of the Company. Prior to joining ChargePoint, Ms. Chavez served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate, Securities and M&A of Palo Alto Networks, Inc., a global cybersecurity leader and Associate General Counsel, Finance and Governance of Levi Strauss & Co., an American clothing company. Ms. Chavez also worked as a senior corporate associate at Sidley Austin LLP and corporate associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Ms. Chavez holds a B.A and M.A from Stanford University and a J.D. from UC Davis School of Law (King Hall).

Mr. Hughes has served as ChargePoint’s Chief Revenue Officer since August 2019. Prior to ChargePoint, Mr. Hughes served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services for Barracuda Networks, Inc., a provider of security, networking and storage products, from June 2009 to August 2019. Before Barracuda Networks, Inc., Mr. Hughes served as Vice President of Sales for Asempra Technologies, a provider of one click, instant recovery solutions for Microsoft® Exchange, SQL and Windows File Servers. Mr. Hughes also serves as a board advisor for technology start-ups in the areas of data residency and security, threat intelligence and multi-cloud container data management. He holds a B.S. in Marketing from Miami University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Jackson has served as Chief Financial Officer for ChargePoint since May 2018. Prior to ChargePoint, Mr. Jackson served as CFO of Gigamon, Inc., a developer of network and security visibility solutions, from October 2016 to April 2018 through its go-private transaction. Mr. Jackson served as Chief Financial Officer of Rocket Fuel Inc., an advertising technology company, from March 2016 to October 2016. Prior, Mr. Jackson served as Chief Financial Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation (“JDSU”), a provider of network and service enablement solutions and optical products for service providers, cable operators and network equipment manufacturers, from January 2013 to September 2015, where he drove the separation of JDSU into two independent public companies (Lumentum Holdings Inc./Viavi Solutions) in August 2015. Mr. Jackson joined JDSU in January 2011 as Senior Vice President, Business Services, with responsibility for corporate development, legal, corporate marketing and information technology. Prior to JDSU, Mr. Jackson served as CFO of Symyx Technologies from 2007 to 2010, where he led the company’s acquisition of MDL Information Systems and subsequent merger of equals with another public company. Previously, Mr. Jackson also served as acting Chief Financial Officer for Synopsys and General Counsel at Avago, AdForce and Read-Rite. Mr. Jackson holds a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Mr. Loewenthal has served as ChargePoint's Chief Product Officer since May 2022. He joined ChargePoint as Senior Vice President, Product, in July 2018. Prior to ChargePoint, Mr. Loewenthal served as Vice President of Product Portfolio Management at Avaya, a provider of business communication solutions, from July 2017 until February 2018. Since 2010, Mr. Loewenthal held various roles at audio communications leader Poly (formerly Plantronics), including from February 2012 to February 2016 when he served as Vice President, Enterprise Solutions. His career includes leadership roles in public and startup companies with an emphasis on hardware and software solutions. He was named a top 20 Global Chief Product Officer in the 2022 Product Awards, produced by Products That Count in partnership with Capgemini and Mighty Capital. Mr. Loewenthal holds a B.S. from San Jose State University.

Ms. Mulrooney Gross joined ChargePoint in October 2021 and serves as the company’s Chief People Officer. Ms. Mulrooney Gross is responsible for ChargePoint’s HR activities, including scaling the company culture and workforce, as well implementing talent initiatives globally. Prior to joining ChargePoint, Ms. Mulrooney Gross served as Senior Vice President, People at Fitbit, a leading fitness brand from April 2017 to August 2021andhelped oversee that company’s sale to Google in January 2021. Ms. Mulrooney Gross has previously held leadership positions at a number of global brands, including Bayer Healthcare, Applied Materials and General Electric. Since 2016, Ms. Mulrooney Gross has served on the Board of Directors for Girls Inc. of Alameda County in Oakland, California. She holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Colombia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UCLA.

Mr. Wilmer joined ChargePoint in July 2022 and serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to ChargePoint, he served as CEO at Chowbotics, which was acquired by DoorDash. With more than 30 years of global technology, operations and customer support experience, Mr. Wilmer has held several management team positions at companies including Arista Networks following the acquisition of Mojo Networks, Leyden Energy and Pliant. He has global experience across North America, Europe and Asia and industry knowledge across multiple technology segments as well as overseas manufacturing and supply chain management. Mr. Wilmer holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.