Jessica Firestone is a proven technology business leader and industry trailblazer. As President/Founder of Tempest, Jessica oversees the strategy for sales, marketing, and supply.

Jessica’s career began as a sales and customer support representative at Century Computer Marketing, a leading distributor of computer equipment and spare parts. In 1996, she joined Somera Communications (NASDAQ: SMRA), a pioneering provider of new and used telecommunications infrastructure equipment and services, as a divisional sales manager responsible for sales to wireless carriers throughout the United States. From 1996 to 2002, Jessica was promoted several times, from Manager to Director and finally to Vice President of Wireless Sales, where she led the company’s largest sales division, managing a team of 27 people, with responsibility for $97 million revenue. Jessica left Somera Communications in 2002 to pursue other opportunities. She joined Somera Ventures, a Santa Barbara based private equity investment firm, where she worked with several of their portfolio companies as a Business Development Advisor. It was her vision and industry insight that ultimately led to the launching of Tempest in 2005.