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This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Wireless space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Nikesh Arora
Member of the Board of Directors of Sprint
Nikesh Arora joined as chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc. during a 10-year span, including senior vice president and chief business officer, president of global sales operations and business development, and president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Google, Nikesh held the role of chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG. He was chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002. Nikesh serves on the board of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, and Tipping Point, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College and a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University.
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About LightCyber: Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Will Fraley
Director Digital Marketing Technology of Sprint
Will Fraley With over 15 years’ experience spanning digital IT and digital marketing, Will Fraley leads teams that cover the marketing technology space across Sprint, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile. Will is passionate about technology, meeting the needs of his customers, and building great teams that build great products. His teams oversee definition, implementation, and collection of digital data, audience management technology and strategy, A/B testing and optimization, data distribution governance, enterprise tag management, and multi-channel analytics. Always looking to innovate, Will encourages creative and scalable problem-solving and discipline from his teams. Separate from Sprint, Will began his career as a civil and environmental engineer and later was an executive manager of an offshore software development start-up.
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About Sprint, T-Mobile: Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Seth Bravin
Director of Strategic Alliances of Sprint
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About Sprint: Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Christian Guirnalda
Director Verizon 5G Labs and Innovation Centers of Verizon Wireless
Christian Guirnalda joined Verizon Ventures in 2013 and currently focuses on Seed Stage Engagement and Portfolio Development. Before joining Verizon Ventures, he was part of the Innovation & Incubation team at Verizon Wireless, co-developing products with startups and running an internal VZW accelerator. Christian also worked for Patch/The Huffington Post to create hyperlocal content strategies, at American Express as a digital product consultant, and with IBM’s Strategy and Change group advising Fortune 100 publishers, broadcasters, and telecoms. He was a double major in Computing and Information Technology, and Manufacturing Management and Consulting at Carnegie Mellon and received his MBA from the University of Michigan.
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Anil Guntupalli
Executive Director Technology Strategy, Architecture & Innovation at Verizon of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Alexander Khalin
Managing Director of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Ventures, Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Andrew Hendrickson
Director, Technology – Verizon Cloud Platform of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Dhaval Thaker
Associate Director of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Joe Chuisano
Director of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Brian Lohse
Senior Director, Commercial Platforms of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com, Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Colin Ulen
Senior Director Of Engineering of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Brian Bedrosian
Director of Marketing of Broadcom
Brian Bedrosian has over 20 years experience in digital communications and wireless technologies including mobile satellite, terrestrial microwave radio, DSL, and 802.11x. As Director of Marketing for Broadcom’s Wireless LAN business unit, Brian Bedrosian is responsible for its emerging deeply embedded Wi-Fi business that spans several segments, including health care, smart power and industrial. In this capacity he has been responsible for strategy, market development, and staffing and led an important acquisition supporting his line of business. Prior to this role, he was responsible for leading Broadcom’s Wi-Fi product development for PC, broadband and gaming and was instrumental in driving the company to its current position as a market share leader. Prior to joining Broadcom, Brian Bedrosian was Director of Applications and New Product Introduction at Virata (which was acquired by Globespan/Conexant) where he was involved in DSL convergence products for both consumer and business products. He also held several development and marketing management positions at Applied Signal Technology during his career. He has co-authored several papers on digital receivers and spectrum management tools, and holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Christopher Abel
Director of SerDes Analog Design, Data Controller Division of Broadcom
Director of Engineering at Broadcom.
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About : Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Cathy Liu
Director of Broadcom
Cathy Ye Liu, the R&D director, currently heads up Broadcom SerDes architecture and modeling group. Previously she worked as R&D director and distinguished engineer in Avago/LSI which acquired Broadcom in 2016. Since 2002, she has been working on high speed transceiver solutions. Previously she has developed read channel and mobile digital TV receiver solutions. Her technical interests are signal processing, FEC, and modeling in high-speed optical and electrical transceiver solutions. She has published many journal and conference papers and holds 20+ US patents. Cathy has demonstrated her leadership roles in industry standard bodies and forums. Currently she serves as a member of the board director of Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and the co-chair of the DesignCon technical track of high speed signal processing, equalization and coding. She received her B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 1995 and received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Hawaii in 1997 and 1999, respectively.
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About Broadcom, Broadcom, Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Bret Jordan
Technical Director & Master Engineer, Office of the CTO of Broadcom
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About Broadcom, Cyber Resilience Institute, OASIS, OASIS: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Haitao Xia
Director of Data Storage System Architecture of Broadcom
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About Broadcom, Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Art Pregler
Director, National Mobility Systems of AT&T
Art Pregler is AT&T’s UAS Program Director responsible for nationwide oversight and internal implementation of drones. He is also Director of National Mobility Systems, responsible for development of enterprise data systems. Prior to AT&T, Art served DOD, NASA, DARPA, and other technology-focused agencies as a Command & Control Officer, Air Traffic Controller, Air Weapons Controller, and Mission Control Specialist. Art is a member of the joint FAA/drone industry Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST); and RTCA Special Committee 228 (Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems); and the NATE UAS Committee; the FAA’s 2016 mUAS Aviation Rule-Making Committee (ARC) for flight over people; and the Washington Governor’s Unmanned Systems Industry Council.
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About AT&T, AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Brian Greaves
Director – Product Development of AT&T
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Vikram Taneja
Senior Director, M&A / Equity Investments of AT&T
Vikram is a Senior Director of Corporate Development at AT&T, where he focuses on mergers & acquisitions and equity investments across media, adtech, IOT and sports. Previously, Vikram worked at ORIX Ventures and focused on equity and debt investments across digital media, big data and consumer internet companies. He also has prior experience as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in its Consumer/Retail coverage group and in business strategy at the New York-based digital media startup, CreativeHub. Vikram received his bachelor of business administration in information systems from Texas A&M University and hisMBA in finance and entrepreneurship from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Ganeshkumar Natarajan
Director Member of Technical Staff of AT&T
Ganeshkumar Natarajan (ganeshkumar.natarajan@att.com) works at AT&T Inc. USA, as Director – Software Design and Development. He is one of the lead Cloud solution architect currently working on ATT Integrated Cloud (AIC). AIC is AT&T’s largest enterprise cloud built on Openstack that serves all AT&T traffic for mobility, IT workloads and Network Functions. His broad experience includes solution architecture, design, and development of the product all the way to production deployment. Before AIC work, he was lead developer for ATT CDN Cache and Streaming platforms and has also successfully developed and deployed many Enterprise Android Mobile Cloud based application products for AT&T.
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About AT&T, AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Samuel DiPiazza
Member of the Board of Directors of AT&T
Samuel served as Global Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited from 2002 until his retirement in 2009. Di Piazza began his 36-year career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (then Coopers & Lybrand) in 1973 and was named Partner in 1979. From 1979 to 2002, Di Piazza held various regional leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor firm). After his retirement from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Di Piazza joined Citigroup where he served as Vice Chairman of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank from 2011 until 2014. Since 2010, Di Piazza has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Mayo Clinic. He received his B.S. in accounting from the University of Alabama and earned his M.S. in tax accounting from the University of Houston. Di Piazza was elected a Director of AT&T in July 2015. He served as a Director of DIRECTV from 2010 until the company was acquired by AT&T Inc. in July 2015. He is a member of the Audit Committee. Di Piazza is a Director of ProAssurance Corporation and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. He previously served as a Director of DIRECTV (2010-2015) and Apollo Group, Inc. (2009-2011).
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About : AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Jason Inskeep
Director | 5G Center of Excellence of AT&T
Jason Inskeep is on AT&T’s Emerging Network Strategy team based out of AT&T’s Plano Foundry. In this role he works across enterprise product and technology partners as well as external customers to plot AT&T’s network evolution impacts on enterprise solutions. In 2016 his role was focused on creating synergy between AT&T solutions and for his efforts was recognized with a Visionary Award for his Innovation through Integration initiative. This balance between technical and business acumen made him a natural fit within the Emerging Network Strategy Team. Jason has served in multiple roles at AT&T including sales management, mobile application consulting, IoT business development, product marketing and innovation. In each of these roles Jason has been a proven leader by being selected to and participating in Executive Regional and National Advisory Committees ideating and executing on ways to improve the organization in key functional areas. As a result of his diligence and work, Jason was recognized as an AT&T Diamond Club member in 2013. Further he was one 5 leaders across AT&T selected for the inaugural Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) – a rotational experience designed to develop high potential employees who have leadership aspiration and technical competence to advance emerging technologies.Jason obtained his BBA in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University where he was also 2-time All-Conference and Co-Captain of the football team.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Sinan Akkaya
Director of RAN Engineering of AT&T
Sinan Akkaya is a technology leader specialized in Telecommunications and Wireless Industry. He has +15 years of engineering and management experience at various levels in the global telecom space with significant practice on operations and strategic issues. He is an expert in wireless network operations, capital investment and operational budget planning as well as organizational transformation. He is currently living in the Bay Area. He has a MSc. degree in Electrical Engineering. Sinan is presently the Director of RAN Engineering in AT&T.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Rodney Brandenburgh
Director User Experience – Concept Development and Innovation (CDI) of AT&T
Lead user experience strategist for Concept Development and Implementation (CDI) at ATT. Rod runs the user experience arm of an agency model, multi-disciplinary innovation practice within AT&T. His team is responsible for developing game-changing innovations across the enterprise. Focus includes redesign and enhancement of existing platforms as well as new application development and innovation. Rod uses a holistic and organic perspective to determine how new and emerging technologies can best serve end users. He has been involved with nearly every customer touch point including: Web, Mobile, IVR, tablet interfaces, as well as the design of physical space.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Lisl Brunner
Director of Global Public Policy of AT&T
Lisl Brunner is a Director of Global Public Policy at AT&T Services, Inc., where she supports the development and coordination of AT&T’s policy positions on privacy, online safety, and Internet issues. Lisl previously served as Policy Director and facilitator for the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue at the Global Network Initiative, an international multistakeholder initiative that seeks to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector. She also held several positions at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, where she worked on cases dealing with counterterrorism and the protection of journalists, as well as projects to define Inter-American standards on freedom of expression and the Internet. Lisl has taught a Human Rights Practicum at Georgetown University Law Center and has published several articles on human rights issues. She recently contributed a chapter on the right to privacy to the forthcoming publication, New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice, from Cambridge University Press. Lisl holds a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
David Orloff
Director, RAN Product Introduction of AT&T
David Orloff is currently the Director of AT&T’s RAN Product Introduction group with responsibility for delivery of RAN Infrastructure products and functionality including Macrocells, Consumer Femtocells, Outdoor and Indoor Metrocells, and Mutli-Standard Metrocells. He supports the strategic direction for new technology and novel network implementations managing the vendor relationships for product introduction into the AT&T network. David is Chair of the Small Cell Forum having represented AT&T on the Small Cell Forum Board since September, 2013. David has over 20 years if experience in the communications industry with leadership roles including Indoor RF Systems, Macrosystem RAN delivery, Small Cells delivery, and RAN optimization. David has a BS, Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and joined AT&T in 1996.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Lisa Riachi
Director, Strategy & Innovation of AT&T
Lisa Riachi is a Director of Strategy & Innovation at AT&T, Lisa Riachi is responsible for bringing advanced mobile and emerging technology solutions including cloud, big data, IoT and Security to AT&T’s top tier accounts in the Midwest. She is also responsible for bringing AT&T’s world of Innovation to her clients such as AT&T Foundry and AT&T Labs to help clients solve business transformation challenges. Lisa brings more than 19 years of technical sales and solutions experience developing innovative and custom solutions for Fortune 500 Enterprise clients across multiple industries including retail, financial and manufacturing.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Geoffrey Yang
Board Of Directors of AT&T
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About : AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Ruben Quinonez
Associate Director, Advanced Analytics of AT&T
Ruben Quinonez is the Associate Director, Advanced Analytics at AT&T
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About AT&T, Claremont Graduate University: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Ed Hope
Director – New Technology Product Development Engineering of AT&T
Ed Hope is a Lead Security Technology Engineer with AT&T’s Chief Security Office, chartered with protecting one of the largest networks and enterprises in the world. In his role, Ed provides thought leadership in cloud and virtual technology security supporting AT&T’s strategic migration to a virtualized network infrastructure. He is currently focused on security considerations of OpenStack and public cloud.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Steve Hull
Sr. Director, Product & Technology of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Erin Raney
Sr Director Network Technology Services and Innovation of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Donald Brewer
Director Acquisition Marketing of T-Mobile
Donald Brewer is Founder & President at Prelaunch Labs.
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About Prelaunch Labs, T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Mesut Guven
Senior Director, Leading IoT Technology of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Mercedes Johnson
Member of the Board of Directors of Intersil
Mercedes Johnson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avago Technologies Limited, a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, from December 2005 to August 2008. She also served as the Senior Vice President, Finance, of Lam Research Corporation (“Lam”) from June 2004 to January 2005 and as Lam’s Chief Financial Officer from May 1997 to May 2004. Ms. Johnson holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Buenos Aires and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Intersil Corporation, Juniper Networks, Inc., and Teradyne, Inc. Ms. Johnson is the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and has served on our Board of Directors since 2005.
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About : Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Sun Yafang
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Huawei Technologies
Sun Yafang joined Huawei in 1989, and had served as an engineer of the Marketing & Sales Dept, Director of the Training Center, President of the Procurement Dept, General Manager of Wuhan Office, President of the Marketing & Sales Dept, Chair of the Human Resources Committee, Chair of the Business Transformation Executive Steering Committee (BT-ESC), Chair of the Strategy and Customer Standing Committee, and President of Huawei University. Since 1999, Sun has been the Chairwoman of the Board. Prior to joining Huawei, Sun Yafang worked as a technician at the state-owned Xinxiang Liaoyuan Radio Factory in 1982, a teacher at China Research Institute of Radio Wave Propagation in 1983, and an engineer at Beijing Research Institute of Information Technology in 1985. Sun Yafang was born in 1955, and graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree from Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology.
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About : Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Rhonda Truitt
Director, North America Customer Documentation of Huawei Technologies
Rhonda Truitt is Director of North America Customer Documentation at Huawei.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Steven Liang
Director, Business Development of Network Solutions of Huawei Technologies
Steven Liang, Director of Network Strategy and Business Development at Huawei Technologies Co., LTD. He has more than 16 years experiences in telecom industry including 3 years experiences in business development, open sources ecosystem and industrial alliance and collaboration etc. especially in network perspective. Before his current position Steven had been a senior product manager that was primarily responsible for product planning ,marketing, TTM etc. at Huawei USA and HQ.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Raymond Dittamore
Member of the Board of Directors of Qualcomm
Raymond V. Dittamore is a Member of the Board of Directors at QUALCOMM Incorporated since December 2002. Ray retired in June 2001 as a Partner of Ernst & Young LLP, an international public accounting firm, after 35 years of service. Ray previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Life Technologies Corporation from July 2001 to February 2014, Gen-Probe Incorporated from August 2002 to September 2009 and Digirad Corporation from March 2004 to March 2008. Ray holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from San Diego State University.
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About : Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Brian Vogelsang
Sr. Director, Product Management – XR Strategy & Partnerships of Qualcomm
Brian Vogelsang is Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm’s XR business group, where he is responsible for strategy and partnerships globally. Brian is a 20-year veteran of the wireless industry who believes that XR is the next evolution in mobile computing and is passionate about making it happen. Prior to his current role in XR he spent 5 years developing hardware and software connectivity products for industrial and consumer IoT. At Qualcomm Brian has held senior management and product strategy roles in engineering, Information Technology, product management and business development. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business and management from the University of Redlands and has been granted several patents at the intersection of mobile and IoT. In his spare time, he enjoys photography and serving on multiple non-profit boards.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Hiren Bhinde
Director Product Management (VR / AR) of Qualcomm
Hiren Bhinde is a staff product manager for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. where he leads the expansion of Qualcomm’s virtual reality and augmented reality programs, driving multifunctional teams across three continents. In his more than 13 years at Qualcomm, Hiren was a critical member of the Qualcomm Android team collaborating with Google launching the first Android and Nexus devices, helped commercialize hundreds of unique Android devices in China, India and Southeast Asia, and developed on-device video playback and streaming tools. Hiren is driven by the fact that the technology he helps to create will be in the hands of hundreds of millions of people across the world, shaping their lives in how they work, play and communicate. Hiren holds a Master of Science in computer science from State University of New York and a Master of Business Administration from U.C. Berkley
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Thomas Horton
Member of the Board of Directors of Qualcomm
Tom served as chairman of American Airlines Group, Inc. from 2013 to 2014. He was chairman, president, and chief executive officer of American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corporation from 2011 to 2013, after being named president of American in 2010. During that time, he led American through a successful restructuring and turnaround which culminated in the merger with US Airways, creating the world’s largest airline. Previously, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AMR and American from 2006 to 2010, and vice chairman and chief financial officer of AT&T Corporation from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining AT&T, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of AMR from 2000 to 2002 and served in numerous management positions with AMR since 1985. He joined American Airlines from international accounting partnership firm Peat Marwick & Company, which is now known as KPMG. Tom earned a master of business administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Baylor University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He serves on the board of directors of Qualcomm, Inc. and the executive board of the Cox School of Business at SMU.
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About : Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Tim McCarthy
Senior Director of Qualcomm
He is the Senior Director at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Nitin Dhiman
Director, 5G Product Marketing of Qualcomm
Nitin Dhiman is Senior Manager of Product Marketing in Qualcomm Technologies, with a focus on RF front-end technologies and how these come together to impact the broader mobile ecosystem. He has over 15 years of prior experience in pre-sales consulting, chip design and verification. Prior to Qualcomm, Nitin managed operations and design methodology at Black Sand Technologies (now Qualcomm), and key accounts at Cadence Design Systems. He earned his MBA at UCLA Anderson School of Management and his Master of Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Patrick Ribardiere
Senior Director of Product Management of Qualcomm
Patrick Ribardiere is a senior director of product management for the Connectivity Business Unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In this role, he oversees product management and leads the Wi-Fi and network processor adoption for the company’s Enterprise Carrier Solutions for the EMEA region. Ribardiere has played a key role in the 11ac wave 2 adoption among service providers within Europe, and is a key influencer on all carrier connectivity and network processors aspects of the strategy within Qualcomm. Under Ribardiere’s leadership, Qualcomm Technologies significantly expanded its European market share and secured key designs from both tier one OEMs and European service providers. Ribardiere joined Qualcomm Technologies through the Atheros acquisition in 2011. At Atheros, Ribardiere led product management for the carrier business, and oversaw the worldwide outbound carrier marketing activities. Prior to Atheros and over the previous 12 years, he held several increasingly important product management and product marketing leadership roles, where he built his expertise in the wireless and mobile phone industry and defined system solutions for 2G and 3G cellular phones for companies like Philips, Skyworks, Silicon labs, NXP and ST microelectronics. Ribardiere started his career in power electronics, he holds a patent introducing a novel power distribution architecture in large aircrafts and has contributed to several research papers on AC to DC and DC to DC power conversion in systems of several kilowatts. Ribardiere earned a master’s degree in science from The Grenoble Institute of Technology in Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Miguel Nunes
Senior Director of Product Management of Qualcomm
Miguel Nunes is senior director of product management for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. where he leads Qualcomm Technologies’ Windows strategy and products, driving multifunctional teams around the world. Miguel has 20 years of experience working in the semiconductor industry including Intel and Qualcomm. In his 8 years at Qualcomm, Miguel has been a critical member of the product management team collaborating with Microsoft on various technologies and products including mobile devices, mixed reality and now Windows on Snapdragon. Miguel’s experience from traditional PCs at Intel and mobile at Qualcomm is helping drive the transformation of the PC into a true mobile computing device with all the benefits of the mobile phone.
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About Qualcomm, Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
James Misener
Senior Director, Product Management of Global V2X Ecosystem Lead of Qualcomm
Jim Misener is Senior Director, Product Management and the Global C-V2X Ecosystem Lead for Qualcomm. He develops and executes Qualcomm’s C-V2X deployment strategy across all global regions and works with roadside and automotive stakeholders and enabling software/hardware stack suppliers and internal teams to accomplish broad C-V2X deployment. Previously at Qualcomm, Jim led the automotive standards team and C-V2X was a major emphasis as well. In addition to his roles at Qualcomm, Jim serves as a 5GAA board member, ITS California board member, the SAE C-V2X Technical Committee Chair and is active in TRB, which involves serving as an ITS Committee member, Vehicle-Highway Automation committee member and Automated Vehicle Symposium Enabling Technologies session organizer. Jim also serves as an Advisory Council member to the Carnegie Melon University/University of Pennsylvania/Ohio State National University Transportation Center, Mobility 21. Jim was an early pioneer in vehicle-highway automation and vehicle safety communication at the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) at UC Berkeley, starting in the mid-90s. He has served as the PATH Executive Director, Executive Advisor to Booz Allen Hamilton, and an independent consultant with clients ranging from Silicon Valley startups, the automotive industry and Federal and State government agencies. Jim holds BS and MS degrees from UCLA and USC.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Neil Jablon
Senior Director, Product Management of Qualcomm
Neil Jablon is senior director, product management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), in San Diego, California, within the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies division. He leads product management for the Snapdragon™ chipset third-party hardware component ecosystem, Snapdragon™-based product development platforms, and is a core member of the product management team building the QTI third-party software (ISV) ecosystem. Since 2011, Neil and his extended hardware team verified over a thousand third-party hardware components for inclusion in a preferred vendor list targeted to Android smartphone and other OEMs. Neil has held leadership roles in telecommunications with top global companies since 1986, including AT&T Bell Labs, AirTouch Communications, Vodafone Group, J-Phone Group (Tokyo), IBM Global Services (Beijing), and from 2006, QTI. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University, an MBA in general management from the UCLA Anderson School, and is an IEEE Senior Member. Neil is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin dialect) and achieved intermediate-to-advanced proficiency in Japanese.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Patrick Costello
Director of Business Development of Qualcomm
Patrick Costello, Senior Director of Business Development at Qualcomm Technologies Inc., is responsible for building partnerships with strategic multimedia partners in the sports and entertainment verticals. In support of Qualcomm’s XR business, Patrick leads engagements with film studios, sports leagues, and ISV’s to drive both content partnerships and traction for Qualcomm’s broader technology portfolio. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Patrick led business development for Kyocera Wireless in emerging markets like India, Indonesia, Thailand, and other markets in MEA and SEA. Following completion of his International Relations degree from the University of San Diego in 1995, Patrick obtained his MBA from San Diego State University.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Kapil Kamra
Director of Product Management – Sensors of Qualcomm
Kapil Kamra is the Director of Product Management for Qualcomm’s sensor subsystem. He is responsible for specifying the HW on Qualcomm SOC’s required for background sensor processing, the sensor subsystem’s software framework and the high level sensor algorithms for the mobile, IOT and other markets. He also manages the partnerships with sensor hardware and software partners and Qualcomm’s customers for the Qualcomm sensor solution. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Kapil worked at InvenSense Inc., Telegent Systems Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. Kapil has a BSc.Eng from the University of New Brunswick and M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto.
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Felix Baum
Director Product Management of Qualcomm
Felix has spent over 20 years in the embedded industry, both as an embedded developer and as a manager. He currently works at Qualcomm responsible for the Hexagon Software Platform. In his previous position at Mentor Graphics, he was overseeing the virtualization and Multi-OS and Multi-Core technologies. Felix worked for 13 years at Wind River (Intel Subsidiary), where during the last few years he led product marketing and product management efforts for VxWorks and Zephyr (formerly known as Rocket) RTOS-es on various silicon architectures. Felix started his career at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, designing flight software for various spacecraft and managing a launch campaign for the GRACE mission. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Larry Wikelius
Director – Ecosystem Enablement of Qualcomm
Larry Wikelius is Co-Founder of Calxeda and serves as VP of Software Engineering. He brings over 20 years of operational and leadership experience in the high-technology industry. As a technology executive, he has been responsible for product strategy, design, development, delivery and support in product areas, such as enterprise systems management, scalable computing systems, storage systems, system security, network administration, data mining and business intelligence. Larry has also played key roles in a number of startup companies leading to successful liquidity events. Prior to joining Calxeda, he was at Newisys, where he was Vice President for Server and Storage Strategic Alliances. During his tenure there, Newisys grew from no revenue to an annual run rate of over $450 million in just two years. Larry also played a key role in the acquisition of Newisys by Sanmina-SCI (SANM) in 2003. Prior to Newisys, he served in executive level roles at Voyence, Net Perceptions and Hewlett Packard. Larry began his high-tech career as a software engineer at Data General Corporation (now EMC) in Westborough, MA. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston and has a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. He has also completed executive business courses at the University of Michigan Business School.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
George Paparrizos
Director of Product Management of Qualcomm
George Paparrizos, Senior Director, Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. runs product management for the stand-alone power management products and Qualcomm Quick Charge technology. Mr. Paparrizos has co-authored several patents and numerous articles for industry publications. He holds an MSEE degree from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany (RWTH) and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Mazen Chmaytelli
Senior Director, Business Development of Qualcomm
Mazen Chmaytelli serves as LTE in unlicensed spectrum business development lead for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In this role, Mazen oversees the global strategy, continued evolution and adoption of LTE-based technology for unlicensed and shared spectrum.Mazen is also appointed as the MulteFire Alliance President. In this role, Mazen is the general manager and chief executive officer of this industry organization. Responsible for the overall functions and management of the global ecosystem and operations to support development of MulteFire technical specifications, certification programs, and coordination with related industry groups and regulators.Mazen has over 22 years’ experience across all major wireless telecommunications technologies and a broad range of expertise in areas including business development, business negotiations, product management, new product development and technical marketing.Mazen is a registered professional engineer in the State of California, a Senior IEEE member, a registered attorney with the California Bar, and a registered patent attorney with the USPTO. As an inventor, he holds 40 USPTO granted patents covering a range of telecommunications and software inventions.Mazen has a B.S. and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.Mazen Chmaytelli serves as LTE in unlicensed spectrum business development lead for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In this role, Mazen oversees the global strategy, continued evolution and adoption of LTE-based technology for unlicensed and shared spectrum.Mazen is also appointed as the MulteFire Alliance President. In this role, Mazen is the general manager and chief executive officer of this industry organization. Responsible for the overall functions and management of the global ecosystem and operations to support development of MulteFire technical specifications, certification programs, and coordination with related industry groups and regulators.Mazen has over 22 years’ experience across all major wireless telecommunications technologies and a broad range of expertise in areas including business development, business negotiations, product management, new product development and technical marketing.Mazen is a registered professional engineer in the State of California, a Senior IEEE member, a registered attorney with the California Bar, and a registered patent attorney with the USPTO. As an inventor, he holds 40 USPTO granted patents covering a range of telecommunications and software inventions.Mazen has a B.S. and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.
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About MulteFire Alliance, Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Hung Vuong
Director of Standard Lead of Qualcomm
Hung Vuong is the Director, Standard Lead at Qualcomm.
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Sunil James
Senior Director, Security Engineering of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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John Gromala
Senior Director of Portfolio Strategy, Hybrid IT Office of the CTO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John Gromala is the senior director of portfolio strategy of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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Abhishek Shukla
Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Abhishek Shukla leads the team currently focused on finding investment and acquisition opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT), Connected Enterprises, Big Data Analytics, Cloud and other technologies associated with GE Current portfolio. Prior to joining GE Ventures, Abhishek was a member of Cisco’s Corporate Development & Ventures Investments team leading Security and Services portfolio and was involved in multiple acquisitions & investments. In his earlier career, Abhishek has held leadership positions in M&A, Strategy and Sales in Agilent, Sony and SAP while living and working in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and the US. Abhishek holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and a MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
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Subash Penmetsa
Director Global Sales HPE GreenLake of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Scott Harsany
Senior Director Software/Firmware/R&D HP ProLiant of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Amine Ouarraoui
Director, SimpliVity HyperConverged (HCI) Product Management of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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CJ Coppersmith
Director, Office of Strategy and Technology of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
CJ Coppersmith is presently driving secure development lifecycle and maturity assessment methodology, as well as security architectural standards and compliance, and vulnerability analysis and response across Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Previously Coppersmith drove HPE development environment, SOA and Linux strategy for the corporation. Coppersmith brings over 28 years in the IT industry, covering security, various aspects of development operations, and technology incubation. Coppersmith was CTO for Compaq’s Alpha Division, leading the J2EE and middleware strategy for the division. While working for Digital Equipment Corporation, he worked as the Technical Point of Contact between Digital and the National Computer Security Center, and was certified as a Vendor Security Analyst (VSA) by the Center. He led several NCSC Operating System Security Evaluations as well as leading several overall operating system releases. Coppersmith holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Allegheny College and the University of Pittsburgh, respectively, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University.
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John Carter
Director of Product Management of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John has been with HPE for four years in the product management group with further background in technical sales. He currently lives in Houston and manages the Product Management team responsible for HPE Synergy and BladeSystem product groups.
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Alan Ni
Director, Smart Spaces & IoT at Aruba of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Alan Ni is the Director of Smart Spaces & IoT for Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, with over 15 years of technology and financial expertise with mobile computing. Alan’s team is responsible for developing Aruba’s Smart Spaces and digital workplace strategy. He joined Aruba in 2014 from Goldman Sachs where he was Vice President of Technology Infrastructure for the firm’s mobile app development initiatives and worldwide mobility infrastructure.
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Mary Davis
Senior Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Garry Orsolini
Director of Technology – HP Education Services of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Yaniv Kopelman
Networking CTO, Sr. Director of Marvell
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Todd Daniels
Managing Director and General Partner of Leawood Venture Capital
Todd Daniels is the Managing Director and General Partner at Leawood Venture Capital. He is an experienced CFO for both publicly traded and private companies with over 25 years’ experience managing financial and administrative operations at multiple technology businesses. Most recently, CFO of Pivot International, an electronic design and manufacturing organization operating ten facilities in six countries on three continents. Previously CFO of Elecsys Corporation (NASDAQ: ESYS), Manager of Corporate Reporting at Epiq Systems (NASDAQ: EPIQ), and various financial management roles at Honeywell Aerospace, KPMG, and Deloitte. A native of Kansas City and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About Leawood Venture Capital: Investing in Disruptive Early-Stage Technology Companies Nationwide
Shawn Adelsberg
Director of Sales – Central/East of Plume Design
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About Plume Design: Plume is a SaaS platform that provides the delivery of technological services for connected homes.
Thomas Vogel
Investment Director of DTCP
Thomas Vogel is an Investment Director at DTCP in the Venture Capital team. He is based in Silicon Valley and serves as a board member / observer at the following portfolio companies: Mojio, Streetlight Data, Tarana Wireless, and Uhana. Thomas is responsible for investments in early-stage and growth companies in the Segments AI, data analytics, e-commerce, IoT, marketing tech and telecommunications technology. Thomas has been active in managing, advising and investing in technology and media companies for 20 years, including positions with Credit Suisse First Boston’s M&A Group, publicly listed Internet Investment Holding IMH, T-Online and Scout24. He co-founded and led the online market place local24.de and worked as CFO for a German online video platform start-up before joining DT’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit in 2010. Thomas holds degrees in European Business Administration from ESB Reutlingen and Middlesex University Business School London.
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About DTCP: DTCP is an investment management firm focused on growth equity and digital infrastructure.
Grace Lieblein
Director Board Of Directors of American Tower
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About American Tower: American Tower offers its users with a variety of wireless infrastructure solutions around the world.
Chad Crank
Managing Director, Private Equity of Grain Management
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About Grain Management: Grain Management is a private equity firm focused on investments in the communications sector.
Roger Pavane
Managing Director COO, Head Of Sales & Marketing of Fractionality.com
A strategic, highly driven executive with over 18 years of proven experience in facilitating and developing sales and marketing in SaaS platform technology and growing revenue by understanding client needs and identifying matching solutions. Experienced leader working with hypergrowth, dynamic digital media companies. Expertise in delivering leadership in multiple facets such as relationship management, P&L, technical, industry relationships, and negotiating contracts. A builder and leader of sales managers, account managers and partners who communicates priorities and relevant reports and KPIs to the executive team. Long-standing passion for executing sales and marketing, nurturing customer relationships, and managing P&L. Leads hundreds of simultaneous high-stakes projects by creating clear strategies for their successful conclusion. Capable of combing detailed and complex data finding strengths and weaknesses that favor or hurt, respectively, clients, ensuring all queries get answered, and ultimately providing the best possible opportunities for success. Thrives by making difficult but necessary decisions that promote the sale of technological solutions, consultative engagements, and top-quality technology software products, for increased revenue and overall profitability. Expertise in overseeing technology improvement initiatives and aligning information services with business goals in B2B, B2C, mobile, AI, SaaS PaaS software cloud-based technologies. A leader who can build, assess and develop top tier sales and marketing teams, has vision for the future, but can also execute a roadmap with clear measurable results. Accomplishments across the Tenure ~ Efficiently trained teams and nurtured organizations in software application monetization, Video & Media, Fintech, Subscription Services, Pay-Walls, Gaming, Blockchain, Affiliate, Search, Mobile, Display marketing, AdTech, Marketing-tech, mobile apps, Internet, social media, commerce, LBS location-based services, The Internet of Things (IoT), e-commerce, mobile marketing, consumer/enterprise platforms-services SaaS and other emerging enterprise trends and technologies. ~ Expertly converted business deals by utilizing strong negotiating skills that enhanced +$100MM in revenue, strategic partnerships, including development and execution of go-to-market strategies that revitalize new ventures. ~ Successfully coordinated with IT colleagues to define client needs and maintain business ownership of the “revenue technology stack” including marketing automation, salesforce automation/ CRM, digital channels (e.g. the web and social), business intelligence, and data management. ~ Proficiently increased revenue by 60% from $2M to $3.2M in 90 days for early stage OTT SaaS Company focused in social, mobile, local, and the Cloud that disrupts direct to consumer mobile video communication and messaging. ~ Planned, designed and executed sales and marketing speeding up strategies, adds positive revenue results from all targeted revenue streams combined from $70M to $192M in 24 months. SKILL AREAS: SaaS Subscription Management Paywall E-commerce Micro-Payments Digital Advertising & Marketing OTT Video & OTT Messaging CRM Online Conversion Identity Management Online Marketing Emerging Technology Video Platforms Social Media Telecom Online Advertising Mobile Advertising Publishers Ad Networks Video Platforms Brand Engagement Product Management Sales Channel Development Revenue Growth Strategic Planning Team Leadership/Training Relationship Building Revenue Forecasting Account Management Contract Negotiation Deal Structure, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Start-Ups
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Stephen Patrick
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Stephen Patrick IS A Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics since July 2003. Steve retired as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from the Colgate-Palmolive Company in March 2011. Steve joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1982 as Manager, Financial Reporting after having been a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1984, Steve was promoted to Controller for Colgate’s International Business Development Group. Two years later, he became Vice President, Finance for Colgate’s operations in Canada. In 1988, Steve returned to New York as Vice President of Finance for Colgate’s Latin American operations. In 1990, Steve assumed the position of General Manager of Euro Export and North Africa, with responsibility for directing the significant and rapid business growth opportunities in these regions. Three months later, Steve was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller. In 1996, Steve was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree from the City University of New York and a Master’s degree from the University of Rhode Island. Steve is a CPA in the state of Connecticut and a Member of the Financial Executives Institute, the Financial Women’s Association, and is a Director of Arrow Electronics, Inc. Steve served for six years as Vice President of the Financial Accounting Foundation which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Barry Perry
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Barry Perry is a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics. Previously, Barry was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Engelhard Corporation, a surface and materials science company, for more than five years prior to his retirement in June 2006. Barry is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Albemarle Corp. and Ashland Inc. Barry previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Cookson Group plc.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Gail Hamilton
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Gail Hamilton is a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics. Previously, Gail was Executive Vice President of Symantec, an infrastructure software, services and security provider, for five years prior to January 2005. Previously, Gail served as the General Manager of the Communications Division of Compaq Computers and as the General Manager of the Telecom Platform Division for Hewlett-Packard Company. Gail is also a Member of the Board of Directors at OpenText Corp., Ixia, and Westmoreland.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Mark Levine
Managing Director of Core Capital Partners
Mark Levine joined Core Capital in 2000 when GCI Venture Partners was merged into the Firm. GCI was an early stage technology venture capital fund that he founded and that was involved with such early stage companies as webMethods. Mr. Levine also managed two venture capital portfolios, Beta Ventures and Minotaur. Previously, Mr. Levine was a senior executive with GEO-CENTERS, a technology services firm that had over $200 million in revenue and 1,200 employees when it was acquired by SAIC in 2002. At GEOCENTERS, he was responsible for corporate development; government and industry relations; management of the firm’s intellectual property portfolio, licenses and joint ventures; investment banking relationships; and senior executive recruitment. Prior to that, Mr. Levine was a Subcommittee Staff Director of the Small Business Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and was involved in several successful legislative and regulatory initiatives including the Small Business Innovation Development Act and the Small Business and University Patent Act. Mr. Levine serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), the Board of Advisors of the George Washington University Business School and the Dingman Center, Arena Stage and the Advisory Board of Marshfield Associates. He received an M.B.A. from the George Washington University Business School. Board Seats: buySAFE, FreedomPay, MedVentive, Roundbox (Observer), Univa, UpdateLogic, and Valen Technologies; previous board roles include InPhonic (NASDAQ: INPC) and VocalData (acquired by TKLC). Selected Board Seats and Advisee Companies Prior to Core: webMethods, Jetform, Nutmeg Mills
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About Core Capital Partners: Core Capital is a venture capital firm managing $350 million in private equity across two funds.
Will Dunbar
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Core Capital Partners
Will Dunbar is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Core Capital Partners & he attended Harvard Business School in 1984.
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About Core Capital Partners: Core Capital is a venture capital firm managing $350 million in private equity across two funds.
Tom Wheeler
Managing Director of Core Capital Partners
Tom Wheeler became the 31st Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 4, 2013. Chairman Wheeler was appointed by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. For over three decades, Chairman Wheeler has been involved with new telecommunications networks and services, experiencing the revolution in telecommunications as a policy expert, an advocate, and a businessman. As an entrepreneur, he started or helped start multiple companies offering innovative cable, wireless, and video communications services. He is the only person to be selected to both the Cable Television Hall of Fame and The Wireless Hall of Fame, a fact President Obama joked made him “The Bo Jackson of Telecom.” Prior to joining the FCC, Chairman Wheeler was Managing Director at Core Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early stage Internet Protocol (IP)-based companies. He served as President and CEO of Shiloh Group, LLC, a strategy development and private investment company specializing in telecommunications services and co-founded SmartBrief, the internet’s largest electronic information service for vertical markets. From 1976 to 1984, Chairman Wheeler was associated with the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), where he was President and CEO from 1979 to 1984. Following NCTA, Chairman Wheeler was CEO of several high tech companies, including the first company to offer high speed delivery of data to home computers and the first digital video satellite service. From 1992 to 2004, Chairman Wheeler served as President and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).
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About Core Capital Partners: Core Capital is a venture capital firm managing $350 million in private equity across two funds.
Gary Wetsel
Member of the Board of Directors of SEVEN Networks
Wetsel recently announced his retirement as Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer of Aspect Communications, a provider of enterprise customer contact solutions. Prior to joining Aspect, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Zhone Technologies and as Chief Executive Officer of WarpSpeed Communications.
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About : SEVEN Networks Open Channel® software solutions deliver device-centric mobile traffic management and analytics for wireless carriers.
Phil Garber
Director, RF Foundry of Wolfspeed
Phil Garber is a Founder at LineHire.
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About Wolfspeed: Wolfspeed provider of the most field-tested SiC and GaN Power and RF solutions in the world.
Craig Miller
Senior Director, Product Strategy, Product Center Cellular of u-blox
Craig Miller is responsible for driving Sequans’ global product and corporate marketing strategies. He is a technology industry veteran with an excellent track record in product management, marketing, strategic planning and business development over the course of his twenty-plus year career. He has successfully championed numerous silicon, system and software products targeting the wireless, computing, consumer electronics, and networking market segments. Prior to joining Sequans, Craig was vice president of product management and marketing at NextWave Wireless, where he was responsible for strategic marketing, product planning, product management, applications engineering and marketing communications for a portfolio of WiMAX and LTE chipsets. Prior to NextWave, he held numerous positions in product marketing, strategy, business development and product engineering at Intel Corporation and was director of marketing for the Wireless Networking Group, where he championed the first of several generations of wireless LAN silicon and modules at the core of Intel’s Centrino ® mobile technology platform.
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About u-blox: u‑blox creates wireless communications and positioning semiconductors and modules for the industrial, automotive and consumer markets.
Lynn Davis
Member of the Board of Directors & Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Superconductor Technologies
Lynn Davis joined STI’s Board of Directors in July 2005. Lynn most recently served as president, chief operating officer and board member of August Technology, a manufacturer of inspection equipment for the semiconductor fabrication industry. From 2002 to 2004, he was a partner at Tate Capital Partners Fund, LLC, a private investment firm he co-founded. Prior to Tate, for 28 years Lynn led the ADC Telecommunications Broadband Connectivity Group in 14 management positions including corporate president, group president and chief operating officer. Lynn also managed manufacturing, distribution operations, and government operations, as well as served as directors of domestic sales, international sales, and component marketing. Lynn is also a director of Flexsteel Industries, Inc. and Parlex Corporation, as well as chairman of the board of Infrared Solutions, Inc. Lynn holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University and a M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
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About : STI has pioneered the development of superconducting materials and manufacturing processes, developing numerous patents.
Martin Kaplan
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Superconductor Technologies
Martin Kaplan was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2010. Martin joined STI’s Board of Directors in December 2002, having served as a Director of Conductus, Inc. since 1996. From 1986 to 1997, Martin was Executive Vice President of Pacific Bell and President of Network Services. Earlier in his career he was the Finance Director for Pacific Bell. Within the past five years, Martin also serves on the board of directors of Superconductor Technologies. Kaplan is a Director and non-executive Chairman of JDS Uniphase and a Director of Tekelec, Actelis Networks, Bevocal, and Entrisphere. Martin earned a B.S. in engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
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About : STI has pioneered the development of superconducting materials and manufacturing processes, developing numerous patents.
Clifton Weeks
Director of Sales & Channel Operations of NetMotion Software
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About NetMotion Software, NetMotion Software: NetMotion Software is a tech company that provides security solutions, device management, and monitoring of remote devices.
Clarence A Foster
Director of IT & Customer Support of NetMotion Software
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Blake Chandler
Senior Vice President – Sales / Global Market Director of WireCo WorldGroup
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Brent Nieder
Director of Product Management of GoCanvas
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About GoCanvas: GoCanvas helps organizations automate their business processes, eliminate paperwork and collect and share information via mobile devices.
Justin Jaschke
Director of ExteNet Systems
Justin L. Jaschke founded Verio Inc. in 1996 and served as its CEO and a Director until 2004. Verio, a leading global Internet services and web hosting provider, was acquired by NTT Communications in September 2000 in a $6 billion cash transaction. Prior to forming Verio, Justin Jaschke served as COO for Nextel Communications following its merger with OneComm Corporation in 1995. Justin Jaschke served as OneComm’s President and a member of its Board of Directors from 1993 until the merger with Nextel. Previously, he served as President and CEO of Bay Area Cellular Telephone Company, Vice President of Corporate Development of PacTel Cellular, Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for PacTel Corporation and a management consultant with Marakon Associates.
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About 2nd Watch, ExteNet Systems: ExteNet Systems is a telecommunications infrastructure firm that designs, builds, operates, owns and maintains distributed antenna networks.
Sassan Ahmadi
Director of 5G Wireless Systems and Standards of Xilinx
Sassan Ahmadi is the Director of 5G Wireless Systems and Standards with Xilinx Inc., and a Lecturer at Stanford University with over 30 years of experience in signal processing and communication system design as well as cellular systems standards development. Previously, he held senior positions at Apple, Intel and Nokia. He has authored two recent books on wireless communications, “LTE-Advanced, A Practical Systems Approach to Understanding 3GPP LTE Releases 10 and 11 Radio Access Technologies”, Academic Press, 2013 and “Mobile WiMAX, A Systems Approach to Understanding IEEE 802.16m Radio Access Technology”, Academic Press, 2010 and over 80 patents/patent applications on various aspects of 4G and 5G radio access networks. He is the co-author of six other books as well as and the author of more than 20 refereed journal and conference papers. He has taught graduate courses at Stanford University since 2014 and University of California, San Diego between 2000 and 2003.
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About Stanford University, Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Millind Mittal
Senior Director FPGA Architecture of Xilinx
Mittal has 20+ years of technical and business leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. He led and participated in multiple instruction set architecture definition initiatives for Intel processors- e.g. Load/Store architecture, multi-processing support, interrupt architecture, branch architecture, multi-media processing and computer security. He founded start-ups in the areas of networking and storage. At Xilinx, as part of FPGA architecture group, he focuses on data center technologies. He formulated initial direction for a standardized Cache CoherentInterconnect between the hosts and accelerators (CCIX) and has worked as one of the lead architects of the Consortium since its inception. He is also the chief architect for implementation of CCIX capability in Xilinx FPGAs and solutions development showcasing benefits of CCIX for datacenter applications. He is the recipient of more than 100 patents.
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Aaron Behman
Director of Video Product Marketing, Data Center Group of Xilinx
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Romi Mayder
Senior Director of Applications and Technical Marketing of Xilinx
Romi Mayder is currently the Senior Director of Technical Marketing Department at Xilinx, Inc. Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr. Mayder worked as a consultant specializing in silicon die level signal and power integrity. He also consulted in the field of design and fabrication of advanced package technologies, including stacked silicon interconnect. Mr. Mayder has been employed by two companies in the Test and Measurement industry, Agilent Technologies and Anritsu (Wiltron) Company, where he specialized in microwave and millimeter wave microelectronic circuit design and fabrication. Additionally, Mr. Mayder has over 10 years of experience in semiconductor process technologies including photolithography, ion implantation, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, dielectric sputtering, and chemical mechanical polishing of silicon wafers. Mr. Mayder received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992. Mr. Mayder has published 25 patent applications in the fields of signal and power integrity as well as semiconductor process technologies.
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Thomas To
Technical Director of Xilinx
Thomas To is a Technical Director in System Memory Signal Integrity & Device Power Group at Xilinx, Inc. Prior to joining Xilinx, Thomas was with NVIDIA Advanced Technology Group focused on high speed (32GTs) circuits & system channel designs and supported different test chips for different advanced process nodes such as 20nm SOC & 16nm FINFET process. Before NVIDIA, Thomas worked for Intel for more than 16 years covered and led many different types of system memory IO development such as Sandy Bridge Server DDR IO and covered many different system memory technology ranging from DDR1 to DDR4. Thomas received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University in 1995 & he has over 37 patents in the fields of mixed signal IO circuits and system memory configurations as well as high speed clocking for high speed memory designs.
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Kangwei Lai
Director of Engineer & Sr. Staff of Xilinx
Kangwei Lai is currently Director of Engineer at Xilinx Inc.
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Parag Upadhyaya
Director of Engineering of Xilinx
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Hong Shi
Director, Package Design of Xilinx
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Dan Isaacs
Director of Embedded Processing Marketing of Xilinx
Dan is the Director of Strategic Marketing for Industrial IoT at Xilinx. In this role he is responsible for defining and executing the ecosystem strategy for the Industrial IoT and is the representative to the Industrial Internet Consortium. Dan has over 25 years of experience working in Military/Aeronautics, Automotive, and Consumer companies including Hughes, Ford, NEC and LSI Logic. During his career, Dan has held positions in software design as an FPGA design engineer, systems engineer and system verification, applications, other technical related management. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering from Cal State University-EE and a B.S. in Geophysics from ASU.
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About Xilinx: Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Nick Ni
Director of Product Marketing of Xilinx
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Kevin Thompson
Member, Board of Directors of HEVO Power
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Jonathan Patrizio
Head of Technical Advisory, Alexa Evangelist & Solutioning Director of Mobiquity
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