Nicholas E. Buris, President, NEBENS LLC

Nick Buris, received the diploma of Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.  He then received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.  In 1987 he joined the faculty of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  In 1992, he joined Motorola where he worked till 2009.  In 2009, he founded NEBENS, a wireless communications research company.  Prior to Motorola he worked on interesting and challenging projects such as underground object detection, ferrite devices, phased arrays on ferrites, phase conjugation techniques for the correction of distorted large space reflector antennas and plasma ionization sensors.  His work at Motorola spanned several areas of wireless technology.  Notable contributions by Nick and his team include antenna and rf circuit design methodologies and tools.  Some of their design ideas on multidisciplinary and cross-layer optimization can be found inside several successful products.  Nick's most recent activities have focused on Smart Antenna Systems and Algorithms for the new generation communication systems. Nick is an IEEE fellow and a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

Mats Andersson, CEO • Bluetest

Mats Andersson has been the CEO of Bluetest since September 2006. Mats received his M. Sc. in Engineering Physics and his Lic. Eng. (Radio Astronomy) degrees from the Chalmers University of Technology in 1982 and 1985. From 1986 to 2006, he held positions at Ericsson (in Canada, England and Sweden) and Saab Ericsson Space in the area of wireless communication as antenna engineer, research engineer, project manager, department manager, director of business development, business growth manager, and general manager. He is the author and coauthor of a large number of papers about antenna design and measurements in reverberation chambers. He has more than 10 patents and patent applications in the field of antennas. Most of the patents are in the area of diversity/MIMO repeaters.

Jeff Shamblin, VP of Advanced Technology • Ethertronics, Inc.

Jeff Shamblin is Vice President of Advanced Technology at Ethertronics, and is responsible for overseeing all research and development projects for the corporation. He brings twenty-nine years experience in antenna engineering to this position. Before joining Ethertronics, Jeff worked for two RFID start-up companies, SCS Corp. and Claridy Solutions. At Claridy Jeff was manager in charge of antenna development and assisted in all aspects of RFID relating to antenna and scattering issues.  Jeff previously worked as an antenna consultant providing design and analysis services to several wireless start-ups in the Southern California area.  Prior to his work in RFID Jeff spent over twenty years in antenna design and development in the aerospace industry at Lockheed and Northrop where he was responsible for several antenna designs on various aircraft and missile programs.  He holds seven patents relating to antenna technology. 

Martin Mannion, VP of Advanced Technology • Antenna Product Group, PCTEL

Martin Mannion is the VP of Advanced Technology for the Antenna Product Group at PCTEL. He has more than 20 years experience in the design, development, and testing of both commercial and military antennas ranging from complex phased array antennas to simple low gain, low cost, antennas for unlicensed wireless. Currently, Martin leads the development of select new antenna products and technology for PCTEL, including antennas for WiMAX, Industrial Wireless, and other Broadband applications. Previously, Martin was responsible for the Engineering team at MAXRAD Antennas, which was acquired by PCTEL in 2004.

Jake MacLeod, Principal VP and CTO • Bechtel Communications

Jake MacLeod joined Bechtel in May of 2000 and is responsible for the expansion of the scope of Bechtel’s communications engineering services to include all aspects of technical design from Network Planning to Commercial System Optimization.  Jake initiated and developed Bechtel’s RF and Network Planning team which grew to over 150 world class engineers.  He designed and established two world class telecoms laboratories to provide clients with applied research and development services ranging from interoperability testing to product characterization. Jake has held executive management positions with NovAtel (Calgary), NovAtel (Atlanta), Western Communications, and West Central Cellular.  Most recently Jake spent nine years with Hughes Network Systems (HNS) and was instrumental in establishing the cellular division for HNS. He designed and established cellular and WLL systems in areas ranging from central Russia to Indonesia as well as fifty seven markets in the US.

Rick Rotondo, CMO & Co-Founder • Spectrum Bridge

At Spectrum Bridge, Rick is responsible for planning and implementing the company’s technical marketing strategy. An engineer by training, he brings over 20 years experience as a telecommunications professional to Spectrum Bridge, and regularly presents on RF and technical radio topics at various industry events.
Prior to co-founding Spectrum Bridge, Rick was VP of marketing for MeshNetworks Inc, which was acquired by Motorola in 2004. At MeshNetworsk, he established the company as the ad hoc networking brand leader by working with partners, system integrators, analysts and industry associations. Rick is a noted writer and has contributed hundreds of technical articles and won over two dozen industry awards from entities such as the WSJ, Wired, the IEEE and others.

Arthur Chait, President & CEO • EoPlex Technologies

Arthur L. Chait is President and CEO of EoPlex Technologies, Inc. He is a materials engineer with broad experience in all facets of manufacturing, including operations, engineering design and business. Chait was previously a senior executive of Solectron Corporation, a leading contract manufacturing firm, with annual revenues in excess of $12 billion. Chait had responsibility for Solectron’s Global Account Organization, representing more than 70 percent of the company’s revenue with customers including: Cisco, IBM, Nortel, Dell, Sun, HP, Compaq, Agilent, Ericsson, Lucent, Motorola, Apple, Intel and others. Chait helped lead Solectron into new markets including: automotive, consumer electronics and industrial. Chait’s career includes senior management, marketing and consulting roles with: SRI International, Zitel Corporation, Booz Allen & Hamilton, The PA Consulting Group and Dresser/Halliburton.

Dr. David Mast, Professor • University of Cincinnati

Professor Mast received his Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University in 1982. Prior to that he had received an M.A. in Physics from Wake Forest University in 1975 and a B.S. in Physics from Davidson College in 1973. He held a Post‑doctoral Research Associate position at Case Western Reserve University from 1982‑1984. He joined the Physics Department at the University of Cincinnati in 1984. His current research interests include the growth and characterization of carbon nanotubes; plasma treatment and surface functionalization of nanostructures including carbon nanotubes and nanofibers; Scanning Probe Microscopy (near-field scanning microwave microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, AFM, and STM) of advanced engineered and biological materials; dielectric spectroscopy in medical physics, biophysics applications and membrane technology;  applied Raman spectroscopy for environmental and geophysical applications; and the physics of low temperature (LTS) and high temperature (HTS) superconducting materials and devices.

Marc Harper, Principal Antenna Designer • Antenova

Marc Harper is currently a Principle Antenna Design Engineer for Antenova Ltd. He is responsible for the development of new antenna products for Antenova in GSM, GPS, DCS, PCS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WIFI, WIMAX and UWB frequency bands, and the leader of a project team carrying this work. He has comprehensive experience in designing antennas for handsets and media mobile devices.  He is responsible for developing new and innovative solutions in antennas and RF technology, and his designs have gone into commercially successful devices that have been manufactured in millions of units. Marc, who joined Antenova in 2005, has a PhD in “Electrically Small Loop Antennas” and is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is also part of a team that developed a GPS RF Module which integrates a high performance and low power receiver IC with a high efficiency complementary antenna technology.

Paul Tornatta, Chief Technical Officer • SkyCross

Mr. Tornatta has more than 18 years of experience the aerospace, wireless, telecommunications and automotive industries. Prior to joining SkyCross, he served as vice president of the automotive business unit at Radiall Corporation, a leading supplier of RF interconnect products. He also served in a variety of leadership positions at Larsen Antenna Technologies, Metricom, and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Tornatta earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University. He has written articles on RF design and electromagnetics for a variety of RF trade publications. He is a member of IEEE and the SAE.

John Dooley, Managing Director • Jarvinian Venture Fund

Prior to establishing Jarvinian Venture Fund, John was the founder of Novatics, a research and development corporation focused on the practical enabling of emerging mobile broadband standards. At Novatics, John led the creation of numerous proprietary technologies for the enhancement of advanced mobile data infrastructure. These innovations have significantly expanded the potential bandwidth and reliability of Third and Fourth Generation wireless networks. Before this, John conducted early research into ultra-high speed wireless local area networks and pioneered the use of passive repeater technology in urban cellular applications. John holds patents in advanced wireless and intelligent computing technologies. His work is found in graduate textbooks on wireless design and is considered a foundation for next-generation mobile network deployment.

Vaughn Staheli, VP Engineering • Luxul Wireless

Mr. Staheli has 18 years of quality assurance, development, systems and engineering experience. He began his career in the QA department at General Dynamics working on the F-16. Prior to working for Luxul Wireless, Vaughn was the Systems Integration Director for S5 Wireless where he oversaw the productization of the hardware and deployment of the development network for their low cost, wide area location and telemetry technology. His design experience includes digital (FPGA and microcontroller based), RF, and communication (wired, wireless) systems.  Having worked for several startups his experience covers conception to install, including definition, architecture, design, schematic, PCB layout, assembly, test, production, QA and installation. His duties have included that of Sales Engineer; this experience has given him unique insights into how wireless products are used in the field. Vaughn has a BSEET from Brigham Young University.

Dr. Hans Schantz, Chief Technical Officer • The Q-Track Corp.

Hans Schantz is CTO and VP of R+D for the Q-Track Corporation as well as co-inventor of near-field electromagnetic ranging technology. Author of The Art and Science of Ultrawideband Antennas (Artech House: 2005) and numerous conference papers. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Physics, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, and Antenna Systems and Technology. He is also an inventor on twenty three US patents. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and holds degrees in physics and industrial engineering from Purdue University.

Dr. CJ Reddy, President • EM Software & Systems, Inc.

Dr. Reddy is the President of EM Software & Systems (USA) Inc. At EMSS (USA), he is leading the marketing and support of commercial 3D electromagnetic software, FEKO in the US, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Dr. Reddy is also the President and Chief Technical Officer of Applied EM Inc, a small company specializing in computational electromagnetics, antenna design and development. At Applied EM, Dr. Reddy successfully led many Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects from the US Department of Defense (DoD). In 1991, he was awarded NSERC Visiting Fellowship to conduct research at Communications Research Center, Ottawa, Canada. Later in 1993, he was awarded a National Research Council (USA)'s Research Associateship to conduct research in computational electromagnetics at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.

Shane Hunter, Partner • Townsend and Townsend and Crew

Shane Hunter is partner at Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP. He is a patent attorney who helps companies achieve their business goals by providing legal advice in the context of their business objectives. Leveraging a BSEE with a minor in business, an MSEE with a specialty in electromagnetics, three years of antenna design engineer experience, a law degree, and more than 12 years of legal experience, he counsels billion-dollar companies to start-ups and individuals to develop intellectual property portfolios and to enforce and defend intellectual property. Instead of just obtaining patents, Shane provides comprehensive advice to advance a business by maximizing the value of its intellectual property.

Jeffrey Fordham, Vice President • MI Technologies

Jeffrey A. Fordham is Vice-President, Marketing of MI Technologies. Prior to this assignment, Jeff served as the Vice President of Engineering for MI Technologies, managing all of the Company’s engineering activity including Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering and the RF and Electronics Engineering Departments. Jeff has 13 years experience in the design and evaluation of antennas and systems, working with such organizations as the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Laboratory and EMS Technologies Inc., before joining Scientific-Atlanta Inc. in 1996 and subsequently MI Technologies when the company was formed in 1997. Jeff’s primary management and design experiences have been in the areas of spacecraft antennas, millimeter wave aircraft antennas, tracking and communication ground station systems, antenna measurement instrumentation, and electromagnetic analysis of radiating apertures and components.

Vlad Stoiljkovic, Business Development Manager • Cobham Technical Services

Vladimir Stoiljkovic is a Business Development Manager with Cobham Technical Services. He has been involved in the field of telecommunications for over 20 years. He is a part of a technology team of 70 engineers, which works at the leading edge of software defined radio, adaptive signal processing, sensor technology, data fusion, antennas and system integration. He has experience of a range of technologies for satellite communications and navigation, spanning commercial and military land, airborne and naval applications. Vladimir has undertaken a wide range of R&D projects in the field of microwave and millimetre-wave hardware, including the design of active circuits and antennas. For more than 10 years he has been working in research and development of very high frequency transistor and diode oscillators, and wide-band antennas. Some of the work was related to development of hardware for satcom ground terminals. He has also spent seven years in mobile communications industry, developing antennas for the base stations and portable communication devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers.

Guenther Schweigl, Director, Sales & Marketing • i2s Technologies Inc.

Guenther Schweigl joined i2s Technologies Inc. as Director of Sales and Marketing in April 2004. In addition to these duties, he also manages an Antenna design and manufacturing firm specializing in custom products and applications. His sales and marketing experience comes from 19 years of sales and marketing experience in B2B,High End Technical/Engineered Commercial and Retail Sales. Guenther graduated from Ryerson University with a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology in 1987.

Andrew S. Podgorski, President • ASR Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Podgorski received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1980. Currently, he is President of ASR Technologies Inc., a research and engineering company conducting research in the area of broadband electromagnetics.

Nan Ni, Senior RF Engineer • Agile RF, Inc.

Dr. Nan Ni got his Ph.D degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2007. He is now a senior RF engineer at Agile RF, Inc.  Areas of current interests include antenna design, phase shifter design, impedance matching, and package modeling.

Bruce Clifford, President • MultiWave Sensors, Inc.

Bruce Clifford P.Eng. is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and is the president of MultiWave Sensors Inc. based in Toronto, Canada.

Sean Meckley, Marketing Program Manager/Market Research Analyst • BLUETOOTH SIG

Sean Meckley is the Marketing Program Manager of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). He joined the SIG in August 2005 and is involved with the development of web-based device pairing videos, Bluetooth proximity marketing deployments and leading the Bluetooth SIG Retail Committee, which brings together manufacturers to improve Bluetooth consumer education in stores.

David C. Wittwer, Principal RF Engineer • Galtronics Ltd

David C. Wittwer (M’93) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 1993, 1995, and 1998, respectively. David Wittwer is currently a Principal RF Engineer with Galtronics Ltd working in their Research Center.  His focus is on future generation wireless standards and their antenna requirements.  Prior to April 2008, Dr. Wittwer was the antenna and propagation laboratory manager for Intel’s Mobile Wireless Group in Hillsboro, OR.  He was responsible for deployment of 802.11a/b/g/n notebook solutions and involved in the development of WiMax industry standard definitions for radio performance testing.  From 1995 to 1999, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at the Hughes Missile Systems Company, Tucson, AZ, where he was involved in the analysis, design, and measurement of microstrip and slot arrays for missile seeker and telemetry antennas.  Dr. Wittwer is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S), the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S), and the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society.  He has published six IEEE journal articles and has presented at over a dozen IEEE conferences. He was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship.

Keith Radousky, Chief Technology Officer, Americas • Quintel

Keith Radousky is a 30-year veteran of the wireless industry. As Quintel’s chief technology officer for the Americas, he is responsible for assessing customer requirements and creating a responsive product roadmap. Quintel is a leader in the design, development and delivery of network-efficient antennas for wireless operators. Before joining Quintel in 2009, Mr. Radousky served as president of Wireless Industry Systems Expertise, providing organizations with customized research, technical training, and M&A due diligence. He previously served as vice president of business development at NextG Networks where he developed the market for distributed antenna systems. He has also held senior positions at Powerwave Technologies and Cingular Wireless.

Scott Mcclure,  Business Unit Manager • TESSCO Technologies

As product business unit leader for wireless broadband & networking at TESSCO Technologies, Scott A. McClure is responsible for developing innovative broadband solutions and introducing them to the marketplace. By driving market and product strategy, as well as providing leading technical support and sales engineering, McClure and his team help differentiate TESSCO as a market leader in providing the product and supply chain solutions required to design, build, and use everything wireless. McClure has more than 12 years of experience in the wireless industry and currently sits on the board of directors of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). In addition to his current role, McClure has performed business development and product management for TESSCO. Prior to rejoining the TESSCO team in 2003, McClure was one of the co-founders of Resource Tower Corporation serving as the Director of Sales and Marketing to introduce an innovative tower strengthening solution to a diverse customer base. McClure served as the channel development manager for MTS Wireless Components in 1999 and 2000 supplying steel and cable accessories to the OEMs and distributors. As the Director of Material Management and Logistics for AMERICOM Wireless, Inc. McClure led initiatives for newly formed Handset Processing Services creating the market leader in cellular phone repair and refurbishment. McClure earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business & Economics from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA.