| Håkan Eriksson is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Group Function Technology, and Chief Technology Officer at Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Mr. Eriksson was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Group Function Technology, and Chief Technology Officer on January 1, 2003. |
| Mr. Eriksson was appointed Vice President and General Manager for Research and Development at Ericsson on April 14, 2003, and was responsible for development activities carried out in Ericsson’s Core Network Development, Radio Network Development and Service Network and Applications, as well as for Ericsson Research. Prior to this, Mr. Eriksson served for five years as head of Ericsson Research. |
| Håkan Eriksson was born in Mjölby, Sweden, in 1961. He graduated with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and in 2005 was awarded an Honorary Ph D, both from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 1985. |
| David Chiou is the Founder and CEO of Groundhog Technologies, the first company to launch core network optimization product and indoor geolocation product based on mathematical models of subscribers' mobility and usage behavior. The company has been helping global customers from American operators like at&t to Asian operators such as the major Japanese operators, China Mobile (the largest operator in the world), CHT (the largest operator in Taiwan), and Middle Eastern operators like STC (the largest operator in the Middle East). |
| David holds a Master's Degree from the MIT Media Laboratory, where he was elected as Merrill Lynch Fellow. While at MIT, David's research in spatial-temporal mathematical modeling led to his founding of the company. David is the inventor for six international patents and has other twelve other patents pending. |
| Rick Meider has more than 20 years experience in the consumer electronics/mobile and venture capital industries, holding various Senior Business Development and Corporate Strategy roles within Apple, Microsoft, Sharp and was Managing Director of a Venture capital organization. |
| Currently his role as VP Technology Assessment at SK Telecom involves the identification of both technologies and trends which include developing business models based on disruptive convergence technologies in the wireless/mobile market. Complementing his industry focus, he is passionate about future innovation and adheres to a personal mantra, “I wake up and smell the technology” . |
| David T. Witkowski is an independent consultant to wireless and semiconductor clients specializing in strategic planning and organizational development. Prior to launching his consulting practice David has held positions of leadership and responsibility at Cadence Design Systems, Xpedion Design Systems, Silicon Constellations Inc., Verifone, ComTech, Apple Computer, etc. He obtained his BSEE in 1997 from the University of California at Davis. |
| David serves as President of the Wireless Communications Alliance (www.wca.org) a non-profit business league which provides Education, Connection, and Community to the wireless industry. David is an accomplished and engaging public speaker who has been featured and quoted in international publications including BusinessWeek, Chip Design Magazine, EETimes, MRT, and Time Magazine. |
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