Live: Thursday, November, 11, 2004;
11 am-noon PT/2-3 pm ET
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 MODERATOR:
Patrick Manion, EE Times Section Editor, DSP/Wireless technology
PANELISTS:
Ken Hansen, Senior Technical Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology, Wireless and Mobile Systems Group, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Ken Hansen is currently Senior Technical Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology for Freescale Semiconductor's Wireless and Mobile Systems Group. Ken has worked for various equipment and the semiconductor businesses of Motorola in the areas of research and technology development focused on integrated circuits for wireless communications applications. He received his BSEE and MSEE (1976) from the University of Illinois, is a Senior Member of the IEEE, holds 12 U.S. patents, and has co-authored 7 papers.
Ben Manny, Director Radio Communications Lab, Corporate Technology Group, Intel Corporation.
Ben Manny directs the Radio Communications Lab for Intelýs Corporate Technology Group. This lab is charted to develop new wireless physical layer communication technologies that take advantage of Intelýs CMOS expertise. Manny joined Intel in 1979 and has held management positions in software and system hardware product groups. He holds a B.S. degree in Physics and a B.A. degree in Math from the University of Texas.
Andy Rappaport, Partner, August Capital
Andy joined August Capital in 1996 and brings technology and market experience in such areas as open-source software, broadband communications, semiconductors, and computer systems. He has more than 15 years of experience as a founder, investor, and/or director of venture-backed start-ups, and has served on more than 30 public and private company boards.
Prior to joining August Capital, Andy was involved in the formation and success of more than a dozen venture capital-backed start-ups, including Actel, MMC Networks, Silicon Architects (acquired by Synopsys), Transmeta, and Viewlogic.
In addition, Andy was president of The Technology Research Group (TRG), a Boston-based strategy consulting firm he founded in 1984.
Before starting TRG, Andy was Senior Editor of EDN Magazine; a research physicist with Panametrics, Inc.; and founder and president of his own consumer-electronics company. He was also a founder of the Massachusetts Center for Technology Growth, a private economic-development organization; and a director of the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center.
Sean Wargo, Director of Industry Analysis, Consumer Electronics Association.
In this role, Sean serves as manager of both the data production and analysis sides of CEA's shipment data program entitled MARA. He also acts as a resident industry expert in CE, speaking and writing about industry products and trends based on consumer research, manufacturer shipment data, and a whole lot of time spent reading about and tinkering with technology. He further uses this knowledge to assist CEA by generating shipment sales forecasts and handling media and financial analyst requests relating to industry performance. Sean has appeared in countless media outlets, including CNET, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal.
Sean has over 10 years of experience working in the technology sector with the bulk of it spent as an analyst/ researcher covering retail and distribution trends for a broad array of CE and IT products. In particular he has focused on a variety of electronic entertainment categories, including digital media, video games, PCs, and the Internet. Before joining CEA, he was employed at PC Data/NPD Intelect as Senior Analyst developing in-depth market reports and newsletters based on Internet tracking, survey, and POS retail sales data, as well as performing advanced statistical analysis. He also spent time managing research projects at a couple of smaller research firms where he utilized the full gamut of quantitative and qualitative research techniques. He graduated from the University of Vermont and is currently an MBA candidate at George Mason University.
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Moderated by:
Patrick Mannion
Section Editor, Wireless/DSP technology,
EE Times
Panelist:
Ken Hansen
Senior Technical Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology,
Wireless and Mobile Systems Group, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Panelist:
Ben Manny
Director Radio Communications Lab, Corporate Technology Group, Intel Corporation
Panelist:
Andy Rappaport
Partner, August Capital
Panelist:
Sean Wargo
Director of Industry Analysis, Consumer Electronics Association
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