Dr. Richard Roy, Founder (Arraycom)
Richard received his undergraduate degrees from M.I.T. and graduate degrees in physics and engineering from Stanford. His Ph.D. research was in the field of digital signal processing, specifically estimation and parameter identification, and his thesis and subsequent patents formed the basis of the first widely deployed smart antennas in wireless communication systems. Richard’s wide range of experience includes the intelligence industry, oil-well services business, aerospace industry and the telecommunications industry over the last three decades. From 1975 through 1993, he was also a member of the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University where much of the early work in smart antenna technology was conducted. In April of 1992, he founded ArrayComm, Inc., a California corporation involved in the development of intelligent antenna products based on SDMA technology for wireless telecommunication applications. ArrayComm is a global leader in smart antenna-based products. Richard is widely published internationally and holds several patents in the area of intelligent antenna technology and wireless telecommunications.

Magnus Ryde, Partner (Mars Capital Group)
Magnus is a Partner with a US-based investment firm, Mars Capital Group, and is Chairman of the Sweden-based digital communications company, Effnet Holdings AB. Magnus has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in positions including CEO of a leading-edge flexible polymer display company, FlexICs, President of TSMC North America and Corporate Officer and Vice President of KLA-Tencor. He was responsible for worldwide sales of over $1 Billion dollars and served on boards of leading Swedish technology companies. Mr. Ryde earned a M.Sc. in Engineering from Linköping University and a M.E. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

Mike Dager, CEO (Arxan)
Michael joined Arxan as Chief Executive Officer in July 2006. He has over 22 years of experience in senior level positions at leading technology companies. Mike came to Arxan from Worksoft, a leading provider of automated enterprise testing solutions, where he served as CEO and Chairman of the Board. Prior to Worksoft, he was president and CEO of OSE Systems Inc., growing the company from a startup in 1997 to the number two embedded operating system supplier in 2001 with a stock market valuation of over $1 billion and dominant market share within mobile basestation OEM’s. Prior to OSE Systems, he held a senior sales management position at Pure Software where he assisted in the rapid growth of revenue and completed an IPO in 1995. Mike began his career at Texas Instruments in the semiconductor division after earning a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Dr. Peter Kenington (Linear Communications, Ltd.)
Renowned lecturer at the University of Bristol, he co-founded Wireless Systems International, the pioneer of digital predistortion in wireless base-stations.  He was the CTO of Wireless Systems until its acquisition by Andrew Corporation in 2002.  He spent 4 years at Andrew as the Director of Advanced Technology within the Base Station Subsystems group, before leaving to found his own radio systems consultancy: Linear Communications. He holds the position of Technical Chair within the ‘Open Base Station Architecture Initiative’ (OBSAI). He is a Fellow of the IET, a Chartered Engineer and the author of over 50 patents, 100 technical papers and two books in the RF electronics field.

Brian Jacks (ex Crown Castle International)
Served as President of the joint venture between CCI and Verizon Wireless, Area President of Tower Operations. Mr. Jacks also started a Network Development organization that pursued technologically-advanced smart antenna and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS). Prior to joining CCI, he was an Executive Network Director for Verizon Wireless responsible for the expansion, performance, maintenance and modernization of the wireless network in New York. Mr. Jacks holds an Executive Masters in Technology Management (EMTM) from both the Engineering and Wharton Schools of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel.

In Memory Werner Korte, Ubidyne Co-Founder,
1946 - 2006
Werner had more than 30 years experience in the field of telecommunications. Prior to co-founding Ubidyne in 2005, he spent 13 years at Siemens Communications, where he held various positions including Head of R&D Radio Access within the Mobile Network Division. Werner had international responsibility for Siemens’ Base Station Subsystem Development coordinating a multi-disciplinary team of approximately 1000 people in 3 countries. Werner was the project lead for Design-to-Cost NodeB, and Senior Vice President Strategic Focus Areas. He is the inventor of CPRI and played a fundamental leadership role in driving CPRI into the leading new standard in mobile base stations globally. Werner spent 8 years at AEG-Telefunken as Head of R&D within Mobile Terminals & PMR Systems Division and CTO of AEG Mobile Communication GmbH. From 1986 to 1989 he was AEG’s Project Lead in a consortium cooperation with Alcatel/SEL and Nokia paving the way towards the pan-European mobile radio standard GSM. Many credit Werner personally for the eventual global success of GSM. Werner began his career as Assistant Professor at the University of Hannover, Germany and he was engaged in a variety of advanced research projects with focus on Audio Source Encoding & Digital Signal Processing, Innovative Digital-to-Analog Conversion, Multi-path Radio Channel Equalization and Satellite Communications. He earned a MSEE degree from the University of Hannover and holds various patents. The GSM Industry and Ubidyne are indebted to Werner for his vision, wisdom and tireless contributions. All that were touched by Werner will miss him dearly and the team at Ubidyne will honor him by bringing his vision to fruition.