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John joined iSherpa Capital in 2006. He has over 20 years of experience in the wireless industry where he has held both operational and strategic roles. Prior to joining iSherpa, John was General Manager of the CDMA Chipset Business Unit of Texas Instruments where he directed the product marketing, business development and product development efforts for TI's CDMA chipset solutions. John was also a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at TI and directed the development of TI’s first WCDMA baseband modem.
Prior to TI, John was a founder and Vice President of Engineering for Dot Wireless, a fabless semiconductor company developing CDMA semiconductor and software solutions. At Dot Wireless John was responsible for developing partnerships with and securing funding from major semiconductor suppliers and major handset OEMs. He was also responsible for the semiconductor and system engineering organizations within the company. John served on the board of directors of Dot Wireless and participated in all strategic corporate decisions leading to the growth of the company to a $475M acquisition by Texas Instruments in 2000.
Prior to Dot Wireless, John was Director of Engineering for NextWave Telecom, Inc. where he was responsible for CDMA subscriber chipset development.
Prior to NextWave Telecom, he was an engineering manager at QUALCOMM, Inc. where he worked from 1987 to 1996. At QUALCOMM John led the development of QUALCOMM's proprietary DSP solutions from initial concept through two generations of technology and he also led the development of the first commercial CDMA basestation modulator VLSI device.
John is a named inventor on 24 issued and 21 pending patents in the area of wireless communications and systems.
John serves on the board of directors of SNRLabs, Inc. a private Dallas based wireless technology company providing fixed mobile convergence solutions and also serves on the advisory board of TensorComm, Inc. a private Denver based wireless technology company providing interference cancellation solutions.
John holds a Master of Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and has completed the Executive Program at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. |
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