Jon Adams
Director- Wireless Technology and Strategy, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Member of the Technology Council
Council Member Biography
Jon Adams runs Business Development for the short-range wireless unit at Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He specializes in wireless, including IEEE 802.15.4, RF4CE, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, WiMax, Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband, NFC/RFID and Cellular technologies. He is experienced in circuit-level implementation, regulatory policy, and market strategy in the handheld, mobile connectivity, multimedia, industrial, residential control and monitoring markets. He is on the Board of Directors of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization and the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council. He represents Freescale within the Continua Health Alliance and the IPSO (Internet Protocol for Smart Objects) Alliance. He is knowledgeable in the cellular, embedded control and network infrastructure markets. Mr. Adams has recently been a voting member of various IEEE802 groups and has been Vice-Chair of the ZigBee Alliance. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2004 - present
- Director- Wireless Technology and Strategy, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- 2000 - 2004
- Director, Systems Engineering, Motorola
- 1990 - 1998
- Seawinds SES/NSCAT Project Manager and Cognizant E, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 1983 - 1990
- Cognizant Engineer, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 1983 - 2000
- Project Manager 2, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Alphabet Soup: The ABCs of LED Backlighting for Consumer LCD TVs and Monitors
June 15, 2009
Jon Adams, Director- Wireless Technology and Strategy, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
What’s an LED TV? | gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com
While LED (light emitting diode) technology is used in a number of ways in displays, the overwhelmingly common use is in backlighting of consumer LCD displays. LED backlighting provides a more power-efficient method for providing the backlight illumination that is needed to see the image created by...
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GLG Study Groups with Jon Adams(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Semiconductor Experts in GLG Member Programs (US) | 602 |
| Radio Frequency Identification Experts | 240 |
| Wimax Experts (North America) | 121 |
| Spectrum Auction and Access Experts (North America) | 81 |
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