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Study Group: Bluetooth Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 76

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Vivek Nasta

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mobilize, Inc.
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Vivek Nasta is the Founder and CEO of Mobilize (http://mobilize.us.com), a product and platform company focused on building mobile devices and associated wireless services. Current customers include Tier 1 OEMs, carriers, and semi vendors. His team includes senior executives from Nokia, QCOM, STM,...

Michael Cote, President, The Cote CollaborativeMichael Cote

President
The Cote Collaborative
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Michael Cote is an Independent Telecommunications Consultant and Principal of the Cote Collaborative. He specializes in enterprise mobility, sales and distribution strategy, online strategy, smart phones, and customer care and billing. Mr. Cote has over 15 years of sales, marketing, and operational...

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Hussein Fawaz

SVP & GM EMEA
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. - CC
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Hussein Fawaz is currently SVP & General Manager of EMEA at Amkor Technology the second largest assembly and test semiconductor subcontractor provider, Amkor customer includes all semiconductor companies (IDM and Fabless) as well many electronics OEM companies. He was most recently (3/09) VP of ASIC...

Sam Wang

President
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas (SMIC)
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Sam Wang, Ph.D., is President at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas, a wafer foundry. He is also the venture partner of Asenqua venture, a venture fund based in the Silicon Valley. He serves as the Board Advisor of Sunsil Inc., a semiconductor firm representing wafer supplier...

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Mel Burks, Founder / Senior Partner, Tech Quest Research, LLCMel Burks

Founder / Senior Partner
Tech Quest Research, LLC
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Mel Burks is with Tech Quest Research, LLC, a market research company providing consultation and in-depth analysis and reports. He is an acknowledged engineering professional within the semiconductor, test & measurement and PV sector. He held positions in semiconductor manufacturing and semi-equipment...

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Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless FoundryIan Wood

Partner
Wireless Foundry
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Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, androse...

Chris Hare, GM - Head of Sourcing - Supplier Technology , SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.Chris Hare

GM - Head of Sourcing - Supplier Technology
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.
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Chris Hare is Head of Sourcing for Supplier Technology Incubation at Sony Ericsson involved in establishing new technologies for future products and managing them through the business. Previously he was head of sourcing for the Central Business Unit (Sweden, US, India and Japan design Units). He has...

Randall Canha, Senior Market & Business Analyst, FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA INCRandall Canha

Senior Market & Business Analyst
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA INC
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Randall Canha is a Senior Market and Business Analyst, in the Camera Module Division of Flextronics, an EMS/ODM company. He specializes in CMOS camera modules, image sensors and lenses for camera phones and has developed a comprehensive market model for the Mobile Phone and CMOS imaging industry. The...

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Best Buy Betting Big on Mobile

June 29, 2009

Tal Raeside, Managing Director, Insight Strategic Services

Best Buy to Target 15% Cellphone Share | online.wsj.com

Best Buy’s stated goal of 15% mobile phone market share is aggressive and likely unattainable but mobile is an area of growth that Best Buy should continue to pursue.

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...

Palm is Back! Not Yet But They’re on the Right Track

June 10, 2009

Tal Raeside, Managing Director, Insight Strategic Services

Apple: $99 iPhone and New $199 3GS | www.wirelessweek.com

Palm’s new Pre device, along with its webOS software, gives the company its best (and maybe last) chance to survive and regain significant presence in a category it defined and once dominated.

A Contender for the Number-Two Spot in Wafer Foundry Services

June 2, 2009

Mel Burks, Founder / Senior Partner, Tech Quest Research, LLC

Chartered Denies Bid From Abu Dhabi’s ATIC | www.semiconductor.net

In 2007, Chartered was ranked number four in revenue market share behind TSMC, UMC and SMIC.   However, an acquisition of Chartered, combined with GlobalFoundries, could conceivably compete for the number two slot challenging UMC but likely not before 2011. An acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor...

Pre-Paid Versus Post-Paid - the Next Chapter

May 19, 2009

Tal Raeside, Managing Director, Insight Strategic Services

Is prepaid growth an illusion? | telephonyonline.com

The increase in pre-paid mobile customers makes sense given the current economic conditions but the mobile industry, especially in the US, was built on post-paid or contract subscribers, and will not become pre-paid driven.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Systems Integrator (SI)
  • Market Research Company*
  • Wireless Carrier
  • Semiconductors - Communications
  • Mobile Application Software
  • Semiconductors - Analog/Mixed Signal
  • Semiconductors - Broadline

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  • Chief Technology Officer
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