Edgar Auslander Email & Phone Number

• Created, recruited, and managed the Facebook/Meta Strategic Partnerships and Intelligence team for AR/VR (Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality), AI (Artificial Intelligence), Metaverse, and New Devices.
• Initiated and led a partnership with EssilorLuxottica that redefined Facebook's AR roadmap with products like Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta.
• Led strategic analysis and intelligence on Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and XR.
• Developed and executed on partnership and acquisition strategy for products, research initiatives and core technologies. Identified several acquisitions and negotiated numerous technology partnerships. Closed complex.
• Led OEMs and Telecom Operators Partnerships.
• Worked with the Chief Scientist, Product and Platform Heads, Researchers, Product and Program Managers, Engineering, and Business Development on the 3-5 year VR and AR roadmaps.

I teach the courses: "Leadership and Change Management for Startup Founders" and"Business Negotiations" at UC Berkeley Extension.

* The AR Alliance is an organization under the umbrella of IEEE ISTO that aims to advance and strengthen the augmented reality development ecosystem. * Meta participates to Working Groups on Image Quality, Safety, and Low Power Protocols. We chair a Working Group on Accessibility, a working group we created.

Boston, MA, US

American Tower is a Fortune 500 company that provides infrastructure for digital communications in 25 countries across six continents. They own, operate, and develop wireless and broadcast communications real estate, including wireless and broadcast towers, rooftops, in-building systems, and data centers.I serve in their EDGE Advisory Board.

San Diego, California, US

EvoStream provides software that enables the delivery of live video content to any device

Stanford, CA, US

ME317 is a is a project-based course at the Stanford Engineering Department that teaches systematic methodologies to define, develop, and produce world-class products, processes and services. Projects have been provided by: Google, Cisco, Toyota, GM, HP, PG&E, BMW, etc.

Paris, Île-de-France, FR

• Founding Managing Partner of Menlo Business Partners, a Partnership that sources innovation and helps companies grow. Find out more about the team at https://www.menlobp.com
• Worked with executive teams to raise funds, establish partnerships, elaborate strategies, product roadmaps, and business plans.
• Provided hands-on Business Development, Marketing, Go-to-Market, or Corporate Development services.
• Customers include/included startups, research institutes such as SRI, and companies who want to expand or source innovation in Silicon Valley.
• The company now operates in Silicon Valley, Menlo Park, Paris, New York, and London

* Member of the Executive Team and of the Strategy Committee composed of Board Members.* Helped sell the the company (Audience) to Knowles.

San Jose, California, US

Served at the Board of Directors and at the Compensation Committee of QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK); resigned due to a potential conflict of interest with Audience (at the time NASDAQ: ADNC) before joining their executive team.

San Diego, CA, US

• Drove Qualcomm’s chipset product roadmap which included chipsets and reference designs for mobile devices, tablets, and modules. Documented and managed product portfolio requirements and positioning.
• Identified and pursued acquisition of companies or licensing of relevant technologies.
• Contributed to strategic planning, working with Product Management, Engineering, R&D, Strategic IP, Qualcomm Ventures, and Finance, collaborating with teams across Qualcomm businesses.

Geneva, Geneva, CH

• Responsible for ST-Ericsson corporate strategy and M&A activities, reporting to the CEO.
• Managed product portfolio planning, strategic alliances and market analysis. Licensed technologies to Intel.
• Drove the transition of the company to systems solutions and the creation of a Developers Ecosystem Program.
• Participated to restructuring programs as the company had to cope with the downfall of 2 of its top 3 customers.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Managed and recruited key members of the engineering team (200+ people) responsible for the integration and support of wireless platforms incorporating the Intel Atom processor family for Mobile Internet Devices..
• Managed strategic alliances and led UMG wireless strategy. Co-led the Wireless Communications Corporate Strategy Decisions (CSDs) for Intel CEO and his reports; one of the results included Intel’s acquisition of.

San Bruno, California, US

VantagePoint Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm with more than $4 billion under management. Focused on wireless, semiconductors, consumer devices and services. Responsibilities included: deal sourcing and syndication, due diligence, elaboration of investment thesis and returns analysis, term sheet negotiation, and assisting portfolio.

Dallas, TX, US

Responsible for the strategy and corporate development of TI's largest business unit (wireless) with annual revenues in excess of $5B.

• IXI provided end-to-end software for Personal Mobile Gateways (PMG) and companion devices, pioneering wearables
• Responsible for all marketing activities, including product definition, business and marketing plans, branding, partner programs, public relations, investor relations, and strategy, reporting to the CEO.
• Helped raise $38M and launched the company and its products in worldwide markets with the CEO.
• Created new product category and its supporting industry ecosystem. Led market research and consumer focus groups resulting in the launch of mobile IM product lines and services launched by AT&T.
• Launched the “awearable watch” with Seiko in 2003 and a wireless camera that uploaded pictures to a web site. Media coverage included NBC’s “The Today Show”, ABC News, MSNBC, WSJ, FT, Business Week, and more.

Dallas, TX, US

* Key member of the original team that pioneered and developed the Wireless Communications Business Unit (WCBU), TI's largest business unit, which generated an annual revenue of over $5B (starting from no revenue no products to market leadership). * Served as TI’s WCBU Worldwide Strategic Marketing Director and previously as the Worldwide GSM Marketing.

Roubaix, Nord, FR

Authored and taught a course on Startegy and Management of Organizations at the EDHEC business school in Nice, France. Taught while I was working at Texas Instruments in Nice.

New York, NY, US

Marketed Columbia University's Telecommunications Research Patents. Negotiated corresponding license agreements.

Mba, Marketing, Management Of Organizations

Meeng, Signal Processing, Communications

Ingenieur, Electronics And Mechanical Engineering

Venture Capital