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Palo Alto, California, Us

• Design-thinking based innovation practice that is working on identifying and helping solve big problems in the mobile, communications, technology and media industries• Strategic Advisor at leading Private Equity and Venture Capital firms in the areas of technology, media and telecommunications with focus on 5G, AI & IoT technologies • Board Advisor at Public technology companies looking to scale up with disruptive innovations and Board Member/Investor at start-ups in the device-cloud technology space

KINS Technology Group is a SPAC focused on identifying and acquiring transformative technology businesses that are shaping the digital future and creating a new paradigm of communications and computing. www.kins-tech.comKINS raised $276M for its first SPAC.The five pillars of this new paradigm are next generation connectivity, open software, edge-cloud computing, predictive data analytics (AI), and immersive media technologies.We believe the world is at an inflection point and these technologies are accelerating digital transformation across all vertical market segments including IT, industrial, transportation, smart infrastructure, healthcare, education, agriculture, and entertainment addressing a $3.5 trillion market opportunity.

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Hillsboro, Oregon, Us

• Corporate officer responsible for company’s strategy and technology innovation while overseeing corporate development, business development and industry standards activities• Part of senior executive team at SIMG instrumental in $600M cash acquisition of Silicon Image Inc (SIMG) by Lattice Semiconductor, Inc (LSCC) (Deal closed 3/2015)

San Jose, Ca, Us

SiBEAM is a pioneer in developing intelligent millimeter wave technologies for wireless communications. The company was the first to build 60GHz chipsets using standard CMOS technology. SiBEAM is a global leader in driving next-generation architecture and semiconductor implementation of wireless connectivity solutions in the consumer electronics, mobile, enterprise and infrastructure markets. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, Inc

• New technology company focused on innovation at the intersection of cloud and mobile access networks• Advisory Board member of Silicon Valley and San Diego based start-ups focused on disruptive technologies in the mobile ecosystem in the areas of next generation mobile network infrastructure, 5G technologies, big data cloud analytics, virtualization, OTT video and enterprise software• Senior advisor to Fortune 50 and PE firms on wireless strategy and go- to-market plans

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

• Promoted to CEO position to execute strategic sale of company assets.• Raised funds for sales process through credit agreements, customer early payments and global restructuring.• Successfully sold IP and technology assets to multi-billion dollar private equity firm.

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

• Corporate officer responsible for product development, engineering, R&D, business development and global product business units. • Product portfolio management responsibility for $500M-900M annual revenue with $50-90M R&D budget• Lead a global team of over 500 engineers and product managers globally in diverse areas of RF, IP, wireless systems and software networking technologies: antennas, filters, amplifiers, remote radio heads, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells. • Developed and nurtured an IP portfolio of over 1500 global issued patents and patent applications.• Chairman of the Technical Advisory Board comprising Gov. Tom Ridge, Secy. Whit Peters, Prof. Ted Rappaport, Prof. A. Paulraj and Gen. David Deptula.• Developed and deployed the world’s first LTE-WiFI small cell base station• Ranked in the top 10 CTOs by Exec Rank for 2012. http://execrank.com/2012/08/top-chief-technology-officer/

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Corporate officer at Time Warner Cable (TWC) $38B market-cap cable company subsidiary of the world’s largest media company Time Warner Inc.(TWX).• Lead executive responsible for defining, planning and executing the cable company’s wireless strategy, technology/engineering and development plans. Also, leading the development of a converged services architecture bridging wireless and wireline services.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Nov-2003- Aug 2005 Sprint- Technology Development Chief Technology Advisor- Lead enterprise-wide technology assessment, research & development, end-end network architecture & design, technology trials and strategic development of next generation wireless solutionsLead strategic development & incubation efforts for ecosystem enablement across different domains: chips, infrastructure providers, device manufacturers, software providers and international operatorsOct 2001-Oct 2003 Sprint- Mass Markets Business UnitChief Technology Advisor- Lead the world’s largest full-scale technical trials of second generation NLOS broadband wireless technologies in 2001-02 in Houston & Montreal using Navini & IP Wireless technologies- Evaluated over 100 technology solutions from start-ups to major network providers in diverse areas of broadband & and advanced wireless technologiesJan 2000-Sep 2001 Sprint- Broadband Wireless Group (BWG)Chief Technology Advisor-Senior Director- Create technology and business evolution plans for new business unit for fixed wireless broadband, both first generation and second generation technologies- Leader of end-end technology and architecture group for new business unit and “shepherd”/incubate numerous start-ups in silicon valley

Sep 1997-Dec 1999 Sprint-Advanced Technology Labs Senior Consultant/ Senior Manager- Lead technical due diligence for acquisition of MMDS spectrum (2.5-2.7 GHz) nationwide ($1.2B investment) - Implemented the largest smart antenna (MIMO) channel simulator testbed for technology evaluation and testing. Co-author of “Stanford- Sprint RF channel model” that is now part of IEEE802.16 standards- Lead technical evaluations and lab testing for 3G/IMT-2000, 1xRTT, 1x-EV-DO, 802.11a/b, MIMO, OFDM, free-space optics, software radios, millimeter-wave systems, Bluetooth, Mobile IP, WML/WAP technologies.Oct 1996-Sep 1997 Sprint-Advanced Technology Labs Burlingame Consultant/ Lead Engineer- Lead joint R&D efforts on advanced wireless technologies with Stanford, NEC Princeton labs, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley & HP labs and created advanced wireless research group- Worked on advanced broadband technologies including DOCSIS cable, fiber based WDM, 802.11, & millimeter wave radiosJune 1996-Sep 1996 Sprint-Advanced Technology Labs Burlingame Summer Intern- Implemented the world’s first LMDS (28-31 GHz) radio system in collaboration with HP labs, Palo Alto

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