Moris Simson is an accomplished high-technology executive recognized for his contributions to the communications and IT industries. A renowned champion for innovation as the principal enabler of growth for economic development, he was recognized back in 1991 as a worldwide pioneer for the large-scale deployment of speech recognition over the telephone network. His experience as a senior executive included Nortel, BCE and a number of smaller mid-cap companies while his interests ranged from the fields of wireless to semiconductors and photonics, technologies that power today’s Mobile Internet. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Moris is also an electrical engineer and holds 2 distinct Masters Degrees in computer sciences, and business administration from universities in Toulouse, France. Fluent in four languages, he is often invited to lecture on the importance of business strategy for technology companies, most recently in Singapore and Canada. He was twice featured as a keynote speaker at the Texas Wireless Summits: a testament to the breadth and depth of his wide-ranging expertise.Presently he is the CEO of WaveNet, an advisory firm he has created to guide enterprises with the identification, selection and implementation of strategic business and investment choices.Moris Simson who holds an Advanced Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, served or continues to serve on the advisory boards of the University of Ottawa’s School of Management, the Austin Technology Incubator, and a few privately held start-ups and non-profit organizations, including the University of Texas’ IC2 Institute where he remains a Fellow.