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Dan Simpkins is an experienced entrepreneur who founded and led two successfulsuccessful

startup companies: SALIX Technologies, a telecommunications
pioneer;

and Hillcrest Labs, a consumer electronics innovator. As
CEO of Hillcrest Labs,

which he founded in 2001, Simpkins has guided
the company to introduce

groundbreaking user experiences for television,
and to develop exceptional

expertise in sensors processing. Before
founding Hillcrest, he led SALIX Technologies for

over a decade, managing
the company from inception to its becoming a leader

in VoIP, and
then to its acquisition by Tellabs, Inc. for $300 million. Simpkins

is both a
business and technical leader: he teaches, writes about, and speaks on a
variety of business subjects

about entrepreneurship, and he holds 19 U.S. patents in the fields of interactive

interactive television and telecommunications. In addition to his business
activities, he is also a

member of the board and Executive Committee of the Charles E. Smith Jewish

Day School, is a member of the Board of Trustees of his synagogue, Kol
Shalom, and serves on

and a member of the administrative board of the Cornell University Council.