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Dan Simpkins is an experienced entrepreneur who founded and led two successful
startup companies: SALIX Technologies , a telecommunications pioneer; and Hillcrest Labs, a consumer electronics innovator. After 16
years, Hillcrest was acquired by InterDigital, a leading wireless technology
company. Simpkins remains CEO of Hillcrest and as InterDigital Executive
Vice President for Advanced Sensor Technologies. As CEO of Hillcrest Labs, which he founded in 2001, Simpkins has Simpkins
guided the company to introduce groundbreaking user experiences for
television , and to develop developed exceptional expertise in sensors. Before founding
Hillcrest, he led telecommunications pioneer SALIX Technologies for over
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 about entrepreneurship, and he holds 19 23 U.S. patents in the fields of interactive

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

. He
is a member of the board and Executive Committee of the Charles E. Smith
Jewish Day School, a member of the Board of Trustees of his synagogue, Kol
Shalom, and a member of the administrative board of the Cornell University
Council, a member of the Cornell University Engineering College Council. ,
and a member of the board of private company, Public Relay.