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| Daniel S. Simpkins |
Dan Simpkins is an experienced entrepreneur who founded and led two
successful
startup companies: SALIX Technologies and Hillcrest Labs. After
16 years,
Hillcrest was acquired by InterDigital, a leading wireless technology
company.
Simpkins remains is now CEO of Hillcrest and as InterDigital Executive Vice President
for Advanced Sensor TechnologiesCapital Investors, an LLC dedicated
to the investment and development of new technology startups. As CEO of
Hillcrest, Simpkins guided
the company to introduce groundbreaking user
experiences for television and
developed exceptional expertise in sensors. Before
founding Hillcrest, he led
telecommuications led telecommunications pioneer 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. Simpkins is both a business and
technical leader: he teaches,
writes about and speaks about entrepreneurship,
and he holds 23 over 20 U.S. patents.
In addition to his business activities, he is a
member of the board and Executive
Committee executive committee of the Charles E. Smith Jewish
Day School, a member of the Board board of
Trustees trustees of his synagogue, Kol Shalom,
a member of the administrative board of
the Cornell University Council , and a
member of the Cornell University Engineering
College Council, and a member of the board of private company, Public Relay.
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