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Daniel S. Simpkins
(Cornell B.S. ’80 EE, MEng ’81)

HILLCREST LABORATORIES INC


Domusys, Inc.


Dan Simpkins is an experienced entrepreneur who previously 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 CEO of Hillcrest and as InterDigital Executive
Vice President for Advanced Sensor Technologies. Simpkins recently founded and is now CEO of Domusys, Inc. a new
IoT technology startup focused on helping consumers manage and maintain
their largest asset, their home. Having sold Hillcrest in 2016, Hillcrest is now
part of CEVA, a leading DSP/AI technology company. As CEO of Hillcrest,
Simpkins
guided the company to introduce groundbreaking user experiences
for
television and developed exceptional expertise in motion sensors. Before
founding
Hillcrest, he Simpkins founded and led telecommunications pioneer
SALIX Technologies for over
a decade, managing . Simpkins managed the company from its inception to its it
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. He
In addition to his business
activities, 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 of 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.

15245 Shady Grove Rd,
Ste 400
Rockville, MD 20850
240-386-0600, x6951

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