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| Daniel S. Simpkins |
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 led
telecommuications pioneer SALIX Technologies for over a decade, managing the
company from inception to its Simpkins founded and led telecommunications pioneer
SALIX Technologies. Simpkins managed the company from its inception to 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.
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 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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