Member Bio - Daniel S. Simpkins

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. 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. Hillcrest is currently the leading global supplier of software, hardware, and intellectual property for motion-enabled products. 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, and he holds 19 U.S. patents in the fields of interactive television and telecommunications.