Member Bio - 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 CEO of Hillcrest and as InterDigital Executive
Vice President for Advanced Sensor Technologies. 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 telecommunications pioneer SALIX Technologies for over
a decade, managing the company from inception to its becoming a leader
in VoIP. Simpkins is both a business and technical leader: he teaches, writes
about and speaks about entrepreneurship, and he holds 23 U.S. patents. 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, 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.