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 
telecommuications 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 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 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.