Board and Officers

	ZIGBEE OFFICERS:
	Chairman of the Board Ed Eckert Associate Director, Strategic Industry Standards Itron As Associate Director, Strategic Industry Standards in Itron’s Office of the CTO, Mr. Eckert is accountable for developing and executing business-driven standards strategies which enable Itron’s utility customers to satisfy their commercial and regulatory commitments. Ed fosters environments where implementable and interoperable technical specifications can be developed to enable intelligent communications between and within utility and home area networks. Prior to joining Itron, Mr. Eckert held senior management positions at BNR, Nortel Networks, Catena Networks and Ikanos Communications, leading cross-discipline, multi-regional teams in the development and execution of business driven standards strategies. Mr. Eckert has held numerous positions in deliberative, consensus based technology standards development organizations where he is recognized as a visionary, pragmatic leader. These experiences provide Mr. Eckert with a unique mix of skills – consensus building , team motivation, interpersonal communications and organizational – that drive his laser-focus on solving real industry issues through open, fair and balanced processes. Ed understands the vision of opportunity built on a foundation of technical, commercial, regulatory and political pragmatism.

	Vice Chairman of the Board Maurice Maes Senior Director Standardization Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Maurice has been with Philips for over 23 years and has been active in a variety of standardization activities in the past 15 years, mostly in the field of optical media. Currently, he oversees all standardization activities in the areas of connectivity and lighting within the Intellectual Property and Standards organization of Philips. Maurice holds a master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Nijmegen, and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from the University of Amsterdam.

	ZigBee Alliance Chairman and CEO Bob Heile Bob is a 20-plus year veteran in the field of data communications and wireless data with several articles and workshops to his credit. He is the Chairman and founding member of the ZigBee Alliance, and Chair and founding member of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group on WPANs, Co-Chair of IEEE P2030 Smart Gird Communications Task Force, and is a founding member of IEEE 802.11. In 1990, he was one of the founding members of 802.11 and continues in an active role today. With GTE, Bob was responsible for wireless opportunity business development. Bob joined BBN in early 1997, prior to its acquisition by GTE, with the mission of commercializing wireless ad hoc networking and wireless PAN technologies. From 1990 to 1996, he was vice president of engineering and business development for TyLink Corp, a bootstrap start-up in high-speed digital access products and network and circuit management software, and was a co-founder of Windata, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of wireless LANs. From 1980-1990, Bob was with Codex, a subsidiary of Motorola, where he was vice president/general manager of the company's modem business. Bob holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and Master of Arts and doctorate degrees in physics from The Johns Hopkins University.

	Secretary Pat Kinney Wireless Consultant Kinney Consulting Patrick is the president of an independent consulting company, Kinney Consulting LLC, specializing in Wireless Communications and serving both large and small companies for their wireless needs. Previously he was a vice president of communication technologies at Invensys, responsible for directing communication efforts throughout Invensys's divisions. He has 28 years experience in the design, development, and deployment of communication systems and products. He is the co-vice chairman and secretary of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks and the chairman of the IEEE 802.15.4a Task Group. He is also the secretary of the ZigBee Alliance and its Gateway Working Group chairman. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana.

	Treasurer Jim Sheehan Vice President Finance and CFO Ember Corporation Jim has more than 20 years of financial and operations management experience in software, services and manufacturing. Jim was most recently the chief financial officer at Demantra, which was sold to Oracle in June 2006. In his role at Demantra, Jim was responsible for all aspects of finance, human resources and IT services. Jim has extensive M&A experience in both selling and acquiring companies. Prior to joining Demantra, Jim held senior finance positions at Neteos, BISYS Networking Services, Network Integrity, EMC and Epoch Systems. Jim holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University.

	BOARD MEMBERS:
	Brett Bonner, P.E. Senior Director Research and Development Kroger Brett joined The Kroger Co. in June 2006, and currently is Senior Director of Research and Development, reporting to the Chief Information Officer. Previously Bonner worked for Kellogg Company and Federal Express where he held the positions of Managing Director and Vice President, FedEx Internet Technologies Corporation. Bonner's expertise is in management sciences combined with the engineering disciplines of mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science and programming, and optics. He has a number of patents with additional patents pending. Since 1996, direct measurements of profit from his technologies have now exceeded $5 billion USD. Bonner graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Memphis. He also attended graduate programs at Western Michigan University, Rennesslaer Polytechnic Institute and Concord University School of Law.

	Francis Dell'Ova Low Data Rate Business Development Director STMicroelectronics Francis is currently Business Unit manager for STMicroelectronics. He joined in 1985 and has been responsible for ST’s worldwide RFID practice since 2001. In this short tenure he has successfully positioned STMicroelectronics at the forefront of the fast growing EPC market. He is a strong propagator of fully interoperable systems and promotes actively worldwide standards in emerging markets. He has 12 years experience of corporate research and development and Product Division IC Design with a focus on emerging businesses (RF, CMOS Embedded Data Conversion and Digital scanning processors). He managed the digital scanning marketing activity for three years within the Display Division. He also headed a joint product development center between ST and one of its key OEM accounts involved in secure systems.

	Jean-Pierre Desbenoit Director Electronic & Software Research Strategy Customer and Technology Division Schneider Electric Jean-Pierre joined Schneider Electric in 2002 to take the position of Electronic and Software research director. Previously, Jean-Pierre spent 20 years in the Telecommunication field in various R&D positions: electronic design, software design, software development manager, and radio department manager at EADS Telecom where he has been involved in the TETRAPOL technology specification and was managing the development teams in charge of base stations and radio terminals equipping the public security forces of several countries in the world. Jean-Pierre graduated from the High National School of Telecommunication, Paris.

	Kent Dickson CTO Tendril Kent has more than 20 years of engineering experience. As CTO, Kent is responsible for technology strategy at Tendril including research, product architecture, standards and security. Most recently Kent was Vice President of Engineering at BEA Systems Inc., where he held a number of roles managing Engineering and Product Management functions for some of BEA’s key product platforms. Prior to BEA, he held engineering positions at Avitek, BDM International and Ball Aerospace. Kent holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA in Organizational Management from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

	Mark Grazier Texas Instruments

	Ryan Kelly Global Marketing Manager Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Ryan is the Global Wireless Connectivity Marketing Manager for Freescale Semiconductor responsible for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee platforms. His focus includes defining product platforms, managing them throughout development, bringing them to market and engaging and supporting strategic global customers. Ryan commenced his career as an intern as Motorola Semiconductor, now known as Freescale Semiconductor. Upon completing his Masters, he started his fulltime career as a digital circuit designer and IC layout engineer. After six years are purely technical work, Ryan transitioned to the business side and directed product definitions, marketing strategies, sales support and new product launches. For the past six years, Ryan has managed a multinational marketing and applications engineering team responsible for starting and growing emerging short-range wireless technology. In this role, Ryan has created, promoted, sold, and supported product platforms and strategies for consumer, medical industrial and smart energy markets. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 1996 and a Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in Communication Systems from Arizona State University in 1997.

	Robert Lefort Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ember Corporation Robert was appointed as chief executive officer of Ember in April 2006. Most recently, he was the president of Infineon Technologies North America Corp., carrying responsibility for all headquarters business activity and key customers. Earlier, he was vice president of Infineon's Automotive & Industrial business, managing business development and relationships with companies using Infineon chips for dynamic vehicle management, engine control, automotive safety systems and related applications. Before joining Infineon in 2000, Robert was customer manager at Delphi Corporation, a Tier One automotive electronics supplier, and held positions at Cherry Semiconductor (now part of ON Semiconductor), Unitrode Corporation and Analog Devices. He holds an master's degree in business administration from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

	Ruben Salazar, PhD Director of Technology Energy Management Solutions Landis+Gyr Ruben is the director of research and technology for Cellnet Technologies and retained the position following the acquisition of Cellnet by the Landis+Gyr Group. In his current assignment, he oversees the evolution of communication technology for advanced metering infrastructure applications and also oversees the standardization activities for the Energy Management Services branch of Landis+Gyr. He moved to San Carlos, Calif., in 2000 with the integration team for the newly acquired RF communications company, Cellnet Data Systems, as the manager of systems engineering. As manager of system engineering and innovation, he has been involved with the evolution of Cellnet communication systems and managed the initial development of Cellnet's two-way mesh technology for metering applications. From 1994 to 2000, he occupied diverse engineering managing positions related to the integration of RF modules in water, gas and electric meters. Ruben received a doctorate from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.

	Mark Smith Smart Energy Architect Reliant Energy, an NRG Energy company Mark is the consumer smart energy solutions business architect at Reliant Energy, the leading provider of smart energy products and solutions in the competitive Texas retail electricity market. He is also responsible for representing Reliant in both state and national smart energy standards organizations. He joined Reliant in 2002, initially leading systems and operational processes implementation as Reliant transitioned to the competitive market. Mark has more than 20 years experience in hardware development and systems engineering. Prior to Reliant, Mark spent 10 years at Compaq Computer Corporation in production operations and engineering leadership positions of increasing responsibility. His focus was on lean manufacturing and quality in support of Compaq’s Desktop and Workstation business units. He holds a master's degree in Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University and a bachelor of science in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University.

	Bruno Vulcano Electronic & Software Radio - VDI Department Manager Legrand Group Bruno joined Legrand as a RF engineer in 1997. Since 2005 he leads the Electronic and Software department of the Legrand Group’s Radio Frequency & Voice, Data and Image competencies center. Previously, Bruno spent 10 years in the wired and RF telecommunication field in various R&D positions as electronic designer or project leaders. Bruno holds a Master’s degree in Electronic Embedded System from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.