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Bob Heile

Chairman & CEO
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(781) 929-4832

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Bob is a 20 plus year veteran in the field of data communications and wireless data. He is Chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, chair of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group on WPANs, and is a founding member of 802.11. Before assuming the leadership of the ZigBee Alliance, Bob was doing Wireless Communications Consulting for several high profile companies. Before that Bob was with GTE/BBN responsible for Wireless Opportunity Business Development, with the mission of commercializing wireless ad hoc networking and wireless PAN technologies. In 1990 he was a co-founder of Windata, Inc., an early developer of WLANs. From 1980-1990, Bob was with Motorola Codex, as VP/GM of the companys modem business. Bob holds a BA from Oberlin College, and an MA and Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University.