Breakthrough in Electromagnetic Physics

Brian Deutsch

Brian was the founding CEO of Wavtrace, a broadband wireless equipment provider acquired by Harris Corporation (HRS) in 2000.  More recently, he served as turnaround CEO at ApertoNetworks and EVP at BSQUARE (BSQR).  Brian spent six years with Motorola, worked for NASA at Kennedy Space Center, was a finalist for Inc. magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year,” and has been awarded many U.S. patents. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami.

Kyle Pickens

Kyle Pickens, CFA, serves as Vice President of Strategy and Communications and will be responsible for the overall investor communication strategy of Globalstar as well as helping drive the strategic efforts of the Company across satellite and spectrum initiatives. Mr. Pickens joined Globalstar from Steelhead Partners, a long time Globalstar investor.

Mr. Pickens joined Steelhead Partners as an analyst at the end of 2009 and was promoted to Partner of the Navigator funds in 2015. At Steelhead, his responsibilities included coverage of the Telecom, Media and Technology space. Previously, Mr. Pickens was with Cadogan Management LLC, a fund-of-funds firm, where he was a director and an investment committee member. He interned at Cadogan while an undergraduate student, then joined full time as an analyst upon graduating in 2002. In 2005, the firm launched a fund of funds/hedge fund hybrid vehicle for which Kyle had day-to-day responsibility. As a senior analyst, he conducted fundamental research in several sectors and countries, managed the fund’s operational issues, and developed client relationships. Mr. Pickens holds a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Glenn Lurie

Glenn Lurie serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss Technologies. Glenn joined the Synchronoss team in November, 2017 with nearly 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications and wireless industries.

Prior to joining Synchronoss, Glenn was President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations where he successfully grew the nation’s leading wireless and consumer business. During this time Glenn managed sales and distribution, customer care, operations, home entertainment and video services. Glenn and his team were also responsible for the integration of AT&T’s Direct TV and the company’s digital business.

After starting his career in the early days of the wireless industry at McCaw Cellular, Glenn helped usher in the modern smartphone era by leading AT&T’s negotiations with Apple to introduce the first iPhone and iPad. He built three groundbreaking business for AT&T: IoT business – bringing wireless connectivity to tablets, cars and consumer electronics; Digital Life – AT&T’s home automation and security business, and finally the launch of Aio Wireless – now Cricket Wireless, the companies’ industry leading prepaid flanker brand.

In 2014, Glenn was named as one of just 10 “MobileGameChangers” by Russell Reynolds Associates for his mobile-first approach to developing innovative services that enhance the way people live. Glenn was named to the Global Telecom Business “Power 100” multiple times, awarded Wireless Week’s Telecom Leadership Award in 2010, and presented the Atlanta Telecom Professional of the Year Award in 2009 from the Atlanta Telecoms Professionals Association.

Glenn is active in industry associations and within the community. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the GSMA, Avis Budget Group, Inc., Pivotal Commware, Inc. and the Consumer Technology Industry Association, where he previously served as chairman of the board in 2016. He also serves on the Aptiv Advisory Council and is a member of the executive advisory board of Curing Kids Cancer and the board of the Atlanta Concorde Fire Soccer Club.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business/Marketing from Seattle Pacific University. An avid soccer player, Glenn was a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Champion at Seattle Pacific University. He was also a 1st Round Draft pick in the Major Indoor Soccer League and went on to play professionally for teams in Cleveland, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Portland.

Peter Detkin

Peter N. Detkin is a founder of Intellectual Ventures (IV) and focuses on a variety of projects relating to intellectual property and invention. Intellectual Asset Management recently named Mr. Detkin the second most influential “IP market maker” in the world and referred to him as a “legend in the patent transactions and strategy world.”  Mr. Detkin is on the board of directors of Pivotal Commware, Inc., a spinoff from IV.

Prior to joining IV, Mr. Detkin spent eight years at Intel Corporation where he was a vice president and assistant general counsel. As assistant general counsel, Mr. Detkin was responsible for managing the Intel patent and licensing departments, including all aspects of prosecution and claims management. Mr. Detkin also managed the litigation and competition policy departments, including antitrust.

Before he joined Intel, Mr. Detkin was an intellectual property partner at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif. Mr. Detkin was the first patent lawyer hired at the firm and formed the basis of its highly successful intellectual property practice. While at Wilson Sonsini, he had lead or second chair responsibility for a number of high-profile litigations, including the seminal computer copyright case, Lotus v. Borland.

Outside of his professional work, Mr. Detkin is the past president of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, an organization dedicated to providing legal services to low-income children and families, people with mental and developmental disabilities, AIDS patients and victims of discrimination. He is currently on the board of directors of the Humane Society of Silicon Valley and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Mr. Detkin received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with honors in 1982 from the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering and a J.D. in 1985 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He serves as a member of the board of overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Mr. Detkin is an inactive member of the state bars of California and New York, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Shaygan Kheradpir

Dr. Kheradpir is best known for driving transformational change using technology at Verizon where he was Group CIO, at Barclays Bank as Group COO, at Juniper Networks & Coriant (formerly Tellabs, Siemens Optical, Sycamore) as CEOs and Chairman.

Dr. Kheradpir was on the founding Executive Leadership Committee of Verizon helping it to transform from a phone company to a premier telecom worldwide with products such as FiOS and 4G-LTE, interactive multi-media, and world-class customer service and efficiency through automation. At Barclays, he was on the bank’s Global Executive Committee as Group COO and helped set the course for 21st century industrialization in financial services — pioneering industry first FinTech products such as peer-to-peer mobile money, bank digitization and automation, lowering risks, and cost reductions via the company’s TRANSFORM Program. As CEO of Juniper, he focused the company by creating and executing its Integrated Operating Plan (IOP) that ultimately drove EBITDA growth double digits, launching Cloud-Builder and High IQ networking products, automation and machine learning. As Chairman & CEO of Coriant, he integrated and reinvented three predecessor companies of Tellabs, Siemens Optical, and Sycamore, dramatically lowering costs, and creating the industry-first Hyper-scale Carrier Architecture (HCA) products that propelled Coriant to become a leading insurgent telecom equipment company across high-speed packet-optical, cloud interconnect, and 5G. The new disruptive products ultimately drove hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue.

Dr. Kheradpir currently works with high-tech startups and is also a senior advisor and operating executive at Cerberus Capital with special focus on 5G, Industrial Internet, AI, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Semiconductors, and Autonomous Systems.

Dr. Kheradpir received his BS, ME, and Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering from Cornell University in 1982, ’83 and ’87, respectively. He is on the board of MTN Group (260 million subscribers across MEA), Cornell University Engineering Council, the US Department of State’s International Digital Economy & Telecommunications (IDET) Advisory Committee, and served on the Advisory Board of the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). He was inducted into CIO Hall of Fame in 2006, selected as outstanding young engineer by the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 1990, and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2014.

Tony J. Blevins

Tony J. Blevins is a 22 year veteran of Apple, Inc in Cupertino, CA. As Vice-President of Procurement, he supervised a 1000+ person international staff that enabled innovative Apple products that include the original and all later versions of the iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Watch. In 2002, he was named one of thirty ‘Global Leaders of Tomorrow’ in conjunction with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Prior to joining Apple in 2000, Blevins held positions at IBM in both supply chain and engineering and worked/resided in Florida, New York, Tokyo and Seoul, culminating in the position of Program Director of IBM’s Scotland laboratory.

He also serves on NextGen Cyber Talent’s Board of Directors and was a Board of Trustee member at Semi, Inc.

Blevins is a 1989 Summa Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina State University’s engineering program. He is also an NCSU Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Distinguished Alumni as well as an NCSU ISE Board of Advisory member. Blevins was the 2022 recipient of the International Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering’s most prestigious award — ‘Captain of Industry’.