Guy Resheff, Executive in Residence, Tallwood Venture Capital

Guy brings over 15 years of diverse experience to Tallwood, where he focuses on wireless and telecom opportunities. Most recently, Guy led system engineering activities at Atheros, the world’s leading provider of silicon solutions for wireless LAN. In that role, he was responsible for providing all system solutions for a $300M product line. Previously, Guy was the Founder, President and CTO of Provigent, a semiconductor company in the Wireless Transmission Network market. Leading all engineering activities and defining the company’s product roadmap, Guy took Provigent from inception to a leadership position, with design wins with world’s largest telco OEM’s. As a graduate of Talpiot, the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF) most prestigious academic training program, he spent eight years developing satellite wireless communication systems, and won numerous awards for his contribution to the Israeli space program. Guy holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Peter Barry, Partner, Vodafone Group

Peter Barry has 20+ years of experience in Mobile and Telecommunications. Peter is currently heading Vodafone’s Global Venture Capital Fund. Prior to this Peter held positions as VP Corporate Strategy and VP Engineering in Japan Telecom and VP Corporate Strategy in Vodafone Japan. Peter has also held leadership roles in Technology Strategy for AirTouch and Telecom New Zealand. Peter holds a PhD and Bachelor’s degree (first class honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Barry Davis, Wireless Broadband Evangelist

Barry Davis has over 23 years of experience in the computing and telecommunications’ industries. While at Intel Corporation, Mr. Davis built multiple businesses from the ground up creating Intel’s I/O Storage and Wireless Networking groups. Mr. Davis was a driving force behind the world-wide success of Wi-Fi, including the introduction of Intel CentrinoTM Mobile PCs. He has numerous industry awards and holds 11 U.S. and 2 international patents. Mr. Davis has held multiple roles in the wireless industry. Most recently, he was Vice-President/Executive Director or Products and Services for Clearwire. Mr. Davis was one of the original people brought into to Clearwire to help build and launch the nations first 4G mobile broadband network. Prior to Clearwire, he was General Manager of Intel’s Wireless Networking Lab where he led a worldwide organization developing cutting edge solutions and strategies across the wireless industry including WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and 3G/LTE. From 2000 through 2005, Mr. Davis was the Director of Strategic Marketing and Product Planning for Intel’s Wireless Networking Group. Mr. Davis founded this group with the original Symbol Technologies joint venture and was a lead in the development of the first 3 generations of Wi-Fi product solutions including the development and launch of Intel CentrinoTM Mobile Technology.

Michael Hurlston, Sr. VP & GM for WLAN Business Unit, Broadcom Corporation

Michael Hurlston is the Vice President and General Manager for the Home and Wireless Networking Business Unit at Broadcom Corporation. He has over 10 years of experience in the wireless industry spanning MMDS, 802.16, 802.11, and Bluetooth technologies. Prior to Broadcom, Mr. Hurlston was vice president of Marketing at Oren Semiconductor where he was involved in technical innovations in both the broadcast digital television and wide area wireless markets. Before joining Oren, Mr. Hurlston was director of Marketing at IC WORKS, where he developed spread spectrum clocking technology and co-authored several papers on the subject. He has been an active participant and contributor to the 802.11g committee of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Mr. Hurlston holds an MBA and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering both from the University of California, Davis.

Peter Santos, President & CEO, Audience

Peter Santos brings to Audience more than 20 years experience in product management, business development and engineering in semiconductors, software and telecommunications. Before joining Audience, he was VP of Marketing & Business Development at analog IP & tools supplier Barcelona Design, where he led the company's product & business model definition as well as its product launch and early revenue. As VP of Marketing at DSL technology provider Voyan Technology, Santos led the company's identification and penetration of the DSL market opportunity. Previously, he was head of worldwide ASIC product marketing at LSI Logic, driving revenue from $600M to $1.2B. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Colby College, and an MBA from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.