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PCTEL Management is comprised of executives with decades of experience in the wireless communications industry and a track record of leading successful business transformations.
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Martin (Marty) H. Singer, Ph. D.
Chairman & CEO
Marty is the Chairman and CEO of PCTEL, a position that he has held since October, 2001. He has been a member of the PCTEL Board of Directors since August, 1999 just prior to the company's IPO. Since 2001, Marty has changed the company's direction from that of a commodity, soft-modem supplier, to a leader in broadband wireless technologies. During this transition, Marty acquired six operations, divested the modem business and the Mobility Solutions Group, and generated significant revenue through the licensing of intellectual property.
Prior to joining PCTEL, Marty began his career in telecommunications at Bell Laboratories in 1980 and then moving onto product management positions at AT&T and Tellabs. From 1990 through 1997 he led the Wireless Local Loop division within Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group and was responsible for licensing Motorola's valuable GSM patents worldwide. He took over SAFCO Technologies, a wireless test and measurement company, at the end of 1997 and sold the company to Agilent after more than doubling its revenue.
Marty earned his B.A. at the University of Michigan and his Masters and Ph.D at Vanderbilt University. He serves as Chairman of the AeA's Midwest Council and is on the AeA's National Executive Committee. Marty served on the Standing Advisory Group for the PCAOB, the organization established by Congress to provide oversight to the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Marty writes and lobbies on issues related to U.S. competitiveness, corporate governance, and telecommunications, and holds seven patents.
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John Schoen
CFO
John was a 19 year Motorola veteran with broad experience in Intellectual Property licensing, management of international manufacturing operations, and traditional controller responsibilities. John served as controller of Motorola's fixed wireless division and helped managed its growth to a $250 million operation. He held the COO and CFO positions at SAFCO Technologies during its growth from a $18 to $42 million operation and managed the transition of SAFCO to Agilent Technology's ownership. John has served as PCTEL's COO and CFO since November, 2001 and successfully restructured the company's IT, inventory and forecasting processes while executing the company's transition to wireless. John is a CPA and began his career with Ernst & Young LLP. He received his BS in Accounting from DePaul University.
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Jeff Miller
Vice President & General Manager, Antenna Products Group
Currently Jeff leads PCTEL’s Antenna Products Group. Jeff has performed a number of roles at PCTEL since November 2001. Most recently, Jeff led PCTEL's Global Sales Team. Prior to that, Jeff was responsible for PCTEL's business development and licensing programs. Jeff started his career at Motorola and spent 14 years at Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group in a number of technical and management roles. Jeff managed large software projects in the areas of cellular switching and network management systems. After leaving Motorola, Jeff ran a successful consulting practice concentrating on requirements development and implementation for Intelligent Networking solutions and large-scale Network Management applications. Jeff left his consulting career to lead SAFCO Technologies Test and Measurement group for three years before its acquisition by Agilent Technologies. Jeff earned his BS in Computer Science from University of Illinois.
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Luis Rugeles
General Manager, RF Solutions
Mr. Luis Rugeles has been the Vice President and General Manager of the RF Solutions Group since April, 2006. After joining the company in 2003, Mr. Rugeles held several other positions at PCTEL including Vice President of International Sales and Director of Product Marketing for the RF Solutions Group. With two decades of continued work in the wireless industry, Mr. Rugeles also brings to PCTEL substantial Sales and Business Development expertise. Previously held positions in this area include responsibilities at Schema, Inc., TTC, SAFCO Technologies, Inc., and Motorola where he was the Director of Sales for the Wireless Infrastructure Group. Mr. Rugeles began his career in the Wireless Industry as an RF engineer at BellSouth International where he was responsible for the design and optimization of several emerging cellular networks. Mr. Rugeles received a BS in Electronics Engineering from Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela, a Latin American Business Certificate from the University of Florida and an MBA in International Business from Vanderbilt University.
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Varda Goldman
Vice President and General Counsel
Before joining PCTEL, Varda served as a vice president of legal services for Motorola's Commercial Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS). She also served as vice president and lead counsel for Motorola’s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) during its growth from $500 million to $4.5 billion in revenue. Varda began her career at Motorola in 1977 supporting the automotive and electronics group. She received her undergraduate and law degrees at Northwestern University and DePaul University of Law, respectively.
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Robert Suastegui
Vice President & General Manager, Global Sales
Currently Robert leads PCTEL’s worldwide Sales organizations. Prior to joining PCTEL in June 2007, Robert enjoyed a successful 22 year career at Motorola. He held positions of increasing responsibilities in the accounting and finance organizations until the mid 1990’s. In 1997, Robert transitioned from the finance organization into Motorola’s iDEN business unit. From 1997 to 2005 he led Motorola’s iDEN International Infrastructure Group where he was successful in launching the iDEN technology in 23 countries. Robert has extensive international experience and has lived in both Mexico City and Singapore during his tenure at Motorola. In 2005 he assumed the VP & GM leadership role for the sales group responsible for one of Motorola’s largest multi-billion dollar mobile devices customers. He received his BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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