Tony Shakib

LoRa Alliance operates an open, nonprofit association whose members closely collaborate and share experiences to promote the LoRaWAN protocol as the open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. The company was founded in March 2015 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Exostellar, Inc. provides cloud optimization services. The company is based in Ithaca, NY. The company was founded by Zhiming Shen, Hakim Weatherspoon, Robbert van Renesse. Hakim Weatherspoon has been the CEO since incorporation.

Zensys, Inc. provides wireless communication services. It offers Z-Wave technology, a radio frequency-based mesh network and communications protocol, which enables everyday devices to be controlled & monitored wirelessly. The company also provides control & status reading application services for residential, energy management, access control, security and building automation. Zensys was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Centillium Communications, Inc. designs, develops and supplies integrated programmable system-on-a-chip solutions that enable high-speed broadband access. Its products include passive optical network chip solutions; mixed-signal integrated circuits, hardware and software applications. The firm also offers fiber to the premises products that include central office transceivers, protocol processors, customer premise equipment transceivers and protocol processors. The company was founded in 1997 by Faraj Aalaei and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Nortel Networks, Inc. provides digital network solutions and services. It offers end-to-end broadband, voice over Internet Protocol, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

AOptix Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures laser communication systems. Its Composite Optical-RF technology is an integration of wireless optical technology with radio frequency technology, providing ultra-high bandwidth capacity with carrier-grade availability up to 10 kilometers. The company was founded by Anthony P. Mazzarella, J. Elon Graves and Malcolm J. Northcott in 2000 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.