Bluesocket Appoints former Verizon VP, Dr. Richard Klein as VP of Advanced Development.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 Bluesocket, a developer of wireless networks for portable devices based on the Bluetooth(TM) and 802.11b standards, today announced it has appointed Dr. Richard Klein Richard Klein can refer to:
See: New York Stock Exchange :VZ), responsible for evaluating and specifying new technical initiatives for Verizon's lines of business. "We are very fortunate to have the talented Richard Klein onboard," said David Crosbie, Bluesocket CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "He is an award-winning engineer who brings 30 years of experience in wireline and wireless access technologies, backbone network technologies, network security, cellular networks and fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber ." Prior to Verizon, Dr. Klein was vice president and director of the Network Infrastructure Laboratory at GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , responsible for evolving GTE's infrastructure for purposes of supporting services such as broadband multimedia, cellular, and wireless data. Dr. Klein has had a long and distinguished career at GTE Laboratories (now Verizon Laboratories). In 1988, work in the area of optical fibers led to his receiving GTE's highest technical honor, the Leslie H. Warner Technical Achievement Award. Dr. Klein was on the executive board of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Engineering Management Society. He was a chapter president of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society; and he was chairman of the American Ceramic Society's Technical Committee on Fiber Optics. Dr. Klein has published or delivered over two-dozen technical publications and presentations, and he holds 13 U.S. patents. He received both his Ph.D. degree in Ceramic Science and a bachelors of science in Ceramic Engineering, from SUNY SUNY - State University of New York College of Ceramics, Alfred University. About Bluesocket: Bluesocket, Inc. develops software and hardware to enable users of all types of Bluetooth and 802.11b mobile devices (laptops, PDAs, and cellphones) to maintain connection to corporate networks and the Internet while moving within their 'home' buildings and while roaming to other corporate premises and public Bluetooth and 802.11b areas. The Boston and London-based start-up received $5 million in initial funding from St. Paul Venture Capital, Osborn Capital LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control in August 2000. http://www.bluesocket.com Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden. |
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