NextWave Wireless competitors

Gary B. Smith is a British-American executive, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Ciena, an American telecommunications networking multinational.

Patrick Harshman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Harmonic since May 2006. As CEO Patrick has driven Harmonic’s strategic re-positioning as the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, and overseen the rapid expansion of the company’s customer base, international presence, and video product portfolio. He joined Harmonic in 1994 and prior to being appointed CEO held several other executive management positions for the company. Patrick earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.

I’m a CEO and productive board member who relentlessly pursues best practices and customer satisfaction to stay ahead of competition. My innovation and focus on owning the supply chain has scaled back costs while increasing profits and customer reliability, as well as earning formal recognition: the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year NJ Regional Winner and a Connected World magazine Pioneers of IoT. I understand that achieving goals relies on all stakeholders communicating regularly and working for the same outcomes. I spend time with customers, shareholders, and employees so I can keep my finger on the pulse of the business’s overall health and make changes as needed. Always looking toward the future to anticipate and prepare for change, I excel at product development in response to market changes, managing risk, and overseeing the future direction of company initiatives. My skill set works cross-functionally across industries to help businesses… -- track industry developments and innovations to ensure ability to innovate and deliver relevant services -- generate and maintain successful networks and relationships with vendors, partners, and customers -- Identify and initiate business development and delivery strategies -- pinpoint problems, quickly implementing permanent solutions In my career I’ve helped companies grow profitably by… -- transitioning a firm into a global end-to-end solutions provider, growing sales to $200 million annually -- growing enterprise value from $8 million to $700 million -- directing more than 2,000 staff in 40 locations

Frank Plastina was appointed President and CEO of Tekelec in February 2006. He brings more than 19 years of senior executive and management experience in the telecommunications industry with companies including Proxim Corporation, Warburg Pincus LLC and Nortel Networks Corporation. Prior to joining Tekelec, Mr. Plastina was executive in residence at Warburg Pincus, where he was responsible for evaluating potential investments and providing executive support to its portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Plastina was executive chairman of Proxim, a provider of Wi-Fi and broadband wireless access products. During Mr. Plastina’s 15-year career at Nortel, he held a series of executive-level positions in the company’s Wireless, Internet Service Providers, Signaling Solutions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance Groups. Most recently, he was president of Nortel’s multi-billion dollar Metro and Enterprise Networks business unit, in which he led the successful development and marketing of the company’s VoIP products to service providers, enterprises and government entities.

Rich Schroder is based in Plano, Texas. He has worked as VP Access Business Unit at Dan Ericsson, Manager Product development at Unify, and Senior Director Switching Product Development at DSC Communications.

Michael Gulett is a Chief Executive Officer at Ikanos Communications and is based in United States.