Scott Fullam

Employer:	2Wire Inc
Position:	Director of Product Architecture
Time period:	January 2004 - Present
Description:	• Director of engineering for new technology group chartered with developing 2Wire FemtoCell Home Base Station. Hired and managed software, hardware, and QA teams that are developing a UMTS home base station for the US and international market. Developed core technology platform, wrote requirements documents, managed global technology suppliers. • Director of engineering group developing additional DSL and other wireless broadband technologies. Managing local and overseas development and manufacturing teams. • Architect and hardware engineering managing for a series of satellite and IP set-top boxes, including the award winning AT&T HomeZone, a MIPS based IP/Satellite/ATSC home media server with dual-television support. » Won Consumer Electronics Show Best of Show Award in 2005. » Provided technical leadership by authoring engineering specifications, overseeing overseas (Taiwan, China, Germany, Singapore) and domestic component vendors, and day to day management of internal and external engineering staff. » Developed novel, low-cost, low power, TDMA UHF RF remote control system that allows multiple remotes on one frequency. Managed industrial design, mechanical design, firmware design, electrical design, agency certification (FCC part 15 and 68, UL, CE), and manufacturing. Both RF and system design is patent pending. Brought two versions to volume manufacturing. » Directed integration of key DSP, RF, and video components during design process for Set Top Boxes including the Broadcom 7038, 7400, ST Micro STB7109, Sigma Designs 8634, and Philips PNX1500/1700 chipsets. • Developed long-term technology roadmap for company’s in-home media distribution systems using both wired (Coppergate, DS2/HomeplugAV, MOCA) and Wireless (802.11n, 802.11g plus steerable antennas) technologies. • Managed business development and product deployment with Echostar, Philips Electronics, AT&T Wireless, Telmex, and Nagravision.

Employer:	Hacker Reality TV series “Deployed” (http://stage6.divx.com/Deployed)
Position:	Host
Description:	Show focuses on me and two other hardware hackers who build high tech gadgets with commonly available parts and deploy them in a series of situations. Projects for first show include Stereo Parabolic Microphones, Climbing Rope Ascender from a Power Drill, and Hacked Cell Phone for Balloon Ariel Photography. I managed all work and personally built all electronic hardware and wrote all code in under 4 hours for each project.

Employer:	XRScience LLC
Position:	Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Time period:	January 2002 - December 2004
Description:	Designed and developed all hardware and software for a series of sports performance measurement products. Filed patents to protect technology and managed technical development team. Products included wireless ski/snowboard activity monitor, collision warning system helmet, and digitally enhanced fishing lure with species-specific signaling system.

Employer:	Fullam Consulting
Position:	Principal
Time period:	January 2002 - December 2003
Description:	Lasershield Inc. • Brought up Alpha and Beta production lines in Southern China for a low-cost, high volume UHF wireless home security product. Debugged and improved product design. Designed and developed all automated production test fixtures. Authored all automated and RF test procedure documents. BzBeat Interactive • Recruited U.S. development team and delivered detailed system specification for the SongMail System, a voice and WAP karaoke system deployed in Taiwan and China through major mobile phone operators. • Designed phone-based user interface. Architected computer telephony back-end system, including vendor evaluation and selection of components and system architecture, such as voice and network DSP cards by Intel/Dialogic. iMerchants LLC • Developed IP videophone architecture based on TI OMAP5910. Recruited and managed all hardware and software resources Author of best selling book Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks • Published by O’Reilly and Associates. Reached #36 overall on Amazon.com. Featured in San Jose Mercury News. • Projects ranged from low cost 2.4 GHz antennas to GPS receivers to weather-printing toasters. • Featured writer for the How 2.0 Ask A Geek column in Popular Science magazine. American X-Flyer Inc. • Designed and developed low-cost autonomous aircraft for U.S. and international toy market, including all software and hardware. Mamoto Inc. • Developed architecture for wireless digital still camera based on the TI OMAP processor. Wrote specification for all optics, CPU, and radio modules. Established offshore development and manufacturing plan. Developed staffing plan.

Employer:	Id8 Group Inc.
Position:	CTO
Time period:	January 2000 - December 2002
Description:	Responsible for technical leadership and market intelligence. Managed numerous projects and provided expert due diligence for leading network and communications companies. Product Development and Management • Managed development of all hardware and software for a battery powered portable digital photo viewing device connected to AOL’s photo channel. » Designed ultra-low-power hardware that could run over 1 month from set of AAA cells. » Leverage embedded Linux on a Toshiba MIPS core in the client and Linux-based authentication and file servers in the back-end to support both standalone operation and interface to online photo services. » Investigated and negotiated with three top-tier Japanese and Hong Kong based development partners and secured manufacturing partner willing to front all development costs • Designed hardware and software for a high security PCMCIA CARD adapter with embedded VPN client based on FreeSWAN for AT&T Menlo Park Labs. » Served as sole hardware technical resource. Single-handedly completed and delivered entire hardware portion of project, built around a 200 MHz SA1110 platform. Architected and developed custom interface IC architecture. » Managed Linux development team for VPN client and server. » Developed novel encryption key handling methods and tamper-proof enclosure design. » Located all production resources, prepared detailed specifications and bill of materials, and negotiated contracts. • Developed hardware and software architecture for low-cost wireless AOL Instant Message DECT based home wireless product for Thompson Electronics » Designed and built working prototype using Z80 Core CPU and 900MHz radio data modem » Managed Windows C# software development » Developed final system hardware and software design » Evaluated and selected hardware components » Evaluated and selected software development firms Investment and Consulting • Developed market positioning for new storage product from Viewsonic • Delivered Industry Expert presentations to Microsoft Embedded Sales group on product development process. • Performed investment due diligence for 3Com in the areas of wireless data distribution and CDMA data products.

Employer:	PocketScience Inc. (now PocketMail Inc.)
Position:	Founder and CTO
Time period:	January 1995 - December 2000
Description:	Co-Founded PocketScience, a company that provides mobile email to its customers from virtually anywhere. Employee number one: grew business from conception to approaching cash-flow profitability. Recruited and managed Engineering and Operations Team and staff of 65+ motivated and highly experienced professionals in the areas of DSP, server, and firmware software, network operations, IS, quality assurance, and OEM licensing. Investor Relations • Raised over $3 million in first round financing from leading venture capital and industry insider/angel investors based on their technical due diligence of our server and handheld device design and architecture. Subsequent financings totaled nearly $20 million. Product Development • Lead technical negotiations and joint-product development with OEM licensees: Sharp, JVC, AudioVox, Oregon Scientific, and Palm Computing. • Shipped multiple generations of client-server systems and achieved a $99 unsubsidized retail price for client devices. • Supervised design of all of company’s handheld products, three of which won multiple product awards including CES Manufacturers Showcase Award and ZD-TV Coveted Cube Award. Products. Products received over 300 laudatory product reviews in major publications such as Newsweek, Time, and Wired. • Researched and developed highly robust data modems that could run on low-cost 8 bit CPUs. • Designed efficient data coding (error correction and detection) and communications protocols for three generations of products. • Guided interface design for all handheld products. • Oversaw manufacturing ramp-up and establishment of Quality Control in factories in China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Research • Performed extensive research into wireless network infrastructure (GSM, CDMA, TDMA) and vocoders to for unique compressed channel modem • Authored numerous technical white papers outlining company technology strategy. • Developed company’s technical strategy and next-generation prototypes for implementation of Bluetooth short-range wireless and the GPRS technologies. • Developed and patented unique data modem that inserted data through voice codecs. Management and Administration • Created a great place to work – extremely high-retention and employee referral of new hires, even amidst an ultra-competitive job environment. Developed innovative office theme rooms and led numerous company wide activities. • Member of board of directors. • Managed team of 25 engineers and consultants. • Served a senior decision maker on strategic technology issues for management team.

Employer:	Apple Computer, Imaging Group
Position:	Senior Hardware Engineer
Time period:	January 1992 - December 1995
Description:	Lead hardware design effort for Apple’s Imaging Group research into new digital camera and imaging platforms. Worked closely with Sanyo, Sharp, Tamron, to complete design. Specified optics and full frame, progressive scan, megapixel imaging sensor. Developed overall system hardware architecture that included custom SoC, AFE, and power supply based on IBM 403 series PowerPC microprocessor and supervised circuit design and development. Developed custom version of 403 series chip with IBM whose features were later incorporated into standard 40X series parts. Ultimately, technology and patents were spun out into FlashPoint Technologies.

Employer:	Abrams Gentile Entertainment Inc.
Position:	Senior Toy Designer and Engineer
Time period:	January 1990 - December 1992
Description:	Lead designer for advanced and novel toy design house. Designed next generation Nintendo PowerGlove, a video game peripheral that allowed the player to use hand gestures to control the game, which was licensed to Mattel, which sold over 1 million pieces. . As the Senior Engineer, I designed and built over 40 prototype and production children’s toys based on Motorola 6805/6811, Intel 8051, and National Semiconductor micro controllers. In addition I managed contract programmers and machinists. Some of the toys I designed and built include: Teen Talk Barbie interactive play system (Manufactured by Mattel), the Radio Control PowerGlove, a remote ‘etch-a-sketch’, R/C Battle Cars, and a wireless still video transmitter and receiver.

Employer:	IBM Research and Development
Position:	Researcher
Time period:	January 1987 - December 1990
Description:	Designed, constructed, and programmed novel self-controlled four degree of freedom robotic arm and hand assembly.

Employer:	MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Position:	Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant
Time period:	January 1987 - December 1990
Description:	Worked as a researcher and teaching assistant for Professor Rodney Brooks in the Mobile Robot Lab.

Employer:	MIT Media Lab
Position:	Graduate Research Assistant
Time period:	January 1986 - December 1990
Description:	Worked for Professor Andrew Lippman on interactive video systems and the hardware for a high performance HDTV development platform. Developed high resolution touch screen interface and coded image streams onto unrecordable videotape.

University:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period:	1985 - 1990
Degree:	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MSc

University:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period:	1985 - 1990
Degree:	Electrical Engineering, BSc

Patents:

Author of 15 US Patents in Wireless Infrastructure, Digital Imaging, and Electromechanical Control including; 5,963,255 , 5,764,291 , 5,907,322 , 5,761,453 , 5,784,629 , 5,640,635 , 5,802,550 , 6,023,779 , 6,006,351 , 5,949,160, 5,666,569 and 5,995,599.

Hobbies:

Enjoy martial arts (I have a Brown Belt in Shotokan Karate), Amateur Radio Operator (Extra Class License), digital photography, golf, and biking. I speak, read, and write Spanish. Studied Japanese for 4 years and have basic conversational level verbal skills, including reading and writing kana and hiragana. Speak basic Mandarin Chinese and continue to improve Mandarin skills.