Robert is a consultant to VCs, manufacturers, carriers, and ISPs with a focus on

the intersection of technology, ... more

Robert is a consultant to VCs, manufacturers, carriers, and ISPs with a focus on

the intersection of technology, markets, and society with Open Standards,

Open Source Software, Open Spectrum, multimedia and Internet infrastructure.

Current clients and advisory positions include SkyPilot Networks (metro-Mesh wireless), Wavion Networks (in stealth-mode), NetEnrich (remote management equipment), PePLink (Chinese wireless equipment manufacturer), GridNetworks (P2P Media Distribution), Contiga (social / p2p Telecom), Boorah (vertical search/social web engine) and Panorama Capital (VC) among others.

From 2003 thru 2004, he was the VP of Network Engineering at MetroFi, Inc, a VC funded startup building a wholesale residential broadband wireless network based on 802.11 technology.

During 2002-2003, Robert was a visiting research fellow at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM www.glocom.ac.jp) in Tokyo with a focus on Open Spectrum technology (Ultra-wideband spread spectrum, Cogn