Bio

Chris Cadwell has over 20 years of experience in both engineering and marketing in the telecommunications industry. Chris began her career designing telephony surveillance systems for the Department of Defense. She later moved into digital video at startup C-Cube Microsystems, where she helped develop the world's first real-time MPEG2 encoder chips, for which her team was awarded an Emmy in 1995 for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. At C-Cube, she managed the development of the uplink encoder boards for the first digital satellite television system to launch in the U.S. (DirecTV). She created and managed the Technical Marketing department at C-Cube, and in 1997 she transitioned into Product Marketing. In 1999, she moved into the wireless arena, joining a startup called Handspring with the goal of launching the tiny company into the smartphone market. She was Product Manager for Handspring's first smartphone, the VisorPhone, and was the Director of the Wireless Marketing group at Handspring through the development of the successful Treo line of smartphones. Handspring was acquired by Palm in 2003, and now Chris is Director of Software at Palm, Inc.

Education

MSEE University of California, Davis, CA -Specialized in Statistical Signal Processing

BS Minerals Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO -Electrical Engineering emphasis and Minor in Geophysics (signal
processing).

Courses

TLEN 5130 Telecom Business Strategy

Contact Information:

Phone: 303-413-1121
Fax: 303-492-1112
E-Mail: christie.cadwell@colorado.edu or chris@lookabaughcadwell.com