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Art Collmeyer is a true industry visionary and veteran in the fields of semiconductor and high-tech research. With over 35 years of industrial and entrepeneurial experience, Art brings world-class credentials to Sensory Networks. Since 2000, Art has been actively involved in the founding and development of several technology companies, including iWatt, Iridigm (since acquired by Qualcomm), and ZeroG Wireless. In 1996, Art founded Hi/fn to fill the market need for compression, encryption, authentication, and application recognition technologies. As CEO, Art grew the organization from a team of four to a fully operational public company in two years. The first company that Art helped create was Weitek, famous as the first company to implement the fabless semiconductor business model. He served as the company's CEO from its founding in 1981 through its public offering in 1988, becoming Chairman in 1992. At CALMA, Art was instrumental in quickly growing the company's annual sales by over $100M, and eventually saw the company sold to General Electric. Art has served as the CEO and on boards of directors for several other high tech companies, helping them grow significantly and eventually go public. Art has BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering. | 