Bill Hoppin leads sales activity worldwide for Audience and is responsible for all customer, service provider and partner relationships. Prior to joining Audience, Hoppin was VP of Sales & Marketing at video component supplier Adimos, where he drove numerous strategic design wins, as well as at high-speed interconnect supplier Accelerant Networks, where he re-aligned the product offering, gained key design wins, and led a successful IEEE standards strategy. As VP of Sales & Marketing at Celeritek, a leading provider of power amplifies for mobile terminals, Hoppin built a 60-person sales team and drove revenues to triple in 2001 to $130 million. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and is the author of numerous articles on wireless and data communications. |