Slim Souissi
Slim Souissi
Slim Souissi (born April 30, 1965) is corporate business executive, prolific inventor, investor, and serial entrepreneur. He is chairman, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Ospitek Inc, co-founder of Esquiretek Inc, and owner of Miotiv Inc. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Novatel Wireless, Souissi is widely recognised as one of the pioneers of the industry adoption of wireless data technology during the wireless internet boom of 2000s and 2010s. His engineering organisation pioneered the development and commercialisation of the world first wireless WAN PC cards, embedded modules for laptops and USB modems. In May 2009, MiFi 2200 portable mobile hotspots became the first mobile hotspot in the world to go live on the Verizon Wireless network creating a new product category and a market size worth tens of billions of dollars. Souissi is the inventor of more than 60 US patents, some of which were used in litigation against major manufacturers.
Early life and education
Slim Souissi was born on April 30, 1965 and grew up in La Goulette, Tunisia. From a young age, he has shown a great passion for science and technology and was one of the key members of Club Jeunes Science of Tunisia, representing the North African nation in international Youth and Space competitions around the world. Souissi graduated from Lycée Carthage Présidence in 1984 and was selected among the country's elite high school students to pursue the Grande École d'Ingénieurs curriculum at Lycée Henri-IV, in Paris. He received an electrical engineering degree from École Centrale de Marseille, a digital signal processing engineering degree from CentraleSupélec, an MSEE and PhD degrees from Georgia Tech. Professor Stephen B. Wickerwas his thesis advisor and professor Ronald W. Schafer was the chairman of his PhD committee.
Engineering career
During his last year at Georgia Tech, he conducted post doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Stephen B. Wicker focusing on the design of wireless paging protocols for Skytel and Motorola. Their work contributed to the creation of the ReFLEX 25 wireless paging protocol and the first adoption of Reed Solomon Codes in paging systems. In 1994, Souissi was hired by Motorola as a Staff Engineer focusing on spread spectrum and CDMA protocols for paging networks. He spent seven years at Motorola working on wireless data systems, GPS protocols, location based services and Internet of Things systems. In1999, he was awarded the distinguished innovator award from Motorola and the inventor of the year award rom the messaging systems and paging group. In 2006, Souissi was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni of Georgia Tech for his contributions to the wireless industry[1].
Corporate Executive and Entrepreneur
In May 2000, Souissi joined Novatel Wireless as a Chief Scientist to lead the Software Defined Radio program. He was promoted to CTO and SVP of engineering in 2002. Souissi guided Novatel Wireless through the worldwide expansion of the mobile broadband market which culminated at a company valuation of more than $800M and an annual revenue of $500M. He and his team invented the award winning MiFi mobile hotspot creating a global market category worth tens of billions of dollars. Dr. Souissi is the holder of several MiFi essential patents asserted against ZTE[2] , Franklin Wireless and Apple Inc.
MiFi was picked by Time Magazine as one of the greatest/most influential gadgets of the century[3]. The company was named by Forbes as one of the top five most innovative technology companies in America[4]. Dr. Souissi was awarded the distinction of being part of ExecRank’s “Top CTO Rankings” of America in 2013 and 2014 and the J.D. innovation award from Novatel Wireless.
In 2016, Souissi resigned his position as President and COO[5] of Novatel Wireless to start a new career as a serial entrepreneur and investor. He founded Ospitek Inc., a HealthTech company leveraging IoT and AI technologies to maximise surgical centres and hospitals operational efficiencies. He is also the co-founder of Esquiretek Inc. and Miotiv Inc., an engineering services company.
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- ↑ "novatel wireless sue ZTE - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ Ha, Peter (2010-10-25). "All-TIME 100 Gadgets - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "IoT News | Novatel Wireless Named One of the Top Five Most Innovative Tech Companies in America by Forbes | IoT Business News". 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "Novatel Wireless Announces Leadership Change". www.businesswire.com. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
