Erin Defossé is the Director of ATI Wireless, the wireless business acceleration program of ATI. He is responsible for identifying promising early stage companies, admitting them into the ATI, and providing them with the necessary operational and strategic business assistance to help them achieve their growth objectives. Erin works closely with companies across a variety of areas in information technology and has a special focus on those that deliver products and/or services using wireless technology. Erin spent seven years as the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Isochron Data Corporation, a provider of wireless data communication and enterprise software solutions for the management of remote devices and equipment. Prior to Isochron, Erin co-founded and was President of Navtrax, a developer of wireless tracking systems, and spent over five years as a spacecraft mission design engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Erin currently serves as Board Member of Monebo Technologies, Unwired Buyer, and Affinegy. He also is the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Austin Wireless Alliance, the wireless industry association of Central Texas. Erin holds an MBA and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. |