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Mr. Hoffman became a member of the board of directors in December of 2005. He is the retired vice president - technology development of Verizon Wireless where he was responsible for all technical product and service development. He was with Verizon Wireless, and its predecessor Bell Atlantic Mobile, since July 1, 1993.
Mr. Hoffman was responsible for managing the company's network transition from analog to digital Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) infrastructure. In addition to the CDMA transition, Ted managed the build out of Verizon Wireless' data infrastructure through coordination of the implementation of its CDPD, 1X and DO networks. He had responsibility for development of such products as vCast, Verizon's wireless video service, location based services for wireless 911, enhanced messaging and many, many more.
Ted was a member of the Board of Directors of Omnitel Pronto Italia, a Verizon Communications Wireless affiliate operating in Italy. He is a past officer on the Board of the CDMA Development Group, an organization responsible for promotion, advancement, deployment and future developments of CDMA. And, he has served on the Wireless Engineering Advisory Board at Auburn University as well as on the Intel Communications Advisory Board. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of w2bi, Incorporated.
Mr. Hoffman began his telecommunications career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1969 as a member of the technical staff. He joined Bell Atlantic in 1976 holding a variety of engineering, operations, marketing, external affairs, corporate planning and headquarters positions.
Ted received a BA from Elizabethtown College, a BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Drexel University. He holds three patents. | 