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Hall of Fame
Individuals Chosen Due to their Dedicated Work
The Bluetooth SIG Hall of Fame inducts new individuals each year. These individuals have given much of their time and commitment in the development, marketing, and promotion of Bluetooth wireless technology. Without each of these individuals, Bluetooth wireless technology would not be the great success it is today.
2012 Inductees
Michael Foley
- Instrumental in forming the current Bluetooth SIG, serving as the first BARB and Board member representing Microsoft Corporation
- Chairman of the Bluetooth SIG Board of Directors from 2002 to 2003
- Executive Director of the Bluetooth SIG for the past eight years
- Finalist in 2008 for the Executive of the Year category of the EE Times ACE Awards
- Led the Bluetooth SIG through multiple major specification versions, including Secure Simple Pairing (v2.1), High-Speed (v3.0), and Low Energy (v4.0)
- Watched membership grow from approximately 3,000 to 16,000 members strong
- During tenure as Executive Director, Bluetooth shipments rocketed from approximately two-hundred million to two billion.
Robert Hughes
- With Intel Corporation in Portland Oregon since 1996 and involved in Bluetooth technology since 2003
- Founding member and first Chair of Medical Devices Working Group. Served 5 terms as group Chair and 1 term as Co-Chair
- Lead team to develop the Health Device Profile and the Multi-Channel Adaptation Protocol
- Served as liaison to Continua Health Alliance liaison and IEEE 11073 for over 6 years
- Supported and organized over 12 prototyping test events for healthcare and fitness devices
- Voted WG Chair of the Year 3 times and awarded Key Contributor of the Year 1 time
- Led development and adoption of the first GATT-based service and profile including first test specifications and qualification documentation
- Led development of 11 Bluetooth GATT-based service and profile specifications through prototyping and adoption with several others in progress
Robert Hulvey
- Began working on Bluetooth technology in 2000 at Innovent Systems, acquired by Broadcom
- Active in and served in leadership roles of BARB, Core Specification Working Group, HID Working Group and Security Experts Group
- Architect for Broadcom’s Bluetooth HID/3DG/LE chips which have shipped in 100s of millions of products by manufacturers such as Apple, Microsoft, Logitech, Nintendo, Samsung, Sony, LG, Lenovo, Motorola, Toshiba, Panasonic, Vizio and Roku
- Played key role in persuading Nintendo to select Bluetooth technology as the controller connectivity solution in the Wii console enabling gaming to become the 2nd largest Bluetooth market segment next to mono headsets
- Inventor of Bluetooth based 3D glasses synchronization technology adopted by numerous TV manufacturers, expanding use of Bluetooth technology in TVs for remote control and audio functionality
- Broadcom Distinguished Engineer
- MSEE, UCLA and BSCpE, Virginia Tech
2011 Inductees
Ian Macnamara
- Leader of driving Bluetooth acceptance in handsets
- 6 Year member of Board of Directors
- Two term Board of Director Chair
- Instrumental in establishing low energy technology in Bluetooth SIG
- Served as WiMedia Alliance liaison
- Continues to bring new scenarios, such as location, into the SIG
 Magnus Sommansson
- Involved in Bluetooth technology since 1999
- Key contributor to testing of Profiles and Core Specifications v1.1 through v4.0
- Led the Low Energy test group to accommodate the Specification IOP and adoption of v. 4.0
- Founding member and first chair of the Bluetooth Qualification Review Board (BQRB)
- Special efforts to create the ecosystem and the infrastructure needed to accommodate the Bluetooth Qualification programs in PRD 1.0 as well as PRD 2.0
- Brought the Bluetooth Profile Tuning Suite into the Bluetooth SIG
- While managing UnPlugFests, introduced a broadened set of test scenarios including device library, robustness and security
- Defended the ISM and UNII bands for Bluetooth purposes within the ETSI technical committees.
2010 Inductees
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- Worked with Bluetooth wireless technology since early 2000
- Joined the HCI working group from its beginning and ended up being its Chair until it was merged with the Core Specification Working Group
- Member of Core Specification Working Group and co-chairing it since 2001
- Architectural Review Board member since 2002 as working group chair & CSR councillor
- Key contributor to Core Specification v1.2 through v4.0
- Key contributor to Bluetooth low energy technology, chairing the Ultra Low Power Working Group since it was founded
- Founder of GATT Profile Architecture Working Group and member of many other working groups
- B.Sc. in Computer Science from Manchester University, UK
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- Has served on the Board of Directors since the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. was founded
- Started working at Ericsson just before the SIG was first formed and was part of the public launch of the technology
- Was the vice President of Product Management at Ericsson Technology Licensing
- Was instrumental in the early days helping to form the technology including contributing to the creation of the Promoter Agreements, transfer of the Bluetooth trademark from Ericsson to the SIG, development of the first Bluetooth profiles
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lund's Institute of Technology
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2009 Inductees
Peter Cook
- Over 5 years with Bluetooth SIG
- Led the Adoption of 3 major Core specifications
- Led the Adoption of countless Profile specifications
- Drove the development of the Specification Management Process
- Created and supports prototype test events
- Shepherded multiple technical work and study groups
Joel Linsky
- Involved in Bluetooth technology since joining Silicon Wave in March 2000
- First started working within the SIG in BTI after the Dec 2000 developer's conference
- Joined Radio 1 Improvements in April 2001
- Chaired or Co-chaired the Core Specification Working Group since 2003
- Key contributor to Core Specifications 1.2, 2.0 + EDR, 2.1 + EDR and 3.0 + HS
- Participated in SIG working groups through two acquisitions (Silicon Wave to RFMD to Qualcomm)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego
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2008 Inductees
Simon Ellis
- 1983 - BSC EE City University, London, UK
- Worked at Intel in Santa Clara since 1988
- Involved in the formation of the Bluetooth SIG
- The first chair of the Bluetooth marketing team who;
Launched the Bluetooth SIG in 1998
Worked towards worldwide logo/name creation and registration
Grew membership and held developer conferences
Acted as press/analyst spokesperson
- Member of Bluetooth SIG board of directors until 2003
- Currently Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation
Siegfried Lehmann
- Involved with Bluetooth Wireless Technology at CETECOM GmbH, Germany since 12/1998
- Initial Bluetooth Test Specification and TTCN development in 1999
- Senior Consultant in Bluetooth Qualification Projects since 2000
- Moved to CETECOM Inc., USA in 2002 as BQTF Manager
- Since 2007, Director Wireless Technologies at CETECOM, Inc. responsible for Testing and Certification of products implementing Bluetooth technology, WiFi and WiMAX
- Member of BTAB and BTI working groups since 2002
- Chaired the BTI working group 2005/1 - 2007-1
- Recognized as BQE since 11/2006
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Gerhardt Mercator University, Germany
- Research in Audio Coding and Psychoacoustics
Itsuo Sakai
- Joined TF5 (Japanese Regulatory Task Force) of Regulatory WG of Bluetooth SIG Toshiba in 1998
- Solved some Japanese regulatory issue together with Dr. Hontscha and other members in Regulatory WG of Bluetooth SIG
- Formed 'Bluetooth Promotion Committee' in MCPC (Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium in Japan) in 2000
- Served as chairman for the 'Bluetooth Promotion Committee' in MCPC since 2000
- First approved Asian BQB (BQE) in 2001
- Joined BTQ Corporation, a Toshiba subsidiary, in order to propagate Bluetooth wireless technology in Japan since 2002
- Master of Engineering Degree in Electronics from Nagoya University in Japan
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2007 Inductees
Terry Bourk
Örjan Johansson
- While at Ericsson, managed the short link technology code named "MC link," which laid the ground work for Bluetooth wireless technology
- Signed majority of the SIG's first 1,500 members
- Started the department that worked with short link technology within Ericsson
- Formed the Ericsson Bluetooth technology company (Ericsson Technology Licensing)
- Driving force in creating the Bluetooh SIG and its unique IP policy
- First Ericsson Board of Directors member
- One of the most visionary persons within the SIG
- Former CEO and member of the Board of Directors at Anoto
Brian Redding
- Involved with Bluetooth wireless technology from inception
- Participated in the Software Working Group contributing in the telephony task force, which authored the headset, dialup networking, fax, cordless telephony and intercom profiles
- As chairman of BARB and BQRB, was instrumental in achieving major milestones (all Specification and PRD versions)
- His common sense logic and knowledge of how a standard should operate has helped shape Bluetooth technology
- Instrumental in developing the new Qualification Policy
- B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University
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2006 Inductees
James Collier
- Founder and CTO of CSR, the first company to embed an entire Bluetooth technology system into a single chip
- Led the technical team that first demonstrated RF could be implemented in a CMOS process, dramatically reducing the cost of Bluetooth technology chip development
- Continues to lead R&D at CSR
- Board member for CSR
- Degree in Physics from Oxford University
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Electrical Engineers
Anders Edlund
- At Ericsson, led the initial marketing activities for Bluetooth technology
- Played a key role in the forming of the Bluetooth SIG
- Instrumental in the naming and trademarking of the technology
- Developed and marketed the eight initial user scenarios
- Joined the Bluetooth SIG in August 2002
- Brought the goal of Bluetooth technology becoming a global consumer technology to fruition
- Marketing Director for the Bluetooth SIG in EMEA
- Degree in Electrical Engineering from Angstromskolan, Sweden
- Completed further work in the fields of satellite communication and computing science
Jaap Haartsen
- M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with honors in electrical engineering from the Delft University of Technology
- Joined Ericsson in 1991 in the US before moving to the Sweden office
- In 1994, laid the foundation for what would later become Bluetooth wireless technology
- Introduced the concepts of piconet and scatternet
- Served as chairman of the air protocol specification group
- Involved in the first version of the Bluetooth technology radio and baseband specifications
- Adjunct professor at Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands
- Authored numerous papers and holds more than 60 patents
Waldemar Hontscha
- Involved in Bluetooth technology since joining Nokia in 1998
- Founding member of the Bluetooth Qualification Review Board (BQRB)
- Served as chairman for the BQRB and the Bluetooth Regulatory Committee
- Designed and developed the first two releases of the Qualification Program
- Created the regulatory database
- Responsible for the harmonization of the Bluetooth technology spectrum in Japan, China and numerous countries worldwide
- Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics and a stay at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel
Jim Kardach
- Instrumental in the formation of the Bluetooth SIG
- Acted as chairman of the early SIG organization
- Entered the wireless arena in 1997 by starting a small program he codenamed “Bluetooth”
- Documented the humorous trials of naming Bluetooth technology, which involved payback from Simon Ellis and harsh words for Jan Ahrenbring of Ericsson (Incisor, January 2006)
- Principal Engineer within the Intel Mobile Product’s Group
- Holds more than 40 patents from his 20 year career at Intel
- B.S. degree in EE from Fresno State University
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