Speaker:ChrisRittler10-25-06

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Image:chrisrittler.jpg Chris Rittler, Vice President of Business Development and Product Management, Tropos Networks


Biography

Chris Rittler is Tropos Networks' Vice President of Business Development and Product Management. He has over 15 years of experience in the wireless systems industry bringing exemplary leadership in the creation of strategy and the development of products for the wireless carrier market. He leads the company's business development and product managment teams. Mr. Rittler was most recently the Senior Vice President of Product Development of Cambia Networks, an early-stage company that developed wireless Internet gateways for the cellular carrier market. Prior to Cambia, Mr. Rittler held multiple senior leadership positions during an extensive career in cellular systems product development with Motorola. Most recently he led the organization responsible for Motorola's CDMA radio network control and data products. Previously he led the CDMA product management organization.

Chris holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, a MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University



Lecture Summary: Sri and Chris’ Top 6 Key Ingredients to Success

  • Innovative solution and quality product
  • Focus on a financially viable market segment
  • Reference customers are golden
  • Iterative technology validation and innovation
  • Comprehensive ecosystem with you as the “match-maker”
  • “Feed the Fish”–your profitability is proportional to your partners’profitability


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