Jeff is no stranger to emerging technologies. As a scientist for Motorola, The Robotics Institute, and the SuperCollider he has worked on wireless sensor and control systems developed for the FBI, CIA, DOD, DOE, NASA, and USPS - from autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles to particle accelerators. In 1993, Jeff co-founded and served as President and CEO of OnRamp Technologies, a leading Internet Service Provider. OnRamp became the first investment of Verio. During Jeff's tenure at Verio as Regional President and Board member, the company grew to one of the largest web-hosting companies in the world and a principal international ISP. Verio was sold to NTT for $5.5B. Considered a pioneer in the emerging M2M communications market, in 2002, Jeff founded SensorLogic, now one of the industry's leading Telemetry Service Providers (TSP) SensorLogic was acquired by Gemalto. In 2007, Jeff was co-founder of Ublip an M2M Telemetry Services provider. Ublip provided Web 2.0 applications for remote asset management. Ublip was acquired by Numerex in 2009. Jeff served on the board of Numerex NASDAQ:NMRX. Since 2009 Jeff has served as Chief Strategy and Technical Officer of Numerex. Jeff has also had executive leadership positions, board membership, or co-founded technology companies including Winning Habits, VIA, Vericenter, and Vaultnet. Jeff has a B.S. in Engineering from Trinity University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a distinguished Alumni at UTA, and serves on the Development Board - UTA and Advisory Board - UTA College of Engineering. He is a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, EO, and YPO. In 2006 Jeff was awarded the Ewing B. Kaufmann Community Award for his social entrepreneurship work in Honduras. Jeff is an avid inventor and holds patents in technology and published journal papers. Jeff is active in Lovers Lane United Methodist Church. He enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and son.

CTO & EVP @ From October 2008 to October 2015 (7 years 1 month) Adjunct Professor @ From 2011 to 2013 (2 years) Board Member @ From 2008 to 2009 (1 year) President & Co-founder @ From June 2007 to October 2008 (1 year 5 months) Founder, CTO @ From January 2001 to June 2007 (6 years 6 months) President & CEO @ From January 2001 to June 2005 (4 years 6 months) Regional President @ From 1998 to 2004 (6 years) Regional President and Board Member @ From January 1997 to January 2001 (4 years 1 month) Co-founder & President @ From 1993 to 1997 (4 years) Scientist - Life Safety & Control Systems @ From 1991 to 1993 (2 years) Development Engineer @ From 1979 to 1983 (4 years)

MS, PhD @ The University of Texas at Arlington From 1985 to 2004 BS @ Trinity University From 1978 to 1983 Los Altos High School From 1974 to 1976 Jeff Ph.D. is skilled in: Team Building, Strategic Planning, Communicator, M2M, Wireless, Leadership, Cellular Communications, Product Management, Telecommunications, Strategic Partnerships, Embedded Systems, Mobile Devices, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Business Development, Product Marketing