Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 13, 2003
RON D. REICH is Director of Strategic Investments, Broadband and
Wireless Networking Sector at Intel Capital. In that role he focuses
primarily on broadband wireless technologies and services investments in
support of Intel's Mobile Platforms and Communication Groups. Since
joining Intel Capital in August 1999, he has led a number of domestic
and international investments in satellite and wireless broadband
networking. He works closely with a number of Intel portfolio companies
and has become recognized within the 802.11 (Wi-Fi) industry. He has
spoken at numerous conferences and is a contributing author to a book
entitled Ethernet Unleashed. Prior to joining Intel, he was Vice
President of Business Development at Brightpoint Incorporated, a $2
billion distributor in the global cellular industry. In this capacity,
his role was to grow and manage relationships with cellular operators,
and structure and negotiate logistics service agreements. From 1994 to
1997, Mr. Reich was in the New York office of Booz-Allen and Hamilton, a
global management consulting firm. As a Senior Associate, he led a
number of engagements for financial services, telecommunications, high
technology clients where he became recognized as a practice leader in
service operations and supply chain management. He received a Master's
in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania where he was recognized for academic distinction. At the
University of California at Berkeley, he received a Bachelor's degree
with high honors in Industrial Engineering. Profile
this wireless networking space?
Mr. Reich: We define wireless networking within Intel Capital as
wireless in a
