Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 5, 2004
AMIT HALLER is co-founder, President and CEO of IXI Mobile. Mr. Haller
has 15 years of experience in wireless technology and business
development. He founded and served as CEO of Butterfly VLSI where he
created the Short Distance Wireless complete SDW chipset (RF, Baseband
and Software). Butterfly was acquired by Texas Instruments in 1999. Mr.
Haller comes to IXI from Texas Instruments, where he directed the Short
Distance Wireless (Bluetooth) business unit. Prior to founding Butterfly
VLSI, he worked in the Israel Defense Forces' Research and Development
unit. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch and an overview ofIXI Mobile?
Mr. Haller: IXI Mobile is a three-and-a-half year old company, which
started from the very beginning to drive