Conference names top innovator

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 3, 2004

Ember Corporation won "top innovator" honours at the prestigious Under The Radar conference held Jan.

Ember Corporation won "top innovator" honours at the prestigious Under The Radar conference held during January in Mountain View, California.

A panel of judges chose Ember from four other companies that were invited to speak.

The judges were attracted by CTO Rob Poor's description of Ember's embedded wireless frequency (RF) technology as the foundation for a variety of applications ranging from building automation to utility metering.

Under The Radar hosts venture capital companies and anyone interested in tracking new markets and startup companies.

The most recent event focused on radio frequency identification and related technologies.

Poor and the other participants had five minutes to make their case to the audience and the judges.

The judges singled out Poor's presentation because Ember "represented an extremely large opportunity with a nontraditional model".

The judges included: Raj Atluru, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Evangelous Smioudis, a partner at Apax Partners; Glenn B Solomon, General Partner at Partach International; and Robin Vasan, Managing Director of Mayfield.

The panel was moderated by Under the Radar organiser and AlwaysOn.com columnist Rafe Needleman.