Dr. Sharony is an accomplished scientist with over 25 years in technology and business experience, with particular strengths in vision, strategy and technology innovation. He is a faculty member of the electrical and computer engineering department and associate director of the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) at Stony Brook University. At CEWIT he is involved in research, development and commercialization of next generation wireless networks, multimedia mobile devices and advanced solutions and services. In 2005 he founded Mobius Consulting providing independent consulting services in wireless and mobile technologies. Before that he spent eight years with Symbol Technologies (Motorola) working on enterprise mobility products and solutions for vertical markets. At Symbol he served as senior director research and development and technology strategy pioneering novel architectures and products in wireless networking and mobile computing. Prior to Symbol he held engineering and management positions in diverse technology disciplines at BAE Systems, NEC Research Institute, and IBM Research. Dr. Sharony received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University and MBA from Tel-Aviv University. He has over 30 U.S. patents issued or pending and has published extensively in scientific journals and conferences. He consults and serves as an adviser to industry and government on wireless and mobile technologies. He is a key contributor and technical adviser to the WiFi Long Island, a broadband wireless access initiative to cover 800 square miles of long island with WiFi services.