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Al Petrick

Al Petrick is Vice President of Business Development at IceFyre Semiconductor, Inc., in Ontario, Canada. He is responsible for IceFyre's wireless strategic partnerships, technology acquisitions, business development, and industry standards initiatives.

Mr. Petrick has over 20 years of wireless communications and semiconductor technology experience and has held positions in marketing, business development, and systems engineering. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network standards committee, with liaison status to other international standards organizations.

Prior to joining IceFyre, he was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Direct2Data Technologies and held senior executive management positions at Intersil Corporation, a leading provider of silicon technology for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). While at Intersil, he was responsible for strategic marketing and business development, and spearheaded the development of the PRISM WLAN product line and pioneered the technology through volume production.

He is a distinguished writer in the wireless industry and has written columns for a number of wireless journals, Wall Street financial and industry market analysts. He has also authored and co-authored several patents on the PRISM WLAN technology.

Mr. Petrick holds a BSEE from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, an MBA from Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, and studied business strategies at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

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802.11™ Handbook: A Designer's Companion by Al Petrick and Bob O'Hara Format: Paperback, 360 pages Price: Member and Affiliate Price: $44.95 Non-Member Price: $54.95