At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Communication Hardware space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jessica Shalek
Co-founder & COO of Common Networks
Jess is the COO and co-founder of Common Networks. Before Common Networks, she was the Head of Business Development and the developer platform Product Lead at Square. She was responsible for all product partnerships, growing Square from 0 partnerships to 30+ in 2.5 years. As product lead for Square’s developer platform she defined, product managed, and launched Square’s public API and developer tools. Prior to Square, Jess worked at Morgan Stanley technology investment banking for 6 years specializing in IPOs. She has a BA (magna cum laude) in Economics from Barnard College and Columbia University.
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About Common Networks: Common Networks is a wireless internet service provider that brings fiber-class internet to homes.
Lizzy Schiller
COO of Smart Yields
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About Smart Yields: Founded in 2015, Smart Yields connects farmers, researchers and their communities through real-time analytics from connected sensors.
Pieter Doevendans
Co-Founder, COO of Ava
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About Ava, Kairos Society: Ava empowers 400M deaf & hard-of-hearing people to have accessible in-person conversations, anytime, anywhere.
Daniel Padrão
COO of Solinftec
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About Solinftec: Solinftec develops and produces equipment, technology and systems for the automation of mobile assets and logistics processes.
Charles Greene
Chief Operating & Technical Officer of Powercast
Dr. Charles Greene is the chief operating officer and chief technical officer of Powercast Corporation. He has over seventeen years of experience in the Radio Frequency (RF) field, including fourteen years at Powercast. Dr. Greene is an expert in wireless power transfer, antenna design, and RFID. He has over twenty issued US patents and many other foreign and pending patents in the wireless power and RFID fields. Dr. Greene has published many articles and presented at various industry-leading conferences in the US, Europe, and Japan. He received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, 2002, and 2006, respectively.
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About Powercast: Powercast is the pioneer of RF-based wireless power technology, combining FCC-approved transmitters and receivers for over-the-air charging.
Michael Helmbrecht
Chief Operating Officer of Lifesize
Chief Product & Operations Officer at Lifesize.
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About Lifesize: Lifesize is a global innovator of video conferencing, collaboration, and meeting productivity solutions.
Aaron Parks
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of Jeeva
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About Jeeva: Jeeva is a wireless semiconductor technology and services company that provides ultra-low power communication technology.