Smart Building Conference 2018

Cees Links is a pioneer of the wireless data industry, the father of Wi-Fi and the man who led the team that created and popularized Wi-Fi. Under his responsibility, the first wireless LANs were developed, ultimately becoming household technology integrated into PCs and notebooks. He also pioneered the development of access points, home networking routers, and hotspot base stations. He was involved in the establishment of the IEEE 802.11 standardization committee and the Wi-Fi Alliance. He was also instrumental in establishing the IEEE 802.15 standardization committee to become the basis for the Zigbee® sense and control networking. Cees was the founder and CEO of GreenPeak Technologies, now part of Qorvo. Cees has become the General Manager of the Wireless Connectivity Business Unit in Qorvo. Recently he was recognized as Wi-Fi pioneer with the Golden Mousetrap Lifetime Achievement award.