About Us

Lloyd Nirenberg and Tom Magill worked together at Stanford Telecom, Inc. in the early 1990s. They were commercializing the application of spread spectrum technology to semiconductors for wireless local area networks. Lloyd focused on business aspects of the systems and Tom made significant technical advances in the technology.

The paths of Lloyd and Tom diverged for many years, but recently they realized they could work together again. Now they combine their substantial business and engineering skills to advance their clients wireless technology interests.

Dr. Lloyd Nirenberg

Lloyd has innovations in communication system design and financial engineering, an unusual and valuable combination of talents. He has over 30 years experience in diverse wireless communications industries as an engineer, general manager, deal-maker and consultant. He has experience gained from working on satellite communications systems, terrestrial digital radio and packet switching networks, and developing semiconductors for wireless communications. Some of his technical innovations are marked by publications in IEEE journals.

Lloyd also innovated in the valuation of intellectual property, by applying techniques in financial engineering to managing risk and value in IP transactions.

Currently he applies his know-how in technology, economics and competition to help his clients craft strategies for growth in the face of multiple and varied opportunities and risks.

Lloyd's detailed resume.

Dr. Tom Magill

Tom has extensive experience in the electronic systems industry with emphasis on communications systems, e. g., Wi-Fi, and location systems such as GPS. He has a strong background in analog RF design. While pursuing his doctorate, he worked on multiple antenna arrays, and designed and tested spread spectrum communications systems. A notable achievement was the design, construction, and testing of the first analog delay-lock loop. Later, he developed and demonstrated the first inertial-mode TDMA satellite communication system for the US Army. His talent for hardware design is demonstrated by his most recent employment at Advanced Broadband Communications (ABC), where as CTO, he executed the design responsibilities for the analog interfaces to the transceiver and Power Amplifier, and design of the ASIC clocking system.

Tom is an internationally recognized expert in spread spectrum communication systems. He is the lead author of an IEEE Proceedings article on the commercial applications of spread spectrum. Since leaving ABC he has performed expert witness services in connection with legal disputes about Wi-Fi intellectual property.

Tom's detailed resume.