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Geoff Zawolkow has twenty-five years experience founding and managing businesses. Geoff is currently VP of Business Development for Tagent Corporation, a revolutionary RFID semiconductor company. Prior to Tagent, Geoff was a Founder and Managing Director of the Wireless Business Unit at Cypress Semiconductor. In that role he was responsible for creating the first wireless chips produced by Cypress and pioneered the concept and delivery of WirelessUSB. Before Cypress , Geoff co-founded and ran Alation Systems which he sold to Cypress in 2000. While running Alation, he negotiated key strategic relationships with major companies such as National Semiconductor, ST Microelectronics and Diamond Multimedia. Under Geoff, Alation shipped the first affordable wireless home networking solution in 1998. Prior to Alation, he worked at Compaq Computer Corporation as Director of Creative Platform Development, where he oversaw the development of software for Presario Computers. Geoff’s former professional positions include: Executive Producer and Founder of the Family Software Unit at Berkeley Systems Inc.; General Manager, Development Manager, and QA Manager at Wings for Learning/Sunburst; Founder, Chairman, and VP of Product Development at Advanced Ideas Inc.; and Director of Computer Projects at the California School for the Deaf. Geoff holds a MS from CSU Northridge and a BS from the UC Irvine. | 