About F3 Wireless
What is it, you’d say you do here?
We can partner on everything from certification test plans and design reviews, to complete device development. Our core competency is wireless in all of its variations, and providing best in class device cost and time to volume.
Using our in-house technical expertise and leveraging our international partners, F3 Wireless is a turn-key solution to take your concept to market.
Who We Are
F3 is a team of industry veterans who’ve come together to push IoT (or M2M or data telemetry) to a level of device unit cost sufficient to ramp up to volumes in at least the thousands. Time to volume is our competitive advantage. Our key staff all have over a decade of experience in wireless product development. Our core competencies include RF and wireless in all its forms as well as related technologies like batteries, charging systems, power management and the software associated with them. With F3, our experience translates into reliability, quality and cost savings for your custom wireless device.
Our Team
Chris Anderson – CTO and Chief Consultant
Chris has 20+ years of leadership and technical expertise, with hands-on engineering expertise in RF engineering, radio software and wireless certification. His entrepreneurial spirit has fostered long-lasting relationships with manufacturers and industry peers creating unique capabilities and value proposition for F3 Wireless. Chris’s career includes positions at Grayhill, NextNet/Clearwire, Motorola, Spectrum Design, Digi International, and Taoglas. Chris has led hundreds of RF/cellular product developments for Fortune 100 companies.
Dave Thompson – Director of Program Management
Dave has 20+ years of experience including medical development projects, software development, IT implementation and project management. He has a Bachelors of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology and a Masters in Engineering Technology.
Dave’s expertise includes managing teams and projects in various technical areas and providing product development consulting to guide customers in making the right decisions on their product development journey.
Shawn Nevin – Outside Sales
Shawn has over fifteen years of experience in building partnerships with companies spanning garage startups to Fortune 100 companies. The desire to create trusting, long term partnerships ensures that his partner’s success always comes first via open and honest communication. Shawn’s industry experience coupled with his curiosity helps companies identify and solve overlooked issues that affect their path to production.
Leadership
Chris Anderson – CTO and Chief Consultant
Chris brings leadership and technical expertise that spans a career of over 20 years. He aligns his business acumen with hands-on engineering expertise in RF engineering, radio software and wireless certification. His entrepreneurial spirit has fostered long-lasting relationships with manufacturers and industry peers that create unique capabilities and value proposition for F3 Wireless.
Chris’s professional career includes positions at Grayhill, NextNet/Clearwire, Motorola, Spectrum Design, Digi International, and Taoglas. Chris has led hundreds of successful RF / cellular product developments for many Fortune 100 organizations and other household company names. Chris experience includes responsibility for all aspects of radio product development – including chip level cellular, GPS & WiFi solutions, antennas, software, production test systems, agency and carrier certifications as well as manufacturing deployment. His reputation and results have made him a trusted advisor in the wireless space.
Dave Thompson – Director of Program Management
David has over 20 years of experience that includes medical development projects, software development, IT implementation projects and project management. He has a Bachelors of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology and a Masters Degree in Engineering Technology.
David’s expertise includes managing teams and projects in various technical areas as well as providing product development consulting to guide customers in making the right decisions on their product development journey.
Kaite Turner – Director of Sales
Kaite leads sales and customer engagement. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Audio Engineering and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Media and Communications which has given her the ability to seamlessly communicate the needs of the customer and the technical details of any project.
Kaite assists customers with any questions about new device design, original device troubleshooting, RF design, RF selection and RF integration as well as the process of development.
Values and Value
F3 is founded around some basic values:
– Focus on customer needs
– Make technology accessible and understandable
– Be loyal to partners
– Long term relationships are better than short term gains
Our value to our customers and to everyone in the supply chain is that we sell time to volume. F3 is about building quality, sustainable and maintainable products at a price point you can build your business on.