Mark Pecen

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Mark Pecen’s Summary

Mark Pecen serves as Vice President, Advanced Technology for Research in Motion Limited (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry wireless devices, systems and services. He is responsible for corporate strategy and economic assessment of advanced wireless technology investments, commercialization of applied research, strategic technology partnerships and customer collaboration on future technology deployment.

Pecen is the founder of the RIM Wireless and Networking Advanced Research Centre and founder of the RIM CTO Board. Current priorities include development of technologies for the evolution of existing and creation of Next Generation wireless systems. His labs are active in applied information theory, cross-layer wireless network design and protocols, mobility management, radio link control, statistical analysis and simulation and end-to-end modeling of wireless systems.

Prior to joining RIM in 2005, Pecen held the title Distinguished Innovator and Science Advisory Board Associate (SABA) member, representing the top 1% of technology leaders at Motorola, Inc. Since 1988, Pecen has invented a number of technologies adopted in global standards for the Global System for Mobile telecommunication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and others.

He serves on the boards of several technology-focused industrial, academic and governmental associations in North America and Europe and chairs the board of Quantum Works, a consortium that funds and manages applied research into quantum computing. He is a regular advisor to the Canadian government regarding regulatory policy matters related to wireless communication.

Pecen holds more than 70 patents in the areas of mobile communication, networking and computing, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.