Management
Dr. Sayed-Amr El-Hamamsy, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO
Dr. El-Hamamsy has a Ph.D. from CalTech and brings extensive knowledge in intellectual property, holding 43 patents of his own. He has 15 years of management experience at GE where he led advanced technical teams through many successful projects in the medical products division. Dr. El-Hamamsy led Wi-LAN as the COO and CEO through the very tumultuous period following the high-tech crash in 2000.

Board of Directors
Hatim Zaghloul, Ph.D., Founder and Director
Dr. Hatim Zaghloul is recognized as a leading innovator in the field of OFDM technology. In 1992, Dr. Zagloul founded Wi-LAN Inc., and under his direction, the company has become a leader in the design, development and global distribution of high-speed wireless data communication products and technology. Dr. Zaghloul holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University as well as a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Calgary.

Dr. Zaghloul has published extensively in technical journals and holds over ten patents (three Canadian and American patents filed or pending), some in partnership with Dr. Michel Fattouche of the University of Calgary. Wi-LAN is the patent holder for new technologies invented by Dr. Zaghloul and Dr. Fattouche, including Wide-band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (W-OFDM) and Multi-code Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (MC-DSSS). Dr. Zaghloul envisioned in 1991 how WOFDM technology can become the main driver for all wideband wireless communications applications including wireless local area networking, wide area networking and cellular telephony.

Dr. Zaghloul has served as a Director on a variety of Boards, specifically in the high-technology arena including Wi-LAN Inc. (www.wi-lan.com) Cell-Loc Inc (www.cell-loc.com); Imaging Dynamics Corp. (www.imagingdynamics.com); NTG Clarity Networks Inc. (www.ntgclarity.com), as well as other private entities.

Dr. Zaghloul co-founded Wi-LAN, Cell-Loc, NTG Clarity, QCC, and Wireless Inc. Dr. Zaghloul has been awarded with many awards: One of 10 Great Canadians by MacLeans’ Magazine in July 2000; One of two Calgarians of the Year 2000 by Business in Calgary magazine; Entrepreneur of the Year finalist for 2 consecutive years; Wireless Hall of Fame inductee; 2000 Pinnacle Award by Fraser Milner law firm. Dr. Zaghloul led Wi-LAN to receiving many awards for its technology and its performance. Wi-LAN was the best performing stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange in the years 1999 and 2000.

Dr. Robert Schulz
Dr. Schultz has a strong background in business management as a professor of management at the University of Calgary where his MBA business teams have consistently placed very high in competitions.