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Energous Adds Three Industry Veterans to Board of Advisors as Company Focuses on Powering the Growing Industrial and Retail Internet of Things Ecosystem
Additions of Bob Friday, Alessandro Piovaccari and Mark Tyndall will support Energous as it continues to expand the reach of its global ecosystem of wireless
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAdditions of Bob Friday, Alessandro Piovaccari and Mark Tyndall will support Energous as it continues to expand the reach of its global ecosystem of wireless power network technology\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEnergous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT), a leading developer of RF-based wireless power networks, today announced the appointments of Bob Friday, Alessandro Piovaccari and Mark Tyndall to the Energous Board of Advisors.\n\nThe new Board of Advisor appointments are announced amidst an expanding IoT ecosystem – expected to grow from 12 billion devices in 2021 to nearly 40 billion in 2025, according to IDC – whose reliance on batteries that require replacement or cumbersome charging cables presents logistical problems and hidden costs to IT teams in any large-scale industrial or retail IoT deployment. Energous’ WattUp technology solves these challenges by delivering reliable and consistent RF-based wireless power to multiple devices simultaneously at-a-distance, supporting the higher levels of power needed by today’s devices and tomorrow’s innovations.\n\n“Energous is honored to welcome Bob, Alessandro and Mark to our Board of Advisors as we continue to support the growing power needs of the global IoT ecosystem,” said Cesar Johnston, CEO of Energous. “All three are well recognized in their industries as visionaries and leaders, and we welcome them and look forward to tapping into their expertise and previous experience as Energous continues to expand the reach of its growing global ecosystem of wireless power network technology.”\n\nFriday is group vice president, chief AI officer at Juniper and CTO at Juniper‘s AI-Driven Enterprise business unit, which develops Marvis, a self-driving networking artificial intelligence/machine learning solution for enterprises. He was co-founder, vice president, and chief technology officer at Mist, which was purchased by Juniper Networks in April of 2019. He started his career in wireless at Metricom (Ricochet wireless network), developing and deploying wireless mesh networks across the country to connect the first generation of Internet browsers. Following Metricom, Friday co-founded Airespace, a start-up focused on helping enterprises manage the flood of employees bringing unlicensed WiFi technology into their businesses. Following Cisco’s acquisition of Airespace in 2005, Fri...