John McDonough
Chief Executive Officer at Orca Systems, Inc. (California)
Profile
John McDonough is the founder of Dot Wireless, Inc. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Orca Systems, Inc. (California) since 2014 and also holds a position as a Director at Airhop Communications, Inc. He previously worked as a Director at Nextwave Telecom, Inc. and held the position of Engineering Manager at QUALCOMM, Inc. from 1987 to 1996.
He also served as a General Manager at Texas Instruments Incorporated and as a Venture Partner at iSherpa Capital LLC.
Mr. McDonough completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Harvey Mudd College.
John McDonough active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Orca Systems, Inc. (California)
 Orca Systems, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Orca Systems, Inc. provides integrated radio frequency and modem technology solutions. It offers a wireless transceiver architecture that allows consumers to achieve new benchmarks in solution cost, power consumption, and solution integration and Silicon TV Tuner, integrated universal terrestrial and cable silicon tuner supporting worldwide analog and digital broadcast standards. The company was founded by Guruswami Sridharan and Karthik Sridharan and is headquartered in Poway, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Airhop Communications, Inc.
 Airhop Communications, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Airhop Communications, Inc. is a network intelligence software company that specializes in advanced 4G/5G RAN intelligence solutions. The company's flagship product, ESON, is a cloud-native near real-time RAN optimization solution that delivers significant gains in spectral efficiency, lower operating costs, and improved end-user quality of experience across 4G and 5G networks. Airhop's ESON360 provides AI/ML-based applications across a broad spectrum of target 4G and 5G RAN optimization use cases. Airhop is headquartered in San Diego, CA, and their solutions are fully virtualized, robust, and commercially deployed at scale by leading MNOS across both traditional network architectures and open RAN architectures. The company was founded in 2007 by Yan Hui, who has been the CEO since then. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of John McDonough
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2005 |
| QUALCOMM, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1996 |
Nextwave Telecom, Inc.
 Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Nextwave Telecom, Inc. developed next generation, wireless broadband and multimedia solutions for the wireless industry. The company also developed WiMAX network and terminal technologies, enabling wireless multimedia technologies and end to end network solutions. The company operated offices in Carlsbad, CA and Greenwich, CT. The company was headquartered in Henderson, NV | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Dot Wireless, Inc.
 Dot Wireless, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Dot Wireless, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor chipsets for third-generation wireless technology. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded by Richard Kornfeld. Dot Wireless was acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated on September 01, 2000 for $475 million. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
iSherpa Capital LLC
 iSherpa Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance iSherpa Capital LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Vipanj B. Patel. The firm is headquartered in Colorado. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of John McDonough
| Harvey Mudd College | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 2 |
|---|---|
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Electronic Technology |
| QUALCOMM, INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 5 |
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iSherpa Capital LLC
iSherpa Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance iSherpa Capital LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Vipanj B. Patel. The firm is headquartered in Colorado. | Finance |
Dot Wireless, Inc.
Dot Wireless, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Dot Wireless, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor chipsets for third-generation wireless technology. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded by Richard Kornfeld. Dot Wireless was acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated on September 01, 2000 for $475 million. | Electronic Technology |
Nextwave Telecom, Inc.
Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Nextwave Telecom, Inc. developed next generation, wireless broadband and multimedia solutions for the wireless industry. The company also developed WiMAX network and terminal technologies, enabling wireless multimedia technologies and end to end network solutions. The company operated offices in Carlsbad, CA and Greenwich, CT. The company was headquartered in Henderson, NV | Communications |
Orca Systems, Inc. (California)
Orca Systems, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Orca Systems, Inc. provides integrated radio frequency and modem technology solutions. It offers a wireless transceiver architecture that allows consumers to achieve new benchmarks in solution cost, power consumption, and solution integration and Silicon TV Tuner, integrated universal terrestrial and cable silicon tuner supporting worldwide analog and digital broadcast standards. The company was founded by Guruswami Sridharan and Karthik Sridharan and is headquartered in Poway, CA. | Technology Services |
Airhop Communications, Inc.
Airhop Communications, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Airhop Communications, Inc. is a network intelligence software company that specializes in advanced 4G/5G RAN intelligence solutions. The company's flagship product, ESON, is a cloud-native near real-time RAN optimization solution that delivers significant gains in spectral efficiency, lower operating costs, and improved end-user quality of experience across 4G and 5G networks. Airhop's ESON360 provides AI/ML-based applications across a broad spectrum of target 4G and 5G RAN optimization use cases. Airhop is headquartered in San Diego, CA, and their solutions are fully virtualized, robust, and commercially deployed at scale by leading MNOS across both traditional network architectures and open RAN architectures. The company was founded in 2007 by Yan Hui, who has been the CEO since then. | Technology Services |
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