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Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory and systems-integration firm based in Ashland, Mass., specializing in wireless networking, mobile computing, and related technologies, products and services. The company works with manufacturers, carriers and operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, program management, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics, and is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows. He is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies.

Prior to forming Farpoint Group, Craig was Director, Corporate Development, at Stardent Computer (formerly Stellar Computer, and now Advanced Visual Systems), where he was responsible for new-product specification and corporate strategy. He was Director, Marketing, at Stellar Computer, developer of the first graphics supercomputer. Craig was also an early member of the management team at GRiD Systems Corp., developer of the first laptop computer, where he was responsible for the development and marketing of all communications, networking and server products.

Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. He is a member of the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications Society and the Society of Sigma Xi. He is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York), WiMAX World and Mobile Business Expo Conferences. He also serves as a semi-monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com, ardent blogger ("Nearpoints") for Unstrung.com and weekly columnist ("On Wireless") for Computerworld.com.