Our History
Device
Solutions was founded in October 2003 to provide wireless and mobile
device consulting, design, development, testing, certification, project
management, and customer approval services to the telecom
industry. Device Solutions has aided a variety of device
manufacturers, applications developers and service providers in the
on-time delivery of products and services to market. Device
Solutions has assisted experienced companies to meet their resource
needs during critical peak development periods. Utilizing a vast
telecom experience, Device Solutions has also enabled several clients
with little or no telecom or wireless experience to concentrate on their
core expertise, as Device Solutions integrated wireless capabilities
into their products. We can help you go wireless!
Device
Solutions is located in historic Hillsborough, North Carolina, just 30
minutes outside of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, and 30
minutes from Raleigh Durham International
Airport.
Our
Strategy
Device Solutions has built a dedicated team
of telecommunications professionals with a history of successful project
execution. Our selective recruiting ensures that our staff meets
the highest standards of excellence and professionalism. Our
flexible work environment and attention to family creates an atmosphere
focused on long term employee retention. The same flexibility
allows us to offer same day response to customer inquiries – seven days
a week.
Our Management Team
Bob Witter, co-founder and Chief Operating
Officer of Device Solutions, is a twenty-year veteran of the cellular
industry. He is recognized as an authority in both the design and
development of cellular phone software and applications, as well as
cellular phone product acceptance processes. He holds several
patents for mobile device algorithms. Bob has held senior management
positions in design and development, systems engineering, product
management and global technical account management with major cellular
phone manufacturers including GE, Ericsson, Sony-Ericsson, and Oki
Telecom. He has extensive experience in working with cellular operators
to gain commercial product acceptance. Bob holds degrees in Computer
Science and Mathematics from the State University of New York and an MAT
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Chris
Lamb, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Device
Solutions, has 9 years experience in commercial deployment of mobile
phones and device applications. He is recognized globally as an
authority on advanced mobile device applications, protocols, and
messaging. Mr. Lamb has managed the product acceptance testing of
mobile phones for Ericsson and Sony-Ericsson, and has established strong
relationships with vendor managers at major North American
operators. He has worked directly with global third party
developers of mobile device applications and content to help drive
products to market. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and holds an MSEE from North Carolina State
University.
Keith
Anderson, Vice President of Software Development, has over a
decade of experience in embedded software development for mobile devices
and holds 11 patents in the cellular industry. Mr. Anderson has
developed firmware, device drivers, protocol stacks, and applications
for embedded devices and is widely recognized as an expert in cellular
phone protocols and standards. He is experienced in C/C++, J2ME, Brew,
and Palm development. He has been involved in areas of development
ranging from architecture to in the field debugging with infrastructure
providers and cellular operators. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Clemson
University and holds both a Bachelors and Masters degree in electrical
engineering.