Monday, October 6, 2003

Millennial Net Names Former Paradyne Exec as CEO

Millennial Net, a start-up developing hardware and software for self-organizing, wireless sensor networks, named Andy May as its new CEO, replacing company co-founder Tod Riedel, who remains as VP of business development and marketing. May previously served as CEO of Paradyne Corporation, where he oversaw the company's leveraged buyout from AT&T in 1996 and its subsequent IPO in 1999. Previously, May also served as vice president and general manager of 3Com's Network Service Provider Division.


Millennial Net recently launched the latest version of its ultra-small, ultra-low power wireless sensor networking device, the i-Bean 5000. The device has potential applications in industrial automation, building automation, supply chain management, automatic meter reading, security, homeland defense and other low-power, low data-rate applications. Millennial Net is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
http://www.millennial.net

  • Millennial Net's technology forms a reliable, scalable star-mesh wireless network by combining micro-power sensor interface endpoints and routers with a gateway. Small, self-configuring wireless sensors form a mesh network. Millennial Net uses a portfolio of radio technologies including ultra-low-power narrowband solutions as well as IEEE 802.15.4 wireless personal area network (WPAN) components. The company traces is technical roots to MIT.