Management Team

Ernie H. Lin, Ph.D. CEO and President

Dr. Lin is a co-founder of Nebo Wireless.

Dr. Lin previously founded Advanced TechCom, Inc. (ATI), a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of digital microwave radio equipment. For several years, ATI was the second- or third-largest short-haul digital microwave supplier to the United States cellular industry and the largest medium-capacity supplier in Canada and Australia. Known for its technical excellence, ATI was the first to integrate an entire microwave radio modem into a single ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) and the first to design and build a hybrid RF and microwave circuit board for its long-haul (1.5Ghz to 8.5Ghz) product line, technical developments that have since found their way into 802.11 (aka Wi-Fi) radio products. Dr. Lin was the chief architect of all of ATI's microwave radio products and served as CEO from the company's inception in 1990 until its 1998 purchase by Nera ASA of Norway.

Prior to that, M/A-COM's Communications Division employed Dr. Lin as head of the company's engineering department in the design of microwave radios for video and computer industries. Earlier, he served as an engineer and as an engineering manager within the Microwave Radio Department of AT&T Bell Labs in North Andover, MA.

Dr. Lin has filed numerous patents in microwave radio and wireless communication. He is well known in the microwave radio industry, particularly for his pioneering work with Angle Diversity in high-capacity microwave communications and his many pioneering works in medium-capacity digital radios for the wireless and computer industries.


Adolf J. Giger, Ph.D., Chief Technical Officer

Dr. Giger was a co-founder of Nebo Wireless and is an IEEE Fellow.

After his 1990 early retirement from AT&T Bell Labs, Dr. Giger worked with Dr. Lin at ATI.

Dr. Giger served in microwave radio at AT&T Bell Labs for 34 years, the last 18 years as a Department Head of the Microwave Radio Department, the group that invented much of America's long-distance telephone technology. It was here that he met and first collaborated with Dr. Lin.

Dr. Giger represented the U.S.A. in ITU-CCIR (International Telecommunications Union) standard-setting committees for 13 years. He is well known in the technical community at large. Dr. Giger is the author of numerous patents and papers in the wireless field, he wrote a book on microwave propagation, and he contributed to two other books on digital radio systems.


Richard A. Hasey, Vice President, Business Development

Dick Hasey leads business development activities for Nebo Wireless. Dick has over 20 years of experience managing in and consulting to high tech companies. Prior to his current position with Nebo Wireless, Dick has led internal consulting groups at Data General and AT&T, held senior management positions with Big 4 accounting and consulting firms, and has assisted clients in understanding and overcoming the major technological and business challenges during this time.

Mr. Hasey has a BS degree from Norwich University and a MBA from Babson College.


David A Sirvio, Vice President, Sales

David A. Sirvio leads business development activities for Nebo Wireless. He has over 20 years of experience leading marketing, sales and business development in high tech communications companies where he generated over $500M worth of revenue from over 60 countries during his career. Prior to his current position with Nebo Wireless, he held Vice President of Sales or Marketing positions with such companies as OptiWork, Inc., World Access, Inc., and Advanced TechCom Inc., plus he held senior level management positions with Ortel Corporation, Harris Corporation, Motorola Inc., and AT&T (Lucent) where he led sales, marketing and business development organizations.

Mr. Sirvio has a BS degree from Lawrence Technological University and a Masters degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University.


Peter Lai, Vice President, Operations

Peter Lai is a seasoned manufacturing operations executive. He managed material and inventory systems at ATI for 8 years. For six years after ATI's acquisition by Nera Networks, Mr. Lai was involved in all of the operation's manufacturing decisions. He held senior positions in operations and was responsible for manufacturing, including both material and inventory management, at Nera.

At M/A-COM, Mr. Lai managed testing of the Microwave Radio Division's video- and computer-related products.

His responsibilities within Nebo Wireless include order administration, materials and inventory management, ERP system management, outsourced contract manufacturing management, production control, as well as communication system configuration and all aspects of the company's operations.