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ETC 2006 Home :: Plenary Speakers :: Hinkel
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Mr. Gregory L. Christison, VP of Engineering for WiQuest Communications
Gregory L. Christison is VP of Engineering for WiQuest Communications. He
joined the WiQuest team from Texas Instruments' Broadband Communications Group,
where as engineering director he was responsible for leading their communications
processor platform that is used in the TI DSL, VoIP, cable modem, and wireless
LAN devices. Mr. Christison also served as DSL customer premise equipment (CPE)
and voice-over-packet client design manager. In this position, Greg was
instrumental in leading the definition, development, and release to production
of complex mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) devices. He was also responsible
for leading numerous other high-volume chip designs during his tenure at TI.
Greg's experience ranges from architecting SoC and application-specific chip
products to simulation, design tooling, ASIC engineering, IP development and
integration, software development, product test, and silicon release to
production. Mr. Christison also played a key role in the integration of
engineering teams and technology from multiple start-ups into TI, including
Amati, Libit, Telogy, Alantro, and Radia. Prior to joining TI, Greg worked for
the US Air Force designing comprehensive communications networks using leading edge technologies.
Mr. Christison received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue
University and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
from Oklahoma Christian University. He holds four U.S. patents.
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