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About the Company

Echelon Corporation is a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things. Echelon delivers multi-protocol and multi-media elements necessary to design, install, monitor and control industrial-strength `communities of devices` within the lighting, building automation and Internet of Things markets worldwide. The company develops and sells complete systems and subsystems for target applications, plus system-on-chips (SoCs), embedded software, and commissioning and management tools for OEMs. With more than 100 million Echelon-powered devices installed worldwide, the company helps its customers easily and safely migrate existing control systems to the most modern platforms, while bringing new devices and applications into an ever-growing global Industrial Internet. Echelon helps its customers reduce operational costs, enhance satisfaction and safety, grow revenues and perform better in both established and emerging markets.

About the Person

Robert Dolin served as the Chief Technology Officer of Echelon Corporation from 1995 to September 2014 and served as its Vice President until September 2014. Mr. Dolin, Echelon’s system architect, has worked for Echelon since 1989. He is the principal or co-inventor of fourteen Echelon patents, and is one of the designers of the LonWorks protocol, the network development system environment, the Neuron C programming model and LonWorks network management. Before joining Echelon, Dolin spent 11 years at ROLM Corporation, where he was one of the main developers of its fully distributed PBX telephone system. He also held positions of first- and second-line management as well as system architecture. Dolin has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.