Biography:
Eric C. Maass is currently Operations Manager for the Wireless Transceiver Products Operation of Motorola SPS. His organization develops and produces integrated circuits and discrete devices for handheld wireless applications, such as cellular phones, pagers, cordless phones, Global Positioning System (GPS), remote control, and wireless LAN.
Eric has also led efforts to develop high speed communications devices, including
an 800 MB/sec transceiver called 
Autobahn·Spanceiver·,
a 6 GB/sec 
optoelectronic datalink
called Optobus·,
and the 1.575 GHz Receiver IC for a Global
Positioning System.
Eric is co-editor of the 
"Handbook
of Fiber Optic Data Communication", published in 1998 by Academic Press.
He has published articles on integrated voice recognition technology, advanced statistical
methods for reducing variability in semiconductor processing, and has received several
patents including Yield
Surface Modeling·, a statistical method for yield optimization.
He received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Maryland, his M.S. in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University, and has completed most coursework towards a PhD in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, also at A.S.U.
Eric is a 
Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Senior Member of I.E.E.E.
