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Market Cap:$143.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$12.6M
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- US
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Ambient Corporation is engaged in the design, development, commercialization, and marketing of Ambient Smart Grid communications equipment, technologies, and services. Ambient Smart Grid communications technology enables power line infrastructure landlords (electric utilities and property owners) to use their existing medium and low voltage distribution lines for the delivery of high-speed IP-based services.
President & CEO
John J. JoyceNumber of Employees 39
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing: 334210
Recent Events
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Ambient Corporation Announces Third Quarter Financial Results
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Skymark Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage On Ambient Corp.
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Software Drives Smart Grid Deployments
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Duke Energy taps Ambient for Smart Grid communications
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Ambient Announces Second Quarter Results
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Itron and Ambient Partner to Increase Smart Grid Functionality for Both Companies
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Opening Bell Report.
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Issues Updates on Ambient Corporation.
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Ambient Announces Award of Newest Patent to Its Portfolio
Ambient Corporation (OTC BB: ABTG), a leader in Power Line Communications PLC, announced today the addition of another patent to its portfolio. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent Number 6,844,810, 'Arrangement of a Data Coupler for Power Line Communications.' The patent, the fourth in a growing...
/CORRECTION - Ambient Announces Award of Additional Patent to Its Portfolio
In the news release "Ambient Announces Award of Additional Patent to Its Portfolio" issued earlier today by Ambient Corporation (OTC BB: ABTG) over Market Wire, we are advised by the client that the first paragraph, second sentence should read " Coupling Broadband Modems to Power Lines'" rather than " 'Arrangement of...
Plug in, turn on. surf away
Applications link devices via power lines. Internet access may soon be as close as the nearest electrical outlet. New power-line networking technology allows voice, data and video signals to travel through standard electrical lines, turning building or campus electrical grids into ready-made communications pathways. Connected by devices...
Ambient Corporation Announces Appointment of Former United States Senator Rudy Boschwitz to its Advisory Board
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 7, 2001 Minnesota Two Term Senator and Business Leader to Advise Ambient on Regulatory and Other Issues Pertaining to Power-line Telecommunications PLT Technology Ambient Corporation (OTC BB:ABTG), the world leader in Powerline Telecommunications technology PLT, announced today...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John J. Joyce | President & CEO |
| Ramdas Rao | CTO |
| Dave Goldblatt | Vice President of Engineering |
| John Burruss | Vice President of Services |
| Mike Quarella | Vice President, Head of Operations |
| Tim Quigley | Vice President |
| Anna E. Croop | Director of Corporate Communications |
| Aron Viner | Director, Compliance & Standardization |
| Penny Stock | Broker, Dealer Practices In |
| Thomas J. Dunleavy | |
| Tim Yuettner | Secretary, Treasurer |
| D. Howard Pierce | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bennett Johnston | Board of Directors |
| George Jee | Board of Directors |
| Howard Pierce | Board of Directors |
| Michael Higgins Thomas | Board of Directors |
| Michael Widland | Board of Directors |
| Robert Abrams | Board of Directors |
| Shad Stastney | Board of Directors |
| Steve Howe | Board of Directors |
| Thomas Michael Higgins | Board of Directors |
| Thomsas Michael Higgins | Board of Directors |
| Yehuda Cern | Board of Directors |
Mr. Joyce leads the organization. He has over 25 years experience as a senior executive working with international utilities and financial industries. Mr. Joyce has held senior positions with companies such as ABB, Price Waterhouse and Citicorp. He has extensive international experience in business development, consulting and financial markets. From November 2000 through August 2001, Mr. Joyce was the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In September 2001, Mr. Joyce assumed the leadership of the Company. Prior to joining Ambient, Mr. Joyce served as Senior Vice President of ABB Financial Services Inc. while also serving as President of Financial Consulting - The Americas, where he led the global energy consulting practice within ABB Financial Services. A CPA in the United States, Mr. Joyce holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University, where he majored in Finance and International Business. Mr. Joyce is a founding member of the Universal Powerline Association (UPA). He is also active in the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) and United Power Line Council (UPLC).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | President & CEO | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Executive Officer, Director | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Chairman | Current |
| New York University | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | CTO | Current |
Mr. Goldblatt has spent over 15 years in the networking and telecommunications industry, from seed-level startups to established companies in a variety of developmental, architectural and managerial roles, including Gotham Networks, General DataComm, Locus Computing, and Racal-InterLAN.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Vice President of Engineering | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Director, Sys Architecture & Design | Former |
| General DataComm Ltd. | Former | |
| Clarkson University | B.S. Degree In Electrical and Computer Engineering | Former |
Mr Burruss came to Ambient from Siemens, where he served as Vice-president, Solutions Management for Chantry Networks, a provider of manageable WiFi access products acquired by Siemens in 2005; before the acquisition, Mr Burruss served as Chantry's Vice-president, Operations. Mr Burruss has held positions in customer support and engineering management at a variety of New England-area start-ups, including Gotham Networks, IronBridge Networks, and Wellfleet Communications. Mr Burruss began his career at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman Inc, where he specialized in high-level protocol design and network management. He holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a graduate degree from Princeton University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Vice President of Services | Current |
| Wellfleet Communications | Current | |
| Chantry Networks, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Beranek, Inc. | Former | |
| Princeton University | Graduate Degree | Former |
| Harvard College | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
Mr. Quarella came to Ambient from Verso Technologies, formerly MCK Communications and has led a long distinguished career in start-up/development stage operations and manufacturing. Mr. Quarella has introduced risk management techniques in support of new product introduction practices to meet time-to-market, quality, and cost requirements at Ambient. Mr. Quarella is also responsible for developing and maintaining a highly responsive and dedicated customer service organization.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Vice President, Head of Operations | Current |
| Verso Technologies, Inc. | Former |
Tim Quigley is Vice President of Ambient and oversees the Company's Marketing and Finance initiatives. Upon graduating from the University of Rhode Island, Tim spent several years teaching high school English. This experience has proved invaluable for Tim as he focuses a great deal of time and attention on making sure that Ambient's complex technologies and solutions are explained and marketed in terms that are easy to understand among Ambient's customers, partners and non-technical personnel. An accomplished musician, Tim knows what its like to be on both sides of the stage and draws upon this mindset when recommending options for event production to Ambient's customers. Outside of Ambient, Tim plays guitar with Erik Narwhal and the Manatees and has worked with such notable acts as Cheap Trick, Tower of Power, Sammy Hagar, and Spin Doctors. The band also performs at some of the world's top casinos, including Foxwoods and The Luxor in Las Vegas.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Vice President | Current |
| University of Rhode Island | Former |
Having been with Ambient Corporation since 2001, Ms. Croop has held various positions within the company. Most recently she assumed responsibility for the company's Corporate Communications department. Ms. Croop's oversees public, media and investor relations, marketing and branding of the Company. Ms. Croop's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems with an emphasis in Marketing. Ms Croop has also worked for such companies as Coca-Cola and C-Bridge, a former subsidiary of Cambridge Executive Enterprises, providing consulting, marketing, event management and public relations. She is also active in several industry organizations including the Universal Powerline Association (UPA), United Power Line Council (UPLC) and United Telecom Council (UTC).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Director of Corporate Communications | Current |
| Uplc | Current | |
| Utc, Inc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Director, Compliance & Standardization | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Broker, Dealer Practices In | Current |
Mr. Dunleavy is an advisor and consultant to the Company. Former Commisioner Dunleavy has had a long and distinguished career in both the public and private sectors, in both energy and telecommunications. Mr. Dunleavy most recently served as a Commissioner for the state of New Yorka s Public Service Commission. While a Commissioner, Mr. Dunleavy championed causes through the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) including regulatory and broadband issues. Mr. Dunleavy is also the former Vice Chairman of the Telecommunications Committee, State Chairman of the FCC/State Universal Service Join Board and both New York and NARUCa s representative on the North American Numbering Council (NANC as it is known, is responsible for the assignment of telephone numbers throughout North America). He remains active in NARUC. Prior to his appointment as a Commissioner, Mr. Dunleavy served as Deputy Commissioner of New York Citya s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, formerly known as the Office of Energy and Telecommunications. In this capacity, former Commissioner Dunleavy managed telecommunications administration for all Mayoral agencies, supervised New York City's five channel cable television network and administered New York City's cable television and telecommunications franchises. Mr. Dunleavy also started and co-chaired the Mayora s Task Force on Network Reliability and founded the Mutual Aid and Restoration Consortium (MARC), made up of operating telecommunications companies and government entities. MARC played a key role in restoration of NYCa s telecommunications networks following the bombings at the World Trade Centre in February 1993 and again on September 11, 2001. While on the PSC, former Commissioner Dunleavy put together a similar statewide effort called NYTRAC (New York Telecommunications Reliability Action Council).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Current | |
| Mutual Aid | Founder | Former |
Tim Yuettner is the Secretary / Treasurer of Ambient and oversees the Company's Operations. Tim's vast prior experience in installing and servicing security, fire alarm, access control and closed circuit television systems has played a tremendous role in the development of Ambient's installation expertise and techniques. A born manager, Tim dedicates a significant amount of his time and attention to ensuring that all Ambient customers receive the highest levels of quality and service. Although Tim relies heavily on his experience as a systems installer and audio technician, he credits his ability to "trust his senses over gauges and meters" with providing him an edge. A musician for over twenty years, Tim has contributed his vocal and bass guitar playing talents to several bands and has performed at venues including Foxwoods Casino and The Providence Performing Arts Center.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Secretary, Treasurer | Current |
| Providence Performing Arts Center | Former |
Senator Johnston, chairman of Ambient's Advisory Board since 2000, began his political career in the Louisiana Legislature, where he spent eight years. He then served 24 years in the United States Senate. As a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from its creation, and as its Chairman and Ranking Member for much of that time, Senator Johnston was either directly or indirectly responsible for all energy legislation considered by the Congress between 1973 and 1996. He led the effort to pass the first electricity restructuring legislation as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992; which also contained extensive provisions regarding natural gas and overhauled the nuclear licensing provisions of federal law. Senator Johnston was the principal sponsor of natural gas deregulation as well as the Royalty Relief Act. He was the floor manager of hundreds of bills, including California Central Valley water reform and Tongass timber reform. In addition to energy policy, his position on this committee provided Senator Johnston with an oversight role on the operations of federal lands and the territories of the United States, including in 1983 Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In January 2001, President George W. Bush offered him the role of Secretary of Energy, a position Johnston declined. Led by Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Johnston & Associates has extensive political and governmental experience and substantial insight into how government really works. First hand experience enables the company to develop comprehensive strategies and provide timely and effective communication with decision-makers to achieve its clients' objectives. Johnston & Associates communicates directly with the political leadership and legislative decision-makers involved with the issues that affect their clients. Among these clients are: Bechtel Enterprises, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC, Navajo Nation, Northrop Grumman, U.S. Filter Operating Services, University of Chicago and University of Rochester.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harsco Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Director | Current |
| ABB Ltd. | CEO | Former |
| ABB Ltd. | President | Former |
| ABB Ltd. | Group Executive Vice President, The Americas Region | Former |
Mr. George Jee is the Director of Resource Planning with Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Mr. Jee has been on Ambient's Advisory Board since 2000. He has over 25 years of utility experience. Among his other responsibilities, Mr. Jee is leading a team at Con Edison in the evaluation and possible implementation of power line carrier access technology. Prior to his present position, Mr. Jee was a Director in Con Edison's Corporate Planning Department. He was also the Manager of Energy Strategy Development and was active in shaping Con Edison's business strategy in a deregulated energy market and was the project manager in the Company's divestiture of its electric generating assets. Mr. Jee has an extensive background in transmission and distribution systems and also held the position of Manager of System Performance in the Company's Transmission Planning Department. He has authored papers in the area of power system optimization and generator prime mover modeling and served as an Industry Advisor to the Electric Power Research Institute in the application of optimization techniques in power flow simulations. Most recently, Mr. Jee co-authored with Mr. Ram Rao, Ambient's Chief Network Architect, and Dr. Yehuda Cern, Chief Engineer of Ambient, an IEEE paper (May 2003) entitled "Demonstration of the Technical Viability of PLC Systems on Medium and Low Voltage Lines in the United States."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
Howard Pierce joined the Ambient Board of Directors in November of 2004. Mr. Pierce brings a wealth of experience to Ambienta s Board. Until his retirement in June 2001, he served as President and CEO of ABB, Inc., the $5 billion US subsidiary of global industrial, energy and automation provider, ABB. Prior to his assuming leadership of ABB, he also served in a number of key executive positions, including President of ABBa s Steam Power Plants and Environmental Systems and President of ABB China Ltd. In this latter position he led ABBa s establishment in the Chinese market, creating 14 majority owned joint ventures and securing contracts valued at $700 million.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
Michael Widland joined the Company's Board in November 2000. Mr. Widland has been actively practicing law since 1965 and is presently a corporate partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP of Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Widland's areas of expertise include commercial and corporate transactions, including financing. He is a former Connecticut Chairman of the Public Contract Section and Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Shipman & Goodwin LLP | Corporate Partner | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | Current | |
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
Prior to joining Passenger, Steve served as Senior Vice President of EarthLink's Voice Business and managed the national rollout of EarthLink's voice products. As part of that he led a $50 million investment in Covad to build the largest DSL 2+... Prior to joining Passenger, Steve served as Senior Vice President of EarthLink's Voice Business and managed the national rollout of EarthLink's voice products. As part of that he led a $50 million investment in Covad to build the largest DSL 2+ network in the US and built a nationwide VoIP infrastructure in fewer than nine months. Before joining EarthLink, Howe was an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in the North American Growth Practice and North American Service Operations Practice. Howe received his BA Magna Cum Laude in History from Harvard College and an MA with Honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford University. Steve lives in Westwood with his wife Amy, son Grant and two very silly basset hounds.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Think Passenger, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| The Passenger | Current | |
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Think Passenger, Inc. | President and Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| EarthLink, Inc. | Senior Vice President of Earthlink's Voice Business | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Associate Principal | Former |
| Harvard College | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| New Jersey & Company | Board of Directors | Current |
THOMSAS MICHAEL HIGGINS joined the Board on September 28, 2006 and has served on the Audit Committee since such time. Mr. Higgins has served as the Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the College Board since June 2003. Prior to the College Board, Mr. Higgins was a partner in the New York City accounting firm of Silverman Linden Higgins LLP from February 1993 to June 2003. Previously, Mr. Higgins worked in the New Jersey offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from January 1992 to January 1993 and Ernst & Young LLP from 1977 to 1991. Mr. Higgins is a member of the American Institute of CPAs as well as the New Jersey and New York State Society of CPAs.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey & Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
Dr. Cern is the inventor of Ambienta s coupling technology and a major technology resource for the advancement of BPL. Dr. Cern has extensive experience in R&D and new product development. He founded a forerunner of Ambient in 1999 to pursue an invention that enabled power line telecommunications.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
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