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Market Cap:$80.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$283.6K
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

ParkerVision, Inc. (the "Company" or "we") was incorporated under the laws of the state of Florida on August 22, 1989. We are in the business of designing, developing and selling our proprietary radio frequency ("RF") technologies and products for use in semiconductor circuits for wireless communication products. Our business includes licensing our intellectual property for incorporation into wireless products designed by our customers. We have also recently entered into an agreement for the joint development and marketing of wireless radio modules that incorporate our technologies. Under this agreement, we will supply unpackaged integrated circuits that will be manufactured for us, based on our designs, under agreements with various semiconductor foundries. In addition, our business may include, from time to time, providing engineering consulting and design services to our customers, for a negotiated fee, to assist them in developing products incorporating our technologies. We are primarily focused on incorporating our technologies into mobile handsets, but our technologies are applicable to other wireless products that are related to networks serving mobile handsets such as data cards, pico cells, and femtocells. Our technology can also be applied to non-cellular radio applications such as military radios.

Chairman & CEO
Jeffrey L. Parker
Number of Employees 52
Contact Information

7915 Baymeadows Way Ste 400

Jacksonville, Florida 32256-7517

parkervision.co...

(904) 737-1367

NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220

Recent Events

  • Stock sale revives ParkerVision, for now

    11/23/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • ParkerVision loses $5.7M in 3Q

    11/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • ParkerVision could raise another $50M

    9/15/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • ParkerVision Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    8/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Cynthia L. Poehlman CFO
David F. Sorrells Chief Technical Officer and Director
John Stuckey Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Todd Parker Vice President
Carolyn B. Wrenn Ir Director
Envy Bowman Hr Director
Stacie Wilf Treasurer & Secretary
Amy L Newmark Director
William A. Hightower Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Jeffrey L. Parker Chairman & CEO
John Metcalf Board of Directors
Nam Pyo Suh Board of Directors
Papken Der Torossian Board of Directors
Richard A. Kashnow Board of Directors
Robert G. Sterne Board of Directors
William L. Sammons Board of Directors

Jeffrey L. Parker has been chairman of the board and the chief executive officer since ParkerVision's inception in August 1989 and the president from April 1993 to June 1998. From March 1983 to August 1989, Mr. Parker served as executive vice president for Parker Electronics, Inc., a joint venture partner with Carrier Corporation performing research & development, manufacturing and sales & marketing for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Chairman of the Board and Chief Former
Carrier Corporation Venture Partner Former

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. CFO Current

David F. Sorrells has been Chief Technology Officer since September 1996 and has been a director since January 1997. From June 1990 to September 1996, Mr. Sorrells served as the engineering manager.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Chief Technical Officer and Director Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Engineering Manager Former

John Stuckey joined the company in July 2004 as the vice-president of corporate strategy and business development. Prior to July 2004, Mr. Stuckey spent five years at Thomson, Inc. where he most recently served as director of business development. In June 2008, Mr. Stuckey was promoted to executive vice-president of corporate strategy and business development.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development Current
Resilien Incorporated Former

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Vice President Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Ir Director Current

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Hr Director Current

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Treasurer & Secretary Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Treasurer & Secretary Current

Ms. Newmark has served as a director of Verso since September 2000. From January 2000 until September 2000, she served as a director of Cereus. Ms. Newmark is a private investor in the technology, Internet, and telecommunications fields. From 1995 to 1997 she served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning at WinStar Communications, Inc. Prior to 1995, Ms. Newmark served as the general partner of Information Age Partners, LP, a hedge fund investing primarily in technology and emerging growth companies. Before that, she was a securities analyst specializing in telecommunications and technology companies. Ms. Newmark is also a director of ParkerVision, Inc.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Director Current
Verilink Corporation Board of Directors Current
Verso Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Winstar Communications Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning Former

John Metcalf has been a director since June 2004. Since November 2002, Mr. Metcalf has been a chief financial officer ("CFO") Partner with Tatum LLC, the largest executive services and consulting firm in the United States. Mr. Metcalf has 18 years experience as a CFO, most recently at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. ("ESI"), a provider of high-technology manufacturing equipment to the global electronics market. Prior to ESI, Mr. Metcalf served as CFO for Siltronic AG, WaferTech LLC, Siltec Corporation, and OKI Semiconductor Company, Ltd. Mr. Metcalf began his career at Advanced Micro Devices, where he worked for eleven years in a number of finance managerial positions including director and controller of North American operations. Mr. Metcalf also currently serves on the board of directors and is chairman of the audit committee for EnergyConnect Group, Inc. (formerly Microfield Group, Inc.), a publicly traded company.

Organization Position Status
Tatum LLC CFO Partner Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Oki Semiconductor chief financial officer Former
Wafertech LLC chief financial officer Former
Oki Semiconductor vice president Former
Wafertech LLC vice president Former
Analog Devices, Inc. Former
Altera Corporation Former

Nam P. Suh has been a director since December 2003. Mr. Suh was inaugurated as president of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in July 2006. In 2008, he retired from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he had been a member of the faculty since 1970. At MIT, Mr. Suh held many positions including director of the MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, head of the department of Mechanical Engineering (1991-2001) director of the MIT Manufacturing Institute and director of the Park Center for Complex Systems. In 1984, Mr. Suh was appointed the assistant director for Engineering of the National Science Foundation by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Mr. Suh is a widely published author of approximately 300 articles and seven books on topics related to tribology, manufacturing, plastics and design. Mr. Suh has approximately 50 United States patents and many foreign patents, some of which relate to plastics, polymers and design. He is the recipient of six honorary doctorates from six universities in four continents. Mr. Suh also serves on the board of directors of Integrated Device Technology, Inc., a publicly traded company.

Organization Position Status
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
The U-Group LLC Principal Current
Therma-Wave, Inc. Chairman Current
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Atmel Corporation Board of Directors Current
Silicon Valley Group Chief Executive Officer Former
Silicon Valley Group President Former
Hewlett-Packard Company Former
Spectra-Physics Former
Semiconductor Equipment Corp. Chairman Former
Silicon Valley Group Chairman Former
Stanford University M.S.M.E. degree Former
Stanford University Degree Former

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Hagen Oa Board of Directors Current
Raychem chief executive officer Former
Raychem president Former
GE Lighting general manager Former
Raychem Chairman Former
Tufts University PhD in solid, state physics Former
Worcester Polytechnic Institute BS degree in physics Former
Tufts University BS Degree In Physics Former

Robert G. Sterne has been a director since September 2006. Mr. Sterne also served as a director of ParkerVision from February 2000 to June 2003. Since 1978, Mr. Sterne has been a partner of the law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, specializing in patent and other intellectual property law. Mr. Sterne provides legal services to ParkerVision as one of its patent and intellectual property attorneys.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

William A. Hightower has been a director since March 1999. From September 2003 to his retirement in November 2004, Mr. Hightower was the president of the Company. Mr. Hightower was the president and chief operating officer and a director of Silicon Valley Group, Inc. ("SVGI"), from August 1997 until his retirement in May 2001. SVGI is a publicly held Company which designs and builds semiconductor capital equipment tools for chip manufacturers. Mr. Hightower served as chairman and chief executive officer of CADNET Corporation, a developer of network software solutions for the architectural industry from January 1996 to August 1997. From August 1989 to January 1996, Mr. Hightower was the president and chief executive officer of Telematics International, Inc.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Director Current
ParkerVision, Inc. President Former
Silicon Valley Group Director Former

William L. Sammons has been a director since October 1993. From 1981 until his retirement in 1985, Mr. Sammons was president of the North American Operations of Carrier Corporation.

Organization Position Status
ParkerVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Carrier Corporation President Former
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     PRKR $1.96 -0.06 (-2.97% )
Average Volume 262,816
Shares Outstanding 33.13M
Market Cap 64.9M
Year High 5.55
Year Low 1.55
Earnings Per Share -0.74
P/E Ratio -2.65
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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