BNET Industries
Market Cap:$12.1M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$24.1M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
We are a producer of mobile computing hardware systems serving the business and medical mobility market. We offer a family of handheld computer products and a wide range of data collection and connectivity peripheral products for use with third-party vertical applications software and devices. We also offer embedded Bluetooth and wireless LAN products. Our peripheral products work with many third-party mobile handheld devices, including smart phones, handheld computers, tablet computers, ultra-mobile personal computers, and notebooks, adding data collection and connectivity capabilities to these devices. Our products are designed to enable the accessing, collection and processing of data by employees while mobile. Our products utilize popular Bluetooth and Wireless LAN wireless connection technologies. Our plug-in and Bluetooth data collection products offer a variety of data collection technologies, including laser, CMOS, linear and two dimensional barcode scanning, plus we offer radio frequency identification and magnetic stripe readers.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Kevin J. MillsNumber of Employees 75
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Electronic Computer Manufacturing: 334111
Recent Events
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United Imaging Solutions and Socket Mobile Partner to Provide Professional Photographers Solution for Managing Images...
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Sprite Mobile Partners With Socket Mobile to Provide Data Backup Capabilities for the SoMo 650...
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Socket Mobile Reports Third Quarter 2009 Revenue of $4.6 Million,
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Viziflex Seels and Socket Mobile Collaborate to Protect Socket Products From Adverse Environmental Conditions
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Chuck Furedy Joins Socket Mobile as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
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Socket Mobile: Socket Mobile Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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Socket Mobile, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question is from Brian Swift of Security Research Associates. You may proceed with your question. Brian Swift – Security Research Associates Thank you. A couple of questions. One, have you received the cash for the sale of the serial operation in...
Socket Ships Bar Code Wand Card for Windows CE-Based Palm-size PCs; CompactFlash CF+ Type I Card and Software Can Also be Used With Handheld PCs and Notebooks
NEWARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 21, 1998--Socket Communications Inc. (OTC BB:SCKT and SCKTW) (PCX:SOK) today made it easy to turn a Windows CE-based Palm-size PC into a mobile bar code reader by introducing the CF+ version of the company's Bar Code Wand Card system. The new system combines the SocketR Collection...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Kevin J. Mills | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| David W. Dunlap | Chief Financial Officer |
| Leonard L Ott | CTO |
| Michael Gifford | Executive Vice President, Business Dev |
| Charles Rihner | Vice President, Marketing |
| Lee Baillif | Vice President and Controller |
| Martin Croome | Vice President, Europe |
| Peter Phillips | Vice President, Marketing |
| Robert Miller | Vice President, Engineering |
| Tim Miller | Vice President, Worldwide Operations |
| Carol Montalvo | Director Marketing Communications |
| Gennaro Giachetta | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa |
| Holger Sponholz | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa |
| Phillippe Vazquez | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Thomas O. Miller | Director, Chairman of the Technology Advisory Board |
| Enzo Torresi | Board of Directors |
| Gianluca Rattazzi | Board of Directors |
| Leon Malmed | Board Member |
| Peter Sealey | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Mobile Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Director of Operations | Former |
| Logitech International SA | Former | |
| University of Limerick | B.E. Degree In Electronic Engineering | Former |
| University of Limerick | Degree With Honors In Electronic Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Socket Mobile Inc. | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | Current |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | audit partner | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.A. In Business Administration | Former |
Mr. Ott is responsible for Socket's strategic technical direction and also manages the company's internal IT infrastructure. Joining Socket in March, 1994, he has held increasingly responsible positions from Senior Software Engineer to Director of Software Development. Formerly, he served as Vice President of Research and Development with Vision Network Systems. Mr. Ott is active in the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and is currently a member of the Radio Working Group. Mr. Ott also serves on the Board of Directors for the CompactFlash Association and is currently Technical Co-Chair. Additionally, Mr. Ott serves on the Board of Directors of the Secure Digital (SD) Association and is acting Chair. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Mobile Inc. | Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Engineering, Interim | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | CTO | Current |
| Secure-Digital | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.S. Degree In Computer Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Business Dev | Current |
| Socket Mobile Inc. | Founder, Executive Vice President, Business Development and General Manager, Embedded Systems Business Unit | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tidewater Associates, Inc. | Director of Sales & Marketing | Former |
| Tidewater Associates, Inc. | Board Member | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.S. With Honors In Mechanical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President and Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Europe | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | General Manager | Former |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | General Manager, Europe | Former |
| Product Marketing | Former | |
| Edinburgh University | B.Sc. with honors in Computer Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Logitech International SA | Former | |
| Stanford University | B.A. Degree In Economics | Former |
Mr. Miller is responsible for leading Socket's engineering operations, providing connection products for mobile computers and other electronic devices. He previously served as Chief Technical Officer of 3rd Rail Engineering, an engineering design and services company that was acquired by Socket in October, 2000. Mr. Miller also worked at Synaptics, Inc., "human interface solutions" design and manufacturing company, where he was co-inventor of the Synaptics touchpad and was issued eight patents for his work. Mr. Miller holds a B.S. degree with honors from the California Institute of Technology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Chief Technical Officer | Former |
| Synaptics Incorporated | Former | |
| California Institute of Technology | B.S. degree with honors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Worldwide Operations | Current |
| Socket Mobile Inc. | Current | |
| COM21, Inc | Vice President of Worldwide Operations | Former |
| San Jose State University | B.S. Degrees In Business Administration and Political Science | Former |
| San Jose State University | Business Administration and Political Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Director Marketing Communications | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Senior Manager, Marketing & Comm | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Reg Manager, Sales, Europe, Middle East & Africa | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Director, Chairman of the Technology Advisory Board | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Systems, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Systems, Inc. | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Leon Malmed holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Paris; he attended the Stanford Business School Senior Executive Program for Management of High Technology Companies. He has held Executive positions with High Technology Companies such as Quantum, Maxtor, Syquest and SanDisk. He is a Board Member of Adtron Corp., Socket Communications and on the board of advisors of FormFactor Inc. and Nanochip Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Adtron Corporation | Board Member | Current |
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Exanetworks, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| SanDisk Corporation | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing | Former |
| Maxtor Corporation | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales | Former |
| University of Paris | B.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Former |
| University of Paris | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| MaxWorldwide, Inc. | Former | |
| Claremont Graduate University | doctorate | Former |
Executive News
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Socket Mobile Bolsters SocketCare Service Program
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Socket Mobile Strengthens Balance Sheet With Common Stock Private Placement of $1.05 Million
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Socket Mobile Strengthens Balance Sheet With Common Stock Private
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Socket Mobile raises $1.05M in stock sale
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