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I DON ’ T EXPECT ANYONE TO WORK HARDER THAN I DO AND BELIEVE THAT MY MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HELP MY EMPLOYEES ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS . aeroplane in the sky with our head out the window ’. Fortunately , it all came together and as they say , the rest is history .

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On the lighter side of things , we ask the industry experts what makes them tick . . . .
Lindsay Notwell , Senior Vice President of 5G Strategy and Global Carrier Operations at Cradlepoint
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement ?
To date , I ’ d have to say that leading the highly successful launch of 4G LTE at Verizon would be it . This was the world ’ s first large-scale implementation of LTE with a number of unique ‘ firsts ’, like putting CDMA credentials on the SIM , Dual-Stack IPv4 and IPv6 , and a number of other technologies that made it feel like we were ‘ building an

I DON ’ T EXPECT ANYONE TO WORK HARDER THAN I DO AND BELIEVE THAT MY MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HELP MY EMPLOYEES ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS . aeroplane in the sky with our head out the window ’. Fortunately , it all came together and as they say , the rest is history .

What first made you think of a career in technology ?
Growing up , I was always tinkering with batteries , wires , electrical switches and so on . But going to college , I felt I wanted to help people , so I got a degree in Psychology and Sociology , thinking I would go into social work .
The U . S . economy at the time was so bad , there weren ’ t any jobs in my field . So , I went into sales to pay the bills . One day , a young entrepreneur walked into the tile store where I worked and told me he was opening a ComputerLand down the street . That night , I wrote some ideas about how he could jumpstart his business and he offered me a job selling computers .
After 15 years of riding that wave , I got introduced to wireless data in the ‘ 1G ’ days of analogue cellular data , so I jumped over to that industry and spent 17 years with Verizon and its forerunner companies . Then , after launching 4G with them , I left to start my own consulting business and got connected with Cradlepoint almost seven years ago now .
I truly have been blessed to have such an exciting ride in tech – what a great industry !
What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?
Hire the right people , empower them , turn them loose , then support them . To me , the job of a leader is to set a vision , work with your team to develop WIGs ( wildly important goals ), then meet with them regularly to help them succeed . Also , I ’ m a www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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