Steven Cistulli

Mr. Cistulli has close to 20 years experience in the design and deployment as well as the management and marketing of advanced technology products for both military and commercial organizations. Mr. Cistulli, an internationally focused, process oriented innovator, derives success based upon his years of operational experience within the research & development and manufacturing environments. He holds a broad, well respected, knowledge-base in the telecommunications and distributed computing technology fields.

Currently, Mr.Cistulli is responsible for business development and the strategic outlook of multimedia and associated partnerships within Panasonic Mobile Communications product team.

Prior to that, Mr. Cistulli held the position of VP of Ericsson Business Innovation, USA, a sector within Ericsson Inc. focused on corporate venture creation. Mr. Cistulli was responsible for establishing a US regional hub as part of a global organization chartered to screen, fund, advise and harvest investment opportunities with the potential to become future core business for Ericsson Inc.

Mr. Cistulli is often invited to speak, internationally, on the topics of product life cycle evolution and innovation in the telecommunications industry. Steven has received numerous patents and trademarks and published several technical articles. He holds multiple engineering degrees from the Wentworth Institute and the University of Massachusetts. In addition, he has completed programs in executive management at Babson College and studied Japanese language and culture at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and abroad.