5G Open Innovation IPZ Application

5G Open
Innovation
IPZ
ATTACHMENT A
MANAGEMENT TEAM
JIM BRISIMITZIS RICK BALAKIER SUMIT ROY JESSE CANEDO

Managing Partner, Director, Corporate Strategy & Professor of Integrated Systems, Chief Economic Development Officer,
5G Open Innovation Lab Strategic Partnerships, T-Mobile ECE University of Washington. City of Bellevue
Jim Brisimitzis has over 15+ years of enterprise, Rick Balakier leads T-Mobile’s efforts to embrace Professor Roy has been a faculty member in Jesse Canedo is a technology advocate, global
channel, and startup community experience open innovation, the developer and entrepreneur Electrical & Computer Engineering at the citizen, and economic development strategist.
through Bell Canada, Nortel Networks, communities, and the technology ecosystem in University of Washington since 1998, where he Over the last seven years in public service, Jesse
PeopleSoft, Oracle and over 13 years with Seattle. He is leading the relationship with the 5G presently holds the Integrated Systems has built startup support programs, worked with
Microsoft. Jim has held the position of General Open Innovation Lab, including working across Professorship. Prof Roy’s research expertise the Brookings Institution’s Global Cities Initiative,
Manager of the Microsoft for Startups program in network, business and marketing teams to bring in encompasses wireless communications and directed international market research programs,
the United States, which he launched with his team the expertise required by the Lab and its portfolio networking, emerging network architectures (e.g. and managed foreign trade zones. He has a
in 2015. In over 3 years, Jim and his team worked companies. 5G) and technologies (software defined radios and proven ability to build trust with a broad customer
with 2,800 startups, generating $50 million of net networks) and applications to smart cities, base, manage complex projects, and test new
new revenue, and a combined portfolio valuation Prior to his role at T-Mobile, Rick has had a long infrastructure and mobility. He directs the ideas that lead to business growth.
of $12B. career across the startup and corporate internationally recognized Fundamentals of
ecosystems. Rick has been a successful Networking Laboratory In his role at the City of Bellevue he currently leads
Jim has led many internal innovation efforts entrepreneur and founder of a medical device the city’s growth in economic development, arts,
ranging from SMB mini-servers to complex, highly startup. His startups include RK Ventures, RedCap, His research has been continuously supported via and public private partnerships. Prior he managed
scalable, private cloud computing solutions. As an Fabulous Flying Machines and MovieShares. federal (NSF, DoE and various DoD agencies) and a diverse portfolio of activities that support
“intrapreneur,” Jim appeals to opportunities that industry (Intel, Nokia, Cisco and Boeing) grants, business expansion, outreach, and external
help large organizations rapidly innovate new and As a consultant, Rick is adept at recruiting top contracts and gifts. In 2001-03 Prof Roy spent an partnership development. Highlights include:
emerging opportunities from concept to customer performing executive teams; identifying new academic leave as a Senior Researcher & Wireless ● 3,700 new jobs in Bellevue by recruiting
adoption. His early innovation work with artificial revenue sources and leading product strategy. Systems Architect at Intel’s Wireless Technology WeWork, BitTitan, and others.
intelligence and machine learning led to the While at IBM Business Consulting, Rick led the Lab, where he contributed to systems ● Built Startup 425 from policy idea to a fully
development of a predictive algorithm to identify transformation of Watson Labs from a cost center standardization activities for ultra-wideband and operational business line servicing customers
high potential early stage startups. This to a revenue-generating client services next-generation wireless LAN technologies. His across five jurisdictions.
organization. work has resulted in 9 awarded US patents. ● Managed development of new marketing
technology was recently awarded a US patent.
brands for City of Bellevue, Startup 425, and
He received his MBA from the Tuck School of He is presently an Executive board member of the Innovation Triangle
He holds a degree in Business Management from Business at Dartmouth College. National Spectrum Consortium a research and ● Reached audiences that are 60% people of
Trent University in Canada. Jim and his family development organization focused on developing color and 65% female.
reside in Seattle, WA. spectrum sharing solutions for federal customers,
including federal 5G use cases.
5G Open
Innovation
IPZ
ATTACHMENT B
MISSION 5G
The IPZ unifies developers, startups, investors, telecommunication companies,
global tech corporations, (domestic and international), researchers and public-sector
agencies focused on accelerating 5G use cases.
Who What Why

Seattle stands uniquely alone as the global tech hub The 5G Open Innovation Lab will accelerate early and late Qualcomm have projected 5G as a $3.7 trillion
for 5G because of native tech players in wireless, cloud stage enterprise startups launching new innovative opportunity. Because 5G of the nature of 5G - utilizing
computing, and silicon. products, services, and technologies. large amounts of data and devices - there are significant
B2B opportunities as 5G continues to be deployed
The opportunity is in organizing the community to Through the accelerator program commencing in around the US and across the globe.
attract the best developers, startups, academics and October 2019, and operating 2 cohorts per year every
students, industry thought leaders, and Independent year thereafter, the IPZ and its partners will actively Priority verticals include: mobile edge computing,
Software Vendors (ISVs) to build their innovations develop, test and validate new business ideas, and bring intelligent networking, enterprise security, smart cities,
here. in further investment into the region. massive Internet of Things and autonomous connectivity.
The 5G Open Innovation IPZ is the home base for the The 5G Open Innovation IPZ will grow new companies, The 5G Open Innovation IPZ will create economic value
ecosystem. products and jobs. and solidify the region as internationally recognizable.
GOALS
Attract and Hardware and Research Accelerating 5G Seeding the

Educate Software Knowledge Products and Future 5G
Venture Funds Platform Translation Services Workforce
We will syndicate deals Backed by technology We will provide access We will deliver Through our partner’s
among and educate innovators like T-Mobile to various 5G testing programming to attract public events and a
private and corporate we will support the facilities across the state and accelerate and digital communications,
VCs on the investment development of new and country, and enable promising teams and we will educate, train
opportunities of new 5G hardware and software adoption of the latest founders, linking them and offer opportunities
technologies, products tools for developers to 5G research by the IPZ with investment to to interested members
and services. test and prototype on. partners and startups. create new 5G jobs. of UW and the public.
5G Open
Innovation
IPZ
ATTACHMENT C
ATTACHMENT C - Boundary of Seattle 5G Open Innovation
IPZ
5G
Open Innovation Lab

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