Gee Rittenhouse Vice President, Wireless Research, Lucent Technologies

Dr. Gee Rittenhouse is Vice President of Wireless Research for Lucent Technologies’ Bell Labs. Rittenhouse joined Bell Labs as a member of technical staff in 1993 where he developed a high-speed 0.1 um NMOS process for optical networking. He later joined the Wireless Research Laboratory where his research focused on RF front-end radio architectures and cellular system engineering. In 2000 he was promoted to Director of the Wireless Technology Research Department where he led several projects related to Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) system development, network optimization, wireless IP networks, and fourth generation wireless. In 2001 he was named a Bell Labs Fellow, Bell Labs' highest honor, which recognizes sustained research and development contributions to the company. He has numerous publications and patents in the areas of wireless systems and circuits.

Rittenhouse was also one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Wireless Emergency Response Team (WERT), an industry-wide effort to locate survivors at Ground Zero through signals from their wireless telephones.

He is also active on several national policy and standards boards, working with FCC and Homeland Security subgroups on the scientific side of wireless in the post 9/11 era.