Drew Gislason

President of San Juan Software, Drew has more than 25 years experience in the embedded market, and has created software embedded in products as diverse as Canon digital cameras, Nokia cellular phones, Teledyne flight data recorders and Baxter medical equipment, Trane HVAC systems and Boeing aviation systems. Lately he has been designing, developing and using devices and protocols for the Internet of Things, including ZigBee, Thread and Bluetooth communication protocols. Within the ZigBee Alliance, Drew has held positions such as the ZigBee Health Care Chair and Co-Chair of the Home Automation work group. He is a major contributor to the ZigBee specifications, and has spoken on ZigBee at numerous industry trade shows, and wrote the definitive work ZigBee Wireless Networking.