Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper is known as the "Father of the Cell Phone", having led the team that invented, produced and demonstrated the first cellular portable phone at Motorola in 1973. He is responsible for driving development of multi-billions of dollars’ worth of wireless global telecommunications value over the past half century. He has won the Prince of Asturias Award, Marconi Prize, the Charles Stark Draper Prize, a Wireless and Consumer Technology Hall of Fame award, and was named a Top 10 Wireless Innovator of All Time, among numerous other awards. He is a respected speaker on technology and innovation, and contributes to public policy in the US and globally. He founded several companies, including smart antenna leader ArrayComm, and co-founded GreatCall and Cellular Business Systems with Arlene Harris.