Blaine Bateman

Mr. Bateman leads EAF LLC, consulting in business analytics/machine learning, strategy & market analysis; w/35+ years int'l experience. He graduated w/Special Honors in ChE & later Cert. in Quality Mgmt. (CU Boulder) & Machine Learning (Stanford). US govt. R&D, several start-ups & 13 years with Laird (Global VP Mktg. & others). Statistics, Machine Learning, Electronics, Automotive, Antennas/RF; Strategy, Bus. Dev., and Product Dev. 18 patents in Instruments, Antennas, and RF Design. Syndicated research (silicon photonics); writes for trade press and web communities. Served Fortune 1000 and FTSE 250 companies in a variety of projects, including global market/product strategy and most recently deep analytics and forecasting.

Following ten years in government research and management (Deputy Director, National Measurement Laboratory (US DoC NIST) and Chief, Chemical Engineering Division of NIST), Mr. Bateman worked at several start-ups in electronics and antennas, resulting in 100s of products and several patents. Mr. Bateman led efforts to bring design and manufacturing of telematics and in-building antennas to China and Malaysia, and was key in creating an Automotive Connectivity Unit in Laird, and led technical diligence for multiple acquisitions and creation of an Infrastructure Antenna Unit. Prior to forming EAF LLC, Mr. Bateman was Global Head of Marketing in Laird and led efforts to improve data quality and analytics as well as continuing efforts in strategy and business development.