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Richard J. Helferich
Principal, Wireless Science
Founder and Managing Partner, Wireless2Web LLC
Richard J. Helferich has been a pioneer in developing innovative wireless voice and data products and services for over 20 years. He has been granted ten U.S. patents since 1989. Additional patents in the U.S. and overseas are pending. Helferich's patent portfolio covers a wide range of wireless and landline communications systems and devices, including methods for transmitting, receiving, and processing voice, video, and data messages and information. Motorola and SK Telecom (formerly Korea Mobile Telecom)
are among the licensees of Helferich's patents.
Currently, Helferich is a principal of Wireless Science and also the founder and a managing partner of Wireless2Web, LLC.
Wireless Science was established by Helferich and Martin Schwartz to develop and license wireless voice and data products and services.
W2W was established in 1999 to showcase and commercialize innovative wireless messaging technologies for corporations and consumers. Helferich’s patents form the basis of W2W’s groundbreaking technology for easy-to-use wireless voice and data messaging and e-mail.
Before joining W2W, Helferich was the chief technical officer for ReadyCom, Inc., a start-up voice messaging company. ReadyCom was established to commercialize voice messaging technology developed by Helferich. The technology utilizes existing cellular systems to create a highly efficient wireless voice mail network.
Prior to helping establish ReadyCom, Helferich was the long-time Executive Vice President and Director of Engineering at Minilec Service, Inc. Minilec is a leading third-party maintenance provider for wireless carriers. At Minilec, Helferich was known for his creative solutions to product design challenges for Minilec’s manufacturer clients including Nokia and Panasonic, among others.
In the late 1980s, with seed funding from Minilec, Schwartz and inventor Helferich established Activus, Inc. to commercially develop their proprietary messaging technologies. Initial products included voice storage paging receivers and an analog compression system that yielded a 300 percent improvement in capacity. Activus also developed voice storage for cellular phones and two-way radio systems.
Before joining Minilec, Helferich owned and operated Unidyne, Inc., headquartered in the Cincinnati area. Unidyne provided sales and service for consumer products, medical electronics and communications systems.
Martin A. Schwartz
Principal, Wireless Science
Managing Partner, Wireless2Web LLC
President, Minilec Service, Inc.
Martin A. Schwartz has been involved in innovative ventures in the wireless industry for 30 years. He heads one of the most respected pager maintenance and engineering support companies in the U.S and is co-founder of unique wireless messaging and technology development companies.
He is a principal of Wireless Science and also a managing partner of Wireless2Web, LLC. Wireless Science was established by Schwartz and Richard Helferich to develop and license wireless voice and data products and services. W2W was established in 1999 to showcase and commercialize innovative wireless messaging technologies for corporations and consumers.
Schwartz is also the President and CEO of Minilec Service, Inc., a third party maintenance provider for wireless carriers. Specializing in the high volume, wholesale repair and refurbishment of paging receivers, Minilec has long been considered the leader in its field. During the past 25 years Minilec’s customers have included virtually every sizable paging company in the U.S., and its manufacturer clients have included Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Phillips and Samsung.
A Pioneering Family in Wireless
The company’s history dates back to the origins of the paging business. Schwartz’s father, Buz, imported the first Japanese pagers into this country to compete with Motorola in the late 1960’s. Later that marketing and sales operation would be acquired by NEC, and Buz would provide warehousing, logistics, technical and after-sales support for first NEC and later Harris/RF. While still a student at the University of California Martin Schwartz spent most of 1973 living in NEC’s employee dormitory and working at their Yokohama factory -- an uncommon experience for a Westerner at that time. Martin would spin-off the pager repair operation in late 1976, focusing exclusively on support for the nascent Radio Common Carrier industry.
Minilec has long been considered a pioneer in its field. It was the original third party maintenance provider specializing in depot service for paging carriers, and this unique formula saw the company grow into the industry’s leading vendor. Contributing after-sale engineering and technical support that far exceeds the resources of a typical "repair shop", Minilec designs have been incorporated into numerous messaging products. The company now services upwards of 100,000 units per month, with facilities in Florida, Texas and California.
In the late 1980s, with seed funding from Minilec, Schwartz and inventor Helferich established Activus, Inc. to commercially develop their proprietary messaging technologies. Initial products included voice storage paging receivers and an analog compression system that yielded a 300 per cent improvement in capacity. Activus also developed voice storage for cellular phones and two-way radio systems. Motorola and SK Telecom (formerly Korea Mobile Telecom) are among the licensees of technology developed by Helferich and Schwartz.
Michael R. Hancock
Partner and Vice President, Wireless2Web LLC
Michael R. Hancock has spent the last twenty years in a variety of startup companies operating in the field of information services, messaging and computing technologies.
After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta, Hancock spent six years with the Institute for Product Safety, a publishing and consulting firm in the field of product safety and liability.
Then Hancock founded Litigation Research Services, Inc. and served as its President. The company specialized in custom computer generated and formatted research projects for litigating attorneys across the United States.
In 1993, Hancock became the first employee of wireless messaging technology startup ReadyCom, Inc. He spent the next 6 years in a variety of product management and development capacities culminating in the position of Vice President of Strategic Development.
Hancock was also Director of Operations for Dolman Technologies Group, a company which developed, deployed and maintained state-of-the-art voice-activated, multiple-camera video recording systems for courthouses and corporate boardrooms across the country. Hancock also served as Director of Product Management for U.S. Wireless, Inc., a developer of technologies to precisely locate users of wireless telephones.
In 1999, Hancock helped to found Wireless2Web LLC, for which he currently is Partner and Vice President of Engineering. In that capacity, he has responsibility for system design, development and operations.
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