Eric C. Snowdeal III

Co-Founder, Principal
facefive, LLC, Chicago IL
November 2001 - present

Deliver premium wireless internet services to cafes, coffee shops, multi-dwelling units and conferences. Apply extensive experience in technology development, systems integration, network design and platform development to provide an exceptional public wifi experience in the top public venues in Chicago, IL

• Successfully led company from concept to development to market.
• Developed and deployed prepaid Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) system, enabling fast, easy and affordable service while meeting the needs of the venue owners and location proprietors.
• Developed, deployed and managed the facefive Network Operations Center (NOC) which provides realtime insights into all aspects of the facefive network.
• Developed an tested an SMS and instant messaging system which allows for rapid deployment of new entertainment and information services.
• Developed and tested an internet phone (VoIP) system, facefive fone, which allows subscribers to make prepaid calls from their computer or a conventional phone to any phone in continental United States.
• Developed and tested an advertising system, f5ads, which allows local merchants to purchase text ads to be displayed on the captive portal system that subscribers access when at a venue.

Business Development Manager and Senior Software Engineer
Motorola Inc, Schaumburg IL
May 1998 - September 2004

Managed early stages of business expansion projects, including sales, marketing, feasibility, business plans and communications development and proposal generation, negotiating and deal-making.

• Evaluated and created a strategy around the area of telemedicine for Motorola, and became an internal expert who was involved in all subsequent discussions that were pertinent to Motorola's opportunities into healthcare. I worked with internal groups and planning teams to define business, user, technology and localization requirements for prototype devices for use in areas such as clinical trial data capture to drug regimen reminders. The prototypes were presented to Clinton's head of AIDS effort as well as in front of the CEO of Aetna Health Insurance.
• Created the business strategy for the nascent field of bioinformatics, which resulted in the founding of one of today's fastest growing firms. I contributed to the development of business development, brainstorming and business strategy artifacts. Additionally, I conducted market research to determine validity of the efforts and direction and served as the account manager for several clients.
• As senior strategist for the America's region of the Global Software Group, I played an important role as it took its first steps beyond being an internal service provider to working with external clients. In this capacity, I worked with centers in the US, Canada, Mexico and Argentina and developed a system for training staff to on how to create feasibility research reports for new products and services.
• As futurist and competitive intelligence analyst I developed business cases, feasibility reports and competitive analysis for the head of the Global Software Group. I evaluated and reported on emerging technologies in the cellular, mobile computing and wireless market areas. The high profile work resulted in regular meetings with senior executives where we collaboratively assessed market entry strategies and ongoing competitive threats.

Master of Science, focusing on the business of biotechnology and bioinformatics

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
May 1998

A unique interdisciplinary program that offered classes through the medical, engineering and business schools.

Graduate course in Invertebrate Neurobiology

Friday Harbor Laboratories, part of the University of Washington
Summer 1996

An extraordinarily intensive full-time course on a 484-acre biological preserve on San Juan Island (75 miles NW of Seattle). Participants were selected from a worldwide pool of applications.

NSF sponsored fellowship

Washington University, St Louis, MO
Summer 1995

Selected from a national pool of candidates to take part in a sponsored summer research program at one the countries leading universities. The efforts led to my first publication.

MS, Biology

The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1996