Company
ParkerVision, Inc., is a leader in proprietary radio frequency (RF) technologies. With decades of RF technology expertise, it designs, develops and markets advanced wireless solutions for current and next generation communications networks.
Protected by a highly-regarded worldwide patent portfolio, the Company’s solutions for wireless transfer of RF waveforms addresses society’s needs for a broad range of wirelessly connected devices that deliver high levels of RF performance, coupled with best-in-class power consumption.
Board of Directors
Jeffrey L. Parker
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey L. Parker has been the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ParkerVision since the company’s inception in August 1989 and was president from April 1993 to June 1998. From March 1983 to August 1989, Mr. Parker served as executive vice president for Parker Electronics, Inc., a joint venture partner with Carrier Corporation performing research, development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry. Mr. Parker is a named inventor on 31 U.S. patents.
Among other qualifications, as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Parker has relevant insight into company operations, the technology industry and related risks, as well as experience in bringing disruptive technologies to market.
Sanford M. Litvak
Independent Director
Audit Committee Member
Compensation Committee Member
Sanford M. Litvack has been a director of ParkerVision since October 2022. Mr. Litvack has a broad litigation background with extensive experience in patent and intellectual property issues, as well as antitrust, trademark and copyright issues. He currently is a partner with Chaffetz Lindsey LLP. Mr. Litvack served as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and was selected by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Prior to his courtroom experience Mr. Litvack spent a decade at the Walt Disney Company serving as General Counsel and then as Chief of Corporate Operations. He has argued cases in the Circuit Courts as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Litvack currently serves on the Board of Directors of Steiner Leisure and L. Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp. He has also served as an outside board director of Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Pacificare and Antigenics.
Paul A. Rosenbaum
Independent Director
Audit Committee Chairperson
Compensation Committee Member
Paul A. Rosenbaum has been a director of ParkerVision since December 2016. Mr. Rosenbaum has extensive experience as a director and executive officer for both public and private companies in a number of industries. Since 1994, Mr. Rosenbaum has served as chief executive of SWR Corporation, a privately-held corporation that designs, sells, and markets specialty industrial chemicals. Since 2009, Mr. Rosenbaum has been a member of the Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation Council of Trustees, and previously served as president of the Council. In addition, from September 2000 until June 2009, Mr. Rosenbaum served as chairman and chief executive officer of Rentrak Corporation, a Nasdaq publicly traded company that provides transactional media measurement and analytical services to the entertainment and media industry and from June 2009 until July 2011, Mr. Rosenbaum served in a non-executive capacity as chairman of Rentrack. From 2007 until 2016, Mr. Rosenbaum served on the Board of Commissioners for the Port of Portland, including as vice chairman from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Rosenbaum was chief partner in the Rosenbaum Law Center from 1978 to 2000 and served in the Michigan Legislature from 1972 to 1978, during which time he chaired the Michigan House Judiciary Committee, was legal counsel to the Speaker of the House of the state of Michigan and wrote and sponsored the Michigan Administrative Procedures Act. Additionally, Mr. Rosenbaum served on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, as vice chairman of the Criminal Justice and Consumer Affairs Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, and on a committee of the Michigan Supreme Court responsible for reviewing local court rules.
Robert G. Sterne
Independent Director
Robert G. Sterne has been a director of ParkerVision since September 2006. He also served as a director from February 2000 to June 2003. Since 1978, Mr. Sterne has been a partner of the law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, specializing in patent and other intellectual property law. Mr. Sterne provides legal services to ParkerVision as one of the company’s patent and intellectual property attorneys.
Mr. Sterne has co-authored numerous publications related to patent litigation strategies. He has received multiple awards for contributions to intellectual property law including Law 360’s 2016 Top 25 Icons of IP and the Financial Times 2015 Top 10 Legal Innovators in North America. Among other qualifications, Mr. Sterne has an in-depth knowledge of ParkerVision’s intellectual property portfolio and patent strategies. He is considered a leader in best practices and board responsibilities concerning intellectual property.
Lewis H. Titterton
Independent Director
Audit Committee Member
Compensation Committee Chairperson
Lewis H. Titterton, Jr. has been a director of ParkerVision since June 2023. Mr. Titterton previously served on the ParkerVision board from September 2018 until April 2019.
Mr.Titterton has served on the board of directors of Anixa Biosciences (“ANIX”), a Nasdaq biotech company, since July 2017, including as lead independent director since July 2018 and chairman of the board from 2012 to 2016. His background is in high technology with an emphasis on health care and he was the chairman of the board of directors of NYMED, Inc., a diversified health services company, from 1989 until October 2018.
Mr. Titterton founded MedE America, Inc. in 1986 and was the chief executive officer of Management and Planning Services, Inc. from 1978 to 1986. He holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany, and a B.A. degree from Cornell University.