Martin (Marty) Feuerstein leads research into new products, algorithms, system performance and air interfaces, as well as technical standards and regulatory activities at Polaris. He often represents the company on industry advisory committees, such as the FCC's Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council's Working Group on E911 Location Accuracy. Marty also spearheads Polaris's R&D collaborations with partners, including wireless service providers, infrastructure and location vendors, and university research labs.

He has more than 20 years of experience in research, development and deployment of wireless products with companies including Metawave, Lucent Bell Labs, US WEST/AirTouch/Verizon and Nortel. Prior to joining the wireless industry, he was a visiting assistant professor with the Mobile & Portable Radio Research Group at Virginia Tech. At Lucent Bell Labs, he played a pivotal role in successfully commercializing the first CDMA systems in major carriers' networks, such as Sprint, Primeco, GTE, AirTouch and Bell Atlantic, resulting in Lucent capturing a market-leading position. While at Metawave, he conceived and championed development of the first smart antenna and self-optimizing network products deployed in the cellular industry.

Marty has consulted extensively for wireless carriers, vendors and venture capital firms in strategic analysis, system performance, product development, spectrum management, intellectual property, acquisitions and business case modeling. He has authored a host of articles in wireless technology publications, co-authored two books, and written several book chapters and many journal, magazine and conference papers. He is a frequent invited speaker and panel session moderator at wireless conferences and tradeshows. He is an inventor of 16 patents in wireless telecom, spanning the areas of communications systems, adaptive arrays, self-optimizing networks and position location methods.

Dr. Feuerstein has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Math from Vanderbilt, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His Ph.D. dissertation was on algorithms and performance of spread spectrum methods for local area position location systems, such as those used for emergency responders and autonomous vehicle operations.