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SUMMARY:Cambridge Network event: Joep van Beurden\, CSR - Joep van Beurden
 \, CSR
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CONTACT:Louise Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:To start our 2014-15 season of Business Lectures we're pleased
  to welcome Joep van Beurden\, CEO of CSR - a Cambridge-based global leade
 r in wireless technology.\n\nCSR is a global leader in wireless technology
 \, shaping products that are enhancing lives and changing the way we live.
  It was founded in 1999\, in Cambridge to develop an RF (Radio Frequency) 
 radio\, which people said could not be done\, but CSR engineers did it any
 way. They dominated the market but needed to strengthen the focus on audio
 \, so they increased investment in R&D and set up a Wi-Fi team.  Over the 
 next few years they opened new offices in the US and Asia and launched the
 ir first Bluetooth chips.  In 2004 CSR listed on the London Stock Exchange
  and joined the FTSE 250\, continuing to expand in Europe and China.\n\
 nCSR is a technology pioneer\, developing silicon\, software and services 
 for the consumer electronics market.  The company has a specific focus on 
 connectivity\, voice and music\, Bluetooth® Smart\, document imaging\, au
 tomotive infotainment and location technologies.\n\nAbout Joep van Beur
 den:  \nJoep van Beurden\, Chief Executive Officer\, was appointed Chief E
 xecutive Officer on 1 November 2007. He has over 15 years of experience in
  managing technology companies in the US and Europe. \n\nPrior to joining 
 CSR\, Mr van Beurden was Chief Executive of NexWave Inc.\, a provider of e
 mbedded software solutions for the consumer electronics market based in Fr
 ance. Before joining NexWave\, Mr van Beurden held senior positions at Can
 esta Inc.\, a fabless semiconductor company in San Jose\, California and P
 hilips Components also in San Jose. Prior to that\, Mr van Beurden had wor
 ked for five years for management and strategy consultants McKinsey & Comp
 any in Amsterdam. Mr van Beurden has also worked as a crude oil trader for
  Royal Dutch Shell in Rotterdam and lectured in Physics and Electronics at
  the University of Zambia in Lusaka. \n\nTo book onto this event\, please 
 click on this link - http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/events/cambridge-ne
 twork-event-joep-van-beurden-csr/\n \n\nSponsorship: This event is very ki
 ndly sponsored by: \n\nNeesham PR: Neesham specialises in PR for deeply te
 chnical electronics businesses.\n
LOCATION:Hauser Forum\, 3 Charles Babbage Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 0GT
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