He is the former Vice President of Research and Development at Counterpoint Systems Foundry, Inc., the world's leading provider of short-range wireless data communications software and tools for embedded systems. He served for two years as the Chair of the Test and Interoperability Committee of the Infrared Data Association (IrDA). His articles have appeared in Portable Design Magazine, Communication Systems Design, Embedded Systems Programming, Byte, PC Computing, InfoWorld, and other industry and academic publications. Dr. Knutson holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University.