Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hinman founded three successful (annual revenues greater than $500 million) high technology companies. PictureTel Corporation (Videoconferencing), Polycom (Conference call), and 2Wire (Digital Subscriber Lincolnshire). Both PictureTel Corporation and Polycom had Initial Public Offerings.
Hinman and his co-founders took PictureTel public in November 1984, only three months after the company was founded, and two years before the first product was shipped.
2Wire was acquired by set-top box maker Pace in July, 2010. Technologies where Hinman has been granted patents include Video compression and Conference calls.
Brian received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in December 1982, and an Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June 1984. Hinman later sponsored an entrepreneurship program at University of Maryland, College Park called the "Hinman Chief executive officers".
Hinman has 18 issued patents cover a range of technologies, including circuit design, algorithms, optical design and industrial design: United States Patents: 4661849, 4703350, 4727422, 5365583, 5390244, 5568279, 5757547, 5940049, 6081378, 6285754, 6694016, 6977958, 7072385, 7499438, 7535880, 7672448, D367663, D903543.
Hinman has also been involved with public-private partnerships by buying and funding an underfunded fire station in Los Gatos. He will be one of the speakers in Global intellectual property convention. In 2012, Hinman co-founded Mimosa Networks, a gigabit wireless hardware company based in Santa Clara, California. Hinman serves as Company-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President at Mimosa Networks.
Hinman, the son of Earl East Hinman, Junior and Roberta Doctorate. Hinman, grew up primarily in Wheaton, Maryland.