Sonia Lee Kahn
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Sonia Lee Kahn (born April 12th, 1960) is a Korean-born entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Fullpower Technologies and a pioneer in the wireless industry.
She is currently the president of Fullpower Technologies, a company which provides solutions converging life sciences, wireless technology, nanotechnology and MEMS. Fullpower Technologies is Sonia's third successful company. Sonia co-founded LightSurf Technologies with Philippe Kahn and was pivotal in the invention of the Camera Phone as mentioned in a recent NPR interview with Kahn. Sonia also co-founded Starfish Software with Philippe Kahn in 1994 and served as President of Starfish from 1994 to 1998. Prior to founding Starfish, she established Sonia Lee and Associates, a Silicon Valley consulting firm specializing in user interface design and communications graphics.
A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sonia worked as a designer with the Basic Industry Research Laboratory at Northwestern University and the Whitewater Group. Sonia is married to Philippe Kahn, CEO of Fullpower. They have four children. Together, they run an environmental charity, the Lee-Kahn Foundation. She is known for her passion for landscape and still life paintings.
[edit] External links
- Philippe Kahn NPR interview on the camera phone and mobile phone
- Fullpower Technologies, has biographies of Sonia and Philippe
- LightSurf Technologies home page
- Lee-Kahn Foundation, has biographies of Lee and Kahn
- Sonia Lee Kahn Gallery, A Gallery of Sonia's Paintings
