# CES 2019 Special: Antonio Pellegrino and Andrew Skafel

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-01-15
- Length: 11m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-01-15-ces-2019-special-antonio-pellegrino-and-andrew-skafel
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/40971670/

## Summary

Antonio Pellegrino, CEO of Mutable, and Andrew Skafel, CEO of Edgewater Wireless, discuss their companies' participation in the Up Ramp accelerator program at CES 2019. Skafel explains how Edgewater Wireless uses a multi-lane radio architecture to solve Wi-Fi congestion, leveraging a background in military R&D. Pellegrino describes Mutable's public edge cloud technology, which moves compute from distant data centers to the network edge to reduce latency for applications like autonomous vehicles.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-01-15-ces-2019-special-antonio-pellegrino-and-andrew-skafel#t=3) Introduction: Up Ramp, CableLabs, and the Fiterator Program
- [3:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-01-15-ces-2019-special-antonio-pellegrino-and-andrew-skafel#t=224) Edgewater Wireless: Multi-Lane Wi-Fi and Military Spinoff Origins
- [7:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-01-15-ces-2019-special-antonio-pellegrino-and-andrew-skafel#t=452) Mutable: Public Edge Cloud and Latency for Autonomous Vehicles
- [8:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-01-15-ces-2019-special-antonio-pellegrino-and-andrew-skafel#t=539) Conclusion: Leveraging Existing Infrastructure for IoT and Edge Compute

## Topics

- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Up Ramp (other)
- CableLabs (other)
- Edgewater Wireless (company)
- Mutable (company)
- Fiterator (other)
- Comcast (company)
- Charter (company)
- Liberty Global (company)
- Vodafone (company)
- AWS (company)

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