Received the B.Eng, M. Eng cum laude and D.Eng degrees from the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Following two years in the research labs of Alcatel Altech Telecoms, he joined the University of Pretoria as Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

In 1996 to 1999 he was Director of the Alcatel Research Unit for Wireless Access (ARUWA) at the University of Pretoria. During 1995 he has been at the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science post-doctoral fellow at the Yokohama National University.

Dr. van Rooyen has been chairman of the Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA'98) and has served as session chairman at various international conferences.

He has published a number of papers in the areas of digital communications and smart antennas and is the co-author of patents in digital communications. Dr. van Rooyen co-edited a book entitled "CDMA Techniques for 3rd Generation Mobile Systems". He also co-authored the book "Space-time processing for CDMA mobile communications". Dr. van Rooyen is founder and CEO of Ronin Wireless, a technology company that focuses on the provision of complete 3G and enhanced 2G+ technology.

Adress: Pieter van Rooyen, CEO Ronin Wireless P.O. Box 11666 Vorna Valley, 1686, South Africa
E-mail: Pieter@roninwireless.com