James Seymour Of EBlox

E-Blox is an emerging leader in educational electronic toys and products that engage children to Learn by Building.TM

Based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, E-Blox was launched in 2016 by Art Seymour and his sons James and Joseph after more than 90+ years of combined experience as entrepreneurs, inventors, and designers in the educational toys and wireless industries.

E-Blox’s founders are now leading the way to a whole new generation of educational toys that give children of all ages the building blocks of a STREAM education–Science, Technology, Reading/writing, Engineering, the Arts, and Math–through the joy of play and discovery.

Jim received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph. D. degrees from Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN in 1989, 1991 and 1994 respectively where his research focused on improved phase synchronization techniques for mobile communication systems; In July of 1994, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ as a member of the technical staff for the network wireless Radio Performance and Analysis Group where his work focused on innovations for 2G wireless systems.& In 1999 he became Technical Manager of the Wireless Algorithms Development Group in the Advanced Technologies organization at Lucent Technologies where his work focused on design and development of state of the art algorithms and performance for 3G systems.& In 2006 he received the Bell Labs Fellowship award for his outstanding and seminal contributions to wireless technology and standards spanning 2G, 3G and 4G systems.& In 2013, he joined the Cisco Mobility CTO team focused on 4G Evolution to 5G, He also so worked part time as a VP at Elenco Electronics designing and developing educational toys.& In 2016, he became co-founder and VP for E-Blox, a family business focused on teaching the fundamentals of STEM, STEAM and STREAM through electronic construction toys.& He is currently working for E-Blox in Buffalo Grove, IL as CTO for new technology Research & Development.

E-Blox is an emerging leader in educational electronic toys and products that engage children to Learn by Building.TM Based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, E-Blox was launched in 2016 by Art Seymour and his sons James and Joseph after more than 90+ years of combined experience as entrepreneurs, inventors, and designers in the educational toys and wireless industries. E-Blox’s founders are now leading the way to a whole new generation of educational toys that give children of all ages the building blocks of a STREAM education–Science, Technology, Reading/writing, Engineering, the Arts, and Math–through the joy of play and discovery. Jim received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph. D. degrees from Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN in 1989, 1991 and 1994 respectively where his research focused on improved phase synchronization techniques for mobile communication systems; In July of 1994, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ as a member of the technical staff for the network wireless Radio Performance and Analysis Group where his work focused on innovations for 2G wireless systems.& In 1999 he became Technical Manager of the Wireless Algorithms Development Group in the Advanced Technologies organization at Lucent Technologies where his work focused on design and development of state of the art algorithms and performance for 3G systems.& In 2006 he received the Bell Labs Fellowship award for his outstanding and seminal contributions to wireless technology and standards spanning 2G, 3G and 4G systems.& In 2013, he joined the Cisco Mobility CTO team focused on 4G Evolution to 5G, He also so worked part time as a VP at Elenco Electronics designing and developing educational toys.& In 2016, he became co-founder and VP for E-Blox, a family business focused on teaching the fundamentals of STEM, STEAM and STREAM through electronic construction toys.& He is currently working for E-Blox in Buffalo Grove, IL as CTO for new technology Research & Development.

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