Terry Lingren

Mr. Lingren is an experienced CEO, entrepreneur, and technology executive with a successful track record of growing profitable businesses through product vision and fiscal restraint. With over 30 years in the wireless industry, Mr. Lingren has exhibited an ability to mold high-performing teams to reach business goals in industries ranging from high-performance components through intellectual property (IP) licensing to sophisticated products such as smartphones.

Mr. Lingren was the founding CEO of Resonant Inc. (RESN – NASDAQ). Along with his two co-founders, he started the company in 2012 to apply deep technical expertise to a growing need in the radio-frequency (RF) filter space for cell phones and other wireless products, a $12B market growing at >20% compounded annual growth rate. Using a unique business model, Resonant maintained an asset-light cost structure through design licensing and extensive domain expertise. These capabilities and designs resulted in significant cost savings for customers and enabled a profitable licensing revenue stream. Using a similarly unique financing model known as a public venture, Mr. Lingren raised capital for Resonant through an IPO on NASDAQ in 2014, as well as through other public and private rounds.

Mr. Lingren has also held vice president and senior engineering management roles at Hughes Aircraft Co. and Amplica, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Austin College, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University in Northridge.