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Based on his books, articles, and public comments, P.J. Louis seems to hold views that are contrary to the popular investment analyst view. Louis seems to believe that telecom and infocom possess a social responsibility element. He is a supporter of increasing broadband deployments in rural and underserved markets. Based on pieces he has written, he has opinions about social networking, Google, YouTube, and digital rights management.
Louis has been blogging on the Gerson Lehrman Group financial site. He has been a vocal proponent for CEO Dan Hesse's restructuring of Sprint. He has posted a large number of articles regarding corporate restructuring during this recession. In 2009 Louis was quoted in Wireless Week supporting CEO Hesse's work. In 2009 he was quoted again in Wireless Week commenting on the Palm Pre.
He was quoted in the Kansas City Star where he implied the current recession offered Sprint an opportunity to provide service to those who have lost their jobs and hence their corporate cell phones. Louis believes the sector is an opportunity for Sprint. He also noted that customer satisfaction is a key to success.
He is also an advisor to a company called Kindle Innovations; which appears to be operating a new type of social networking site/company called TabUp. He has recently opined on the next step of social networking, which is called social collaboration. TabUp is a social collaboration startup of Kindle Innovations. See www.tabup.com and www.kindleit.com.
His (principal) consulting company is called PJ Louis LLC. The firm is a consultancy that provides business & operational advisory services to investors and to underperforming/distressed telecommunications, media and technology companies. The firm's services includes technology expert witness support and non-testifying expert consultation services.
Louis recently co-authored an article on femtocells in Wireless Week. He and his co-author, Bill Mayberry (retired AT&T Mobility executive), took a radical position on the need for femtocells and their use. The Wireless Week article is entitled "Femtocell - The Future of Wireless".
P.J. Louis is a member of the Board of Directors of a Grace Church Community Center, Inc. (GCCC), a non-sectarian, 501(c)(3) social services organization that assists Westchester County’s neediest and most at-risk residents, particularly those who are under-served by existing resources. GCCC was incorporated in 1979 and is one of the largest social services agencies in Westchester County.
P.J. Louis is a member of the commercial advisory board of AirPatrol Corporation. He was quoted as saying: "AirPatrol is the first and only security company whose technology can continuously monitor any mobile device on cellular and Wi-Fi channels in an enterprise, determine its compliance with security policy, enforce the appropriate policy on the device in real time and dynamically empower the device’s capabilities for the situation regardless of who the user might be. AirPatrol offers a comprehensive suite of location-based management solutions that enable clients in the government, financial, healthcare, corporate and retail sectors to keep pace with the expanding security requirements of an increasingly mobile world.
P.J. Louis published an article recently on his own website and Venture Outsource, where he advocates shifting semicondcutor chip manufacturing out of Japan. Louis believes the earthquake has highlighted the problems with the world relying heavily on a single country for critical technology.
Recently, P.J. Louis has been focused on blogging about corporate governance. He has been articulating his views on Yahoo, RIM, and Apple. He has expressed concern over labor practices in China and has called for a boycott of Apple products to bring attention to the plight of the Chinese worker.
In April 2012, it was announced by NewNet Communication Technologies that P.J. Louis was appointed interim CEO for the company. The company just recently acquired NSN's WiMAX business unit. Louis has been brought on board to oversee the merger integration of the division and to relaunch the company.
Louis is an advisor to The LIATI Group; a New York based financial advisory services firm.
Louis is a graduate of Columbia University's School of Engineering & Applied Science and Polytechnic Institute of NYU Polytechnic Institute of NYU
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