Ed Chao

Ed Chao serves as Polte’s CEO and brings over 27 years of executive leadership experience in the global wireless industry to help position Polte as the premier geolocation technology provider for IoT and mobile devices. In his former role as a senior technology executive at MetroPCS, Chao established the company as the leader in bringing affordable, unlimited wireless to the U.S. He played a key role in the merger of the company with T-Mobile U.S. As an executive at Lucent Technologies, Chao helped establish the company’s leadership in building the mobile internet by bringing 2G and 3G wireless network techology to operators globally. Chao also served with the U.S. Digital Service at the White House leading top digital talent from the industry to transform the user experience of citizenship and immigration services. Chao holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. He is a co-inventor of three patents.