President
Alexander Erdman
Field Sales Engineer, Intel Corporation
Alex Erdman is currently in the Global Accounts organization within Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group and is responsible for ecosystem and UX pathfinding and innovation. He joined Intel in 2013 as a Hardware Engineer in the PC Client Group and has held positions in applications engineering, product architecture, and segment marketing. Alex has been a part of USI since its inception in 2014 and contributed to the early test and certification tool development as well as organized the group’s first interoperability test events.
Vice President
Hadi Zadeh
Input Systems Hardware Tech Lead, Google
Hadi Zadeh joined Google in 2016 and he is currently the input systems tech lead for the ChromeOS devices where his focus is on the next generation of consumer electronics products. Hadi is also in charge of design and test specifications for touch, stylus, keyboard, and trackpad in 250+ devices across Google which turn into mass production of 70M+ Chromebooks per year.
Executive Director
Pete Mueller
Pete Mueller is currently Executive Director of the Universal Stylus Initiative. Pete served as President and Chairman of USI from it’s beginning in 2015 until 2023. Prior to joining USI, Pete was a Senior Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation. He first joined Intel in 1988 and held positions in engineering, architecture, senior management and ecosystem enabling. While at Intel he worked on technology development and industry standards in multiple domains, including Memory, PCBs, Wifi, Bluetooth, Cellular and I/O standards.
Secretary/Treasurer
Ritch Russ
Senior Manager, Innovation Sourcing, Lenovo Inc.
Ritch Russ has more than 20 years’ experience in the consumer electronic and electronic component business, with Sales, Marketing and Technical roles. Currently he is heading Lenovo’s Innovation Sourcing efforts into its next generation products.
Directors
Maxwell Xiang
General Manager, Hanvon C-Pen Co.,Ltd.
Maxwell Xiang currently is the General Manager of Hanvon C-Pen, a holding subsidiary company of Hanwang Technology. Having previously served as CTO of Hanvon Pentech. Mr.Xiang has rich experience on R&D ,company management and marketing.Under his leadership, Hanvon C-Pen make a significant breakthrough whether on domestic market or international market.
