Leading Innovation for Mission Critical Communications

At Motorola Solutions, we focus on deeply understanding our customers' work environments and needs. Our research and development efforts are centered on areas where technology can help enhance their work and keep them safe. Investing in innovation and customer co-creation are critical for our team's ability to design, iterate and test compelling solutions for our customers — then validate design directions with customers. Our technology investments and future vision revolves around our customers' needs.

Florida at the Forefront

At our global design and innovation headquarters in Plantation, FL, our work to advance mission critical communications is focused on human response factors, reliability, programming, testing and acoustics.

Plantation

Florida-based employees who earned technical designations:

  • Pat Koskan

    Has been recognized as a Distinguished Innovator by having 10 or more lifetime patents.

  • Raul Salvi & Branko Avanic

    Have been designated Master Innovators by having 25 or more lifetime patents.

  • Gio Cafaro & Bryan Morgan

    Were named members of the Science Advisory Board Associates (SABA), a select group nominated by colleagues for outstanding technical and leadership contributions.

Patent Awards event in Plantation - Paul Steinberg

"What you do is what makes us who we are."

– Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions Chief Technology Officer at the 2014 Patent Awards event in Plantation, Florida 12/02/2014

Pictured: 2014 Patent of the Year Winner Bud Pinder (center), with Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions CTO (left) and Russ Lund (right)

Awards and Achievements

  • "2015 iF Design Award Winner" Motorola's LEX L10 Mission-Critical LTE Handheld
  • "2014 Hot Product of the Year Award" by LawOfficer Magazine for Motorola's WAVE Push-To-Talk software
  • "2013 Red Dot Design Award" Motorola's O2 Control Head Public Safety Radio Rugged XE design
  • "#4 Most Admired Company For Innovation" 2013 Fortune Magazine Ranking
  • 102 Florida-Based Motorola Inventors were awarded 171 Patents from 2010-2014
  • We invest over $760M per year in R&D to develop the next generation of innovative public safety technologies.

Plantation is also the birthplace of the Motorola APX portfolio, our next-generation public safety P25 Radios. Working hand-in-hand with local first responders, we gather feedback on everything from the design, to the engineering, to the production. The result? Innovative radios that are more intelligent, more rugged and more responsive in the face of real-world needs.

Contact a Motorola representative

  Jay Malpass
  Senior Strategic Projects Manager
  (615) 210-5642
  jay@motorolasolutions.com
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