About us

Roche Harbor, San Juan Island

The Company

Located on beautiful San Juan Island, just North of Seattle, San Juan Software provides products, training and services to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in order to promote the widespread adoption of the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee standard for wireless sensor networks.

We examine the various solutions and actively engage with and promote those that we feel add the most value for OEM customers. Rather than being neutral, SJS takes a very focused approach and partners deeply with a select few.

Our Vision

A quiet revolution is happening. Imagine a world where sensors are inexpensive and deployed all around us, in devices we work with, at home and when we travel. Sensor and control networks will allow us to conserve resources, enhance quality of life, increase safety and improve processes and profits.

The Management Team

Drew Gislason

President of San Juan Software, Drew has more than 23 years experience in the embedded marketed, and has created software embedded in products as diverse as Canon digital cameras, Nokia cellular phones and Symbol bar code readers. Within the ZigBee Alliance, Drew contributed to the ZigBee specification, and has spoken on ZigBee at numerous industry trade shows, and other events. Drew has written the book when it comes to ZigBee. Drew attended the University of Washington.

Tim Gillman

VP of Sales and Marketing at San Juan Software, Tim has over 17 years of experience selling and marketing embedded systems firmware and software, with a focus on wireless-M2M, operating systems, and other system level software. Tim was the chair of the ZigBee Developers' Conference Task Group Alliance for  3 years, and is active in the ZigBee Alliance Marketing Work Group. Tim is the vice chair of the ZigBee Alliance Smart Energy Profile Work Group and the Secretary for the ZigBee Alliance Core Stack Group. He has written articles on ZigBee for Dr. Dobb’s Journal and other publications and has spoken on Zigbee at industry trade shows. He holds an MBA from Oregon State University.