Our Story
SenSanna Incorporated was founded in late 2014, merging with and acquiring proprietary technology of Applied Sensor R&D Corporation. The company develops innovative wireless SAW-based sensor system solutions customized to meet the harsh environment measurement needs of industrial and government customers. SenSanna employs a diverse staff of highly creative and specialized scientists and engineers to craft solutions specific to the real-world challenges encountered in harsh environments, from sub-sea to space.
Our Mission
At SenSanna, we work closely with customers to develop customized, innovative solutions to some of the most challenging harsh environment sensing and monitoring problems. Leveraging our expertise in acoustic sensor systems and proprietary passive wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) RFID and sensor technologies, our applications engineers will work with you to identify and develop a sensing solution to meet your needs. SAW sensors can operate from cryogenic temperatures to 1,000°C, withstand up to 20,000 psi, and are RadHard to over 10 MRad ionizing radiation. Building on this robust, solid-state sensor technology platform, we develop custom physical, chemical, and biological sensors operable in harsh environments.
"SenSanna is doing for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sensing industry what RFID did for inventory control."
- Jackie Hines, SenSanna CEO
SenSanna Leadership Team
Jackie Hines, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Jackie is a recognized leader in the field of passive wireless SAW sensor technology with over 25 years experience developing SAW based sensor solutions for physical, chemical, and biological applications. Prior to SenSanna, Jackie managed R&D for Sawtek Incorporated, the leading U.S. manufacturer of SAW devices for wireless communications applications. She is also a qualified Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) in the U.S. Naval Reserves, having left the service in 1996 as a Lieutenant Commander, Jackie holds a BS in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCF.
Tom Willie
Chief Strategy Advisor
Tom has proven track record over 20 years of demonstrated CEO-level and board leadership, entrepreneurial success, business transformation, fundraising and M&A, and product innovation within industries undergoing dramatic growth or disruption. He has been at the forefront of the broadband, smart grid, smart building, and IoT industries and has extensive experience in growing companies across hardware, services, and SaaS business models. Tom was recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in 2016 and Top 50 Smart Grid Pioneer in 2013 by Smart Grid Today.
Leland Solie, PhD
Chief Scientist
A Fellow of the IEEE, Lee holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics, all from Stanford University. Dr. Solie joined SenSanna (ASR&D) as a Senior Scientist in August 2005. Lee has had a distinguished research career spanning more than forty years, including work at Sawtek Inc., Electronic Decisions Inc., Sperry Research Center, the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and Stanford University. He is known for his creative SAW-based device structures, SAW sensors for physical sensing applications, and holds over 40 U.S. Patents in technologies related to this field. with several additional patents pending.
SenSanna Leadership Team
Jackie Hines, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Jackie is a recognized leader in the field of passive wireless SAW sensor technology with over 25 years experience developing SAW based sensor solutions for physical, chemical, and biological applications. Prior to SenSanna, Jackie managed R&D for Sawtek Incorporated, the leading U.S. manufacturer of SAW devices for wireless communications applications. She is also a qualified Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) in the U.S. Naval Reserves, having left the service in 1996 as a Lieutenant Commander, Jackie holds a BS in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCF.
Tom Willie
Chief Strategy Advisor
Tom has proven track record over 20 years of demonstrated CEO-level and board leadership, entrepreneurial success, business transformation, fundraising and M&A, and product innovation within industries undergoing dramatic growth or disruption. He has been at the forefront of the broadband, smart grid, smart building, and IoT industries and has extensive experience in growing companies across hardware, services, and SaaS business models.
Tom was recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in 2016 and Top 50 Smart Grid Pioneer in 2013 by Smart Grid Today.
Leland Solie, PhD
Chief Scientist
A Fellow of the IEEE, Lee holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics, all from Stanford University. Dr. Solie joined SenSanna (ASR&D) as a Senior Scientist in August 2005. Lee has had a distinguished research career spanning more than forty years, including work at Sawtek Inc., Electronic Decisions Inc., Sperry Research Center, the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and Stanford University. He is known for his creative SAW-based device structures, SAW sensors for physical sensing applications, and holds over 40 U.S. Patents in technologies related to this field. with several additional patents pending.