About Us
CellPodium is a mobile e-learning service provider and an award-winning developer of mobile multimedia technology. CellPodium was founded in 2008 by Dr. Peter Schmitt and Dr. Cesar Bandera in response to a critical need for mobile emergency responder training by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Bandera received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University at Buffalo, NY, and earned a certificate of Executive Development from Harvard University, MA. His technical background is in signal processing and computer vision.
Prior to 2000, Dr. Bandera formed and led the Machine Vision Department of Amherst Systems (now a Northrop Grumman Company), where he was responsible for the R&D and funding of the company’s computer vision products. In 2000 he joined AT&T Labs and subsequently formed BanDeMar Networks, a company specializing in the funding and deployment of technological intellectual property for rich media markets including e-learning, scientific outreach, and surveillance/security. CellPodium is a spin-off from one of these intellectual properties.
Dr. Schmitt received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. He has participated in many research projects, such as in the field of high energy physics at CERN in Harvard University, MA.
Schmitt has been equally engaged in engineering and computer programming, managing the first development of a digital car phone in AEG Mobile Communication (Ulm, Germany) and being the Project Implementation Team Leader in BfASF Corporation. In the latter he focused on development of Java and JSP, designed and implemented process changes and enhancements in SAP R/3, and introduced SAP’s Logistics Information System (LIS) into the company.
In 2001 Schmitt founded his own company, Schmitt and Associates LLC, which is an innovative technology solutions provider, specializing in application and eLearning development.
In the fall of 2006, Cesar Bandera and Peter Schmitt initiated the development of JITTEIS, Just in Time Training for Emergency Incidents System, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. The success of JITTEIS laid the basis for the birth of CellPodium.
