Doug Fregin is a Canadian entrepreneur and engineer, best known as the co-founder of Research In Motion, now known as BlackBerry, alongside his childhood friend Mike Lazaridis. Fregin studied electrical engineering at the University of Windsor, and after university the two developed a video signaling device. In 1984 they founded Research In Motion to market the device, and in February 1985 they received a $15,000 Ontario New Ventures loan. Fregin helped design the initial circuit boards used in the company's wireless technology and was involved in the DigiSync film reader, which earned RIM both an Emmy and a technical achievement award from the Academy Awards.
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He is best known as the co-founder of Research In Motion (now known as BlackBerry) alongside his childhood friend, Mike Lazaridis.
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Doug Fregin is a Canadian entrepreneur and engineer.
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He is best known as the co-founder of Research In Motion (now known as BlackBerry) alongside his childhood friend, Mike Lazaridis.
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