109THTECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, November 17, 2018Westin New York Times Square, New York City, NY

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7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. .................................................................................Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. ............................................................................. Welcome & Introductions John Facella, P.E.

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. ........................................................“The Science & Technology Behind 5G” Panel: Dr. Chip Cohen, Moderator, Fractal Antenna Systems;

Dr. Ted Rappaport, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Jonathan Levine, Mobilitie LLC

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ........................................................................................................Break

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. ............... Youth Presentation “Working With A Solar Powered Digipeater” Tucker Dunham & Abigail Heim

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ................................................. Progress Report on RCA’s Youth Initiative Carole Perry

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. .................................................. “Latest Trends in HF Data Transmission” Alan Spindel, Hal Communications

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ...................................................................................Lunch (on your own)

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m..........................................“RF Propogation During the August 2017 Eclipse” Dr. Nathaniel Frissel, NJIT

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. .............................................................................. “How Will 5G Play Out?” Jonathan Levine, Mobilitie LLC

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. ..........................................................................................................Break

2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. ............................................................................“Interim Report: FirstNet” Panel: Andy Seybold, Moderator; Roman Kaluta, JPS Interoperability Solutions;

Mike Worrell, FirstNet; Mary Doherty, Motorola Solutions

3:50 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. .......................................................... “IOT Implementation: Pros and Cons” Panel: Paul Scutieri, Moderator, Black & Veatch;

Barry Einsig, CAVita; Clint Smith P.E., Rivada Networks

4:35 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ......................... “A Tribute to WWI – The U.S. Naval Radio School at Harvard David Bart, Radio Club of America, American Wireless Association

5:15 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. .......................................................................................................Wrap up John Facella, P.E.

2018 TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM AGENDA ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

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2018 TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM AGENDA ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES“The Science and Technology Behind 5G”Panel: Dr. Chip Cohen (moderator, Fractal Antenna Systems), Jonathan Levine (Mobilitie LLC), Dr. Ted Rapport (NYU Tandon School of Eng.)

5G Technology will provide cellular carriers with increased bandwidth up to 100 Mbps to their customers, in urban and later suburban and even rural areas. The science and engineering is complex, involving multiple frequency bands from 600 MHz up to millimeter wave, with the propagation varying considerably among those bands. Modulation and error corrective mechanisms will require significant computational power even beyond today’s LTE. Some of the frequency bands envisioned to be used will be auctioned to carriers in the TV repacking process explained in the 2017 RCA Technical Symposium-that issue will be explored also. A panel of experts will explain some the technologies in use, and the challenges. All these issues and more will be addressed by the panel.

Speaker Biographies

Dr. Nathan Cohen is CEO of Fractal Antenna Systems of Bedford, MA. He is a physicist with expertise in electromagnetics and imaging, with a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cornell University. He was a radio astronomer at Harvard; MIT; Arecibo Observatory; Cornell; NASA; and Boston University, where he retired after 15 years

as a professor. After 9/11 he spent a decade working with defense and government clients on counter IED antennae and other defense systems and was security officer for the firm. He holds 50 US patents along with many patents pending, on fractal antennas, real-time deconvolution; image compression; fractal electronics; invisibility cloaks; fractal batteries; 3D printing/manufacturing, and the (recently patented) electromagnetic deflector shield and fractal absorbers. He is a managing editor of the scholarly journal FRACTALS and an RCA Director. He holds the Alfred Grebe Award, Hamvention’s Technical Achievement Award, and will be awarded RCA’s 2018 Lee de Forest Award.

Jonathan Levine is the National Director of Network Engineering, RF and Backhaul for Mobilitie LLC (www.mobilitie.com). In his current role he is responsible for leading engineering network design and driving the technical deployment engineering for next generation wireless network evolution. His particular focus is on high density 4G/5G

network deployment, RAN and backhaul network design, and next generation equipment form-factor innovation. Mr. Levine currently holds three wireless technology patents granted by the USPTO. Along with leading the Mobilitie RF and Backhaul team, he also creates and instructs 5G courses for the IEEE Communications Society. He has been active as an instructor for 6 years and is an IEEE Senior Member. Prior to his current role, he spent over 10 years with U.S. Cellular as Member of Technical Staff for U.S. Cellular’s Technology Development

Group where he was responsible for the evolutionary architecture and functionality of the Radio Access Network (RAN). Before commercial engineering, he served in the USAF as a member of the 264th Combat Communications Squadron from 1999-2005. His commercial wireless engineering career began in 2005 after completion of his BSEE from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Levine also holds a MSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology (2008) and is an IEEE WCP.

Dr. Ted Rappaport has over 100 U.S. or international patents issued or pending and has authored, co-authored, and co-edited over 200 papers and 20 books in the wireless field, including the classic Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice (translated into seven languages), Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications, and

Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications: IS-95 and Third Generation CDMA Applications. Dr. Rappaport is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and is a professor of computer science at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He is a pioneer in RF propagation, wireless systems simulation, and 5G networks including millimeter wave propagation. His research has influenced international standards bodies for three decades.

“Working with a Solar Powered Digipeater”Youth Presentation: Tucker Dunham & Abigail Heim

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the devastation in Puerto Rico crippled communications in and out of the island. Whether it is emergency traffic or health and welfare, accurate communication is key. Warren County Technical School students and members of the 721st mechanized Contest Battalion Amateur radio Club, Abbie, KD2PUA and Tucker, KD2JPM, realized nothing beats the speed and accuracy of “text messages”. Their project: “An Emergency Solar powered Digi-peater”. This project created a portable, self-sustaining, packet radio digi-peater that can be rapidly deployed to provide basic data communications when traditional communication systems are inoperable.

Speaker Biographies

Tucker Dunham (KD2JPM) is 17 and a senior electronics student at Warren County Technical School in New Jersey. He was originally licensed in October 2015 and recently upgraded to General in June 2018. Additionally, he is an Associate Certified Electronics Technician. He is a member of the WC2FD and W3OK radio clubs and

enjoys participating in multiple events with each club. His goal is to pursue Electronics Technology as a career path and hobby. As a Boy Scout he has earned radio merit badge and is working toward his Eagle Award.

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ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIESAbbie Heim (KD2PUA) is 16 and currently a third year at Warren County Technical School in New Jersey. Ms. Heim earned her Amateur Radio license this year and is a proud member of the 721st Mechanized Contest Battalion radio club. In her free time she trains In kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She also likes to read, loves

spending time outdoors and is an avid photographer.

“Progress Report on RCA’s Youth Initiative”RCA Director Carole Perry

This presentation will highlight the latest RCA activities and work with youth and students to encourage them to pursue STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) careers. Carole and RCA have been assisting youth to discover the fun of STEM and wireless for over 30 years (long before STEM was an acronym!).

Speaker Biography

RCA Director Carole Perry has been the Chairperson of RCA Youth Activities since 2007. She created the RCA Young Achiever program which identifies and rewards students in high school and below who have demonstrated technical excellence and creativity. To date, 107 such awards have been presented. She initiated the tradition

of introducing an RCA Young Achiever to give a presentation at the RCA Technical Symposium every year. This has come to be valued as a very prestigious honor for the young person; both by colleges and by business people in the wireless industry. Ms. Perry also chooses the RCA Young Achiever recipient of the IWCE Scholarship at the RCA Breakfast event every year.

During the course of the year, Ms. Perry and her committee members visit various schools and Boy and Girl Scout troops to introduce the fun of ham radio and to encourage youngsters to pursue technical careers. Ms. Perry is constantly traveling to promote RCA’s youth activities, and her travels have even taken her to Germany and India!

Ms. Perry has been invited to conduct Youth Forums in Michigan, California, and Orlando in the upcoming months at major national radio conventions. As a contributing columnist for CQ Magazine, she has the opportunity of publicizing RCA’s youth initiatives and successes with young students.

Director Perry has been an RCA member since 1991, and was elected an RCA Fellow in 1995, and is also a Board Member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association. She is a retired New York City middle school teacher.

“The Latest Trends in HF Data Transmission”Alan Spindel

In the age of megabit and gigabit data speeds over UHF and millimeter wave frequencies, what can be done on the high frequency (HF) bands of 3-30 MHz? HF propagation is plagued with some unique aspects that make sending of higher data speeds problematic: selective fading, solar flares, and manmade and nature generated noise. Yet HF communications remain an important method for getting traffic over long distances well over the horizon, and HF is used by disaster relief agencies, state and county emergency operations centers, the military, and radio amateurs.

Data transmission over high frequency radio has continued to be an active field of research and product development in the commercial, military, and amateur radio communities. New developments including 3G ALE, wide-band data, and digital video transmission modes have enabled new applications and target markets. This presentation reveals the fundamentals of , then summarizes the state of the art of HF data transmission.

Speaker Biography

Alan Spindel (AG4WK) is the Senior Electrical Engineer for HAL Communications in Champaign, Illinois. He develops hardware and firmware for digital HF radio data modems. Mr. Spindel trained at the University of Tennessee and has over twenty years’ professional experience in the telecommunications industry. He

has worked as a broadcast engineer, professional tower climber, design engineer, and engineering manager. As the Chief Engineer of ShipCom, LLC, Mr. Spindel automated the operation of one of the world’s largest commercial HF radio facilities. He was the Principal Engineer for the deployment of a nationwide HF radio emergency network for Public Safety Access Points (PSAPS). As a Senior Project

Manager for Smartower Systems he developed active cell tower monitoring systems. Mr. Spindel has served as the CTO of ITG, LLC since 2005, designing radio interoperability systems for public safety and military customers. He is also active in volunteer emergency communications and has served as the Rutherford County, Tennessee ARES/Skywarn Net Manager for over a decade.

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ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES“RF Propagation During the August 2017 Solar Eclipse and the Development of a Personal Space Weather Station”Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell

HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is a collective of professional researchers and ham radio operators working together to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities. This presentation will report on results from HamSCI’s recent experiments to study the ionospheric response of the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017, including results from the Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) and the HamSCI Eclipse HF Frequency Measurement Experiment. The SEQP, a citizen science experiment structured like a ham radio contest, generated over 2.5 million observations as reported both by participant logs and fully-automated systems such as the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), PSKReporter, and WSPRNet. During the HF Frequency Measurement Experiment, hams observed frequency changes in received WWV and WWVB signals resulting from the eclipse. Results from both experiments are consistent with a reduction of D-region absorption and a weakening of the E and F layers of the ionosphere.

HamSCI’s current project is the development of a Personal Space Weather Station. Ultimately, this will be a multi-instrument device designed to provide ground-based observations of radio propagation and the space environment for operational and research purposes. Potential instruments include, for example a software defined HF radio receiver, a ground magnetometer, and a GPS Total Electron Content (GPS-TEC) receiver. The final device will be able to be built or purchased by any interested person and contribute observations to a centralized research database. Initial development efforts are focused on a science-grade HF SDR receiver. To accomplish this, HamSCI is collaborating with the

Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation (TAPR), an engineering organization comprised of volunteer amateur radio operators and engineers, to develop initial designs and prototypes.

Speaker Biography

Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell (W2NAF) is a research professor with the New Jersey Institute of Technology Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research. Dr. Frissell’s interest in ionospheric science began in middle school when he was introduced to amateur radio through scouting. He earned his B.S. in Physics and Music Education from

Montclair State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Virginia Tech SuperDARN Laboratory. His Ph.D. dissertation is entitled “Ionospheric Disturbances: Midlatitude Pi2 Magnetospheric ULF Pulsations and Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances.” Dr. Frissell is an Eagle Scout and remains and active scouter. He holds an Extra class amateur radio license and founded the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) project. He is a co-advisor to the NJIT Amateur Radio Club, K2MFF.

“What Will the Market Rollout of 5G Look Like?”Jonathan Levine

This presentation will explore other aspects of 5G including the expected market rollout of this technology, what changes will need to be made in handheld devices, base stations, and backhaul, impacts on machine to machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), what users can expect, and impacts on wireless manufacturing and the wireless job market in North America.

Speaker Biography

See Mr. Levine’s biography and photo on page 3.

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ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES “Interim Report: First Net”Panel: Andy Seybold (moderator, Andrew Seybold Inc.), Mary Doherty (Motorola Solutions), Roman Kaluta (JPS Interoperability Solutions), Mike Worrell (FirstNet)

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority within NTIA to provide emergency responders with the first nationwide, high-speed, broadband network dedicated to public safety. Six years later, what is the status of this network? This panel of experts will explore the recent events and early rollout of the FirstNet system, the technologies employed, the results so far for first responders, and the challenges of building a nationwide network.

Speaker Biographies

Andrew M. Seybold, CEO and Principal Analyst of Andrew Seybold, Inc., is one of the most respected and influential analysts in the wireless industry today. For more than twenty-five years, he has served the industry and shaped initiatives for world leaders of the wireless industry, including Verizon, Nokia, AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm. His

firm has provided wireless consulting and education services for startups to Fortune 1000 companies such as Dow Chemical, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft.

Mr. Seybold has also consulted to some of the industry’s most talented and successful entrepreneurs. He was a key consultant to a number of companies that introduced products and services that have had a significant impact on wireless including Research In Motion’s popular BlackBerry, Hewlett-Packard’s first handheld device, first two-way pager, Good Technologies’ first products, and AT&T’s push-to-talk offering. He also introduced RadioMail to Dell for the first-ever notebook wireless email offering. He has served on the Motorola Research Visionary Board, IBM’s Mobile Computing Advisory Board, and a number of other prestigious advisory boards. Mr. Seybold is a Fellow in the Radio Club of America in recognition of his contributions to the wireless industry, he co-founded and served as a board member of the Personal Computing and Communications Association (PCCA), and he currently serves on the board of CommNexus San Diego.

Mary E. Doherty is Vice President of LTE North America, Motorola Solutions Sales and Services, Inc. She is responsible for Motorola’s FirstNet and AT&T Strategic Partnership and Business. Prior to joining MSI, she was with Harris Corporation in various roles including Area Sales Director, Solutions Engineering Manager and Product

Group Manager. In these roles she was responsible for managing and directing sales, marketing, research and development, product management and operations on a global basis. Her experience also includes serving as a senior staff member for

a quasi-public Massachusetts agency, directing collaborative public-private initiatives and programs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Ms. Doherty holds a Master of Science in Business Economics from the McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire.

Roman Kaluta, is the Director of Interoperability Solutions and Customer Advocate – Public Safety Liaison for JPS Interoperability Solutions. In this role he coordinates numerous proposals, designs and implementations of local, regional and statewide interoperability systems. In his Business Development – Strategic

Marketing position, Lieutenant Kaluta provides public safety practitioner guidance and assistance for JPS’ customers and staff with particular focus on policies and procedures, training, technology and new product implementation. He came to JPS in 2002 following his retirement from the Alexandria Virginia Police Department after twenty-five years of law enforcement service. During his police service, Lieutenant Kaluta was assigned to the National Institute of Justice providing interoperability and communications outreach and assistance to various public safety agencies throughout the country.

Lieutenant Kaluta is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (188th Session) and the DEA Drug Commander’s Academy. He is a member in good standing of the International Association of Chief’s of Police, the Fraternal Order of Police and the FBI National Academy Associates.

Mike Worrell, FirstNet Director of Field Operations - West has been with FirstNet for over 3 years and has been responsible for outreach and education to the Fire Service with the goal of adoption and successful implementation. Mr. Worrell has worked to involve FirstNet with Fire Service standards bodies to include

wireless broadband data in standards development. He currently represents FirstNet on the NFPA Electronic Safety Equipment Technical Committee and is participating in the development of NFPA 1802, Communications Device standard.

Mr. Worrell was a member of the Phoenix Fire Department in Arizona where he served for 29 years, as a Firefighter, Paramedic, Captain and last serving as the Technical Services Division Chief. He was also a member of the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) to FirstNet and a member of the National Urban Search and Rescue Incident Support Team. Prior to joining the Phoenix Fire Department, Mr. Worrell served in the U.S. Navy, Submarine Service.

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ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES“IoT Implementation: Opportunities and Challenges”Panel: Paul Scutieri (moderator)(Black & Veatch), Greg Albrecht (Orion Labs), Barry Einsig (Cisco), Clint Smith P.E. (Rivada Networks)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is much discussed today in the news and technical literature. But creating a world-wide network of myriad devices, appliances, vehicles, and other things, all sharing data, will not be an easy thing to accomplish. There are many issues including will the network be able to handle thousands and thousands of devices communicating, how will backhaul from the wireless hotspots be provided in sufficient bandwidth, what are the cyber security issues involved, and will be the impact on users and equipment in the future? This panel of experts will address these issues.

Speaker Biographies

Paul Scutieri is the Sales Director for Black & Veatch Public Safety Business practice. In this position, Scutieri is responsible for Public Safety Business Development inclusive of identifying, cultivating and managing OEM support relationships. He is also responsible for developing direct to system owner support opportunities.

Prior to this position, from 2005 – 2010, Mr. Scutieri was Area Sales Manager for the Harris Corporation’s RF Communications Division (former M/A-COM, Tyco) responsible for 5 direct sales reports assigned to the

New York State Statewide Wireless Network (SWN). In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Scutieri had full responsibility for managing the Indirect Channel within his Northeast territory.

From 1985-1995, Mr. Scutieri was a member of the Legislative Staff of the New York State Legislature, moving through various positions from Program Counsel Staff, Central Staff and House Operations while working on numerous legislative issues from education, housing, social services, transportation, corporations/authorities/commissions, technology, cities, energy, economic development, ways & means, ethics & guidance, corrections, environmental conversation, cities, health, labor, local governments, real property taxation, veterans affairs, tourism and many more.

Mr. Scutieri has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from the State University of New York at Brockport and has done coursework at the State University of New York at Albany in the Masters of Business Administration program. Scutieri was recently named to serve on the Emerging Technology Committee of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO).

Barry Einsig is a Principal at CAVita. CAVita provides consulting services to a variety of clients on Connected Vehicles and Automated Vehicles. Mr. Einsig was formerly the Global Automotive and Transportation Executive in Cisco’s Automotive and Connected Car Group. He has been in the industry for over 20 years serving in a

variety of roles for Automotive, Transportation, and Smart Cities systems. Mr. Einsig was issued a patent for Video Quality of Service delivery over LTE services. He is a Board member for the Connected Vehicle Trade Association, and an advisor for the Singapore Ministry of Transport for their Connected and Highly Automated vehicle systems.

Clint Smith P.E. is a solutions-focused Senior Technology Executive with more than 35 years of success across the telecom, wireless and engineering management. His broad areas of expertise include product development, technology management, innovation, crisis management, due diligence, mobile devices, and tech

company start-ups. He has been issued more than 140 patents, with more than 125 more applied for, and is also the author of 9 wireless engineering books published by McGraw-Hill.

Recent technical focus and passion includes 5G, ONFV cloud solutions and IoT using blockchain smart contract technology.

Throughout his executive career, Mr. Smith has held leadership positions at companies including Rivada Networks, Velocitel, AT&T Mobility, o2Wireless Solutions, and CCS. He has been CTO with Rivada Networks since 2012, and previously was VP of Technology from 2005 to 2010. In these positions he developed a location algorithm using crowd sourcing for 3D positioning in buildings, designed a neutral hosting platform and integrated it with Ericsson, and led technology development and implementation to help save lives in crisis situations. In 2011 he was Director of Engineering with Velocitel, where he led product development in wireless technology and mobile communications. He previously spent a year as Director of Integrated Planning for AT&T Mobility in the NY Metro region, two years as VP of Technical Services with o2Wireless Solutions and nearly five years as Principal Engineer/Owner of his own engineering consulting firm CCS before it was acquired by o2Wireless in 2000.

Mr. Smith holds a BE in Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickson University. He is a licensed professional engineer in NY and NJ. and has also been an Adjunct Professor at SIT since 2002. He is a Board Member with Rivada Networks and non-profit WVRG. He is also an active Volunteer Firefighter.

ABSTRACTS & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES“A Tribute to WWI – The U.S. Naval Radio School at Harvard”David Bart

Between 1917 and 1919, the U.S. Navy trained 10,000 wireless Morse code operators at Harvard University, making a major contribution to the Allies in WWI. The four-year conflict killed 16 million people and affected a generation. This presentation commemorates the 100th anniversary of the war by focusing on the creation and operation of the radio school.

Speaker Biography

David P. Bart is the Senior Director of the Great Lakes Region, Forensic and Dispute Resolution Services, RSM US LLP. He has BA and MBA degrees from the University of Chicago, and numerous certifications including CIRA, CDBV, CFE, ASA. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Assoc. Insolvency & Restructuring

Advisors, American Society Appraisers, Assoc. Certified Fraud Examiners. He has been an RCA Director since 2011, is the editor of the RCA Proceedings, Chair of the Publications Committee, and the prior Chair of Historical Committee. He is an IEEE Member and Treasurer of the IEEE Historical Committee. Mr. Bart is also a Director of the Antique Wireless Association and former co-editor of the AWA Review. He is also a Director and Vice President/Treasurer of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. Mr. Bart received RCA’s Ralph Batcher Award and AWA’s Dr. Max Bodmer Award and AWA’s Harry Houck award for his work in historical preservation.

Technical Symposium Host Biography

John Facella, P.E. is a Principal at Panther Pines Consulting, LLC, specializing in public safety communications consulting, and general management consulting. He has over 30 years in the wireless industry, including 28 years working for both Motorola and Harris, and

over 2 years as a senior vice president with a national consulting company. He has held positions including product management, systems engineering management, and Director of Public Safety Markets. He has also held general management positions in a number of high tech startup companies.

Mr. Facella has been a frequent presenter at wireless industry trade shows, and written numerous articles.

He was a 10 year member of the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police Communications Committee, and was a 9 year member of the International Assoc. of Fire Chiefs Communications Committee. He is a member of the NPSTC Broadband EMS Working Group, and the National Fire Protection Association 1221 and 1802 committees.

Mr. Facella has a BSEE from Georgia Tech, an MBA from Georgia State University, and is a registered professional engineer.

Mr. Facella served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a platoon leader.

He is a life member of the IEEE, and is a Fellow, Life Member, and Vice President of the Radio Club of America, and he won the RCA President’s award in 2014.

He also has 30 years of experience as a part-time fire fighter and EMT, and has numerous certifications.

He is a life member of the ARRL, the QCWA, and the Antique Wireless Association.

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