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DereckOrr–PSCRDereckOrr is theProgramManager forPublic SafetyCommunicationStandardsatNIST’sCommunication Technology Laboratory (CTL) and has held that position sinceDecember2002. In that role, he leads the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) programthatservesasanobjectivetechnicaladvisorandlaboratorytotheDepartmentofHomelandSecurityandpublicsafetytoacceleratetheadoptionandimplementationofthemostcriticalpublicsafetycommunicationstandardsandtechnologies.FromOctober2003untilOctober2004,Mr.OrrwasdetailedtotheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritytoserveastheChiefofStaffoftheSAFECOMOfficewithintheScienceandTechnologyDirectorate,tohelpestablishthenewprogram.PriortoworkingatNIST,Mr.OrrservedasaprofessionalstaffmemberoftheSenateAppropriationsSubcommitteefortheDepartmentsofCommerce,Justice,andState, and Related Agencies under Senator Fritz Hollings. In that position, Mr. Orr wasresponsible for the appropriations accounts relating to state and local law enforcementissues.Priortothat,Mr.OrrservedfouryearsattheOfficeofCommunityOrientedPolicingServices (COPS)at theDepartmentof Justice. Mr.Orr receivedaMasters inPublicPolicyfromtheCollegeofWilliamandMaryandaBachelorofArtsinAmericanHistoryfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.SueSwenson–FirstNetSusan Swenson brings extensive experience as a telecommunications and technologyexecutive to the FirstNet Board. She served as President and CEO of business softwareproviderSageNorthAmerica from2008-2011.Ms.SwensonalsoservedasCOOofdigitalcontent company, NewMotion/Atrinsic, mobile virtual network operator, Amp’d Mobile,andT-MobileUSA.ShewasalsoPresidentandCOOofLeapWireless,International(CricketCommunications)from1999-2004andPresidentandCEOofCellularOnefrom1994-1999.Ms. Swenson serves on the board of Directors of Wells Fargo, Spirent Communications,HarmonicandNovatelWireless.ShealsoservesontheDean'sAdvisoryBoardof thePaulMerageSchoolofBusinessattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.AndrewThiessen–PSCRAndrewThiessenistheLeadforPublicSafetyCommunicationRequirementsandStandardsfortheInstituteforTelecommunicationSciences(ITS),intheNationalTelecommunicationsand InformationAdministration, Department of Commerce.Mr. Thiessen'swork at ITS ispart of a joint effort between ITS and the NIST Communication Technology Laboratory(NIST/CTL) named the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program. Mr.ThiessenleadsthestandardsdevelopmenteffortsforthePSCR,whichincludesworkinginsuch standards development organizations as 3GPP, ATIS, GMSA, representing publicsafety’s communications requirements. Mr. Thiessen is the Project 25 ComplianceAssessmentProgram(P25CAP)LaboratoryProgramManager.Mr.ThiessenisalsotheVice-Chair of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) TechnologyCommitteeandchairoftheNPSTCBroadbandWorkingGroup(700MHz).Mr.Thiessenhasworked as a principal in several small start-ups, as a Senior Systems Engineer for Sun

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Microsystems,anengineerforMITRE,andanengineerfortheNationalSecurityAgency.Mr.Thiessen holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering for Worcester PolytechnicInstitute(WPI),aBachelor’sdegreeinEnglish,alsofromWPI,aMaster’sdegreeinelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversity,andanMBAfromDukeUniversity.Daejung(DJ)Kim–MSIP,Rep.ofKoreaDr. DJ (Daejung) KIM is the chief director of Radio & Broadcasting department ofStandardization Division, Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). HecoordinatesTTA’sstandardizationefforts inthe fieldofmobile&wirelesscommunicationandbroadcasting indomesticandworldwidestandardizationorganizationssuchas ITU-RSGs,WRC,3GPPs,IEEE802.HehasbeenservingasthechairmanofTechnologyAspectsWGofAPTWirelessGroupinAsia-PacificTelecommunity.AndheisnowleadingseveralprojectssuchasLTEforPublicSafety,IMT-2020andIoTinKorea.Hewastherecipientof“KoreaPrimeMinisterAward”forexcellentcontributionsinWiMAXstandardizationin2008.GordonShipley–UKHomeOfficeGordonShipleyisaDirectorintheUKHomeOffice’sCrimeandPolicingGroupresponsiblefor theEmergencyServiceMobileCommunicationsProgramme,which seeks toprocureanationalvoiceandbroadbanddataserviceforthepolice,fire,ambulanceandotherusers.Withatechnicalbackgroundandexperienceinpublicprocurement,hewaspreviouslytheOlympic Delivery Authority’s Head of Systems and Technology, responsible for systemintegrationandinformationtechnology,anddeliveringtheOlympicPark’ssecurityprojects.On commissioning from the Royal Military Academy, Gordon joined Royal Signals andservedinavarietyofsignalunits,airborneforces,andtheinfantry.HeattendedtheArmyStaff Course and was appointed to various staff and command appointments in UK andNorthern Ireland, including the Ministry of Defence and the Procurement Executive. HeattendedtheUSArmyWarCollegebeforeformingajointC3IteamattheBritishEmbassy,Washington, reporting on US technical and operational capability. His final tour was asChiefofStaffattheUKDefenceAcademy.HeisalsoaNonExecutiveDirectorattheNationalRecordsofScotlandinEdinburgh.JoeFournier–CentreforSecurityScience,GovernmentofCanadaJoehasspenthisentire26yearcareerinthewirelessdomainworkingonproduct,systemand network level research & development. He is currently a scientist at the Centre forSecurity Sciences (CSS) in Ottawa responsible for the Wireless Technology portfolio.Previous to this, Joe spent 13 years at the Communications Research Centre (CRC) inIndustry Canada, most recently as the Research ProgramManager forWireless NetworkDesign. While there, Joe was instrumental in supporting Industry Canada, many othergovernmentdepartmentsandtheprivatesectorwith theirwirelesscommunicationneedsandchallenges.


Previous to CRC, Joe held senior technical and management positions at a number ofcommunication organizations including Intelcan, Newbridge Networks and AlcatelNetworks. While at Alcatel, Joe was Associate Vice President of Broadband WirelessSystems.Notably,hehasbeen involvedwithmany turnkeywirelessnetworkdesignsanddeployments in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the MiddleEast.Joe holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa where he alsostudiedBusiness.TracyMcElvaney–PSCRJoiningPSCRin2014,Tracyhasadded19+yearsofexperienceincellulardeploymentandinteroperability to the team.Tracyholds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineeringfrom the University of Texas in Arlington (UTA). During his career in Cellular NetworksR&D,TracyhasbeenrecognizedwithOutstandingAchievementAwards4timeswithmajoraccomplishmentsintheareasofInteroperability,OutageRecoveryimprovements,LeaderoftheAdvancedCommunicationsResearchGroupwithinPSCR.BrianKassa–FirstNetBrian brings over 20 years of telecommunications experience and 23 years of firstresponderexperienceinfire,emergencymedicalservices,dispatch,searchandRescueandemergencymanagement.Brian joinedFirstNet fromNokiawhereheheld various end-to-end architecture positions. In 2010 he focused on, as theHead of Technology for PublicSafetyBroadband,themarketandactivitiesthatwouldeventuallybecomeFirstNet.BarryFraser–PSACBarryFraserhasservedasGeneralManagerfortheSanFranciscoBayAreaInteroperableRegionalCommunications SystemsAuthority (BayRICS) since its start-up inAugust2011.Barryisresponsibleforplanningandcoordinationofregionalpublicsafetycommunicationsacross seven Bay Area counties, including planning efforts for the FirstNet nationwidepublicsafetybroadbandnetworkintheBayAreaandCalifornia.Barry represents the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors(NATOA)ontheFirstNetPublicSafetyAdvisoryCommittee(PSAC). HeservesasChairofPSAC’sPriorityandPreemptiontaskgroup,andalsoservesonPSAC’sPublicSafetyGradeInfrastructuretaskgroup.From 2007-2011, Barryworked for the City and County of San Francisco Department ofEmergencyManagementandDepartmentofTechnology,whereheadvisedcity leadershiponstrategiesto implementpublicsafetybroadbandservices.HeworkedfortheCountyofSanDiego from1998-2007. Barry holds aM.A. degree inRadio andTelevision fromSanDiegoStateUniversityandaJ.D.degreefromtheUniversityofSanDiegoSchoolOfLaw.Barry also participates on working groups for the National Public SafetyTelecommunications Council (NPSTC), including NPSTC’s Local Control and Quality ofService (QoS)work groups. He chairsNATOA’s Public SafetyTechnologyCommittee andserves on theCalifornia FirstResponderNetworkAuthority (CalFRN)Board ofDirectors.


BarryisalsoanactivememberoftheAssociationofPublic-SafetyCommunicationsOfficers,International(APCO)andamemberoftheCaliforniaBar.AdmiralRonHewitt,DHSOECRonaldT.HewittassumedthedutiesasDirectoroftheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity’sOfficeofEmergencyCommunicationsonNovember13,2012.Inthisrole,Mr.Hewittplaysacritical role for ensuring continuous, interoperable communications that support theFederal Government’s mission essential functions and all the Nation’s emergencyresponderstokeepAmericasafe,secureandresilient.Prior tobecomingtheOECDirector,Mr.Hewittserved forsixmonthsas theDirectorandDepartments and Agencies responsible for National Security/Emergency Preparedness(NS/EP)communications.BeforehisarrivaltotheNCS,RearAdmiralHewittservedastheU.S.CoastGuard’sAssistantCommandant for Human Resources. Rear Admiral Hewitt’s other career assignmentsinclude ProjectManager for “Rescue 21,” and theMarine Information for Safety and LawEnforcement (MISLE); Commanding Officer, Electronics Support Unit Boston; ExecutiveOfficer, Communications Area Master Station Pacific, Project Engineer at the OmegaNavigation Systems Center, Electronics Engineering Center inWildwood, New Jersey andOperationsOfficerontheUSCGCBITTERSWEET.Mr.Hewitt,anativeofOregon,isa1978graduateoftheU.S.CoastGuardAcademywithaBachelorofScienceDegree;aswellasa1982graduateofPurdueUniversitywithaMasterofScienceDegree;bothdegrees inElectricalEngineering. In2000,he receivedaMaster'sCertificate in Information Technology Project Management from The GeorgeWashingtonUniversityandisacertifiedProjectManagementProfessional.JohnMerrill,DHSS&TJohn Merrill currently serves as the Director for the Office for Interoperability andCompatibilityattheDHSScienceandTechnologyDirectorate. Heoverseesfirstrespondervoiceanddatainteroperability,informationsharing,andalerts,warningsandnotificationsprograms. His duties also include leading the Apex Next Generation First Responderprogramwhichseeks toseamlessly integratewearablecomputingdevices,voiceanddataconnectivityandotherinformationdeliverytoolsintoruggedizedgearthatcanbeadaptedforallresponsedisciplines.Hewasformerlytheseniorpolicy/technicaladvisorforDHSonGPSinterference,detection,mitigationandradiofrequencyspectrummanagement.Heisa28-year veteran of theU.S. Coast Guardwith experience in program/policymanagement,radionavigation,maritime lawenforcement, searchandrescue,vessel trafficservicesandtelecommunications. He holds Masters degrees in both Secure Information SystemsManagement and Systems Engineering, with undergraduate studies in ElectricalEngineering.ShawnMcDonald,DHSS&TMr.McDonaldisaProgramManagerintheBordersandMaritimeSecurityDivision(BMD)within theDepartmentofHomelandSecurity’s (DHS)ScienceandTechnologyDirectorate


(S&T),HomelandSecurityAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency(HSARPA). HeiscurrentlyleadingtheformulationandexecutionoftheBorderSituationalAwarenessApexprogram.Mr. McDonald spent the first 15 years of his career supporting the Naval Sea SystemsCommandasaseniorsystemsengineerleadingelectro-optical,acoustic,andseismicsensorsystemresearch,developmentandintegrationprojectsinsupportofjoint,interagencyandinternational programs. His expertise includes both active and passive electro-opticalsensor systems including the ultra-violet through visible, near infrared (IR),mid-wave IRandlong-waveIRregionsandspansknowledgeofvariousopticalsystemsincludingmissileseekers,LADAR/LIDARsystemsandmaritimesurveillancesystems. HeservedastheleadNavytechnicalprojectofficertonumerousinternationalprojectsinvolvingweaponsystems,modelingandsimulationandmissiledefense.Prior to joiningDHS S&T in 2014,Mr.McDonald served as the ProgramManager for theRiverine and Intercoastal Operations (RIO) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration(JCTD) program that developed and fielded sensor technologies for jungle, riverine andinter-coastalenvironmentsthatwereultimately fieldedbyUSandpartnernationsaroundtheworld.In2011hereceivedtheJCTDTechnicalManageroftheyearawardbytheOfficeoftheSecretaryofDefenseandthe2012NavyEngineeroftheyearawardforhiseffortsinthisarea.Mr.McDonaldgraduatedfromtheUniversityofWisconsinEauClairewithhonorsin1994with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, and graduated with honors in 1996 from theUniversityofDaytonwithaMastersofScienceinElectro-OpticalEngineering.HehasbeenDefense AcquisitionWorkforce Level III certified since 2003 and is published in severaltechnicalproceedings,journalsandconferences.KathleenDeloughrey,DHSS&TDr. Deloughery currently manages a number of research and development projects in avarietyof social andbehavioral sciencedomains. Someof her currentprograms include:systematicassessmentsofmajorTSAsecurityprograms;anevaluationoftheuseofRapidDNA technology; developing a nationally representative sampling frame of the firstrespondercommunity;andthecreationofaweb-enhanced-portalthatwillserveasavirtuallabforsurveys,questionnaires,andlabinstrumentsforthefederalworkforce. Shealsoisthe lead for theBehavioral,Economic, andSocial ScienceEngine (BESSE).ThepurposeofBESSE is toanalyze thesocialandbehavioral implicationsofnewtechnologies,programs,andpolicies to support their research, implementation,anddiffusion. Additionally, she istheDeputyProgramManagerfortheCounteringViolentExtremism(CVE)PortfolioatS&T.Dr.DelougheryreceivedherPhDinEconomicsfromTheOhioStateUniversityin2009.HerDissertationwasentitledACrossCountryAnalysisofTerrorismandGovernmentPolicies.Her MA in Economics was conferred in 2005, and BS in Economics was conferred withhonors by the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004. She hasworked as an AssistantProfessorofPublicAdministrationandPolicyattheUniversityatAlbany,SUNYfrom2009throughthepresent.


CuongLuu,DHSS&TCuong Luu joined theDepartment of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and TechnologyDirectorate in2008 toservesasaProgramManager in theOffice for InteroperabilityandCompatibility.PriortojoiningDHS,heworked10yearsinprivatesectorwherehegainsanextensiveknowledge inappliedprogramandprojectmanagement. Hehasaneducationalbackgroundinnetworkingandinformationtechnologymanagementandholdsabachelor’sdegreeinComputerEngineeringandElectricalEngineering.StephenDennis,DHSS&TStephen Dennis provides leadership and guidance to information analysis and criticalinfrastructure protection programs within the Homeland Security Advanced ResearchProjects Agency (HSARPA) of the Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate of theDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS). Mr. Dennis provides technical guidance forinformation analysis, collaboration and sharing related to Big Data research anddevelopment at DHS. Mr. Dennis also serves as the S&TAPEX ProgramManager for theBorderEnforcementAnalyticsProgramto improveutilizationofDHSBigDatasourcesforICE Homeland Security Investigations. He has over thirty years of experiencemanagingresearch programs in information analysis and processing automation within theIntelligenceCommunityandotherfederalagencies.Mr.DennisholdsaMasterofBusinessAdministrationandaMasterofScienceDegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.ChrisRedding,PSCRChristopherRedding is an Electronics Engineerwith the Institute for TelecommunicationSciences (ITS) where he has worked since 1990. He is currently working on the PSCRprogramwherehehasbeen involved inLTE testing to include testplandevelopment,RFtestandmeasurement,drivetestinganddataanalysis.Hispastexperienceincludesworkinthe areas of adaptive radio technology, IP applications over radio networks, cellularnetworkdiscoveryandLMR.PriortojoiningITS,heworkedattheNationalSecurityAgencywherehewasinvolvedwiththedevelopmentoftacticalsecurevoicesystems.ChrisholdsaBSinElectronicsEngineeringTechnologyfromKansasStateUniversity.CamilloGentile,PSCRCamilloGentilereceivedtheB.S.andM.S.degreesfromDrexelUniversity,Philadelphia,PAandthePh.D. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, all in electricalengineering. He has been a researcher in the Advanced Network Technologies Division at theNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg,MD since 2001. His currentinterestsincludeRFchannelmodeling,SmartGrid,LTE,andmillimeter-wavetelecommunications.DonaldBradshaw,PSCRBefore joiningPSCR,DonBradshawspent12yearswith theDepartmentofDefenseasanelectronics,RF,andsystemsengineer.Duringthattime,heperformedresearchandanalysisofcurrentandemergingcommunications technologies forDoDprograms.DonreceivedaBSinElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofAlaskaFairbanksandanMSinElectricalEngineeringfromJohnsHopkinsUniversity.BillShrier,StateofWashingtonOCIO


Bill Schrier chairs theWashington State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) andservesas theprimarypointof contact for theFirstNeteffort in theState. Heevangelizesopengovernmentthrougheffortslikedata.wa.govanddata.seattle.gov.HeworksfromtheOfficeoftheChiefInformationOfficer(OCIO)ofWashingtonStategovernment.Schrierretired inMay,2012,afterover8yearsservingasChiefTechnologyOfficer(CTO)fortheCityofSeattle.Hehaspreviousexperienceasamanagerofvoice,publicsafetyradioanddatanetworkingfortheCityofSeattle,andasapolicepatrolofficer.Schrierisaretiredofficer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and holds a Masters in PublicAdministration(M.P.A.)fromtheUniversityofWashingtonEvansSchool.DharmeshTyagi,NokiaNetworksDharmeshTyagihasbeenworkinginthewirelessindustryforlast18years,wherehehastakenvariousmanagementandengineeringroleswithmajorwirelesscompanies.Overthecourseofhiscareer,DharmeshhasbeeninvolvedinthebuildingofcountrywidebroadbandnetworksforcommercialcarriersandDoD/FederalandPublicSafetynetworksaroundtheglobe. Dharmesh in his current role at Nokia Networks is responsible for FirstNet PSBNinitiativedevelopmentandsupport.NealFishman,IBMNeal Fishman is the Program Director for Data Based Pathology within IBM'sAnalyticsBusiness Unit and leads a group of architects worldwide for the Public SectorTeam.Nealistheauthorof"ViralDatainSOA:AnEnterprisePandemic"andthecoauthorof"EnterpriseArchitectureUsingtheZachmanFramework".AndrewWeinert,MITLLAndrew Weinert is a member of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster ReliefSystemsGroupintheHomelandProtectionandAirTrafficControlDivisionatMITLincolnLaboratory.InrecentyearshehasworkedwithPublicSafetyandacademiaonprogramstoenable communication in disconnected and latent environments; and generate actionableintelligence from open-source and social media data. His master's thesis focusedonoptimization of aircraft avoidance systems using information theroetics and parallelprocessingtechniques.Mr.WeinertjoinedtheLaboratoryin2009andhassupportprograminPublicSafety systemsandcollisionavoidance forbothmannedandunmannedaircraft.Mr.WeinertreceivedaMSinElectricalandComputerEngineeringatBostonUniversityandaBS in Security and Risk Analysis with minors in Information Science Technology forAerospaceEngineeringandNaturalSciencefromthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.Richard(Dick)Tenney,DHSOECDickTenneyistheDeputyBranchChieffortheTechnicalAssistanceBranchoftheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity’sOfficeofEmergencyCommunications(OEC).Inthisrole,hemanagesthedeliveryofOECtechnicalassistancetoall56statesandterritories.Mr.TenneyhasrepresentedOECatnumerouscommunicationsplanningworkshopsandOECsponsoredevents.TimRunfola,DHSOEC


Mr.RunfolaisaProgramAnalystfortheNextGenerationNetwork(NGN)PriorityServicesfor the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications(OEC).Inthisrole,hesupportsthedeploymentoftheWirelessPriorityServiceintheNGNenvironment.Hisresponsibilitiesincludeensuringthecontinuityofservicesinthecurrentand future technologies and overseeing the acquisition, governance, budget and outreachprocessesforthecurrentPriorityTelecommunicationsServicesandNGNprograms.Prior to joiningOEC,Mr.Runfola supported theSystemsEngineeringLifeCycleprocessesandCapitalPlanningandInvestmentControlfortheDHSNationalProtectionandProgramsDivision’s Chief Information Office. Before entering the Federal Government, he spentseveralyearsinbiomedicalresearchinthefieldsofcancerbiologyandneurobiology.Mr.RunfolareceivedaBachelorofScienceinBiologywithaconcentrationinBiotechnologyfromGeorgeMasonUniversity.HehasalsoreceivedcertificationasaLevel1DHSProgramManagerforAcquisitions.AndrewCatellier,NTIAITSAndrewCatellierworksasanelectronicsengineer for theTheorydivisionof the InstituteforTelecommunicationSciences(ITS)inBoulder,Colorado.Mr.CatellierhasworkedforITSsince 2006 and conducts research concerning the delivered quality of audio, video, andmultimedia streams,whether assessed by humans or objectively bymachines, aswell asresearchconcerningspeechcoding.HealsoconductsspeechintelligibilityresearchforthePublicSafetyCommunicationsResearch(PSCR)program.ThePSCRprogramisajointeffortbetween the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) and theNational Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST) Communication Technology Laboratory (CTL). PSCRserves as an objective technical advisor and laboratory for public safety practitioners toaccelerate the adoption and implementation of the most critical public safetycommunication standards and technologies.AndrewearnedaBachelor’s of Science andaMaster’sofScienceinElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofWyoming.NadaGolmie,PSCRNada Golmie received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland atCollege Park. Since 1993, she has been a research engineer at the National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST). She is currently the chief of the wireless networksdivision in the Communications Technology Laboratory. Her research in media accesscontrolandprotocols forwirelessnetworks ledtoover100technicalpaperspresentedatprofessionalconferences,journals,andcontributedtointernationalstandardorganizationsand industry led consortia. She is the author of “Coexistence in Wireless Networks:Challenges and System-level Solutions in theUnlicensedBands," published by CambridgeUniversity Press (2006). She is a member of the NIST Public Safety CommunicationResearchprogramandleadingtheeffortsonthesimulationmodelingandevaluationofLTEinsupportofpublicsafetycommunications.RichardRouil,PSCRRichardRouilisaresearcherworkingattheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(NIST).HeholdsaPh.D. inComputerScience fromTelecomBretagne,France (2009) thatfocusedonmobility in heterogeneousnetworks.Hismain interests includemodeling and


simulationofwirelessnetworkssuchasLTEandWiMAX.Hiscurrentresearch focusesontheperformanceevaluationofLTEtosupportthedeploymentofnetworksusedbyPublicSafety.KentRochford,NISTCTLKent Rochford is the Director of the Communications Technology Laboratory within theNational Institute of Standards andTechnology inBoulder, Colorado. In this role he alsoservesasco-directoroftheCenterforAdvancedCommunications,acollaborationbetweenNISTandtheNationalTelecommunicationsandInformationAdministration,bothagenciesof the US Department of Commerce. Kent was chief of NIST’s Quantum Electronics andPhotonics Division, and director of NIST’s Electronics and Electrical EngineeringLaboratory. Apart from NIST, Kent served as Senior Director for Sharp Laboratories ofAmerica’s Material and Device Applications laboratories, and managed Systems R&D atYAFONetworks,a fiberopticcommunicationsstart-up.KentreceivedhisPh.D. inOpticalSciences from the University of Arizona, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Arizona StateUniversity,andanMBAfromtheUniversityofColorado.ToddBohling,PSCRTodd Bohling is currently a technical lead with the U.S. Department of Commerce NISTCommunicationTechnologyLaboratoriesworkingonbroadbandinitiativesandsupportingthe Public Safety CommunicationsResearch (PSCR) program.Mr. Bohling is the technicalleadonasetofDHSprojectsthatarerelatedtoLMRworkingwithLTE.Mr.Bohlinghasover30yearsworkinginthefieldofwirelineandwirelessTelecommunications.Hehasworkedatsomeofthelargesttelecommunicationcompaniesintheworld,suchasAT&TBellLabs,Motorola, and Nokia Solutions Networks. Mr. Bohling hashis Masters of Science inComputer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science inElectricalEngineeringTechnologyfromDeVryUniversity.BarryLuke,NPSTCBarry Luke is the Deputy Executive Director of the National Public SafetyTelecommunicationsCouncil (NPSTC), a federalof sixteenpublic safetyorganizationsandassociations. Inthatrole,hecoordinatesallfirstrespondercommitteeandworkinggroupactivities; represents the organization at public hearings and before federal andinternational organizations; coordinates development of public safety requirementsrecommendations for the nationwide public safety broadband network; and facilitatespublicsafetyissueidentificationwiththeFCC,DHS,andothergroups.ChiefLukeretiredfromtheOrangeCounty(FL)FireRescueDepartmentafterservingasaDivisionChiefandDeputyChief.Hehasthirty-fouryearsofprogressivelyresponsibleworkinpublicsafetycommunications,withsharedemphasisonoperationalandtechnicalissues;including twenty years of management experience in various metropolitan consolidatedpublicsafetycommunicationcenters.Hehasworkedasafrontlinefire-fighter/paramedic,flightmedic,andpoliceofficerwhichprovidesinsightintopublicsafetycommunicationsgoalsandobjectives. Hehasextensivedisastermanagementexperienceoperatingasafirstresponder,teamleaderandmanager.These include a 1994 serial killer response, 1996 serial church arsonist response, 1998


Tornados,1998FloridaWildfires, 2000Wildfires, anda setofback-to-backhurricanes in2004[Charlie,Frances,JeanneandIvan].Chief Lukewas awarded LifeMember statuswith the International Association of PublicSafety CommunicationsOfficials (APCO) and also received the Communications Center ofYearAward in2005 from theCongressional911Caucus forhis agency'shandlingof fourhurricanedisasters.

He is known for his excellent interpersonal skills and presentation style. He is nationallyrecognizedasaspeakerandpresenteronpublicsafetycommunicationsissues.SteveTaylor,IntelFederalLLCSteve Taylor, Solution Technologist, Intel Federal LLC. During his 9 years with Intel®Corporation, Mr. Taylor has worked in their consulting organization, Business ClientPlatform Division working on their vPro Technology brand, and Intel Federal where hefocusesondevelopingclientandmobilesecuritysolutions forcustomers. Prior to joiningIntel, Mr. Taylor spent 14 years developing secure and scalable wireless networks withsystemsintegrators.DavidGross,GlobalWirelessTechnologiesDavidGrosshasbeenwithGlobalWirelessTechnologies(GWT)forthepast8years,mostrecentlyin the roleofDirectorofProductMarketing.HehasobtainedanMBAandMA inGovernment Studies from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelors degree from SUNYBinghamton.Hegrewup inNorthernNewJerseybutpleasedon’tholdthatagainsthimifyouaresoinclined.ChristianMiliteau,IntradoIncMr.Militeauhasmorethan20yearsofprofessionalexperienceinthetelecommunicationsindustry. He started his career with Alcatel in France as a systems engineer. He was atelecommunicationsconsultantatTelcordiaTechnologies.HejoinedIntradoin2005toleadsystems engineering and standards development activities. The last few years he wasinstrumental inthedevelopmentofNG9-1-1andWirelessE9-1-1standards forthepublicsafetyandtelecommunicationsindustrieswith leadershiproles inATISandNENA.HehasanElectricalEngineeringDiplomafromtheUniversityofProvence,InstituteofTechnology(France), and M.S. Telecommunications Engineering and a M.B.A from the University ofColoradoatBoulder.RichReed,FirstNetAsDirectorofStatePlans,RichardReed is responsible for leading theplanning teamthatwill provide support to the nation’s 56 states and territorial governments. Based on theoutputofstateconsultations,Mr.Reed’steamwilldevelopanddeliverindividualstateplansto each governor for consideration, prior to implementing the National Public SafetyBroadbandNetwork(NPSBN).FirstNet is the first nationwide high-speed broadband network dedicated to the publicsafetycommunity.Itisdesignedtoimproveinteroperablecommunicationsamongfederal,state,territorial,tribalandlocalagencieswiththemissiontosavelives,protectourcitizens


and their property. It will be built and operated using the most advanced wirelesstechnology available. FirstNet fulfills the federally mandated requirement for a single,mission-critical, communications system for police, fire and other emergency servicespersonnel.PriortojoiningFirstNet,Mr.ReedservedtheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) as the branch chief for Technical Assistance.There, he managed the Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program(ICTAP)alongwiththeModeling,AnalysisandContinuity(MAC)Section,overseeingmorethan 100 project leads, engineers, software developers, and subject matter expertsproviding“nocost”consultationsandservicestopublicsafetyagenciesacrossthenation.Mr. Reed is an experienced communicator. He bringsmore than 25 years of senior-levelexperienceinadvancedcommunications,andhasanextensivebackgroundinLandMobileRadio(LMR)andSatelliteCommunications(SATCOM)installation,maintenanceandrepair.During his time on Navy active duty, Mr. Reed experienced a uniquely diverse career,servingbothseaandshorerotationsasa searchandrescueswimmer,and travelingwiththepresidentialandvicepresidentialadvance teamsof theWhiteHouseCommunicationsAgency(WHCA).Mr.ReedisretiredfromtheU.SNavalReserveIntelligenceProgram.HeobtainedaB.S. inManagementwithaminorinCriminalJusticeandElectronicsTechnology.Hehasextensivetraining in program management for voice and data communications and intelligencecollectionefforts.JamesMitchell,FirstNetJamesMitchelljoinedFirstNetinJulyof2014astheSeniorProgramManagerforOperationsin the Program Management Office (PMO). James has spent the better part of the yearbuildingoutthePMO’sstaffandvariousfunctions,workingtoestablishastrongcultureofprogrammanagementacrossFirstNet.InFebruary,JamestookoverthedevelopmentoftheNationwide Public Safety Broadband Network acquisition, managing a team of mixeddisciplinesbetweenBoulder andReston to release aRequest forProposals by the endofcalendar year 2015. James came to FirstNet after 8 years with the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA), where he served first as a contractor with Booz Allensupporting grants policy and legislative affairs, then as the lead Program Manager forProgramDevelopmentand InformationManagement forFEMA’sgrantprograms,workingwithmembersofpublicsafetyatalllevelstoensurethatFEMA’scoreconstituency’sneedswere addressed across its financial assistance portfolio. After several years in the grantsfield, James went to support FEMA’s Chief Procurement Officer as the Executive Officer,managingdaytodayoperationsfor$1.5billioninbothdisasterresponseandsteadystatecontracting activities. Prior to his service with FEMA, James worked for the FloridaAssociation of Community Health Centers, assisting in the establishment of emergencymanagement training for medical professionals serving Florida’s most vulnerablecommunities. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Florida StateUniversity.


BrianHobson,FirstNetBrianHobsonjoinedtheFirstNetteamasthetechnicalleadforStatePlandevelopment.InthisrolesupportingtheDirectorofStatePlans,heworkscloselywithFirstNet’sfinanceandtechnicalteamstocoordinatenecessaryactivitiesinsupportoftheconsultationprocessandstateplandevelopment.Additionally,BrianhassupportedmanyoftheInitialConsultationmeetingsheldtodate.BeforeworkingatFirstNet,Brianspent15yearsworkingonseveraldifferentwirelesscommunicationsandnetworkingprojectsatSPAWARSystemsCenterPacific(Dept.ofNavy).Mostrecently,BrianservedastheChiefEngineerleadingbroadbandactivitiesandsoftwaretooldevelopmentfortheInteroperableCommunicationsTechnicalAssistanceProgram(ICTAP)sponsoredbytheDHSOfficeofEmergencyCommunications(OEC).Inthe10yearssupportingICTAP,Brianhadthegreatopportunitytoworkwithpublicsafetyacrossthecountryoninteroperablecommunications.KarlaJurrens,TexasSWICKarlaJurrensistheDeputyStatewideInteroperabilityCoordinatorwiththeTexasDepartmentofPublicSafety.Shehasbeeninvolvedintheoperationalandtechnicalaspectsofcommunicationsforover30years,andwasfirstintroducedtocommunicationswhileearningherB.S.inEngineeringTechnologydegreefromKansasStateUniversityin1981.Ms.JurrensbeganworkingwithlawenforcementafterjoiningtheSheriffs’AssociationofTexasin2006andhasassistedagenciesacrossthestatewithtechnicalissues,andsupportedthestatewideeffortsforRegionalcommunicationsplanning..SheisacertifiedProjectManagementProfessional,andanAmateurRadioExtraClassOperator,N5KUR.NelsonHastings,PSCRNelson Hastings is a member of the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR)programteamorganizingandleadingtheirsecurityresearchandtestingefforts.LocatedinGaithersburg, he has been part of the Computer Security Division in the InformationTechnologyLaboratoryatNISTforthepast15years.BeforejoiningthePSCRefforts,hewasthe Technical Lead of the NIST Voting Program while leading the program’s computersecurity efforts. He also co-chaired the Cyber Security Working Group’s Testing andCertificationsub-groupoftheSmartGridInteroperabilityPanel.Inaddition,hehasworkedintheareasofpublickeyinfrastructureandthecryptographicmodulevalidation(FIPS140-2)program.Dr.HastingsreceivedhisPh.D.inComputerEngineeringfromIowaStateUniversity,M.S.inElectrical Engineering from Western Michigan University, and B.S. degrees in ElectricalEngineeringandComputerEngineeringfromtheUniversityofMissouri-Columbia.JoshFranklin,PSCRJoshua is an IT Specialist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)focusingonpublicsafetyandelectronicvotingsecurity.PriortoNIST,JoshuaworkedattheU.S. Election Assistance Commission gathering extensive experience with votingtechnologies.AftergraduatingfromKennesawStateUniversitywithaBachelorsofSciencein Information Systems, he received a Masters of Science in Information Security andAssurancefromGeorgeMasonUniversity.JeffCichonski,PSCR


Jeff Cichonski is an Information Technology Specialist working with a broad array oftechnologies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology; working in theComputerSecurityDivisionundertheumbrellaoftheInformationTechnologyLaboratory.OneofhiscurrentareasoffocusisLTEnetworksecurity,withaspecificinterestinsecurityfor public safety LTE Implementations. Other areas of interests include virtualization,derived credential research, and cyber physical systems. He has a Bachelor of Science InInformationScienceandTechnologyfromthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.MichaelOgata,PSCRMichaelOgata hasworked for theNational Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST)since 2005. During his tenure he has focused in digital forensics,specializinginmobileapplicationforensics.Recently he has been supportingthePublic Safety CommunicationsResearch effort at NIST and withAPCOin theirwork to refinerequirements for mobileapplications for first responders.Michael has a Bachelor of Science in Computer SciencefromtheUniversityofMaryland,BaltimoreCounty.ChrisWalton,PSCRChristopherWaltontransitionedtoPSCRfromprivateindustryinDecemberof2014.Earlyin his career with international telecom vendors, Mr. Walton worked in system testteams. In themostrecentphasesofhiscareer,Mr.Walton ledthedeploymentsof2G,3Gand LTE wireless technologies in both domestic and international markets. Mr. WaltonholdsaBachelor’sofScienceinElectricalEngineering(1989)fromtheUniversityofTexasat Arlington. Afterworking for theUnited States Army Information Systems EngineeringCommandforfouryears,hereturnedtoUniversityofTexasatArlingtontoobtainaMaster’sofScienceinElectricalEngineering(1996).

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