11th Asia Pacific Spectrum Management Conference

Olivia Trusty was nominated to serve as a Commissioner of the FCC by President Donald J. Trump. She was confirmed by the United States Senate in June 2025.

Prior to joining the Commission, Commissioner Trusty served as a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services under the leadership of U.S. Senator Roger F. Wicker. She previously served as a Policy Director on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and a Legislative Assistant in the Office of U.S. Senator Roger F. Wicker. Before her tenure as a Senate aide, Commissioner Trusty served as a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce and a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Bob Latta. Commissioner Trusty began her career in the private sector.

Commissioner Trusty received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. from Georgetown University.

Arielle Roth was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on July 30, 2025. In this role, she serves as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Executive Branch agency principally responsible for advising the President on communications, broadband, and internet policy.

Prior to joining NTIA, Roth spent nearly a decade shaping federal communications and broadband policy, holding senior roles on Capitol Hill and at the Federal Communications Commission. She most recently served as Policy Director for Telecommunications on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation under Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), and previously as Legislative Counsel to former Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO).

At the FCC, Roth served as Wireline Legal Advisor to former Commissioner Michael O’Rielly and as Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau. Earlier in her career, she was a Legal Fellow with the Hudson Institute’s Center for the Economics of the Internet.

Roth holds degrees from the University of Toronto and McGill University Faculty of Law. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Yaakov, and their six children.

Ajit Pai is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CTIA – The Wireless Association, the leading trade organization representing the U.S. wireless communications industry. Appointed to the role in April 2024, Pai now leads CTIA at a pivotal time for the sector, working to ensure that America remains at the forefront of global wireless innovation and investment. In his capacity as President and CEO, he champions policies that accelerate the deployment of next-generation wireless infrastructure, expand access to spectrum, strengthen national and economic security, and support the millions of American jobs tied to the wireless ecosystem. Under his leadership, CTIA continues to be the principal voice for wireless carriers, equipment manufacturers, and app and content developers across the country.

In addition to his role at CTIA, Pai is also a Partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a global private investment firm with deep expertise in technology, media, and telecommunications. Since joining the firm in 2021, he has brought his policy acumen, regulatory insights, and industry experience to Searchlight’s investment strategy, helping guide the firm’s engagement with innovative companies across the digital infrastructure landscape. His dual leadership roles reflect his rare ability to operate at the highest levels of both public policy and private enterprise.

Pai’s career is distinguished by nearly a decade of senior leadership at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). From 2017 to 2021, he served as FCC Chairman, having been appointed to the post by President Donald Trump. As Chairman, Pai implemented a broad policy agenda focused on modernizing outdated regulations, expanding broadband access, and advancing U.S. leadership in 5G, Open RAN, Wi-Fi 6, and other emerging technologies. His tenure was marked by major initiatives to close the digital divide, streamline infrastructure deployment, protect consumers and national security, and increase transparency and accountability at the agency.

Pai originally joined the FCC in 2012 as a Commissioner, appointed by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. His contributions during that period helped lay the groundwork for several of the reforms he later advanced as Chairman.

Before his time at the FCC, Pai held senior positions in the public and private sectors. He served at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the U.S. Senate as Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, and the FCC’s Office of General Counsel. He was also Associate General Counsel at Verizon and later became a partner at the law firm Jenner & Block, where he focused on communications and appellate law.

Pai earned his A.B., with honors, from Harvard University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He currently serves on the boards of several portfolio companies and continues to be an influential voice in public policy, business, and technology.

Through his leadership at CTIA and Searchlight Capital Partners, Ajit Pai is uniquely positioned at the intersection of innovation, investment, and policy—advancing the future of connectivity both in the U.S. and globally.

Ms. Lynna McGrath currently serves as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management within the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) Office of Spectrum Management. She oversees OSM’s spectrum engineering and analysis efforts, system certifications and frequency assignments, and coordination amongst the federal agencies on spectrum regulatory matters.

Prior to joining NTIA, she served as the Director of Spectrum Policy and Planning at NASA, where she led a team managing NASA’s spectrum activities at both domestic and international levels. Ms. McGrath has also worked in the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise, Policy and Programs office along with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy spectrum management offices. Ms. McGrath holds a Masters of Science in Engineering and Public Policy and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

As President of SIA, Tom Stroup is the trade association’s lead advocate for regulatory and policy issues of critical importance to SIA’s membership, including spectrum and licensing issues, defense and public safety matters, and export control and international trade issues. He also manages the day-to-day operations of SIA, including member communications, staff leadership and organization of SIA sponsored events.

Prior to joining SIA, Mr. Stroup was with Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), a leading developer of spectrum intelligence technologies, where he served as CEO. For more than a decade, he served as the President of the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA). Previous to his position at SSC, he founded and ran several companies in the technology industry, including Columbia Spectrum Management, P-Com Network Services, CSM Wireless, and SquareLoop.

Ms. Bender is VP & Associate General Counsel, Federal Regulatory & Legal Affairs at Verizon.

Ms. Bender previously worked at the office of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, where she worked on competition issues and efforts to streamline infrastructure deployment. Before going to the Commission, Ms. Bender served for over five years at the wireless trade association Mobile Future—most prominently as Senior Policy Director—where her work focused on a broad range of spectrum policy matters.

Ms. Bender graduated from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, with a certificate from its Institute for Communications Law Studies, and from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned her B.A. in Government and Politics.

With over 20 years of legal and policy experience across the public and private sectors, York most recently served as an attorney advisor in NTIA’s Office of Chief Counsel where she provided legal review and strategic advice to IIJA grant programs and to the Office of Spectrum Management. Prior to NTIA, she held multiple roles at the FCC, including in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, as acting legal advisor to then-Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, and as FCC detailee to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

York began her legal career as a litigation associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and earlier was a Legislative Assistant to a U.S. Senator with responsibility for telecommunications and education issues. York earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Alan Norman joined Meta’s connectivity policy team in 2016 and actively supports Meta’s Spectrum and Connectivity initiatives. Alan is a long-time advocate for improved broadband and internet access, shared infrastructure, and spectrum for next generation technologies. Recently Alan has been engaged on spectrum for AR/VR, Wi-Fi, UWB and 5G with a focus on enabling the Metaverse.

Alan holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University and an MS in Management from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business where he was a Sloan Fellow.

Amit specialises in advising on complex wireless transactions and strategy projects, including supporting mobile operators with spectrum valuation and regulators with the development and implementation of spectrum policy.

Amit has over 25 years of experience advising fixed and mobile operators, regulators/government bodies, financial institutions and equipment manufacturers on commercial, technical and regulatory issues. He has supported several multi-billion dollar M&A and debt financing transactions and has led numerous high-profile studies in the area of radio spectrum policy. Amit brings a global perspective to his work, having undertaken projects for clients in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

Amit holds an M.Sc. in Radio Frequency and Communications Engineering from the University of Bradford, UK and an M.B.A. from the University of Warwick, UK.

Chris Wieczorek is Director, Spectrum Policy, with T-Mobile USA, Inc. He assists in developing competition, spectrum, and technology policy and advising on legal matters pertaining the regulatory policy and procedures. Prior to joining T-Mobile he practiced patent law in Alexandria, Virginia. He also worked as an electrical engineer at Motorola in Atlanta, Georgia and Plantation, Florida.

Chris received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and a master of science in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his juris doctor from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Chris is a member of the Virginia bar, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, and an IEEE and Federal Communications Bar Association member.

Robert B. Kelly is a Senior Partner at the global law firm Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, where
he is widely recognized for his expertise in spectrum policy and management. With more than 40
years of experience at the intersection of telecommunications and technology law, he chaired the
firm’s global Communications Practice Group for over a decade and continues to advise U.S.
and international clients on complex transactional, legislative, and regulatory matters.

Bob has played a central role in two of the most significant spectrum rebanding initiatives in
U.S. history. He served as General Counsel to the FCC-authorized Relocation Payment
Clearinghouse for C-Band reconfiguration, and as General Counsel to the 800 MHz Transition
Administrator, overseeing the nationwide, multi-billion-dollar reconfiguration of the 800 MHz
band. Across these roles, he has designed and implemented large-scale claims review and
alternative dispute resolution processes, coordinated with federal, state, and local authorities, and
overseen governance and oversight policies that enabled the payment of more than $15 billion in
claims and the successful mediation of over 2,000 negotiations.

A recognized authority on intelligent transportation systems (ITS), Bob has advised public and
private stakeholders on connected and autonomous vehicle technologies for more than 25 years.
He was instrumental in securing the FCC’s landmark allocation of 5.9 GHz spectrum for ITS and
continues to counsel on related issues including spectrum policy, cybersecurity, risk
management, data privacy, and investment strategy.

Bob has served on the boards of four public and private telecommunications companies. He is
frequently honored for his leadership in communications and technology law, including his
recent recognition in Best Lawyers in America (2026, Communications Law). A prolific author
and speaker, he regularly contributes to leading publications and addresses national and
international forums on spectrum, telecommunications, and transportation innovation.
Bob is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is a graduate of Duke University School
of Law.

Vice President, Federal Regulatory, AT&T. Current responsibilities include all of AT&T’s wireless and spectrum related-matters before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Instrumental in development and promotion of AT&T’s positions on auctions. Significant experience in the process of obtaining FCC approval for a variety of transactions and license transfers. Significant experience in proceedings involving reform of intercarrier compensation and universal service. Extensive experience in the FCC’s unending net neutrality proceedings.

Previously served as AT&T’s representative on the North American Numbering Council, a Federal Advisory Committee that advises the FCC on telephone numbering issues. From 2007-2011, Member of the Board of Directors for the Wireless Communications Association International. Member of the Board of Directors for the National Exchange Carrier Association.

From 1996-2004, Director Law and Public Policy for MCI. Worked on most of the major proceedings to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996, including implementation of the provisions related to network unbundling, universal service, local number portability, and Bell Operating Company entry into long distance services.

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Ms. Lemay has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and is a recognized expert in telecommunications and broadcasting. Her expertise covers development of business plans, valuation, due diligence, spectrum matters and market research. Ms. Lemay has supported clients in the US, Europe, North Africa, Latin America and Canada.

Ms. Lemay is the lead consultant for Private Auctions conducted by LYA for clients disposing of spectrum licenses and other assets.

Ms. Lemay is actively involved in consultations for the development of public policy. She has acted as an Expert Witness in regulatory proceedings and litigations. Recent expert evidence mandates were focused on broadband subsidies in rural and remote areas, wireless siting, mid-band 5G spectrum, national roaming, television and over-the-top services, benchmarking investment in broadband and the regulatory framework for MVNOs.

She has supported clients in successfully acquiring subsidy funds for broadband deployment in rural areas.

She is co-leader of the development of the LYA Auction Platforms that support Combinatorial Clock Auctions (CCA), Simultaneous Multiple Round Ascending (SMRA) Auctions, Sealed Bid Auctions as well as Clock Auctions.

Prior to co-founding LYA, Ms. Lemay held a number of positions in marketing and product management with Nortel Networks. Ms. Lemay holds an Engineering Physics degree from Laval University and an MBA, Executive Option, from Concordia University in Montreal.

Pascale Dumit is Director for International Spectrum Policy at T-Mobile. She leads the company’s engagements at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and within other regional organizations such as the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL).

Pascale has served on U.S. delegations to the ITU since 2010, including the U.S. delegations to the 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference and the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference.

Pascale is also a member of the FCC 2027 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee, a member of the Department of State International Digital Economy and Telecommunication Advisory Committee, a Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) International Telecommunications Committee and a Vice-Chair of the U.S. ITU Association.

Pascale’s previous experience includes various roles in the Space industry in addition to supporting NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense on a broad range of international spectrum management issues where she served as a key contributor to the overall development and implementation of U.S. strategy in national and international spectrum regulatory environments.

Pascale holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from The George Washington University.

Veena is currently working as a Communications Technologies Consultant, providing advisory services to a number of organizations and corporations nationally and internationally. In 2014 she became an Officer of the Order of Canada for her “contributions to telecommunications engineering and for leadership in establishing the global regulatory framework for radio spectrum management”

Between 2011-14, Veena worked as Vice President and Ambassador to ITU for BlackBerry. During 2004-11, she was President of Communications Research Centre, the only Canadian federal government research lab conducting R&D in all communications technologies. Before heading CRC, Veena spent 28 years within the Canadian Government where she held executive positions in managing radio frequency spectrum.

Veena‘ s many “firsts” in her career and her long list of national and international awards include being the first female (and first Canadian as well) ever to chair ITU’s WRC (World Radio Conference) in 2003 for which she was awarded ITU’ s gold medal by the Secretary General.

Barbee has served as General Counsel and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Globalstar since July 2010. In this role he has directed Globalstar’s regulatory and licensing activities around the world.

Barbee has led the international regulatory effort required for the commercial introduction of the world’s first satellite direct-to-device service, now providing mobile satellite connectivity to millions of people globally. This effort included the expansion and licensing of Globalstar’s ground network now consisting of 28 gateway Earth stations in 18 countries.

Most recently, Barbee worked to secure the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s reauthorization of Globalstar’s senior HIBLEO-4 constellation filing for an additional 15-year license term.

He holds a law degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Management degree from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Chris Woolford is Ofcom’s Director of International Spectrum Policy where his responsibilities cover the UK’s international spectrum interests, especially in relation to the ITU, CEPT and EU. He is a member of Ofcom’s Spectrum Executive Team and Strategy Steering Group.

Chris is active in various European spectrum committees and currently represents the UK on the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). He has closely engaged for the UK on a number of key European and international spectrum initiatives and led the UK delegations to WRC-15 and WRC-12.

Before joining Ofcom, Chris worked in various UK Government Departments, including 6 years at Oftel, where he worked on different aspects of telecommunications regulation. Chris has a degree in mathematics and statistics from Manchester University.

As Vice President of Strategy and Marketing at Omnispace, George Giagtzoglou is responsible for developing corporate strategy, market and competitive intelligence, and supporting strategic partner development initiatives for the company that is redefining mobile communications.

Previously, George was the President of Alazo Consulting. In this role he delivered expert satellite industry insights to support strategic investments and acquisitions. The company serves companies seeking to invest in satellite communications, satellite operators, satellite industry vendors, banks, bondholders with satellite industry debt, private equity firms, and satellite bandwidth customers seeking to restructure their business.

George was also previously the head of Corporate Development at ABS Global with responsibilities including corporate development, corporate & regional strategy, business planning, market intelligence, satellite business case development, and financing.

Prior to ABS he was with Intelsat for 11 years as the head of Corporate Strategy & Planning and also led Corporate Development, Global Marketing, Product Strategy & Development, and Business Development. Mr. Giagtzoglou was instrumental in various company sale processes in 2005 and 2008, and the acquisition of PanAmSat in 2006. He played a key role in developing and commercializing the company’s capabilities, primarily in the area of broadband services.

Prior to joining Intelsat in 2000, Mr. Giagtzoglou’s career in the space and telecommunications industry included engagement leadership positions in the telecommunications practice of A.T. Kearney Management Consultants, and senior engineering and business management positions at Telstra (Australia).
Mr. Giagtzoglou has a master’s degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), in addition to a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Adelaide in South Australia.

Armand Musey President and Founder of Summit Ridge Group. He has over 15 years of equity research, investment banking, and consulting experience.

Armand has completed dozens of financial valuation, strategic analysis, business development, corporate governance, and business plan creation assignments in the communications industry and has experience working on numerous financing and M&A transactions. His projects include leading Summit Ridge Group’s support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust division’s review of the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Armand’s involvement with a wide breadth of companies has allowed him to develop a deep understanding of a range of media and telecom issues and the complex web of relationships underlying the sector’s competitive dynamics and associated regulatory issues. His legal background allows him to understand the heavily regulated telecom sector. During litigation support assignments, Armand’s legal background also allows him to quickly digest legal documents and identify industry issues likely to be most relevant to the legal team he supports.

Prior to founding Summit Ridge Group, Armand led the satellite industry research teams for Banc of America Securities, and later Solomon Smith Barney where he also covered the wireless tower industry. He earned numerous honors as a research analyst including being named to the Institutional Investor “All American” team three times (2000-2002) and the Wall Street Journal “All-Star” team. He was ranked as the top satellite industry analyst by Greenwich Associates. He was previously president of a boutique investment bank specializing in the satellite, media, and telecom industries.

Armand regularly speaks at major industry conferences and has been frequently quoted in leading trade publications and by national publications as an expert in communications finance and corporate governance. He authored the highly regarded publication The Spectrum Handbook 2018 and his recent industry research has been published in leading law journals. Armand is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) and is a co-chair of its New York chapter (2016-present). He is also a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts where he chaired the Corporate Governance Committee from 2007-2009 (vice-chair 2005-2007), the CFA Institute and the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) where he serves on the board of its New York Chapter (2017-2019), and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Armand’s interests include classical music, post-modern philosophy, and mountain climbing. He served on the board of the Riverside Symphony (2008-2010) and as treasurer of the board of the Foucault Society (2005-2009). He is also a member of the National Arts Club. In 2008, Armand completed a longtime goal of climbing the highest peak on each of the seven continents (the “Seven Summits”), with a successful ascent of Mt. Everest.

Adam Cassady was appointed as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on March 16, 2025. In this capacity, he provides advice and assistance to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information in the formulation, development, and implementation of telecommunications and information policies of the Executive Branch.

Prior to his appointment at NTIA, Mr. Cassady served for over four years at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Commissioner Nathan Simington. Most recently, Mr. Cassady served as Chief of Staff to Commissioner Simington, and prior to that as Commissioner Simington’s Senior Legal Advisor, managing a variety of telecommunications and technology portfolios.

Prior to joining the FCC, Cassady co-founded a technology firm focused on delivering enterprise machine learning solutions. He holds a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University.

Mr. Kalpak is currently the Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Project Kuiper, at Amazon. He is a highly accomplished legal executive with demonstrated success delivering on complex business opportunities while managing legal, regulatory, and business risks globally. Team-oriented leader with a strategic and analytical focus, strong transactional, negotiation, and communication skills, and a unique combination of legal and engineering training. Experienced with initial public offerings, mergers, and joint ventures.

Stephan Sloan assists clients in a variety of investment banking, brokerage, appraisal, portfolio management, and expert testimony tasks. Mr. Sloan has helped clients obtain more than $100 million in senior debt and brokered the sale of towers and broadcast properties with an aggregate value of more than $200 million. He has appraised or assisted in the appraisal of radio, television, tower, and cable television systems valued in excess of $1 billion for clients that include the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC).

Working with Director Robert J. Maccini in Media Services’ Broadcast Portfolio Group, Mr. Sloan has helped financial institutions with problems in their broadcast and cable loan portfolios and in court-appointed receivership assignments. He has also been accepted in state court as an expert witness on radio station valuation, finance, and receivership matters.

Jeff Stewart develops public policy positions and coordinates advocacy support for a wide range of issues affecting AT&T’s wireless businesses.

Currently, he supports AT&T’s spectrum policy initiatives and also addresses all policy matters affecting AT&T’s Internet of Things businesses. Jeff represents AT&T before many government entities and policymakers, including the U.S. Department of Transportation and its surface agencies, other Federal agencies, and state and Federal legislators. He also represents AT&T in various industry groups and is the Vice Chair of the Next G Alliance’s Policy Committee.

Jeff earned an MBA with a concentration in Technology Innovation and Strategy from Georgia Tech’s College of Management and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History from the University of Chicago. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Army War College with a Master of Strategic Studies.

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Patrick Welsh joined Verizon in January 2012 as Assistant Vice President – Wireless Policy Development, where he is engaged in the development of Verizon’s public policy positions on spectrum and other wireless issues.

Prior to joining Verizon, Patrick worked in T-Mobile’s government affairs office in both the federal regulatory and legislative affairs groups. As a regulatory attorney, Patrick was responsible for a number of wireless public-policy issues, including spectrum policy, spectrum auctions, voice and data roaming, wireless open access/network neutrality, broadband reclassification, smart grid, mergers and acquisitions, and federal preemption of state regulations. As part of T-Mobile’s legislative team, he lobbied both Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate commerce committees. Prior to joining T-Mobile, Patrick worked at American Tower, where he managed site development and construction of wireless communications facilities in the Mid-Atlantic area.

Patrick began his career at Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, LLP as an associate with the firm’s commercial transactions group. He is an adjunct professor at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law and a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.) and Loyola College (B.A.).

Jason Wallin is the Principal Architect for John Deere within the Global Information Technology group. He is focused on establishing the organization’s intelligent edge vision to enable the factory of the future and developing the strategy to deliver this vision. Wallin has held numerous roles within John Deere, the Department of Defense, and the larger IT industry. He is focused on advanced industrial networking technologies, communications security, tech-stack development, radio frequency engineering, cloud native computing, engineering leadership, and operational technology leadership.

Justin Markle is the Senior Vice President of Wireless Partnerships & Development at Comcast Corporation where he leads commercial wireless activities for the company, including key carrier and vendor relationships, managing Comcast’s wireless spectrum portfolio, and incubating and launching new wireless offerings.

His previous roles include Chief Financial Officer for FreeWheel, an advertising technology company acquired by Comcast, Comcast’s Corporate Development group where he executed over 30 transactions representing nearly $40 billion in deal value across the media, software, and telecom sectors, as well as positions at Citigroup in New York City and at PA Consulting Group in Washington, DC.

Justin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University and received his Masters in Business Administration degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  He resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife and three daughters.

Dr. Tom Rondeau is the Principal Director for FutureG for the US Department of War, serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). In this role, Dr. Rondeau is responsible for guiding the Department on research, funding, and execution of programs around warfighting capabilities using future generation wireless technologies. As Principal Director, he continues to advance wireless networking concepts for national security.

Prior to this role, Dr. Rondeau spent more than six years as a DARPA program manager, working on numerous technology areas to improve wireless networking and communications. Some of the programs he managed include the Arrays at Commercial Timescales – Integration & Validation (ACT-IV), building software defined arrays; Hedgehog, driving towards more capable software defined radio; Domain-Specific System on Chip (DSSoC), inventing new edge and embedded processor architectures; and Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE), enabling computing on encrypted data. Dr. Rondeau executed many other programs, ran a series of hackfests on software radio, and helped as a subject matter expert on numerous problems for the US Department of Defense and the intelligence community. His work at DARPA earned him the Distinguished Public Service Medal.

Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Rondeau ran the GNU Radio project and consulted on wireless communications problems. In this role, Dr. Rondeau worked with many companies and organizations around the world to build solutions to difficult problems and emerging technologies and through this work helped build a large community of experts in software radio that has turned into a thriving ecosystem. He has also worked as a visiting researcher with the University of Pennsylvania and as an Adjunct with the IDA Center for Communications Research in Princeton, NJ.

Dr. Rondeau holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, and his dissertation won the Council of Graduate Schools’ 2007 Outstanding Dissertation Award in math, science, and engineering. Dr. Rondeau has spoken at numerous conferences and symposia, published extensively on software radio, and wrote one of the first books on cognitive radio.

Katy Milner provides legal and strategic advice to a broad cross-section of telecommunications and technology industry clients on regulatory, transactional, and compliance matters.

Katy has a wealth of experience providing clients with practical guidance and valued counsel on spectrum acquisition and utilization, wireless services and satellite regulation, cybersecurity and data privacy, public safety and 911 services, international telecommunications matters, connected vehicles and the Internet of Things, and broadband and Internet policy. Katy also has significant experience advising clients on uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) matters, particularly on FCC-related activity. Katy advocates for her clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, the Executive Branch, and other federal agencies.

Derek Khlopin is Deputy Associate Administrator in NTIA’s Office of Spectrum Management (OSM). Mr. Khlopin leads spectrum management efforts for the federal agencies, NTIA coordination groups such as IRAC and PPSG, and spectrum policy initiatives.

Derek has been with NTIA since 2015 as a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary and NTIA Administrator, spending most of his time collaborating with OSM and ITS. More recently, he added to his responsibilities as Acting Chief of SAID. Prior to joining NTIA, Derek spent most of his career in the private sector after a start at the FCC, including in senior government affairs positions with Nokia. Derek is a graduate of the Catholic University of America School of Law.

Electronic Engineer with a degree in Telematics and Telecommunications Project Management. Mr. Fallas has more than 10 years of experience in the regulation of the telecommunications sector, including the areas of quality of service, operator-user relations, and spectrum management.

In the spectrum area, he has extensive experience in spectrum planning, administration and monitoring, bidding process formulation, and auctions. He was also the leader of the interdisciplinary group in charge of the design and implementation of the National Frequency Monitoring System and its administrative database. Frequently, Mr. Fallas supports the country representation in terms of spectrum management at CITEL and ITU and has proposed improvements to the National Frequency Allocation Plan, which have resulted in the availability of more spectrum for IMT applications and other modifications in order to comply with international standards. Head Costa Rica’s number portability project, which involved the technical requirements, the management of the operator’s positions and requests, as well as the direction and coordination of the number portability committee, among other requirements for its implementation.

Luigi Ardito is currently working as Director of government affairs for Europe, Middle East and North Africa at Qualcomm and drives the Qualcomm spectrum and regulatory policy agenda in Europe and MENA dealing with various government entities and industry organizations.

Prior to joining Qualcomm, Luigi worked for over a decade at Sony Corporation both in Japan and in the UK. Luigi also gained professional experience at France Telecom and at the Italian Public Broadcaster RAI.

Luigi has extensive experience in the Media and Telecom industry as well as the Semiconductor Industry gained through his assignments at Qualcomm, Sony, France Telecom and RAI. He holds an Electronic Engineering Degree gained at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy and a Master of Business Administration gained at the Henley Management College in the UK.

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After a state exam in law at the University of Osnabrück, Mr Kühn has been working since 1998 in the area of legal internship (e.g. at Regional Court) of the Federal Network Agency Germany; changing to National and International Spectrum Regulation on different levels in 2005. Nowadays, he is the Deputy Head of Section for International Affairs and Utilization Concepts. His responsibilities cover strategic frequency utilization concepts and the transposition of those to the international level of CEPT, EU and ITU. Doing this and having been active in the preparation of three WRC’s, on national and on CEPT CPG level, Mr Kühn participated in a number of international Groups, also as Head of the German Delegation. He has also chaired several groups and subgroups in the ITU and CEPT. Since 2005, he has been responsible for the German preparation of the WRC’s and served as CEPT CPG Vice Chairman from 2010 to 2013. Mr Kühn was appointed Chairman of CPG in June 2013.

Mari Silbey is the Chief Program Officer for the National Spectrum Consortium. She also serves as Senior Director of Partnerships and Outreach for US Ignite and Program Director for the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, a $100 million initiative funded by the National Science Foundation and a consortium of more than 30 wireless companies and associations. In her time at US Ignite, she has helped launch several public-private partnership programs, convened workshops with local leaders around the country, and developed best practice materials for community connectivity and data-driven initiatives.

Mari has nearly two decades of experience in the telecom industry. Prior to joining US Ignite, she covered broadband infrastructure and telecom as a full-time journalist. She also worked as an independent writer and analyst in the private sector with companies including Limelight Networks and Motorola before its acquisition (and later sell-off) by Google.

A graduate of Duke University, Mari lives just outside of Washington, DC.

Charles Cooper is Associate Administrator for NTIA’s Office of Spectrum Management. He leads the agency’s work on national and international spectrum policy issues and oversees spectrum management efforts for federal agencies.

Previously, Cooper was the Enforcement Bureau Field Director at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where he managed the nationwide enforcement of spectrum interference affecting public safety communications, FCC licensees and Federal agencies. Prior to serving as Field Director, Cooper was District Director of the FCC’s Los Angeles Field Office. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and received his undergraduate electrical bachelor science degree from Mississippi State University.

After a state exam in law at the University of Osnabrück, Mr Kühn has been working since 1998 in the area of legal internship (e.g. at Regional Court) of the Federal Network Agency Germany; changing to National and International Spectrum Regulation on different levels in 2005. Nowadays, he is the Deputy Head of Section for International Affairs and Utilization Concepts. His responsibilities cover strategic frequency utilization concepts and the transposition of those to the international level of CEPT, EU and ITU. Doing this and having been active in the preparation of three WRC’s, on national and on CEPT CPG level, Mr Kühn participated in a number of international Groups, also as Head of the German Delegation. He has also chaired several groups and subgroups in the ITU and CEPT. Since 2005, he has been responsible for the German preparation of the WRC’s and served as CEPT CPG Vice Chairman from 2010 to 2013. Mr Kühn was appointed Chairman of CPG in June 2013.

Veena is currently working as a Communications Technologies Consultant, providing advisory services to a number of organizations and corporations nationally and internationally. In 2014 she became an Officer of the Order of Canada for her “contributions to telecommunications engineering and for leadership in establishing the global regulatory framework for radio spectrum management”

Between 2011-14, Veena worked as Vice President and Ambassador to ITU for BlackBerry. During 2004-11, she was President of Communications Research Centre, the only Canadian federal government research lab conducting R&D in all communications technologies. Before heading CRC, Veena spent 28 years within the Canadian Government where she held executive positions in managing radio frequency spectrum.

Veena‘ s many “firsts” in her career and her long list of national and international awards include being the first female (and first Canadian as well) ever to chair ITU’s WRC (World Radio Conference) in 2003 for which she was awarded ITU’ s gold medal by the Secretary General.

Noman M. Alam is an Ericsson North America’s expert in telecommunications, advising Ericsson engineers and customers in creating and maintaining Ericsson solutions across the region.

Mr. Alam brings over 19 years of industry experience. He has served in multiple leadership roles in the industry and currently represents Ericsson in multiple industry forums to provide guidance and thought leadership on spectrum.

Aspa Paroutsas is Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs at Qualcomm, and represents Qualcomm before the Federal Communications Commission and other U.S. agencies responsible for spectrum and technology policy. Aspa joined Qualcomm in the Fall of 2021 and prior to that she was a Senior Spectrum Regulatory Advisor for Project Kuiper/Amazon.

Aspa has held several senior positions at the Federal Communications Commission, including Chief of Staff of the Office of Engineering and Technology. She worked on numerous spectrum matters including spectrum allocation decisions that opened new bands for innovative uses in the U.S. Prior to her government service, Aspa worked at a large international law firm handling international and wireless regulatory issues.

Aspa received her J.D., cum laude from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, her M.Sc. in Public Policy from Queen Mary, University of London and her B.A. from New York University.

Paul Kirby is a Senior Editor at Wolters Kluwer’s TRA Daily. He has been a reporter for more than 30 years. For more than 20 years, he has focused his coverage on wireless telecommunications policy, closely following regulatory and legal developments amid the rapid evolution of the telecom and technology businesses. He covers the FCC, Capitol Hill, the executive branch, and the courts. Paul’s extensive experience and specialized knowledge make him widely recognized in Washington regulatory circles as an expert on wireless policy issues. He is often asked to moderate panels at industry conferences and has appeared frequently on C-SPAN. Before joining TR Daily, Paul worked at Reuters, at a regional news service in Washington, and at newspapers in Florida and Virginia.

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Joe Kochan most recently served as the CEO and co-founder of US Ignite, responsible for leading the organization in its mission to accelerate the smart community movement as a high-tech, highimpact nonprofit. He was also Principal Investigator and Project Director for the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office (PPO), a $100 million program funded by the National Science Foundation and a consortium of more than 35 wireless companies and associations. He continues to serve as a volunteer on US Ignite’s board of directors.

Prior to US Ignite, Joe worked as federal program officer in the Department of Commerce’s BTOP grant program. Before that, he was a co-founder and Vice President–Operations at DigitalBridge Communications (DBC), a Virginia-based startup dedicated to bringing broadband wireless services to small, underserved markets nationwide. Joe is an alumnus of Princeton University and lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two sons.

Dr. Andrew Clegg is cofounder and CTO of Valo Analytica, a startup focused on radio spectrum technology and innovation. He is also a part-time Senior Research Scientist in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Baylor University. He was previously the Spectrum Engineering Lead for Google, where he was a principal architect of the U.S. Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). Before that, he was the Program Director for Electromagnetic Spectrum Management at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He pioneered NSF’s first-ever grant program dedicated to academic and small business research in the radio spectrum domain.

Andrew has over 30 years of experience in radio spectrum management across industry, federal government, and academia. He has served as a U.S. delegate to two ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences. He also serves as CTO of the Wireless Innovation Forum and is a member of the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council. He holds a PhD in Radio Astronomy from Cornell University and a BA in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Virginia.

Chief Technology Officer and Comptroller UWB Alliance, Vice Chairman IEEE 802.15.4z, Treasurer IEEE 802.15, Executive Committee Member IEEE 802, TE of multiple versions of 802.15

With a team based in New York City and London, but working around the world, Mr. Marsden’s practice focuses on the design of allocation mechanisms, including:

· auctions and trading design;
· bidding strategy; and
· related competition, pricing, regulatory and public policy.

His work spans multiple industries, including broadcasting, energy, mobile telephony, procurement, radio spectrum and transport.

Many of Mr. Marsden’s recent projects have involved auction design, software implementation and/or bidder support related to the current wave of spectrum awards worldwide. Since 1999, he has provided strategy advice to leading incumbent operators and aspiring entrants in more than 35 spectrum auctions. He was also a lead member of the design team that developed and implemented the combinatorial clock auction, the first practical multi-round package bid format for awarding radio spectrum.

Prior to joining NERA, Mr. Marsden spent 10 years as Director and Managing Consultant at DotEcon, where he was responsible for business development for auctions, public policy, and strategy projects. He managed the project teams supporting the UK regulator Ofcom on digital dividend policy and UK spectrum auctions between 2005 and 2010. He also completed major studies for the European Commission on the allocation of the digital dividend and on spectrum trading and liberalization.

Mr. Marsden presents and publishes frequently on the topics of auctions, the communications industry, and spectrum management and allocation. He is the co-author of a book on broadband regulation (Springer, 2005). He is also an advisor to Forum Global on Spectrum Management conferences in the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining the GSMA in 2019, Campbell held roles at AT&T managing corporate communications for the internet of things and prepaid business groups. Prior to AT&T, she worked in public affairs for CTIA in Washington, D.C.

Campbell holds an MBA with a concentration on Strategy and Innovation from Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business. She is also a graduate of the University of Missouri with Bachelors’ degrees in Journalism and Sociology.

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Anne is a Senior Vice President at the Glen Echo Group, where she leads the firm’s broadband practice. She helps organizations in the tech, telecom and satellite industries craft sharp messages and smart strategies to tell their stories effectively.

A subject matter expert on connectivity issues, Anne runs campaigns that make wonky policy topics understandable, relevant and engaging for policymakers, regulators, industry stakeholders and the media. She specializes in bipartisan, multistakeholder engagement and has established several coalitions to advocate on policies addressing connectivity and the digital divide.

Anne has successfully placed stories in prominent publications, including AP, CNN, The Hill, NPR, POLITICO, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Her media and advocacy campaigns have earned recognition from Innovation SABRE and PR News.

Since 2020, Anne has also led the firm’s business development efforts.

Prior to joining the Glen Echo Group, Anne worked at AMGA, where she managed a diabetes communications campaign that improved care for over one million Americans.

Brooke Donilon is Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Prior to NTIA, Donilon was Vice President of Government Relations for NCTA – The Internet & Television Association. She also served as Chief of Staff to Commissioner Michael O’Rielly at the Federal Communications Commission, Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Ron Johnson, and Chief Counsel for the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs.

Donilon holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication and American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.