10th Americas Spectrum Management Conference

Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel believes that the future belongs to the connected. She works to promote greater opportunity, accessibility, and affordability in our communications services in order to ensure that all Americans get a fair shot at 21st century success. She believes strong communications markets can foster economic growth and security, enhance digital age opportunity, and enrich our civic life.

From fighting to protect net neutrality to ensuring access to the internet for students caught in the Homework Gap, Jessica has been a consistent champion for connecting all. She is a leader in spectrum policy, developing new ways to support wireless services from Wi-Fi to video and the internet of things. She also is responsible for developing policies to help expand the reach of broadband to schools, libraries, hospitals, and households across the country.

Named as one of POLITICO’s 50 Politicos to Watch and profiled by InStyle Magazine in a series celebrating “women who show up, speak up and get things done,” Jessica brings over two decades of communications policy experience and public service to the FCC. Prior to joining the agency, she served as Senior Communications Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, under the leadership of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and Senator Daniel Inouye. Before entering public service, Jessica practiced communications law in Washington, DC.

She is a native of Hartford, Connecticut. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and New York University School of Law. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two children.

Scott Wallsten is President and Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute and also a senior fellow at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. He is an economist with expertise in industrial organization and public policy, and his research focuses on competition, regulation, telecommunications, the economics of digitization, and technology policy. He was the economics director for the FCC’s National Broadband Plan and has been a lecturer in Stanford University’s public policy program, director of communications policy studies and senior fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a senior fellow at the AEI – Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an economist at The World Bank, a scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a staff economist at the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.

Umair serves as Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s Chief Counsel. From October 2017 through January 2021, he served as then-Commissioner Rosenworcel’s legal advisor for wireless and international issues. Umair joined the FCC from Wiley Rein LLP, where he was an attorney in the firm’s Telecom, Media, and Technology practice group. Umair also has served on U.S. delegations to treaty-writing conferences and meetings of the International Telecommunication Union and as Commissioner of the Consumer Protection Commission of Fairfax County. He graduated from the University of Virginia and received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Derek Khlopin advises the Assistant Secretary and NTIA Administrator on spectrum policy, regulation and management, as well as wireless and emerging technologies. Khlopin has deep expertise in wireless communications policy in government and industry.

Prior to NTIA, Khlopin led the North America government affairs activities for Nokia Solutions and Networks (now Nokia), where he developed the company’s regulatory and policy strategy and represented the company in the U.S. before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Executive branch and other government agencies, and in industry forums. Khlopin also headed the regulatory and legal advocacy efforts of the Telecommunications Industry Association and its information and communications technology member companies, and served as attorney in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the FCC. Khlopin is a graduate of the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America and its Institute for Communications Law Studies.

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.

Mr. Stroup holds a BS, summa cum laude, in Public Administration from the University of North Dakota. He is also a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center where he served as Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.

Alex Roytblat is Vice President of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs, where he is responsible for the organization’s overall regulatory strategy. In his role, Alex works with the Wi-Fi Alliance members and the executive team on the development of regulatory objectives and directs advocacy for the implementation of these objectives with governments, regulators and international organizations.

With over 20 years of experience in the field of international telecom regulations, Alex is an internationally recognized industry advocate. Prior to joining Wi-Fi Alliance, Alex served at the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he was involved in all phases of domestic and international radio spectrum management processes. Previously, Alex held technical roles for Stanford Telecommunications and Booz Allen & Hamilton. He holds a Master of Science in Communications Networks from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Eta Kappa Nu) from George Mason University.

Mr. Yates has over 30 years of experience in the telecom industry and is an expert in spectrum auctions, 5G-spectrum and broadband strategy, licensing, financial modeling, telecom and licensing policy and regulation as well as wireless and network technologies. His consulting experience includes projects in the US, Canada, Europe, North Africa and Australia.

Mr. Yates has supported bidders through the entire spectrum auction process, from the initial public consultation, to bidder training, simulations and mock auctions, game analysis, bid tactics and in-bid room support. Mr. Yates 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. He has also developed the LYA Auction Management Tools used to manage round-by-round bidding and decision-making.

Mr. Yates has provided regulatory and business planning support to operators and government agencies with respect to broadband investment, regulatory and deployment issues in rural and remote areas.
Prior to co-founding LYA, Mr. Yates held positions with Nortel Networks and Bell Canada. Mr. Yates holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Operations Research/Management Science, both from the University of Toronto. He also has an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal.

Mr. Repasi is the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and has over 25 years of experience in managing the nation’s spectrum resources. He served as Chief of the Satellite Engineering Branch in the International Bureau for several years where he resolved orbit and spectrum sharing issues among competing satellite systems. He also served for over a decade representing the Commission on the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) involving federal agency access to terrestrial and satellite spectrum. Throughout his career, Mr. Repasi has represented the Commission as a delegate or spokesperson in various national and international conferences including International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conferences. He holds a BSEE degree from The George Washington University.

Charles Cooper is Associate Administrator in 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. He is responsible for frequency assignment and certification, and other strategic planning functions including development of innovation approaches to spectrum sharing.

Before joining NTIA in July, 2019, 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.

Cooper also served as senior engineer and partner with du Treil, Lundin, and Rackley, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in radio frequency coordination and design. Cooper is a recognized subject matter expert on engineering principles applicable to a wide mix of communications technologies. He is a member and two-term past president of the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE).

Tim is the Chairman and Executive Director for the Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Alliance. The Alliance is dedicated to developing interoperable specifications for UWB products and coexistence strategies for sharing spectrum with other RF devices and services. Tim is also the Chairman for the IEEE 802.15.4z Task Group as well as Vice Chairman of ETSI TGUWB. Tim is a long-standing advocate of standardization to expand markets.

Previously, Tim was Vice President of Hardware Product Strategy at Zebra Location Solutions Group, the leading developer and manufacturer of Real-Time Locating Systems, (RTLS). He directed hardware product management for the Zebra RTLS products including the WhereNet, Dart UWB, and GPS enabled product lines.
Tim served 16 years as VP of Product Strategy for WhereNet (acquired by Zebra) which introduced the first commercially available RTLS products. Prior to joining WhereNet, Tim directed Product Management for Symbol, where his team coauthored the first release of IEEE 802.11, and formed the Wi-Fi Alliance. An engineer with an EE degree from SUNY Stonybrook, Tim also spent several years developing software and hardware for Symbol.

A patent holder, Mr. Harrington is credited with developing new concepts in the areas of bar code scanning, wireless LANs, and RTLS technology. He has written many articles concerning RF and Auto ID technologies.

Martha Suarez was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She received her degree as Electronics Engineer from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2004. During her undergraduate studies she participated in an exchange program with the Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, France in 2001. She received her master degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee, France in 2006 and her Ph.D. degree from the University Paris-Est in 2009. She joined the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. In 2011 she was awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship and worked at the Instytut Technologii Elektronowej ITE in Poland for the Partnership for Cognitive Radio Par4CR European Project. Her research interests were in the areas of wireless system architectures and the design of high performance Radio Frequency RF transceivers. Since 2013 she joined the National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, ANE, where she worked as Senior Adviser to the General Director and supported international activities of the Agency. Afterwards, in December 2015, she became the General Director of ANE and continued promoting the efficient use of the Spectrum and the mobile broadband connectivity in Colombia. Since the 1st of May 2019, Martha Suarez is the President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance DSA, a global organization advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization, which is essential to addressing key worldwide social and economic challenges.

Campbell Massie is the Advocacy Manager for GSMA’s North America region. Located in Atlanta, she focuses on telecommunications policy in the United States and Canada.

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 Bachelors’ degrees in Journalism and Sociology from the University of Missouri. She is pursuing her MBA at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business in Atlanta with a concentration on Strategy and Innovation.

Branimir has been working for the European Commission since 2008 and heading the Sector “Spectrum for Wireless Broadband” since 2016. He started his professional career in 1995 at the Vodafone Chair of the Dresden University. From 2000 until 2008 he worked with the companies Philips, Qimonda, Signalion (later National Instruments) in Germany in the area of wireless equipment design, manufacturing and marketing. He made contributions to Wi-Fi standardisation.

Branimir has a PhD degree in mobile communications from the Dresden University.

Branimir is responsible for the development and implementation of EU-level spectrum policy for wireless broadband (including 5G and beyond) as well as the integration of research and innovation policies. Specific topics include the 5G spectrum roadmap, harmonised spectrum allocation, coordination of authorisation practices, spectrum management for vertical sectors, international cooperation.

Brett Kilbourne represents the Utilities Technology Council on communications law issues. He works with the FCC, Congress, state public utility commissions, federal courts and other federal agencies, such as the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Gerry Oberst has been practicing in the communications arena for more than 35 years in Washington, D.C., Brussels, and Luxembourg, concentrating on telecommunications and satellite regulatory matters and policy advocacy.

Gerry helps to shape communications law both in the United States and internationally, and advises clients in particular on radio spectrum matters. Gerry represents clients in major telecommunications proceedings before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), International Telecommunication Union, European Commission, and EU member states involving domestic and international markets. He works to obtain regulatory approval for substantial telecommunications investments and advises clients on all aspects of international service.

His focus on satellite issues keeps him in regular contact with decision makers at pertinent agencies in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Gerry also assists numerous companies in a variety of fields (ranging from medical devices to automotive) with radio spectrum matters, domestically and internationally.

Gerry has also spent time in-house at a major international satellite operator, where he managed a team of lawyers and advisors focused on global regulatory matters, and at a U.S.-based telecommunications company seeking to advance 5G, advising on regulatory and policy issues.

Previously, Gerry served as Chairman of the Satellite Industry Association and as Chairman of the regulatory group of the European Satellite Action Plan, where he coordinated the position of more than 26 companies and agencies active in the satellite industry.

Gerry is an avid writer and lecturer, publishing more than 250 articles and monographs on international telecommunications and audiovisual issues. He also speaks regularly at international conferences.

Karl A. Kensinger is the Chief of the Satellite Division of the Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau. Mr. Kensinger’s experience and expertise covers a broad range of satellite policy and licensing matters, including licensing of small satellites and satellite constellations, international coordination of satellite networks, radio spectrum policy, and transfers of FCC licenses. He has been a primary FCC point of contact on orbital debris matters since 1995. Mr. Kensinger is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Chicago.

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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.

Alexi Maltas is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), the nation’s leading association for competitive wireless communications providers. In that role, Alexi leads CCA’s regulatory and legal advocacy before the FCC and other agencies. Previously, Alexi was a partner in the communications practice at Hogan Lovells, and earlier served as Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs at Cablevision. He also practiced antitrust and communications law at Latham & Watkins. He began his career as a law clerk to Judge Richard Cardamone, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School.

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An engineer with broad experience in the telecoms and technology sectors, Andy has a particular interest in spectrum (auctions and valuation) and the impact of new technology (5G, AI, IoT and Big Data).

Andy spent 12 years at Vodafone, where he held various senior product development and corporate strategy roles. As Head of Spectrum, he was responsible for managing spectrum policy and auctions across the Vodafone Group. He led over twenty spectrum auctions around the world (including Turkey, Italy, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, Greece, Australia, Romania, NL and UK) from strategy/business case development to Plc. Board level sign-off and in-country implementation.

He was formerly a management consultant, has launched an internet payments and encryption company and worked as a research scientist at Sharp Laboratories of Europe and Sony Corporation, based in Japan. He has a doctorate in Engineering Science from Oxford University and an MBA. He is a frequent invited speaker at international conferences.

Gabriela Lago, Senior Director Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation/Hughes Network Systems LLC, is responsible for leading the Latin American and Caribbean regulatory, policy and licensing processes, advising on other international issues and advocating for the company before the U.S. and foreign governments on policy and licensing issues.

Ms. Lago brings more than 20 years’ experience in international telecommunications, opening markets outside the US and ensuring the continued operations of satellite operators in these markets from public policy and regulatory perspectives as well as supporting commercial, marketing and financial matters.

Prior to joining Echostar/Hughes, Ms. Lago held several positions of increasing responsibility at Intelsat, where she was responsible for global licensing and regulatory compliance, and OneWeb, where she was responsible for Latin America and Caribbean regulatory affairs, public policy and market access.  Ms. Lago started her career in the satellite industry with COMSAT Corporation and continued to work with companies such as Telcordia (former Bell Labs) and Neustar on the regulatory, commercial and implementation of nationwide number portability solutions.

Ms. Lago actively participates in international and regional organizations such as the InterAmerican Telecommunications Commission (CITEL), the Regional Technical Telecommunications Commission for Central America (COMTELCA), Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), as well as several other trade associations. Ms. Lago is a frequent speaker at regional and international conferences on spectrum, regulation and policy matters.

Ms. Lago holds a Bachelor of Arts from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Masters’ in Business Administration from George Mason University.

As President and CEO of CENGN, Jean-Charles (JC) Fahmy provides leadership and strategic direction to the company, and drives the delivery of CENGN’s mission by working with the ICT ecosystem on enabling the commercialization, growth, and global competitiveness of Canada’s innovation economy.

JC has over 25 years of global leadership experience in tech, creating value and accelerating business performance with large public companies as well as both Private Equity and Venture Capital backed businesses.  JC holds an MBA from McGill University, and a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.

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Amit has over 20 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, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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

Matthew Pearl is an Assistant Bureau Chief at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he works in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Office of the Bureau Chief. Matthew advises the Bureau Chief on policies and rules governing wireless spectrum and auctions, including rules to facilitate the rapid, widespread deployment of the next generation of wireless services (e.g., 5G). He manages the Bureau’s efforts to make mid-band spectrum available for wireless broadband, including the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-Band), the 3.5 GHz band (Citizens Broadband Radio Service), and the 2.5 GHz band (Educational Broadband Service). He also manages several of the bureau’s efforts to oversee and modernize the Commission’s existing wireless services and rules. Previously, Matthew was a Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Wireless Bureau, and before that, he was a staff attorney in one of the Bureau’s divisions.

Matthew is also a Research Affiliate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where he serves in a personal capacity. Matthew is part of an effort to assess whether mesh network technologies can and should be used to improve public safety communications, and to evaluate the legal, policy, and technological issues that are raised by such networks.

Before joining the FCC, Matthew worked as a law clerk for Judge Harris Hartz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Prior to that, he was a law clerk for Judge Lawrence Kahn of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

In 2010, Matthew earned a J.D. at Yale Law School, where he served as a submissions editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation. Matthew earned a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Kalamazoo College in 2004.

Chantal Davis is Director of Spectrum Regulatory Best Practices at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. In her current role, she is responsible for developing Canada’s long-term spectrum outlook plan, the economic analysis related to the design and implementation of spectrum auctions, and policies related to commercial mobile spectrum. In her over 20-year career at ISED, Chantal has been responsible for domestic and international spectrum planning, engineering and standards related to mobile communications including broadband, public safety, engineering practices for interference management and land mobile radio. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.

Rachael Bender is Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Federal Regulatory and Legal Affairs at Verizon.  Previously, she was Legal Advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai for wireless, international, and engineering issues at the Federal Communications Commission.  She joined the Chairman’s office from the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau where she focused on broadband infrastructure deployment and competition issues.  Prior to government service, Ms. Bender spent over five years at wireless trade association Mobile Future and was a law clerk at CTIA.  She 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 with a B.A. in Government and Politics.

Allan T. Ingraham is an expert on auctions, corporate strategy, and econometrics. He has applied this expertise to auctions for radio spectrum and electricity, the detection of bid-rigging and market manipulation, the analysis of various issues of corporate finance, and collective bargaining.

Dr. Ingraham has provided strategic advice to participants in dozens of high stakes auctions worldwide. His auction clients achieve market positions similar to or superior to their primary rivals while typically paying less than those rivals. He has also studied competition and regulation in the markets for both wireline and wireless communications. Dr. Ingraham has testified on issues relating to radio spectrum licensing and auction competition and the accuracy of statistical predictors. He has also developed financial models that have been used for collective bargaining in professional sports.

Dr. Ingraham has written scholarly articles on the detection of bid-rigging, the taxation and regulation of telecommunications services, the determinants of broadband adoption both worldwide and in the United States, and the effects of different auction design components on market outcomes. He has published articles in Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, Review of Network Economics, Yale Journal on Regulation, Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, and Virginia Tax Review.

Dr. Ingraham earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park and a B.A., with honors in economics, from Colby College.

Jared Carlson is responsible for Ericsson’s interests in net neutrality and broadband regulation, among other topics. He is Vice President and Head of Ericsson’s, Government and Industry Relations group for North America, chairs the Information and Technology Industry Council’s Broadband Committee, and is active in the Federal Communications Bar Association.

Prior to joining Ericsson, Jared spent three years with Sprint Nextel’s Government Affairs group and before that, nearly seven years at the FCC. His various positions at the FCC included Legal Advisor to the Common Carrier Bureau Chief and Deputy Division Chief of the Wireless Bureau’s Spectrum and Competition Policy Division. Jared graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991 with a Bachelor of Economics and earned his law degree in 1996 from the College of William and Mary.

Brent Skorup is an attorney and researcher at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center (Arlington, Va.) and he writes about telecom and transportation technology policy. He has published pieces in economics and law journals and popular media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, Air Traffic Management magazine, and Wired. The 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act instructed the GAO to study his proposal that the FAA lease or auction airspace for drone and passenger drone services. His proposal that the FCC extend its OTARD rules, in order to open up millions of sites to small cells and 5G devices on private property, led to an FCC proceeding and rule change in 2021.

Brent served for four years on the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, served as a drone law adviser to the Virginia Department of Aviation, and currently serves on the Texas DOT’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Task Force. In addition to speaking at campuses, conferences, and legislative hearings, he has been invited to brief federal and state lawmakers, White House staff, FCC commissioners and staff, and the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee.

Ira Keltz is Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology.
OET is the Commission’s primary resource for engineering expertise and provides technical support to the Chairman, Commissioners and FCC Bureaus and Offices. Mr. Keltz is responsible for developing national spectrum policies for the United States telecommunications industry. This includes allocating spectrum for licensed services, setting technical rules for unlicensed devices, and implementing procedures for equipment certification.

Mr. Keltz has totaled almost 24 years at the FCC spanning two separate stints. In addition to positions in OET, he has held various positions in the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Mr. Keltz has also worked for the law firm DLA Piper as well as Loral Advanced Projects and LSA, Inc. He earned a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mrs. Josette Gallant is currently Senior Director, Terrestrial Engineering and Standards within the Spectrum and Telecommunications Sector at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Her scope includes ISED’s spectrum engineering and planning work related to terrestrial services and setting technical regulations related to 5G technology, Wi-Fi applications, connected vehicles, fixed systems and many others. Josette is also Canadian Chair of the IEC Technical Committee-106 on RF exposure compliance of devices and antenna installations.

Since 2003, Josette has held senior engineering and management positions within different Canadian government departments and agencies – the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the Canada Border Services Agency and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Josette graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (Université de Moncton) and a Master of Science in Biochemistry (McGill University), followed by a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering (Université de Moncton).

With almost 35 years of spectrum management experience, Mark is responsible for developing domestic and international business opportunities for Comsearch. In addition to leading Comsearch’s technical and business development efforts numerous wireless and spectrum-related products and services, he has led efforts to address spectrum sharing between Federal government and commercial users. He leads CommScope’s CBRS efforts on the Spectrum Access System/Environmental Sensing Capability. He is on the board of the Wireless Innovation Forum and is a co-chair of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, where he has also co-chaired working groups related to spectrum sharing and data exchange issues. He has led Comsearch’s spectrum management efforts including the development of spectrum sharing analysis protocols and sharing criteria, as well as development of Comsearch’s engineering services and software products. He has led Comsearch’s efforts in working with the American Hospital Association as their technical partner for WMTS frequency coordination. He has authored several papers on spectrum sharing and relocation and has advised numerous wireless participants in their system design. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.

Dr. Rawat is President and CEO of Expert Strategies International, LLC, a consulting firm, advising GSMA as Senior Spectrum Advisor. 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, Dr. Rawat worked as Vice President and Ambassador to ITU for BlackBerry. During 2004-11, Dr. Rawat was President of Communications Research Centre, the only Canadian federal government research lab conducting R&D in all communications technologies. Before heading CRC, Dr. Rawat spent 28 years within the Canadian Government where she held executive positions in managing radio frequency spectrum.

Dr. Rawat ‘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 Genera; IEEE award for Public Service in Communications – 2012; from the Govt of Canada the highest Public Service Award of Excellence – 2011; and from Canadian Women in Communications’ Canadian Woman of the Year – 2004.

Alan Norman joined Facebook’s connectivity policy team in August 2016 and actively supports Facebook’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 actively engaged on AR/VR, Wi-Fi, mmWave, and 5G.

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.

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.

V. Noah Campbell is the Co-Founder and CEO of RS Access, LLC, which he formed in partnership with MSD Capital in 2018. RS Access acquired eighty (80) licenses in the 12.2-12.7GHz band (MVDDS) covering approximately 15% of the US population, and operates a wireless data network across sixty (60) markets. Prior to creating RS Acces he was the Founder and Managing Member of Radio Spectrum Group, LLC, a mobile data consultancy specializing in wireless spectrum assets, which he founded in 2011. A recognized expert in the spectrum space, Mr. Campbell has 15+ years of experience in the valuation of wireless spectrum assets and development of successful wireless ventures. He frequently engages with a wide variety of participants in the wireless frequency market and has developed an expertise around emerging spectrum and data business models. He has successfully managed or participated in several FCC auctions and has advised private equity, hedge funds and private investors on the US wireless industry, technology and frequency valuation. Mr. Campbell holds a BA from the University of Vermont and a JD from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.

Armand Musey founded Summit Ridge Group and 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 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.

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 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 2013 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 for 2016-2017. He is also member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts where he chaired the Corporate Governance Committee from 2007-2009, the CFA Institute and the American Society of Appraisers.

Philip Marnick is Ofcom’s Head of Spectrum. He has over 30 years’ experience within the wireless communications industry. He has held senior executive positions covering technology, operations and strategy.

Philip has worked in both start-up companies and large corporations – including UK Broadband, O2, Orange, BT, J-Phone in Japan (now Softbank Mobile), Extreme Mobile and SpinVox (now Nuance).

Paul Kirby is a senior editor at Wolters Kluwer’s TR Daily and Telecommunications Reports. He’s been with the company since 2000. Paul is an expert on wireless telecom policy issues and regularly moderates panel discussions at industry conferences and has frequently served as a guest co-host on “The Communicators” on C-SPAN, where he has interviewed company executives, trade association leaders, public advocates, FCC officials and other policy makers. Before joining TR Daily, Paul worked for six years at Reuters, where he was a staffer on the wire service’s broadcast/online desk in Washington. Prior to joining Reuters, Paul covered Washington for Florida and Louisiana newspapers at States News Service, a regional wire service. Before that, he was a business reporter at the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and a local government reporter at the Newport News (Va.) Daily Press. Paul is an alumnus of the University of Maryland at College Park, where he majored in journalism. He grew up in the Washington, D.C., area.

Evelyn Remaley was named Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting NTIA Administrator in January 2020. She also serves as Associate Administrator for NTIA’s Office of Policy Analysis and Development. In this role, Ms. Remaley leads a team of experts providing senior policy support to the Secretary of Commerce and the White House on issues impacting the Internet and digital economy. In addition, Ms. Remaley leads the Department’s Cybersecurity Policy efforts. Ms. Remaley has focused NTIA’s policy team to position it to meet the demands of the dynamic Internet and cyber policy landscape. Her portfolio includes work on the full scope of today’s critical digital policy issues including cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, privacy, the free flow of information, encryption, and the Internet of things. Her team focuses on pursuing policies that bolster the digital economy, while protecting citizens, and works to expand the policy conversation beyond Washington, DC to reach a full spectrum of Internet ecosystem players.

Prior to her work within the federal government, Ms. Remaley led a Cybersecurity and Internet Policy Team at Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, VA. Here she oversaw efforts and provided subject matter expertise supporting a wide range of cyber policy and governance projects for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Prior to her time at Booz Allen, Ms. Remaley worked for a leading Internet service provider in its Internet Privacy and Security Federal Practice and spent time deploying the Internet across communities through her work with public libraries.

Ms. Remaley holds a B.S. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a J.D. from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.