11th Americas Spectrum Management Conference

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 modelling, 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.

Alan Davidson is an Internet policy expert with over 20 years of experience as an executive, public interest advocate, technologist, and attorney. He has recently joined NTIA as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator.
Alan was most recently a Senior Advisor at the Mozilla Foundation, a global nonprofit that promotes openness, innovation, and participation on the Internet. He was previously Mozilla’s Vice President of Global Policy, Trust and Security, where he led public policy and privacy teams promoting an open Internet and a healthy web. Alan served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the first Director of Digital Economy at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He started Google’s public policy office in Washington, D.C., leading government relations and policy in North and South America for seven years until 2012.
Alan has been a long-time leader in the Internet nonprofit community, serving as Director of New America’s Open Technology Institute where he worked to promote equitable broadband access and adoption. As Associate Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, Alan was an advocate for civil liberties and human rights online in some of the earliest Internet policy debates.
Alan is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Yale Law School and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

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.

Umair serves as 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.

Scott Blake Harris is the Senior Spectrum Advisor at NTIA and represents the agency in its work to expand the use of spectrum to support federal agency missions and to meet the ever-growing needs of consumers and the commercial sector.

Scott has practiced law in Washington D.C. for forty-six years, and has extensive communications, technology, energy, litigation, and national security law experience. He previously served in government as the General Counsel of the Department of Energy, as the first Chief of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, and as Chief Counsel for Export Administration at the Department of Commerce. While at DOE also served as Co-Chair of the Broadband Subcommittee of the White House National Science and Technology Council.

In the private sector, Scott co-founded the law firm of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP (now HWG) and served as its first Managing Partner and its first Chairman. He recently left the firm to join NTIA. Scott has also served as General Counsel of Neustar, Inc. and as Co-Managing Partner of Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where he was Chair of the communications practice, and at Williams & Connolly, where began his career in private practice as a litigator. He served as a law clerk to the Hon. Gerhard A. Gesell upon graduation from law school.

Tom Power is the SVP and General Counsel for CTIA since 2015.

Mr. Power served as the U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications in the White House Office of Science and Technology from August 2011 until December 2014. Previously, Mr. Power served as Chief of Staff for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce from April 2009 through August 2011. From 2000 to 2009 Mr. Power was General Counsel for Fiberlink Communications in Blue Bell, Pa. From 1994 until 2000, Mr. Power served at the Federal Communications Commission in several supervisory roles until named Senior Legal Adviser to FCC Chairman William Kennard, where he advised the chairman on broadband, common carrier and mass media matters. Prior to joining the FCC, Mr. Power was a telecommunications and litigation partner at Winston & Strawn.

He has undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia.

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.

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.

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.

Cindy Cook is the Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication (ITU-R) Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM-23), the final meeting of which will take place in March/April 2023. In this role, she is guiding delegates in the preparation of a consolidated Report on the ITU-R preparatory studies and possible solutions to the agenda items of the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23). Ms. Cook has been actively participating in the work of the ITUR for over 20 years as both a Canadian Head of Delegation and delegate, and a Chair of progressively higher level international meetings.

As the Director, International Spectrum and Standards at Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), Ms. Cook is leading the Canadian preparations towards WRC-23 and RA-23 (Radiocommunication Assembly). She joined the Canadian Government in 2002 as the Manager of New Wireless Technologies and has since also held the positions of Director, Mobile Services Engineering and Director, 5G Spectrum Projects.

Ms. Cook has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications engineering, regulation and policy development, and technology systems development. In addition to the Government of Canada, she has also worked at Telesat Canada, Bell Canada and Nortel.

Ms. Cook graduated sum cum laude from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelors of Advanced Science in Electrical Engineering. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.

Mr. Ibarra has over 26 years of experience in the federal government sector and spectrum management. Currently, as the FCC’s WRC Director, he is responsible for leading the FCC’s activities and preparatory efforts for World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC). Along with a team of senior technical and regulatory experts, he is responsible for developing and coordinating international spectrum proposals based on recommendations from the commercial sector. He is also responsible for coordinating with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Department of State to achieve consensus based U.S. proposals for eventual submission to WRCs and other international spectrum conferences and meetings. Mr. Ibarra is also the Chief of the International Radiocommunication branch and is responsible for seeking advocacy of U.S. spectrum policies at the International Telecommunications Union as well as in other international fora. In addition to these positions in the International Bureau, he has held positions in the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
Prior to his work at the Commission, Mr. Ibarra held positions at the MITRE Corporation and within the Department of Defense. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the George Mason University.

Since his joining to Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) in 2014, he has been responsible of promoting the mandates and interests of the IFT in the definition of the international policy and regulation on telecommunications, broadcasting and economic competition in organisms, forums and negotiations of a binding nature for the Mexican State. He was an official of the Communications and Transportation Ministry for more than six years, during this period he served as Head of the Mexican delegation in many World Assemblies and Conferences, of the ITU, CITEL and the OECD. He has participated as technical support in various negotiations of Free trade Agreements with Panama, Pacific Alliance, Progressive Integration Treaty of Trans-Pacific Association, Mexico, United States and Canada Trade, Modernization of the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, among others.
He is currently Chairman of the Working Group to Coordinate Strategic Initiatives of the OAS related to Radiocommunications of the Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, Vice President of the Telecommunications Standardization Advisory Group of the International Telecommunications Union and recently he was appointed as Chairman of the Preparatory Group for the World Radiocommunication Conference. Víctor Martínez has a Law degree and has worked in the telecommunications sector for more than 20 years.

Daudeline Meme is Vice President and Associate General Counsel in Verizon’s Federal Regulatory and Legal Affairs group. In that capacity, Daudeline develops and implements strategies on key domestic and international issues facing the communications industry, including spectrum policy. Before joining Verizon, Daudeline served in several leadership positions at the Federal Communications Commission, including as Acting Chief of Staff and Legal Advisor to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Legal Advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. Daudeline also served as Chief of Staff of the Enforcement Bureau, Deputy Chief in the International Bureau’s Telecommunications and Analysis Division, and Assistant Chief in the Enforcement Bureau’s Spectrum Enforcement Division. Daudeline is a member of the FCC WRC-23 Advisory Committee and serves as Vice-Chair of Informal Working Group 2 – Terrestrial Services. Daudeline is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan Law School.

Kimberly Baum currently works for OneWeb as Vice President of Spectrum Engineering and Strategy.  Her role includes maintaining the spectrum rights for the company’s satellite fleet, defining and executing spectrum strategy domestically and around the world, and acquiring new spectrum rights.  Prior to joining OneWeb, Ms. Baum held regulatory/spectrum positions at the FCC, EchoStar/Hughes, SES, and Motorola.  Ms. Baum earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and George Washington University, respectively.

Mr. Jose Luis Ayala is Director of Government and Industry Relations at Ericsson Latin America and is responsible for leading Ericsson strategy regarding Telecom policies which favor the mass adoption of mobile broadband services in the region, supporting governments, organizations, operators and manufacturers.
In addition, Mr. Ayala currently chairs the spectrum group of GSA (Global Mobile Suppliers Association) for the Americas region, planning and coordinating the activities of this global non-profit organization that represents the manufacturers of the mobile ecosystem, including infrastructure, semiconductors, test equipment, and terminals.
Mr. Ayala joined Ericsson in the year 2000, and has worked in the areas of Sales Support, Engineering and Business Development, in Latin America and the USA.
Prior to joining Ericsson, Mr. Ayala held executive positions at leading satellite and telecom Operators of Central America, United States, and Spain, where he built a solid experience in areas of operations and engineering.
Mr. Ayala holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology University, under a Fulbright Scholarship. In addition, he received a fellowship from Hispano-American Telecom Association AHCIET in Madrid, Spain.

• Experienced broadcast and media executive in wireless broadband and mobile entertainment.
• Served as EVP and General Counsel for HC2 Broadcasting group overseeing the regulation of 250 television stations, including repacking cost reimbursement from the FCC.
• Facilitated strategic communications and policy issues before the FCC and Congress relating to broadcast regulation while SVP of Policy and Strategy at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Also, advanced technology development and new video and data distribution business models.
• As the Senior Advisor for Broadcast Spectrum at the FCC, worked with stakeholders in the television broadcast industry in planning the multi-billion dollar Broadcast Incentive Auction.
• While at Sprint Nextel (T-Mobile), oversaw corporate development, planning, and finance professionals responsible for a long-term growth strategy for WiMAX mobile broadband network.
• Negotiated and managed contracts with major media partners and other strategic alliances. Worked closely with CEO and Chairman on numerous matters of strategic significance to XM Satellite Radio.
• Began her career at what is now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, structuring and negotiating venture capital investments, strategic alliances, and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, commercial debt financing, and corporate restructurings. Technology practice included negotiating IP development, licensing agreements, content distribution agreements, and e-commerce arrangements.
• Member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

Matthew Pearl is an Associate 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. He manages the Bureau’s efforts to make mid-band spectrum available for wireless broadband, including the 3.5 GHz band (Citizens Broadband Radio Service), the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-Band), and the 12.7 GHz band. He also manages several of the bureau’s efforts to oversee and modernize the Commission’s existing wireless services and rules. Previously, Matthew was an Assistant Chief and 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 previously served as a Research Affiliate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where he was part of an effort to examine the legal, policy, and technological issues that are raised by the use of mesh 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.

Rebecca Dorch is the Acting Director of the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), NTIA’s research and engineering lab in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to assuming the Acting Director role in August of 2022, Ms. Dorch served as Senior Spectrum Policy Analyst at ITS since 2016, facilitating and coordinating various spectrum sharing research projects, both within ITS and with other agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Federal Communications Commission. She managed the ITS conformance testing program for the Spectrum Access System and Environmental Sensing Capability components of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service. She has served as General Chair, Vice Chair, or Technical Planning Committee member of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART) from 2016 to 2022.

Prior to joining NTIA in March of 2016, Ms. Dorch served for thirteen years as the Western Region Director of the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau, overseeing resolution of harmful interference affecting communications infrastructure. Ms. Dorch was previously involved in policy and rulemaking matters as Deputy Chief of the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, and in legal and competition matters as Deputy Chief of the Competition Division of the FCC’s Office of General Counsel. Ms. Dorch began her career in private law practice with the firms of Bryan Cave, and Wilner and Scheiner. She earned her JD at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, and her BA at the University of Illinois.

Dave played an instrumental role in the formation of the OnGo Alliance (originally known as the CBRS Alliance), collaborating with other founding members to create a robust multi-stakeholder organization focused on the optimization of LTE and 5G services in the CBRS band. He served as the Alliance’s first Secretary from its launch in August 2016 and was elected as the President of the Alliance in February 2018.

Dave is a spectrum champion, advocating for unlicensed, licensed, and dynamic sharing frameworks – recognizing the vital role that all spectrum management regimes play in our increasingly wireless world.

Dave began his odyssey in networking/telecom/mobile/wireless in the early ‘90s while serving in the US Marine Corps. He then transitioned to the commercial sector as a systems engineer. In the intervening years he has spent much of his time in Technical Marketing, Standards Development, and Policy Advocacy. Dave is a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) Emeritus (#2062), a Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA), and a CBRS Certified Professional Installer (CPI).

Justin Markle serves as Head of Wireless Partnerships & Development at Comcast Corporation where he leads commercial wireless activities, manages Comcast’s wireless spectrum portfolio, and is responsible for developing new wireless offerings for the company.

Justin previously served as Chief Financial Officer for FreeWheel, an advertising technology company acquired by Comcast, where he led global business operations to help deliver 10x revenue growth. He also worked in Comcast’s Corporate Development group where he executed over 30 transactions representing nearly $40 billion in deal value for Comcast and NBCUniversal across the media, software, and telecom sectors.

Prior to joining Comcast, Justin held positions at Citigroup in New York City and at PA Consulting Group in Washington, DC. He 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. Justin resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife and three daughters.

Janette is one of Analysys Mason’s senior spectrum experts, with 25 years’ experience in radio engineering, wireless technologies, spectrum policy and spectrum management. Janette joined Analysys Mason in 2001, having previously worked for the UK Radiocommunications Agency (now Ofcom).
Janette’s expertise lies in mobile, wireless and broadband technologies and markets and her consulting experience includes advising on market developments in the wireless sector, wireless technology evolution, wireless business modelling, spectrum valuation, spectrum strategy, competition and regulation issues in the wireless market. She has worked with a wide range of public- and private-sector clients including national regulators, government departments, network operators, wireless industry trade associations, equipment vendors and telecoms users.
Her recent focus has been on 5G mobile and she has authored several published reports, including a study for Qualcomm and Ericsson on costs and benefits of 5G deployment in Europe, a study on 5G millimetre-wave deployment in Europe, reports for US industry body CTIA comparing 5G readiness in several world markets and a study on the benefits of cellular V2X technology for the 5GAA. Janette holds a BEng in Electronic Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, and an MSc in Radio Communications from the University of Bradford.

Matthew Kellison is the Senior Director of Licensing Policy and Auction Operations at Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) Canada. In this role he is responsible for developing licensing frameworks for wireless spectrum and administering Canada’s spectrum auctions. Prior to joining ISED, Matthew held senior positions at Canada’s Competition Bureau and its Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, and has extensive experience in price regulation, marketplace policy, and antitrust law. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Queen’s University.

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.).

Jeffrey Marks is Vice President, Global Technology Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Nokia. In that role, Jeff develops and presents Nokia’s legal and policy positions to officials at all levels of government. Jeff advocates on a wide range of issues, including spectrum policy, broadband deployment, net neutrality/net governance, “smart” infrastructure, and network security.

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.

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

Director, Spectrum Data Analytics, Communication and Information Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia. Omar AlSalik has over 15 years of experience in the field of spectrum management, where he specialized in spectrum management and monitoring systems and radio frequency use data analysis and evaluation. He leads many spectrum management activities and projects including an initiative to evaluate the spectrum utilization and efficiency usage in Saudi Arabia as well as auditing and validating spectrum use in the national frequency register. Omar actively participated in developing the National Spectrum Strategy of Saudi Arabia to enable a future transformation of spectrum management toward evidence-based policy, and adopt smart spectrum management tools like distributed databases by 2025. He is co-supervising a national mega project to establish a state-of-art hardware and software systems to manage and monitor spectrum efficiently across the Kingdom. Omar holds a BSc degree in Computer Science from Taibah University, A Data Analytics Certificate from Wharton School.

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.

Andy Palms is the Executive Director of IT Infrastructure at the University of Michigan where he is responsible for networking and telecommunications. Andy has been in communications systems at U-M for over 30 years. During that time he has worked with all areas of the campus to design, build, operate, and fund communications systems. His greatest skill is pulling together creative, energetic, amazing people who need some space to be great.

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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.

Elizabeth Andrion is a Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Charter Communications, a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator known through its Spectrum brand. In her role, Ms. Andrion is responsible for advancing the company’s interests before federal regulatory agencies.

Prior to joining Charter, Ms. Andrion spent 10 years at the Federal Communications Commission. There, she served in a number of leadership positions, including heading up the Office of Strategic Planning and serving as Chief Counsel and a top advisor to both Democratic and Republican Chairmen. Before government service, Ms. Andrion was Vice President of Legal Affairs for Fox Television Stations. She also founded a media company for venture capital firm Zone Ventures (a Draper Fisher Jurvetson affiliate), helped launch a center at Accenture focused on technology startups, and started the California chapter of the Media Law Resource Center. She enjoys teaching and created courses in media industries for Georgetown and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ms. Andrion holds a B.A. in Economics and Rhetoric and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Southern California.

Donna Bethea Murphy is Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Policy for Inmarsat. In this capacity she leads the company’s domestic and international regulatory policy activities. Donna serves in the government appointed position of Committee Member to the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC). She is the Vice Chair of the United States International Telecommunications Union Association (USITUA) Board and serves as Focal Point to the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. She is a Board Member of the United Telecommunication Training Institute and Advisor to the ITSO-American University’s WCL Program on Internal Communications Regulation.

Preceding Inmarsat, she was Vice President of Regulatory for Iridium where she led the company’s global regulatory activities, including those related to policy, standards, licensing, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and spectrum. She was appointed to the Federal Communication Commission’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council and served as Chair of the Working Group on Satellite Issues for Cybersecurity. Donna also served as Vice Chair and Founding Member of the ITU Smart Sustainable Development Board.

She was previously Senior Director of Spectrum Policy at PanAmSat Corporation. Prior to joining PanAmSat, she was Director of Technology and Regulatory Affairs for AirTouch Communications, where she developed and implemented technical regulatory policy for terrestrial wireless services. Prior to her position at AirTouch, she was responsible for international and domestic spectrum and licensing policy at the FCC. Donna holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University.

Jennifer is a telecommunications regulatory attorney with 30 years of experience in the wireless sector having held a variety of government affairs, business development, and operations positions for several of the industry’s leading technology innovators. In her role at Federated Wireless, Jennifer is responsible for the company’s regulatory and government affairs agenda.

Prior to joining Federated Wireless, Jennifer was with MVP Capital, working with wireless spectrum license holders, TV and radio station owners, and other online content service providers on a variety of M&A projects. Jennifer was previously the Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Operations for NextWave Wireless Inc. and part of the executive management team of MediaFLO USA Inc., a subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated, where she identified, purchased, and cleared the TV Channel 55 spectrum used to deploy the nation’s first network dedicated to the reception of mobile television programming and other multimedia services. She was also the head of QUALCOMM’s international government affairs team responsible for regulatory and international trade strategy at the International Telecommunications Union and related organizations. Early in her career, she worked with Freedom Technologies, Inc., a boutique Washington, D.C.-based telecommunications consulting firm and its associated law firm.

Jennifer has a B.A. in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of both the California and Washington, DC Bars and currently serves on the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC), which advises the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Paul Kirby is a senior editor at Wolters Kluwer’s TR 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 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.

Matthew Hussey is the Director of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Ericsson, a multinational network and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. At Ericsson, Matthew is responsible developing strategies and proposals to ensure sufficient spectrum allocations for next-gen wireless services as well as supporting company executives and business units with various telecom & technology policy and regulatory issues. Prior to Ericsson, Matthew served as Associate Chief of Policy in the Office of Engineering & Technology (OET) at the Federal Communications Commission and was also a Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Olympia Snowe.  Matthew began his career as a broadband engineer for Media One / Road Runner and as a Senior Staff Consultant for Verizon Communications.

Matthew holds an electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech where he studied fiber optics and telecommunications, and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

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.

Barlow Keener is a member of Womble Bond Dickinson’s GCSolutions and Communications, Technology & Media teams, where he brings more than 20 years of regulatory, transactional and corporate law experience in the tech sector, with significant telecom, spectrum, Internet, and privacy law experience.

Barlow provides in-depth FCC regulatory analysis and transactional counsel for clients involved in investments in innovative FCC-related spectrum issues, satellite spectrum matters, terrestrial radio technologies, small cell technologies, long-haul fiber networks, and data centers. He has actively handled state regulatory proceedings and provided expert witness services and support in telecommunications administrative matters involving FCC classifications of telecom facilities, service quality failures, and 911 failures.

More generally, as part of the GCSolutions team, drawing on his years of experience advising both startups and established companies, Barlow handles transactional matters, trademark prosecutions, mediations, employment matters, mobile app issues, and privacy and cybersecurity compliance.

Prior to joining the firm, Barlow was an in-house attorney with a major incumbent telecommunications provider, general counsel for a mid-size media firm, and Co-Founder and CEO of an Internet Service Provider startup. He also has provided expert financial and valuation services in the telecom space, particularly involving wireless and spectrum matters, serving as a principal in a consulting firm focusing on the telecom, media, and satellite sectors.

Barlow is a CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional) in the IAPP, Certified Member, American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and a Lecturer at Boston College Carroll School of Management, teaching Privacy and Internet Law.

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).

Ethan joins the office from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, where he served as legal and policy advisor to the Bureau Chief. Previously, Ethan was Director of Regulatory & Public Policy at Inmarsat, a global satellite communications company, and an attorney in the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology group at law firm Wiley Rein LLP. Ethan also is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School, teaching courses in Telecommunications Law and Scholarly Writing. Ethan earned his JD with highest honors from George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Illinois.

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.

Jennifer A. Manner is Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation/Hughes Network Systems LLC where she is responsible for the company’s domestic and international regulatory and policy issues, including spectrum management, new technologies and market access. Prior to this, Ms. Manner was Deputy Chief of the Office and Engineering and Technology and before that Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau where she has had a focus on broadband and other related issues.

Ms. Manner previously served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at SkyTerra Communications, LLC, where she handled the company’s domestic and international regulatory and policy issues. Before joining SkyTerra, Ms. Manner served as Senior Counsel to FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy with responsibility for wireless, international and new technology issues. Ms. Manner joined the Commissioner’s office after working at MCI Communications Corporation, later WorldCom, Inc., as Associate Counsel for Foreign Market Access and then as International Wireless Services and Director of International Alliances. Prior to this position, Ms. Manner was an associate in the Communications Group at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, L.P. Before joining Akin, Gump, Ms. Manner was an Attorney-Advisor at the FCC.

Ms. Manner has published several books on telecommunications issues including on spectrum and foreign market access, and has written numerous law review and magazine articles. Ms. Manner holds and has held key leadership roles including in Satellite Industry Association the US ITU Association, the EMEA Satellite Operators Association, the Global VSAT Forum, in study groups at the International Telecommunications Union including ITU-R Task Group 5/1, as well as serving in leadership roles in federal advisory committees. Ms. Manner is also a member of the Advisory Board of Geeks Without Frontiers. Ms. Manner also has served on numerous U.S. delegations to international treaty negotiations. Ms. Manner currently served for over 15 years as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and previously served as an adjunct professor of the Washington College of Law at American University.

Ms. Manner received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany, from where she serves as on the Alumni Board of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and was awarded the Outstanding Alumni in Political Science Award. She received her J.D. cum laude from New York Law School and LL.M. with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center. Ms. Manner is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., New York and Connecticut.

Ms. Manner has also been named as one of the top 2017 and 208 100 broadband and media attorneys by CableFax, one of the most powerful women in the world by CableFax in 2018, and was awarded the EchoStar 2013 Most Valuable Player Award, the 2012 FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau’s Chief’s Meritorious Service Award, the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award in Political Science from the Rockefeller College, State University of New York at Albany and the 2011 Wireless Communications Association International’s Government Service Award. Ms. Manner was the recipient of EchoStar’s CEO Award in 2019.

Ms. Manner, a film-maker, was a finalist for her movie at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and has under production her latest film, When Wire Was King, The Transformation of Telecommunications, expected for release in late 2020.

Shari Scott is Senior Director, Space Services and International at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. In her current role, she is responsible for all aspects of spectrum management related to satellite spectrum, including allocation and utilization policies, engineering, licensing, and coordination. She also leads Canada’s engagement at the International Telecommunications Union – Radiocommunication Sector and at CITEL PCC.II. The past 12 of her 30 years in the federal public service have been spent in the spectrum program at ISED. Prior to that she held progressively senior positions in technology-related policy and programs at the federal level. Shari holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Western University.

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Margo Deckard is the Co-founder and COO of Lynk Global, Inc. Previously, Margo served as VP of Programs for NexGen Space, where she managed projects, contracts, and financial operations. She was Project Manager for the Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space Study for the United States Air Force. This study focused on how the United States Government could leverage free enterprise to achieve low cost access to space to meet our National Security needs in the next 5 years. She also served as the Principal Investigator for NASA-funded research on the environmental impacts of space solar power (SSP), and co-authored a study for the National Security Space Office on SSP. She keeps her engineering skills current by working on an array of technical projects. Recently, Margo wrote a web data connector for NetHope to connect data from the United Nations Humanitarian Crisis Response Syrian Refugee Crisis REST APIs and populate Tableau. This product will guide over 43 NGOs in their efforts to meet the needs of the Syrian Refugees. She has a B.S. in Genetic Engineering from Purdue University and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from Wright State University.

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.

Dr. Hector Lopez is a member of NERA’s Communications, Media, and Internet Practice, in which he uses game theory, optimization, simulations, econometrics, and experiments to design and/or provide strategic advice on tailor-made mechanisms such as auctions and complex private transactions. Dr. Lopez has provided on-site support, software tools, and expert reports for his clients.

Dr. Lopez has experience with the most common auction formats, including combinatorial clock auctions (CCAs), simultaneous multiple round auctions (SMRAs), clock auctions, and sealed-bid auctions. He also has experience with non-standard market mechanisms like auctions for dynamically trading wireless bandwidth and road capacity, and mechanisms to set subsidies on telecommunication services.

Dr. Lopez provided auction advice for a participant in the incentive auction. His client realized the highest return of all private equity participants. Dr. Lopez designed and implemented algorithms and techniques to simulate the auction and evaluate strategies. He also prepared comments submitted to the FCC.

Dr. Lopez has authored numerous comments and white papers on market design, telecommunication policy, open access, network sharing, and spectrum policy. He has presented his research at academic and industry conferences. Dr. Lopez has taught undergraduate and Ph.D. courses in microeconomic theory.

As Chief of OEA, Giulia leads this Office which is responsible for expanding and deepening the use of economic analysis into Commission policy making, enhancing the development and use of auctions, and implementing consistent and effective agency-wide data practices and policies. Giulia joined OEA in 2018 after serving for three years as Chief Economist of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). She is an expert in the economics of the Internet, telecommunications, and media. She has advised and written reports on a range of issues including broadband policy, adoption and access; the digital economy; and the economics of spectrum and spectrum management.

Prior to joining NTIA, Giulia was a Senior Associate at The Brattle Group, where she focused on telecommunication matters, prepared expert reports and coauthored papers related to spectrum management and valuation, broadband deployment, regulatory proceedings, Universal Service Fund, and competition policy. Giulia received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland in 2009. She specialized in microeconomics, both applied and empirical methods, focusing on network theory and industrial organization. Her dissertation addressed issues related to social networking and entrepreneurship success.

Campbell Massie is the Director of Regulatory Policy for GSMA’s North America region. Located in Atlanta, she is focused on telecommunications policy and outreach in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

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

Allan 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.

Fernando Carrillo has an extensive experience in technical/regulatory aspects on spectrum policy, planning and management, as well as on satellite coordination and licensing; experience acquired during more than 25 years on the telecommunications regulatory field, both as a former official in the telecommunications regulatory entity of Mexico and more recently at Echostar/Hughes, where he is in charge of the development of strategies and policies to guarantee the company’s access to spectrum and orbital resources, as well of the regulatory activities in countries where the company provides services.

In the international arena, Mr. Carrillo has actively participated at ITU and CITEL’s activities, including the World Radio Conferences from 1997 to 2019 and serving as Chair of CITEL’s Permanent Consultative Committee III- Radiocommunications in 2001 and 2002.

Monisha Ghosh is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the Notre Dame Wireless Institute. She is also the Policy Outreach Director for SpectrumX (https://www.spectrumx.org/ ), the first NSF Center for Spectrum Innovation and the co-chair of the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) Working Group on Advanced Spectrum Sharing. Her research interests are in the development of next generation wireless systems: cellular, Wi-Fi and IoT, with an emphasis on spectrum sharing and coexistence and applications of machine learning to improve network performance. Prior to joining the University of Notre Dame in 2022, she was the Chief Technology Officer at the Federal Communications Commission, a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, Research Professor at the University of Chicago and spent 24 years in industry research at Bell Labs, Philips Research and Interdigital working on a wide variety of wireless systems: HDTV, Wi-Fi, TV White Spaces and cellular. She obtained her B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in 1986 and Ph.D. from USC in 1991. She is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Omneya Issa is Director of Dynamic Spectrum Access at Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada. In her current role, she is responsible for developing policies that support automated spectrum management and alternative forms of spectrum allocation, addressing growing demand from a variety of stakeholders, including rural providers and innovators outside the traditional mobile industry.

Previously, she was Section Head of Business Strategies for future Information Capabilities with the Department of National Defence. She was also Manager at Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, responsible for public safety spectrum planning. Earlier, she was a Senior Research Scientist with Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada, where she led CRC Multimedia Communications Team and initiatives for efficient use of spectrum. She also worked in the private sector with the International Institute of Telecommunications, where she conducted research and development on multimedia applications for wireless and mobile technologies for main Canadian operators and manufacturers. She has piloted many projects and prototypes on new broadcasting systems and the optimization of wireless public safety and defence communications. She provided research and development advice for several Canadian telecom companies and universities. She has authored many academic and position papers, served in the review and organizing committees of several renowned international journals and conferences, and authored ITU-T contributions. She is a senior member of IEEE and member of ATSC, ITU, and European Alliance of Innovation. She holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Engineering and  Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from INRS-EMT, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Mr. Averett serves as the Deputy Director IAD, EMSEPP, of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, responsible for achieving EMS information integration to provide accurate operational information in a variety of rapidly changing electromagnetic spectrum operational environments and accurate intelligence data, for use in peacetime, wartime, training, testing, and infrastructure development, while assuring architectures and standards enable interoperability, shareability, and security to meet Joint Force requirements.

Previously, Mr. Averett served a distinguished career of over 30 years in the United States Navy, where he achieved the rank of CAPTAIN (O6). Mr. Averett served in multiple assignments both ashore and at sea as a qualified surface warfare officer, combat systems officer, and information professional, from the tactical to the strategic level. Highlights include deployments around the world in support of combat missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Serving in multiple leadership roles throughout his career, Mr. Averett was the first Information Warfare Commander of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Diego Garcia, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Bahrain, and Commander of the Joint Spectrum Center.

Mr. Averett’s final military assignment was in the Pentagon as the Acting Director and Deputy Director of Command and Control, Communications Infrastructure (C3I) leading professionals in the governance, oversight and policy development of DoD tactical communications, tactical data links, combat identification systems, public safety communications, satellite communications, positioning, navigation, and timing, and mobility/5G systems.

With over 38 years of spectrum management experience, Mark is responsible for developing domestic and international business opportunities for CommScope. In addition to leading technical and business development efforts for 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 and the efforts to develop, test and certify the Automated Frequency Coordination system for 6 GHz unlicensed bands.  He is a board member regulatory officer of the OnGo Alliance and Vice President and Vice Chair of the Forum of the Wireless Innovation Forum. He is a member of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, where he has also co-chaired working groups related to spectrum sharing and data exchange issues and has testified before the U.S. Congress on spectrum-related matters. He has led spectrum management efforts including spectrum sharing analysis protocols and sharing criteria, as well as development of engineering services and software products.  He speaks frequently and has authored several papers on spectrum sharing and relocation and has advised numerous wireless participants in their system design.

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.

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). Spectrivity, his latest venture, exists to support companies in maximising the opportunities created by spectrum auctions. Andy has recently supported major clients in auctions in the US, Canada, South Africa and Zambia. He also provides expert advice around spectrum policy and pricing, most recently in Australia and Hungary.
Through his roles as Head of Policy for the GSMA and as Director of Spectrum Policy at Ofcom, he brings a deep understanding of both the industry and regulatory perspectives around the world. Previously, Andy spent 12 years at Vodafone, where he held various senior product development, corporate strategy and policy roles. As Head of Spectrum Policy, he was responsible for managing spectrum policy and auctions across the Vodafone Group. He was frequently in Africa, India or Europe, supporting Vodafone’s local operating companies, and managed the acquisition or renewal of spectrum in over 20 countries for a total of €9.5bn.
In 2000, he was part of the senior management team which spun an internet payments and encryption company out of NatWest. He was formerly a management consultant and 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.

Carl Povelites is currently the Assistant Vice President – Global Public Policy – Mobility, Consumer, IoT, and Public Safety for AT&T.   He leads a group of professionals responsible for the development of public policy initiatives for AT&T’s consumer and wireless business to advance and facilitate AT&T’s business initiatives on a wide-range of issues, from spectrum policy to emerging devices and technologies to facilities siting.  He participates in numerous spectrum policy groups including the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee for 10 years.  He has also actively participated in WRC activities through the preparatory process including participating as a U.S. Delegate. With over 30 years of experience in the wireless industry, Carl has had the opportunity to participate in and actively shape its extraordinary growth.

Carl joined AT&T Mobility (f/k/a Cingular) as Executive Director of External Affairs in December 2000.  Prior to joining Cingular, Carl was Vice President – Regulatory Affairs for Evolution Networks, a start-up fiber-optic networking company.  He began his telecommunications career as a pricing analyst for Contel Telephone Operations in 1986, joining GTE Wireless in 1990 responsible for state regulatory and legislative activities. While at GTE Wireless, Carl’s responsibilities expanded to include state and federal regulatory and legislative activities as the Assistant Vice President – Government Relations.  Carl has also held marketing positions in the home health care industry with Everest & Jennings and Inspiron as well as an oil service engineer in the oil service industry with Dowell Schlumberger.  He earned his Bachelors degree, a double major in economics and management, and an MBA from New Mexico State University.

Kimberly Baum currently works for OneWeb as Vice President of Spectrum Engineering and Strategy.  Her role includes maintaining the spectrum rights for the company’s satellite fleet, defining and executing spectrum strategy domestically and around the world, and acquiring new spectrum rights.  Prior to joining OneWeb, Ms. Baum held regulatory/spectrum positions at the FCC, EchoStar/Hughes, SES, and Motorola.  Ms. Baum earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and George Washington University, respectively.

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 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.

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.