Panels and Presentations
Panel 1: 5G Policies, Trials and Use Cases - Review of 2018, Expectations in 2019
Tracy Ford
Moderator, Executive Director of Member Services, WIA
Jennifer Fritzsche
Managing Director at Wells Fargo
Douglas Dimitroff
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP; BDAC Chair of Model Code for Municipalities Working Group
Lakshmin Thiagarajan
Director of the Certification and RF Design group at SOLiD
David Young
Vice President, Verizon Public Policy
Panel 2: Smart Cities and Smart Communities
Ryan Elm
Moderator, Managing Director at Wireless Connect
Danielle Garrity
Director, Mid-Atlantic at Network Building + Consulting
Ray LaChance
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer at ZenFi Networks, Inc.
Todd Landry
Corporate Vice President, Product and Market Strategy at JMA Wireless
Shawn Thompson
Telecommunications Engineer and Consultant to the Public Sector
Lisa Youngers
President and CEO, Fiber Broadband Association
Panel 3: Future of Wireless: Overcoming Key Inhibitors
David Yacoub
Moderator, President & CEO at Site Link Wireless & Site Link Construction
Kimberly Curley
Director of Workforce Development at Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA)
Tom Ellefson
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Operations. Northeast Region at T-Mobile
Alexander L. Gellman
CEO and Co-Founder at Vertical Bridge
Nicholas Nilan
Director of Product Development for Public Sector at Verizon
Special Presentation: Wireless Workforce Skills Gap: An Analysis of the Risks and Strategies for Bridging the Gap
Kimberly Curley
Director of Workforce Development at Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA)
Panel 4: Connecting the Dots: CBRS, Edge Computing, Private LTE, In-building Wireless
Dr. Rikin Thakker
Moderator, VP of Telecommunications and Spectrum Policy, MMTC & Faculty Member, University of Maryland
Andrew Clegg
Spectrum Engineering Lead for Google
Bhupinderjit Mann
Senior VP Engineering and Technology at TeleWorld Solutions