2025 Winter Conference
2-6 February 2025
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Orlando, Florida, USA

A

Luc Adriaenssens
Vice President of PLM and R&D
CommScope
Tyler Andrews
CEO
PoE Texas
Matthew Apfel, RCDD, TECH, CT
Assitant Training Director
Las Vegas Area Electrical JATC
Ms Gayla Arrindell
Market Development Director, In Building Networks
Corning Optical Communications
Katherine Asbeck
Market Development Specialist, In-Building Networks
Corning Optical Communications

B

Dr. Rebecca M Bosco
Adjunct Faculty
Georgetown University
Kevin Brown
Author; Branding, Culture, and Leadership Expert
Mr. Nathan Brown
Deputy Chief
University of Kentucky Police Department
Caitlin Brudnicki, RTPM, AXIS CP
Project Manager / Senior Technology Lead
BCL Enterprises

C

Mr. Jamey Calloway, RCDD
Product Management Specialist
Optical Cable Corporation
Rodney Casteel, RCDD, DCDC, NTS, OSP
Systems Engineer Manager
CommScope
Doug Chansky
Technology and Management Team Leader with Focus on Team Development & Infrastructure Operations
Focused Forward Consulting, LLC
Alvin Chapman, RCDD
President
Integrated Building Systems
Sowmya Chintakindi
Senior Performance Engineer
Mike Connaughton, RCDD, CDCD RCDD
Senior Product Manager
Leviton Network Solutions
Steve Cowles, RCDD, NTS
Product Line Manager, Technical Services Manager
AEM Precision Cable Test Solutions

D

Jim Davis
Senior Product Application Specialist
Fluke Networks
Ronna Davis
VP of Business Development
VoltServer, Inc.
Damon DeBenedictis
Sr. Director PLM
CommScope
Peter Desmarais
Solutions Engineer
VIAVI Solutions
Christopher Drerup
BIM Manager
BCL Enterprises

E

Chris Ennis
Sr. Business Development Manager
Nokia

F

David Fausz
Lead Engineer - R&D - Telecom and MMS
Prysmian
Brooke Ford
Director of Product Management
Leviton Network Solutions
Henry Franc RCDD, OSP, CDCDP
Solutions Consultant Team Lead, Americas (Smart Infrastructure)
Belden

G

Mr Ernie Gallo
Director
NEBScore
Mr. Rob Gilberti
Business Development Manager
AFL
Mr Brent Goren
Segment Development Manager - Emerging Markets
Mr. Randal Gruberman, RCDD, PE
VP of Engineering
Level-1 Global Solutions, LLC
Daniel Gutwein
Founder and CEO

H

Todd Harpel, RCDD
Sr. Director of Global Copper Cables
Berk-Tek, a Leviton Company
Joseph Herbst
CTO
PoE Texas
Chad Hines
Sales Engineer
ITConnect Inc.
Jerry Hogan
Director of Engineering & Marketing
Solara Technical Sales
Geoff Hollis
Global Facility Infrastructure Technology
Focused Forward Consulting, LLC

I

Mahmoud Ibrahim
Sr. Business Development Manager
Panduit Corporation
Lisa Isaacson
Senior Field Applications Engineer
MechoShade Systems, Inc.

J

Tom Jallo, RCDD
Director of Support
Softing Inc.
John Jung
Project Manager/Technical Advisor
Walsh PoE

K

Mr Kevin Kearney, RCDD, DCDC, NTS
Senior Field Sales Engineer
Legrand (Ortronics)
Mr. Robert Kelley
Principal Consultant MCS Sales and Services Guam
MCS Sales and Services Guam
Mr Sean Kelly RCDD
Technical Director/ Head of Marketing
Light Brigade
Akram Khalis
Co-Founder / CEO
MHT Technologies

L

Mr Corey Lacaire, RCDD, TECH
Manager, Field Sales Engineering
Legrand (Ortronics)
Jim Lilienfeld
Sales Manager, Southeast
Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF)

M

F. Patrick Mahoney, RCDD
Senior Technology Designer
AECOM Technology Solutions
Francois Marcotte
Senior Member of Technical Staff and Subject Matter Expert
EXFO
Mr. Leo Marsh
Leo Marsh PE -RCDD
Scott McIsaac
Technical Account Manager
Tellabs
Matt Miller
Networks Leader
AECOM
Ms Christy Miller, RCDD, DCDC, RTPM, CT, ECSE
CEO/President
BCL Enterprises, Inc.
Ashish Moondra
Director of Strategic Alliances and Electronics & Software Product Manager
Chatsworth Products
Mr Chris Munafo, RTPM, NCCER PM
Chief Operating Officer

N

Ms Lakshmithejaswi Narasannagari
Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning

O

Dr. Andrew Oliviero
Vice President, Global Research & Development, Enterprise Solutions
Belden
Tawny Olore, P.E.
CEO, NSF Engines
Central Florida Semiconductor Innovation Engine

P

Mr TJ PATE
Lead Technician
Florida Power and Light
Mr. Jim Pelegris
Business Development & Applications Specialist
Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
Brad Pelloni
System Engineer
CommScope

R

Lee Renfroe
Owner
GoFroe
Mr. Sam Rodriguez
Sr. Product Manager, Cabinets, Containment & Industrial Solutions
Chatsworth Products Inc.
Karl Rosenberg
Regional Applications Specialist
Extron

S

Ernest Schirmer RCDD, NTS
Senior Lead Consultant and Managing Member
Technical Design Alliance
Mr Mike Sexton, RCDD, ESS
Senior Communications Designer / Senior Design Lead
BCL Enterprises
Jason Shearer
CTO for Workplace Transformation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mungree Singh, RCDD
Systems Engineering Manager - WEST
CommScope
Volker J Sorger
Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics
University of Florida
Mr Tom Sorrell, RCDD
Innovation and Experimentation: The Wireless and Amateur Radio Connection
CMTA Engineers
Bobby Stephenson
Assistant Project Manager
WalshPOE
Christopher Stott
Chairman & CEO
Lonestar Data Holdings Inc.
Mr Frank Straka
Director of Enterprise Business Development
Panduit Corporation

T

Mr. Eric Toenjes
National Market Manager, Wireless
Graybar Electric
David Tsang
VP of Product
Verkada

W

Jim Walters, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM
ICT Designer CYBER SME
Mason & Hanger
Michelle Williams-Vaden
Executive Director
SEMI Foundation