Dr. Jose Castro is currently the Manager of the Fiber Research Group in Panduit. He received his PhD. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 2006. Jose was the editor for Fibre Channel T11.2 Physical Interfaces standard for 64G transmission. He was the recipient of the Technical Excellence Award, from the International Committee for Information Technology Standards in 2019. Jose authored over 70 technical articles and international conference papers in the areas of optical fiber, optical communication, integrated optics, imaging systems, and LAN copper cables. He has multiple contributions to TIA, IEEE, and Fibre Channel standards in topics related to fiber and lasers for optical communication.