Background • 44+ years experience in Telecom Industry • 7.5 Years Underwriters Laboratories • 33 Years Bellcore-Telcordia-Ericsson • BSEE Polytechnic University of New York Consulting Focus Areas • Electrical Safety, Electrical Protection • FCC Infrastructure Sharing During Emergencies • Outside Plant Product and Installation Standards and Audit Analytics • Industry Standards and Code Compliance – Regulatory and Safety – construction focused • Fiber to the Home – micro-trench and MDU architecture • Fiber to the Node – VDSL to the home • Wireless Products and Installation Methods • Fiber and 5G Wireless product requirements • Optical Transport Networks –Deployment Designs • Working with local Authorities Having Jurisdiction on Electrical and Fire Codes • Electrical and Fire incidents and evaluations • Expert Witness in the areas of outside plant construction and safety Industry and Project Experience Standards Work National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) • NFPA 1 Fire Code - Committee Member • NFPA 70 National Electrical Code (NEC) - Committee Member CMP1, CMP 16and Correlating Committee Member NFPA 70E -Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace - Committee Member • NFPA 780 Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection - Committee Member • NFPA 855 Standard for the Installation of Energy Storage Systems - Committee Member • NFPA 75, Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment - Committee Member • 2022 Committee Service Award from the Standards Council of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) • IEEE C2 National Electrical Safety Code - Committee Member, Subcommittees SC2, SC4, SC5, and SC8 • IEEE Wire Line Subcommittee – Vice Chair • IEEE Working Group 3.6.7 Low Voltage Data, Communications and Signaling Circuit Surge Protective Devices – Chair • IEEE Working Group 3.6.10 Surge Protection of Equipment Connected to Both Low Voltage AC Power and Communication Circuits – Vice Chair • IEEE Fiber Optics Subcommittee - Committee Member Association for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) • ATIS Board Member • ATIS Protection Engineers Group (PEG) Chair and current Advisory Board Member • ATIS STEP: Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection Committee – Vice Chair • ATIS Network Power Systems (NPS) – Chair • ATIS Network Physical Protection (NPP) - Working Group Member • ATIS Network Electrical Protection (NEP) –Chair Underwriters Laboratories (UL) • Fault Managed Power Working Group UL1400 - Committee Member • Lightning Protection Components UL 96, 96A Lightning Protection Components - Committee Member • UL 497 Standard for Protectors for Communications • UL 1449 Standard for Surge Protective Devices - Committee Member • CAN/US Technical Harmonization Committee UL 62368 Standard