Experience

Peraton Labs

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Scientist and Senior Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Chief Scientist in the Wireless and Optical Research Department, leading a group focusing on optical networking, microwave photonics, and space communications. Chief Scientist in the Wireless and Optical Research Department, leading a group focusing on optical networking, microwave photonics, and space communications.



STR

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

  Consulting role. Consulting role.



International Telecommunication Union

• Switzerland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rapporteur (Chair) of the ITU-T Q15/15 “Communications for Smart Grid” Working Group

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2020

  • Led the development and international standardization of the two most deployed next generation Smart Metering standards (G.9903/G3-PLC, G.9904/PRIME) and the Smart Home technology Z-Wave (G.9959). • Led the development and international standardization of the two most deployed next generation Smart Metering standards (G.9903/G3-PLC, G.9904/PRIME) and the Smart Home technology Z-Wave (G.9959).



Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Principal Engineer, Huawei R&D/Wireless Access Lab

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2019

  • Project manager and technical leader of a multi-year microwave photonics project aimed at defining electro-optic next generation base stations with multi-band multi-beam phased arrays. • New base station architectures defined and patented. Journal and conference papers published. • Analyzed architectures for 5G/6G Massive MIMO single-carrier systems resilient to Inter-Symbol Interference. Published new results on the robustness of diversity combining techniques for single… Show more • Project manager and technical leader of a multi-year microwave photonics project aimed at defining electro-optic next generation base stations with multi-band multi-beam phased arrays. • New base station architectures defined and patented. Journal and conference papers published. • Analyzed architectures for 5G/6G Massive MIMO single-carrier systems resilient to Inter-Symbol Interference. Published new results on the robustness of diversity combining techniques for single carrier systems. • Modeled analytically the propagation of surface waves over bare metal open waveguides with applications to 5G backhauling applications in rural and sub-urban environments. Results published at an IEEE conference. • Studied robustness of Machine Learning algorithms applied to the PHY of wireless communications. Show less • Project manager and technical leader of a multi-year microwave photonics project aimed at defining electro-optic next generation base stations with multi-band multi-beam phased arrays. • New base station architectures defined and patented. Journal and conference papers published. • Analyzed architectures for 5G/6G Massive MIMO single-carrier systems resilient to Inter-Symbol Interference. Published new results on the robustness of diversity combining techniques for single… Show more • Project manager and technical leader of a multi-year microwave photonics project aimed at defining electro-optic next generation base stations with multi-band multi-beam phased arrays. • New base station architectures defined and patented. Journal and conference papers published. • Analyzed architectures for 5G/6G Massive MIMO single-carrier systems resilient to Inter-Symbol Interference. Published new results on the robustness of diversity combining techniques for single carrier systems. • Modeled analytically the propagation of surface waves over bare metal open waveguides with applications to 5G backhauling applications in rural and sub-urban environments. Results published at an IEEE conference. • Studied robustness of Machine Learning algorithms applied to the PHY of wireless communications. Show less



Enedis

• France
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Telecommunications Consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Represented Enedis in ITU-T, leading the international approval process of the G.9903/G3-PLC Smart Metering standard. • Represented Enedis in ITU-T, leading the international approval process of the G.9903/G3-PLC Smart Metering standard.



ASSIA, Inc.

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Technology Strategy

  • Dec 2010 - Sep 2015

  • Led the company’s standardization strategy aligning standards efforts with the company’s product development. Successfully included the company’s technology in ITU-T, ATIS, NICC, and BBF xDSL standards. • Advocated successfully for multi-tenancy and management of partially virtualized network functions in ETSI-NFV, contributing text to the “NFV Management and Orchestration Specification” (2014-12). • Co-invented methods for vectored DSL lines to diagnose/configure broadband… Show more • Led the company’s standardization strategy aligning standards efforts with the company’s product development. Successfully included the company’s technology in ITU-T, ATIS, NICC, and BBF xDSL standards. • Advocated successfully for multi-tenancy and management of partially virtualized network functions in ETSI-NFV, contributing text to the “NFV Management and Orchestration Specification” (2014-12). • Co-invented methods for vectored DSL lines to diagnose/configure broadband connection via self-install, and for traffic load balancing and traffic aggregation on multiple WAN backhauls and distinct LAN networks. • Published scholarly and technical marketing white papers on advanced DSM management, vectoring, and NFV. Show less • Led the company’s standardization strategy aligning standards efforts with the company’s product development. Successfully included the company’s technology in ITU-T, ATIS, NICC, and BBF xDSL standards. • Advocated successfully for multi-tenancy and management of partially virtualized network functions in ETSI-NFV, contributing text to the “NFV Management and Orchestration Specification” (2014-12). • Co-invented methods for vectored DSL lines to diagnose/configure broadband… Show more • Led the company’s standardization strategy aligning standards efforts with the company’s product development. Successfully included the company’s technology in ITU-T, ATIS, NICC, and BBF xDSL standards. • Advocated successfully for multi-tenancy and management of partially virtualized network functions in ETSI-NFV, contributing text to the “NFV Management and Orchestration Specification” (2014-12). • Co-invented methods for vectored DSL lines to diagnose/configure broadband connection via self-install, and for traffic load balancing and traffic aggregation on multiple WAN backhauls and distinct LAN networks. • Published scholarly and technical marketing white papers on advanced DSM management, vectoring, and NFV. Show less



Panasonic North America

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Energy Solutions R&D

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Managed the company’s Home Energy Management System efforts for the U.S. market and launched the company’s first Smart Grid field trial in Brazil. • Developed reference architecture and requirements for advanced Home Energy Management Systems. • Co-Chaired the Communications Technology Task Force in the IEEE 2030 Smart Grid Standard.

• Lead Scientist, Strategic R&D

  • Sep 2006 - Jul 2010

  • Technical leader for Power Line Communications and Smart Grid efforts, focusing on research, standardization, and product development for Panasonic power-line modems (HD-PLC). • Invented the Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP)/Inter-System Protocol (ISP) for broadband PLC co-existence, which now comes standard in all HomePlug, Panasonic, IEEE 1901, and ITU-T G.hn broadband powerline products. • Primary standardization strategist for the successful inclusion of Panasonic’s technology in… Show more • Technical leader for Power Line Communications and Smart Grid efforts, focusing on research, standardization, and product development for Panasonic power-line modems (HD-PLC). • Invented the Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP)/Inter-System Protocol (ISP) for broadband PLC co-existence, which now comes standard in all HomePlug, Panasonic, IEEE 1901, and ITU-T G.hn broadband powerline products. • Primary standardization strategist for the successful inclusion of Panasonic’s technology in IEEE and ITU-T Standards: Wavelet-based PLC solution in IEEE 1901, and IPP/ISP broadband PLC coexistence in ITU-T G.9972 and IEEE 1901. • Published multiple technical papers on PLC referenced in the IEEE 1901 standard (Annex F).



Telcordia Technologies

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Scientist, Applied Research

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2006

  • Selected for the 2005 Telcordia’s Pipeline Development Program, an in-house two-year management course for selected employees with outstanding performance. • Brought $8M in government contracts in three years from DARPA and ONR. • Principal Investigator of an ONR project focusing on distributed MIMO communications – MIMO Pre-coding for over-the-horizon Communications. • Contributed technology development in ARL, DARPA, and CERDEEC funded programs on wireless ad-hoc… Show more • Selected for the 2005 Telcordia’s Pipeline Development Program, an in-house two-year management course for selected employees with outstanding performance. • Brought $8M in government contracts in three years from DARPA and ONR. • Principal Investigator of an ONR project focusing on distributed MIMO communications – MIMO Pre-coding for over-the-horizon Communications. • Contributed technology development in ARL, DARPA, and CERDEEC funded programs on wireless ad-hoc networking, optimal OSPF area design, and optical CDMA.

• Research Scientist, Applied Research

  • Sep 1998 - Aug 2002

  • Published approximately 40 scholarly papers on a variety of wireless and wired communications problems. • Invented a loop and crosstalk identification/qualification technique and led its prototype development for performing effective DSL Spectrum Management, allowing detection of loop discontinuities up to 15 kilofeet and for the first time ever, gauge changes up to 6 kilofeet.



Sapienza Università di Roma

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • 1996 - 1998

  • Research on optimal modem design for both wireless and wired transmissions, with particular emphasis on adaptive equalization and decoding. • Participation to the 4th Framework ACTS EU project MOSTRAIN (MObile communications Services for high speed TRAINs), a project focused on the design of a 3G system for mobile communications (up to 2 Mbps) to and from high-speed trains (up to 500 Km/h). • Research on optimal modem design for both wireless and wired transmissions, with particular emphasis on adaptive equalization and decoding. • Participation to the 4th Framework ACTS EU project MOSTRAIN (MObile communications Services for high speed TRAINs), a project focused on the design of a 3G system for mobile communications (up to 2 Mbps) to and from high-speed trains (up to 500 Km/h).