TIA ONLINE - Key Persons
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- Data Management Specialist
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- General Counsel
- Legal Counsel
- Vice President
- Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia
Andrew Kurtzman is Legal Counsel of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Mr. Kurtzman oversees the contracting for TIA and its tradeshows, both domestic and international. He also serves as the Counsel for the TIA standards department, reviewing meeting reports and publications and helping to ensure fair, technology-neutral processes for the fourth largest ANSI-accredited standards developing organization.
Mr. Kurtzman, an attorney with a distinguished career assisting small businesses and associations, came to TIA from Infostar Inc., an IT consulting firm where, as vice president, he ran a data network of more than 1,000 long-term care facilities, the largest of its type in the world. At Infostar, Mr. Kurtzman consulted to MCI Worldcom and to the American Health Care Association. Prior to Infostar, Mr. Kurtzman consulted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on its state revolving fund loan program.
Mr. Kurtzman is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia and has a Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law and a BA in Art History from the University of Michigan.
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- Chairman / Motorola Solutions
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Principal Engineer / Intel
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice President, Government & Industry Relations / Ericsson
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Head of Technology Policy & Public Affairs
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- Chairman / American Tower Corporation
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- MEID Administrator, Director, Asia - Pacific Region
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- Technology Standards Committee Manager
Prior to coming to TIA, Cheryl worked at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) for
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- Senior Director, Government Affairs
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- Director of Marketing and Communications
Dan Brown is the Director of Marketing and Communications for TIA. In his role, he is responsible for the TIA-owned websites and social media accounts, marketing and advertising, as well as branding and public relations.
Prior to joining TIA, Dan was a corporate marketing and communications manager at Hughes Network Systems where he managed the company's websites, social media strategy as well as the marketing and communications initiatives for the government and defense business.
Dan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications from the University of Central Florida in 2008.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President / the DESARA Group
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- Vice - Chair / IFAST, LTD
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- Vice - Chair / Paul J. Ford & Company
Mr. Stehlin joined TIA in September 2019. He brings more than 30 years of experience leading the development and implementation of key business and technology strategies in the telecommunications industry. Most recently, Mr. Stehlin was the General Manager of Spirent Communications' ( SPT:L) Lifecycle Service Assurance business segment focusing on creating and providing innovative testing and analysis solutions for advanced telecommunications systems and network around the globe. He has also been instrumental in the leadership of multiple public and private networking companies including CEO of MRV Communications (MRVC) and CEO of Ceterus Networks as well as President of Overture Networks. Mr Stehlin has a keen understanding of how to navigate the business, technology and government factors that affect our industry.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Quality Officer & Executive Vice President / Nokia
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President & CEO / Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. ( Chairman
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- Director, International Standards Programs
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- Director, Information Technology
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- Director, Data Center Program
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- Chairman / AST Technology Labs, Inc.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice President, the Americas Global Government Affairs / Cisco Systems, Inc.
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- Member of Committee
- Urgent Communications
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- Senior Director, Numbering Administration Regulatory Affairs
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO and General Manager / New Lisbon Telephone Company
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- Secretary / J & M Consultants, Inc.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO / Avion Networks, Inc. ( Treasurer
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- CTO and Senior Vice President, TIA QuEST Forum
- Customer - Focused Results - Oriented Executive
- Member of QuEST Forum
Ken joins TIA as Senior VP of Standards and Technology, responsible for assuring that all our communities add value for our members and participants. His team oversees the process as well as execution of standards at TIA in addition to the QuEST Forum Community.
Ken Koffman is a customer-focused results-oriented executive with an excellent technical background and over 35 years of Telecom management experience. As the Quality Officer at multiple large international high tech companies (including Siemens, BigBand Networks, and JDSU/Viavi), Ken oversaw the creation and optimization of all corporate key processes and the measurement system that drives continual improvement and maximizes customer satisfaction.
Ken also has had several diverse management responsibilities, covering all aspects of complex product development and support - from systems architecture to 7×24 Service. He oversaw strategic planning, balanced score card design, and QMS implementation, while serving QuEST Forum as an SME and team leader.
Ken is a charter member of QuEST Forum, an author of both TL 9000 handbooks, and an acknowledged industry expert. He has served on their Board of Directors for over 10 years. He is currently the QuEST Forum Community's Board's liaison and an active participant in the Oversight & IGQ Workgroups and Board champion for the Performance Data Report improvements initiative.
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- Manager, Member Relations
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Director Performance Management Frameworks / Ericsson
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Vice President Development / Qualcomm
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- Director, Smart Buildings Program
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Director, Quality Standards / Fujitsu Ltd.
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- Vice President of Government Affairs
Melissa Newman has over 20 years of experience as a seasoned Executive in telecommunications companies with expertise in government affairs, public relations and legal. Recently, Melissa worked at Transit Wireless as Vice President of External Affairs and Senior Legal Counsel in New York City where she oversaw contract negotiations, human resources (legal) and external affairs for the company. Prior to this position, Melissa worked at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a premier telecommunications law firm in Washington, DC. Melissa spent 18 years at CenturyLink/Qwest/US West as Vice President, Federal Policy and Regulatory Affairs responsible for developing and implementing the company's federal regulatory advocacy before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), other federal agencies and the Administration.
Melissa served as Deputy Division Chief of the Policy Division in the Common Carrier Bureau of the FCC, and as Legal Counsel to the Common Carrier Bureau Chief. Prior to these positions, Melissa was an associate at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher where she practiced communications law.
Melissa was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carriers Association (NECA) from 2011-2016, serving on the Audit and Compensation Committees. She was recognized in Fierce Telecom Magazine - Women in Wireline 2014: Leaders shaping telecom services, innovation, and policy. She has served on the Federal Communications Bar Association Executive Committee and was a Federal Consumer Advisory Committee Member at the FCC.
Melissa received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri.
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- Chairman / MJ Lynch & Associates
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- Chairman / Tseng InfoServe, LLC
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- Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Pat Sweeney is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at TIA. In this role, Pat is responsible for driving membership, and developing marketing programs to grow TIA's standards committees, technology programs and overall position as a the leading industry association for the connected world.
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- Senior Vice President of Technology / Motorola
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- Vice - Chair / Wi - SUN Alliance
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- Senior Director, TIA QuEST Forum
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Director of Network Support Systems / Verizon
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- Member of Committee
- Technical Expert, Explores the Constantly Evolving MTP Connector Format
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- Manager, Standards Secretariat Services
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- Vice President of Standards
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- VP, Strategy and Business Development, Office of the CTO / CommScope Network Solutions ( Vice Chairman
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- Director, Global Standards Programs
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- Vice - Chair / Wi - SUN Alliance