Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Hynes Convention Center, Room 208, Boston, MA
This panel of experts from modeling, device and measurement companies will debate how to design, manufacture and test 5G mmWave components/systems today as trials are already underway well ahead of the 2020 standards development schedule. Although the standards are not determined, what mmWave technologies will likely be used first and how can we design devices and system that will meet these requirements today and verify their performance? See what the experts have to say and come with your questions about how to make 5G mmWave communications happen today.
Moderator: Pat Hindle, Editor, Microwave Journal
Panelists:
Michael Griffin, Planning Manager, WDO Wireless Devices and Operators, Keysight Technologies
Michael Griffin is the Planning Manager for the Keysight Wireless Devices and Operators Industry Solutions Team, focused on test and measurement solutions for design, verification, and manufacturing across the wireless device ecosystem: chipsets and components, devices, test labs, and operators. Mike leads the strategic planning, business intelligence and operations teams. Mike joined Agilent Technologies in 2000 as a Product Marketing Engineer in the Signal Sources Division. Over his 16 year career at Agilent and Keysight, he has held a variety of applications and platform marketing positions in Division and Field Marketing organizations. Michael received his MSEE from the California State University Chico in 2000.
Bill Kardine, Application Engineer, Rohde and Schwarz North America
Bill Kardine specializes in general purpose test equipment and is an Application Engineer in a technologically diverse area outside of Washington, D.C. Bill is an expert in integrating test equipment in to wireless, defense and government applications. Bill has been with Rohde & Schwarz for 3 years, and prior to that he spent 4 years in the Aerospace and Defense community testing high power radar systems. In addition, Bill has a B.E. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Delaware along with a Masters in Electromagnetics from UCLA.
Jin Bains, Vice President of R&D, National Instruments
Jin Bains is the Vice President of R&D for RF products at National Instruments. Jin has been with National Instruments since 2006, when he led the formation of the Santa Rosa RF R&D design center. Since then Jin has been involved in a large expansion of RF at National Instruments, through both organic growth and multiple acquisitions. Jin currently manages global RF and Microwave HW and SW R&D teams, developing an array of RF test products and systems that leverage National Instrument's PXI, LabVIEW, and RIO platforms. Prior to joining National Instruments, Jin spent 11+ years at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies in various roles, including R&D management of RF and baseband test instruments. Jin has a BSEE from UC Davis, where he focused on RF/microwave circuits and systems, and an MSEE from Stanford University, where his emphasis area was communications systems.
Dr. Thomas Cameron, CTO, Communications Business Unit, Analog Devices
Dr. Thomas Cameron is the CTO for the Communications Business Unit at Analog Devices. In this role he contributes to industry leading innovation in integrated circuits for radio basestations and microwave backhaul systems. He is currently working on research and development of radio technology for 5G systems in both cellular and microwave frequency bands. Prior to his current role at Analog Devices he was Director of Systems Engineering for the Communications Business. Dr. Cameron has over 30 years of experience in research and development of technology for telecom networks including cellular basestations, microwave radios and cable systems. Prior to joining Analog Devices in 2006, he had worked on developing numerous RF circuits and systems over his career at Bell Northern Research, Nortel, Sirenza Microdevices and WJ Communications. Dr. Cameron holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Robert Donahue, CEO, Anokiwave
Robert Donahue joined Anokiwave as Chief Executive Officer in April 2013. He has 30 years of experience in both commercial and military RF-mmW semiconductor industries. He has held leadership positions in Research, Product Design & Development, Product and Applications Engineering, Marketing, Product Line Management, Sales and Executive Management. Prior to joining Anokiwave Mr. Donahue was the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer of MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI). Prior to joining MTSI, Mr. Donahue was the Chief Strategy Officer of WIN Semiconductor. Prior to joining WIN Semi Mr. Donahue was Director of Marketing at Hittite Microwave (HITT). Mr. Donahue worked in various Engineering and Engineering Leadership positions for Raytheon and M/A-COM for over 17 years. He received his BSEE from UMASS Lowell, MSEE from UMASS Amherst and an MS in the Management of Technology from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Ken Karnofsky, Senior Strategist, Signal Processing and Communications, MathWorks
Ken Karnofsky is the Senior Strategist for Signal Processing Applications at MathWorks. Through his 20 plus years of experience, first with BBN Technologies, then with MathWorks, Ken has been involved in development and marketing of software for a broad range of signal processing and data analysis applications, including wireless communications, speech recognition, and machine learning. Ken holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from Northeastern University.