Mark Klerer has been active in the development of communications and technology
standards for over twenty five years. He has chaired numerous committees that have
successfully produced industry accepted standards. In addition Mark has participated in
IEEE 802 for over five years where, at various times, he has served as chair, vice chair
and editor.
Mark Klerer is currently Senior Director of Technology at QUALCOMM Flarion
Technologies (QFT). QUALCOMM Flarion Technologies is involved in the design and
development of an OFDM wireless network architecture for broadband communications
in the cellular environment.
Since 2001 I have been involved in IEEE 802. I initiated a tutorial on Mobile Wireless
Broadband Access and chaired Study Groups dealing with that technology. I chaired the
Executive Committee Study Group on Mobile Broadband Wireless Access. I am
currently Vice Chair of 802.20.
Prior to joining Flarion, I worked at Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Lucent and Nortel where I
was responsible for management of advanced technology standardization efforts,
including wireless and optical networking. I have held leadership positions in the EIA,
Committee T1, ISO and the ITU were I lead and chaired groups in the development of
numerous successful standards.
Mark holds a BS in EE from City College of New York (CCNY), an MS in Systems
Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Pace University.