September, 2002
IEEE P802.15-02/385r0
IEEE P802.15
Wireless Personal Area Networks
Project
IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Title
Compilation of 802.15.3a Candidate Officer Biographies
Date
Submitted
9 September 2002
Source
[Jason Ellis]
[General Atomics]
[10240 Flanders Ct
San Diego, CA 92121]
Voice:
E-mail:
[858-457-8749]
[jason.ellis@ga.com]
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Abstract
[802.15.3a candidate officer biographies]
Purpose
[This document is intended to assist the SG3a committee in electing the TG 3a
leadership committee. This document includes all formally declared candidates
with their supporting biographies, where available.]
Notice
This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a
basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or
organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and
content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or
withdraw material contained herein.
Release
The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the
property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15.
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Table of Contents
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
DECLARED CANDIDATES ....................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
Chair...................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Vice-chair ............................................................................................................ 3
Technical Editor .................................................................................................. 3
Secretary ............................................................................................................. 3
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES ............................................................................... 4
Chair.................................................................................................................... 4
Vice-chair ............................................................................................................ 4
Technical Editor .................................................................................................. 5
Secretary ............................................................................................................. 5
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1 Declared Candidates
This list represents, in alphabetic order, those individuals who have declared their
candidacy for an 802.15.3a leadership position. Additionally, the individuals sponsoring
corporation, university, or governmental organization is recognized.
1.1
802.15.3a Chair
Ian Gifford, Consultant
Bob Heile, Appairent Technologies
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Broadcom
Rick Roberts, XtremeSpectrum
1.2
802.15.3a Vice-chair
Chuck Brabenac, Intel
Michael Dydyk, Motorola
Kerry Greer, SkyCross
1.3
802.15.3a Technical Editor
Jason Ellis, General Atomics
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Broadcom
1.4
802.15.3a Secretary
Len Miller, NIST
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2 Candidate Biographies
The following biographies have been compiled, in alphabetical order, and are presented
to the SG3a committee to assist in the officer selection process.
2.1
802.15.3a Chair
Ian Gifford, Consultant
 No biography available at this time
Bob Heile, Appairent Technologies
 No biography available at this time
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Broadcom
 Personal skills and background:
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Ph.D. has been involved in developing state-of-the-art high-speed
wireline/wireless communications products for the past 10 years. In his present and
previous job capacities, he has represented IBM, Motorola, and currently Broadcom
Corporation in various IEEE 802 Working Groups, where in all cases he had made key
technical contributions toward a final standard. Most notably, from 1992 to 1998, his
technical contributions in the areas of modulation, coding, and synchronization were
included in the IEEE 802.3 100BaseT2 Fast Ethernet Standard, and in the IEEE 802.14
Cable Data Networks Draft Standard. He had also assumed the role of chief technical
editor for the PHY layer section of the IEEE 802.14 Draft Standard. Since 1998, Dr.
Karaoguz has helped develop various wireless LAN communications products and
participated in the 802.11 and 802.15 Working Groups. Since 2000, Dr. Karaoguz has
been a voting member in the IEEE 802.15.3 committee, where he has made a
comprehensive PHY layer proposal achieving 11 to 55 Mbps for the High Data Rate
WPAN Standard. His contributions in the areas of modulation, coding, and signal
acquisition was largely adopted in the 802.15.3 draft approved by the 802.15 WG. He has
also served as the assistant editor for the PHY section of the 802.15.3 Standard.
 Education:
Jeyhan Karaoguz has M.Sc (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in electrical engineering.
His M.Sc thesis focused on circuit level simulation of mobile communications systems.
His Ph.D. dissertation was on signal equalization in Rayleigh Fading Multipath
environments. During his industry career, he has published numerous journal and
conference papers on modulation, coding, and synchronization aspects of
communications.
Rick Roberts, XtremeSpectrum
 No biography available at this time
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2.2
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802.15.3a Vice-chair
Chuck Brabenac, Intel
• Position sought: Vice chair only
• Relevant Industry standards experience
– 802.15.SG3a (since 11/2001 SG formation)
• Solid participation/attendance, application presentation, sponsored
TG3 MAC performance presentation.
– CableLabs, co-author of CableHome architecture
– Authored/led DOCSIS host based CM spec
– Chaired USB-DWG communications device class WG, authored Ethernet
section
– Authored/lead DOCSIS USB attach spec
– ACPI/OnNow: co-authored power managed comm. specs, led ad-hoc WGs
– TIA / TR-29 Facsimile (Class 1,2 DCE, BFT) contributions
• Company affiliation: Intel R&D
– Diverse set of balanced interests (silicon, systems, wireless, wired, …)
– Substantial presence in wireless research (UWB)
– Management has committed my resources required to fill this role
• Technical focus area in 15.3a: UWB MAC, application stacks (peripherals)
• Key Strengths
– Proven ability to lead industry standards efforts
• Quote in review re: industry leadership: “… seemingly endless
patience to calmly keep pushing in a focused direction despite
divergent opposition”
– Technical breadth: SW, HW, systems, platform architecture / development
Michael Dydyk, Motorola
 No biography available at this time
Kerry Greer, SkyCross
 Qualifications:
Mr. Greer has over fifteen years of general experience in the wireless communications
industry, including executive leadership positions in engineering, product and business
development. While new to 802.15, Mr. Greer has been an active member of 802.11 for the
past two years. Mr. Greer is presently Vice President of SkyCross, which is the leading
supplier of embedded antennas for both WPAN and WLAN markets. Because SkyCross is
an antenna suppler, Mr. Greer has no vested interest in one particular PHY being adopted
over another by the Task Group. Therefore, Mr. Greer will serve in the true best interest of
the group. He is committed to promoting the best possible standard based on the technical
and business merits alone.
 Education:
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering -- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Major areas of study include DSP and Communications theory.
Master of Business Administration -- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Major areas of study include Entrepreneurship and International Business.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering -- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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2.3
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802.15.3a Technical Editor
Jason Ellis, General Atomics
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IEEE 802.15.3SGa
Jason Ellis has dedicated a significant fraction of his recent work efforts to
contributing to the IEEE 802.15.3SGa standard, serving as the alternate
technical editor since the Sydney meeting in May and committee member since
January. He has introduced both structure and methodology to the technical
document editing process and contributed to the SG3a leadership activities.
Company Affiliation
Jason works for the Advanced Wireless Group at General Atomics where his
responsibilities include writing technical specifications and proposals, managing
projects, and protecting intellectual property.
Relevant Prior Work/Research Experience
His previous experience includes working at Raytheon Systems, where he was a
systems engineer and assistant lead for the "Wireless Communications Solutions
Team." During the design and implementation of various ship-wide area
networks, with both ATM and WLAN subsystems, he was responsible for, and
contributed to, numerous government and system specifications and other
technical documentation. Jason has also written technical documentation for
Asymtek Corporation and the City of San Diego and has practical experience in
team technical documentation and comment resolution activities. His efforts have
resulted in authoring whitepapers and 3 patent applications for network
architecture.
Leadership Experience: IEEE Branch Chair and more…
Jason served as both Chairman of the IEEE Branch and President of the School
of Engineering Student Council at the University of California. Additionally, he
was a Senator for the Associated Student Government, representing the
University of California, 15,000 students, and a one million dollar budget. In
these capacities, Jason gained practical experience of IEEE committee
procedures as well as Robert's Rules of Order.
Education
Jason holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of California and Diplomas in Business Studies from the University of
California and Oxford University. Jason has received academic awards for his
research activities in 2.4 GHz propagation studies and designing systems based
on Harris Prism 1 chipsets.
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Broadcom
Please refer to Section 2.1- 802.15.3a Chair Candidate for biography
2.4
802.15.3a Secretary
Len Miller, NIST
LEONARD ("LEN") MILLER: Electronics engineer in the Wireless Communications Group
at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD. Over 38 years experience in instrumentation, signal
processing, and communication system analysis. Co-author of CDMA Systems
Engineering Handbook (Artech, 1998). Current interests include simulation and analysis
of ad hoc networks for public safety networks, rationale for use of UWB in military and
civilian networks. Interest in SG3a: Opportunity to help develop the first UWB standard
for common applications; plan to be involved in coexistence studies similar to previous
NIST efforts for Bluetooth in TG 2.
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