John D'Ambrosia
Manager of Semiconductor Relations
Tyco Electronics
Mr. D'Ambrosia serves as the secretary for the Ethernet Alliance. He is currently serving as secretary for the IEEE 802.3ap Backplane Ethernet Task Force. Previously, he participated in the development of XAUI for 10-Gigabit Ethernet and chaired the XAUI Interoperability work group for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. He also served as the secretary for the High-Speed Backplane Initiative and chair for the Optical Internetworking Forum's Market Awareness and Education committee. Mr. D'Ambrosia is employed by Tyco Electronics as a system architect and is responsible for defining interconnect solutions for the Ethernet ecosystem.
Rick Merritt
Editor at Large
EE Times
Mr. Merritt has 17 years' experience writing about the computer and communications industries. He currently covers a range of technology and business beats, primarily focused on next-generation systems and microprocessors as editor at large for EE Times. Previously, he was the founding editor of OEM Magazine. OEM was the winner of a Jesse H. Neal award for investigative reporting in 1996, a winner of Folio Magazine's Editorial Excellence award in 1995, and a runner-up for best trade magazine in the Computer Press Association awards in 1996. Prior to the launch of OEM Magazine, he was a bureau editor for Electronic Engineering Times and Electronic World News in Hong Kong. From 1988 to 1991, he served as editor of Asian Computer Monthly, a regional magazine for IS managers in Asia.
Brad Booth
Director, Advanced Products
Quake Technologies
Mr. Booth serves as the president for the Ethernet Alliance. Previously, he served as a director and as vice president of technology for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (10GEA). Mr. Booth is also the chair of the IEEE P802.3an (10GBASE-T) task force, and prior to that, he was the editor in chief for IEEE Std. 802.3ae™-2002. In 2003, Mr. Booth received recognition as a senior member of the IEEE.
David Cunningham
Agilent Technologies
Dr. Cunningham received his Ph.D. in laser physics from The Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1985. After graduation, he worked at British Telecommunications Research Laboratories (BTRL) on lithium niobate modulators and switches. In 1987, Hewlett-Packard (HP) attracted him to their new European laboratories in Bristol, UK. At Hewlett-Packard he worked in the network and communications laboratory where he was responsible for cable-based (copper and fiber) physical-layer technology. Dr. Cunningham joined Agilent Technologies in 2000 and became part of the newly formed Avago Technologies company during December 2005. Dr. Cunningham has 18 years' experience in LAN/MAN standardization. Both the Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet committees (IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ae) recognized his critical contributions to the standard with awards. One of Dr. Cunningham's major contributions was a spreadsheet link model methodology for non-equalized laser-based links. In its various forms this method has been used as the basis of development for the Fibre Channel and Ethernet (1 to 10 Gbps) standards. For a brief period he chaired the IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-LX4 subcommittee. Currently, Dr. Cunningham is championing the development of electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) for multimode fiber-optical links and is chair of the IEEE 802.3aq, 10GBASE-LRM project
Joel Goergen
Vice President, Technology, and Chief Scientist
Force10 Networks
Mr. Goergen has more than 18 years of research experience in high-speed analog signaling. Prior to joining Force10, he headed research projects at Bell Labs, Ascend Communications, Transition Networks, and MTS Systems. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in mathematics from St. Cloud State University and actively participates in various standards bodies. In the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Mr. Goergen is helping to define 802.3 LAN standards, and in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), he is focusing on research that leads to fast, narrow copper or optical interfaces. His latest industry research is the SDD21 baseline channel model referenced by the IEEE 802.3AP backplane working group.
Adam Healey
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Agere Systems
Mr. Healey is responsible for the definition of subsystems and components required for access and enterprise networks. Mr. Healey joined Lucent Microelectronics/Agere Systems in 2000. Prior to joining Agere Systems, he worked for seven years at the University of New Hampshire's interoperability lab, where he developed many of the test procedures and systems used to verify interoperability, performance, and compliance to standards of 10, 100, and 1,000 Mbps electrical and optical links. He is a member of the IEEE and contributes to the development of international standards as a member of IEEE 802.3 working group. He currently serves as chair of the IEEE P802.3ap Backplane Ethernet Task Force. Mr. Healey received a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
JP Miller
Distinguished Technologist, Industry Standard Servers
Hewlett-Packard Co
Mr. Miller's current work includes advancing development technology in industry standard servers. Mr. Miller has been with Compaq and now HP for 19 years, designing first desktops and then servers, starting with the first Systempro. He represented HP on the InfiniBand Electrical/Mechanical work group. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. He is the holder of 21 U.S. patents and has worked in the computer-related industry for more than 30 years.