In my March column, I unveiled a shift in Microwaves & RF's editorial approach and some of the recent improvements we've made to our technology coverage and our website. I'm excited about these improvements, but we're not stopping there.
The most important part of my job is to gain insight into what's coming and why, so that we can better inform your decision-making process. To that end, I'm announcing the formation of Microwaves & RF's Editorial Advisory Board, a group that's been drawn from industry to help us stay on top of coming trends so that our editorial content is relevant not just today, but for some time to come.
I'd like to introduce the inaugural members of Microwaves & RF's Editorial Advisory Board:
Tony Testa is director of marketing for Qorvo's Wireless Connectivity Business Unit. With more than 20 years of experience supporting industry alliance activities and customers, Tony helps engineers create state-of-the-art RF solutions that have a profound impact on our daily lives.
Dan Monopoli, chief technology officer of Wireless Telecom Group since June 2017, joined the organization in September 2015 as general manager of its Test and Measurement segment. Before that, Dan worked for 13 years in applications engineering, product management, and marketing at Teledyne LeCroy.
Tony Messina is a director of design engineering in Analog Devices’ Integrated Solutions group, part of the company’s Aerospace & Defense division. Tony brings 15 years of experience designing RF/microwave/mmWave components, modules, and subsystems for aerospace applications, and has held roles in design, management, and business development.
Sherry Hess, product marketing group director at Cadence Design Systems, has over 20 years of EDA experience in sales, marketing, support, and business management at NI, AWR, CebaTech, Ansoft (now Ansys), and Intel. She's also currently chairing the IEEE MTT-S Women in Microwaves (WIM) and Women in Engineering (WIE) organizations.
Donna Moore is CEO and chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance, overseeing the organization's strategy and direction to drive global adoption of the LoRaWAN standard. Prior to that, she served as the executive director of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), where she successfully led DLNA to become the de facto IoT standard for streaming video, audio, and picture files over a LAN.
Nizar Messaoudi is product manager for Performance Network Analyzers at Keysight Technologies. He has over 15 years of RF test equipment experience and began his career as an RF application engineer at Keysight in 2016. Before joining Keysight, Nizar taught at the University of Waterloo, training well over 3,000 engineers in the art of making RF measurements.
I'll be meeting with these industry experts to get their insights on the latest trends. I'm hoping that at least some of our discussions can be shared with you in the form of TechXchange Talks videos. I'm grateful to all of them for coming aboard to help me in the ongoing task of providing the information you need to be more effective in your role as a design engineer or engineering manager.