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Vice-chair
 The vice-chairman provides support to the chairman in internal activities, liaison with external groups and representation of the Forum at industry events and with press and analysts.Andy Germano was appointed vice-chairman in July 2009. Andy has over 22 years of Telecoms and Wireless experience including large company (Verizon, Nortel, QUALCOMM) and start-up companies (Tantivy, WiDeFi, AuthenTec). Andy has experience working in Engineering, Product Management and Business Development and Marketing across the Femto eco-system including: Carrier, Infrastructure, Consumer Electronics and Semiconductor for both Wireline and Wireless (GSM & CDMA) ventures. He is a member of IEEE Standards Association and was involved in the creation of the 802.16 standard as well as participation in several other 802 wireless standards (802.11; 802.15). Andy was also instrumental in the creation of the WWINA (Wireless Wideband InterNet Access) standard as part of the T1P1 via 3GPP. Andy has an MBA from Duke University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. |
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