How to apply a criticality framework to your communications' networks
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Presenter(s): Susan Ronning (ADCOMM Engineering LLC) William Scheible (MITRE) Thomas Manley (Decision Analysis Service) Keith Rothschild (Cox Communications)
Topics: 11. Information Technology/Telecommunication16. Rail2.4. System Architecture/Design Definition4.4. Resilience5.8. Systems of Systems (Internet of Things, cyber physical systems, etc.)7. Emergency Management Systems
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Biography Susan Ronning: Ms. Susan Ronning is Owner and Principal Engineer of ADCOMM Engineering LLC (Rhododendron, Oregon, USA), a critical communications consultancy. She has over 20 years' experience in the telecommunications industry in the public safety, emergency management, utility, and transportation markets. She was a project engineer for Motorola and Tait Communications, led the operations and maintenance for City of Glendale, California, and consulted on multiple large-scale implementation projects across the United States. Ms. Ronning is a registered professional engineer in multiple states, a longtime member of IEEE, and Co-Chair of the INCOSE Telecommunications working group.
Biography William Scheible: Mr. William Scheible is a Principal Network Systems & Distribution System Engineer with the MITRE Corporation (McLean, VA, USA). He has over 35 years of both commercial and government experience in all facets of network design, network operations, and systems architecture working with both wired and wireless infrastructures. He began his career with Tymshare/Tymnet in Cupertino, CA developing packet switching networks, followed by engagements with several financial, consulting and networking companies before joining MITRE in 2002. He holds ESEP and CISSP certifications and is an active member of the INCOSE Telecommunications working group.
Biography Thomas Manley: Mr. Thomas Manley is a Principal Consultant with Decision Analysis Services Ltd (Canberra, Australia). He is a foundation member of the SESA Telecommunications Working Group that became an INCOSE working group Mr. Manley has 20 years' experience in network engineering, systems engineering and enterprise architecture, primarily for Defence and ATO, working for Optus, Telstra, Boeing and Thales. He holds a CSEP certification and is CPEng. He has a BE/BSc and an MBA from Australian National University and is Co-Chair of the INCOSE Telecommunications working group.
Biography Keith Rothschild: Dr. Keith Rothschild is the Senior Principal Engineer for Cox Communication’s Technology Solutions Engineering organization (Atlanta, GA, USA). His work focuses on solving problems related to complex adaptive systems of systems, including autonomous/machine learning, late-binding/dynamic resource-cost optimization, diverse design as a real-time service robustness strategy, and polymorphic policy adaptation. Dr. Rothschild is an IEEE Senior Member with over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry, and has over two dozen patents in diverse areas including data storage, Hybrid-Fiber-Coax (HFC) architectures, digital rights management, network-DVR, cloud computing, and content-aware networks. He has a BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from DeSales University, and his Ph.D. from Northcentral University and is an active member of the INCOSE Telecommunications working group.