Pat Lanthier
Founder & Chairman of the Emergency Communications Leadership & Innovation Center (eCLIC), Principal of RIVERA//LANTHIER and Associates (“Development for the New Economy”), Co-Founder/Pres. of both Wireless Networks, Inc. and the Mother Lode -eXpress- Rural Broadband Initiative, and Advisor to the California Economic Strategy Panel, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, the Great Valley Center, the Wireless Center at California State University and the Broad Band Institute at Santa Clara University.
For 25+ years, he has led dozens of advanced telecom projects around the world: in Africa, Europe, South America, South East Asia, the Caribbean and North America; with AT&T, Bell Labs, Bell Communications Research, Pacific Telesis Group, Price Waterhouse, and Wireless Networks Inc. He has co-founded and led multi-million dollar start-up ventures and his project impacts exceed $1B. Pat managed major Cellular, PCS, MAN, LAN, and Broadband teams and policy initiatives (National Info Infrastructure, New Regulatory Framework, Public Policy Roadmap, Gigabit Initiative, U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996, etc).
Pat’s perspectives on Net Neutrality are driven by decades of experience in Network Access issues. Pat was the lead author (with AT&T HQ and Bell Labs) of TA76, the first U.S. Technical Advisory for Cellular System Interconnection. He also served on various National interconnection teams including the Inter-Exchange Carrier Compatibility Forum, the Open Network Architecture Forum, the ATM Forum, the Order and Billing Forum, the Numbering Forum and the National Science Foundation’s “Interconnection Rights and Responsibilities” Task Force. He served as a National Spokesperson on Interconnection matters, including Congressional testimony regarding the Post-FTS 2000 interconnected network environment (Federal Telecommunications System) and detailed work with the National Telecommunications & Information Administration.
Pat has advised the United Nations, U.S. Congress, European Union, U.S. Agency for International Development, Pacific Telecom Council, various State/Regional/and Local agencies, Universities, Companies (SAIC, SRI, Mitre, etc.) and Communities. He was elected five times as the New Technologies National Chairman of the 1200 company, $300B, United States Telephone Association and he is a ten-year Director of the Silicon Valley-based Wireless Communications Alliance. He served on the U.S. National Security and Emergency Preparedness Team, the California Network Reliability Team, the California Education Technology Task Force, the California Research and Education Network, Project California, and more. Pat was educated at the Wharton School, Seton Hall, California Polytechnic, Golden Gate and S. F. State Universities. patlan@pacbell.net, www.wca.org, eclicsig@wca.org
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