Speakers

Andrew Jimenez has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications testing and product certification. He has held various engineering and management positions at test laboratories specializing in the certification of network communications systems and components. Currently, he leads technical sales at Wesco Data Center Solutions. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a Master of Engineering Management from Northwestern University. He also holds multiple patents related to balanced twisted-pair cabling technology. Andrew is an active voting member of the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TR-42 cabling committee, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 LAN/MAN committee, and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) ICT Building Codes standards committee. Additionally, Andrew is a Cisco CCNA with Wireless Specialization. He has delivered numerous technical presentations at trade shows and symposiums and was the recipient of the 2015 BICSI Harry J. Pfister Award for Excellence in the Telecommunications Industry.