IWCS Staff
David Kiddoo
CEO/Director
IWCS
Michelle Melsop
Sr. Operations Manager
IWCS
Becky Dippel
Marketing Manager
IWCS
Board of Directors
Dr. Scott H. Wasserman (Chair)
Dow
Collegeville, PA, USA
Ben Waite (Vice-Chair)
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
New Bedford, MA, USA
Jeff Barker (Treasurer)
Prysmian Group
Claremont, NC, USA
Larry Bleich
CommScope
Claremont, NC, USA
David Braun
Teknor Apex Company
Pawtucket, RI, USA
Eric Bulington
UL Solutions
Northbrook, IL, USA
Robert Canny
Harbour Industries
Shelburne, VT, USA
Professor Alistair Duffy
De Montfort University
Leicester, United Kingdom
Robert Elkins
Corning Optical Communications LLC
Charlotte, NC, USA
Dave Fallowfield
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Steven A. Galan
NY, USA
Charles Glew
Cable Components Group
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Trent Hayes
CommScope, Inc.
Claremont, NC, USA
Kazunori Katayama
NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories
Ibaraki, Japan
Markus F. Kemmler
Kemmler Consulting GmbH
Denkendorf, Germany
Mike Patel
Teknor Apex Company
Pawtucket, RI, USA
Kerry Smith
Nabaltec
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Jermaine Taylor
OFS, a Furukawa Company
Norcross, GA, USA
Robert A. Wessels, Jr. (Chair Emeritus)
2023 Symposium Committee Officers
Dr. Bianca Hydutsky (Committee Chair)
The Chemours Company
Wilmington, DE, USA
Michael Gurreri (Committee Vice-Chair)
CommScope, Inc.
Middletown, PA, USA
Bulent Kose (Committee 2nd Vice-Chair)
Panduit Corp.
Tinley Park, IL, USA
2023 Symposium Committee Members
Yoshihiro Arashitani
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
ICHIHARA, CHIBA, Japan
Dr. C. Bertil Arvidsson
Arvidsson Fiber Optics AB
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Dmitriy Bodik
UL Solutions
Melville, NY, USA
Paul Brigandi
Dow
Collegeville, PA, USA
Kenneth Cornelison
Wire & Cable Technology Resources
Cincinnati, OH, USA
John DiMeglio
LAPP Inc.
Florham Park, NJ, USA
Hélio Durigan
Furukawa Electric LatAm S.A.
Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Mehdi Emad
Solvay Specialty Polymers
West Deptford, NJ, USA
Ed Fenton
WCMA, Daikin America
Orangeburg, NY, USA
Eduardo Garza
Hitachi Cable America, Inc.
Manchester, NH, USA
Michael J. Gimblet
Corning Optical Communications LLC
Hickory, NC, USA
Dr. Svend Hopland
Hopland MarinInstal
Oslo, Norway
Wayne Kachmar
Technical Horsepower Consulting LLC
North Bennington, VT, USA
Robert LaRocca
UL Solutions
Melville, NY, USA
Eric Lawrence
Leviton Manufacturing Co.
New Holland, PA, USA
Xavier Mann
Mueller Water Products
Atlanta, GA, USA
Michael McNulty
Wire & Cable Technology Int'l / WCISA®
Akron, OH, USA
Jon Mello
Teknor Apex Company
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Douglas A. Parker
FO Connect Consulting
Camarillo, CA, USA
Dr. Brian Risch
Prysmian Group
Claremont, NC, USA
Lynne Russell
Cable Components Group
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Thomas Schelling
J.M. Huber Corporation
Fairmount, GA, USA
Matteo Solari
S.I.C.C.E.T S.r.l.
Brescia, Italy
Marie-Ange Vatin
Covestro
Neuilly sur Seine, France
Eric Whitham
OFS, a Furukawa Company
Carrollton, GA, USA
Daniel Winkler
E.G.O. North America, Inc.
Newnan, GA, USA
Sharon Wrobel
WESCO
Glenview, IL, USA
Zhuang (Frank) Xiong
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company
Wuhan, P.R. China
