IWCS Staff
David Kiddoo
IWCS
CEO/Director
Becky Dippel
Marketing Manager
IWCS
Michelle Melsop
Sr. Operations 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
Alistair Duffy
De Montfort University
Leicester, United Kingdom
Robert Elkins
Corning Optical Communications LLC
Charlotte, NC, USA
Dave Fallowfield
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Charles Glew
Cable Components Group
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Trent Hayes
CommScope, Inc.
Claremont, NC, USA
Dr. Bianca Hydutsky
The Chemours Company
Wilmington, DE, USA
Kazunori Katayama
NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories
Ibaraki, Japan
Markus F. Kemmler
Kemmler Consulting GmbH
Denkendorf, Germany
Robert LaRocca
UL Solutions
Melville, NY, USA
Jon Mello
Teknor Apex Company
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
Kerry Smith
Nabaltec
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Kunihiro Toge
NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories
Ibaraki, Japan
Rashmi Varma
QuantaWatt Inc.
Richardson, TX, USA
2025 Symposium Committee Officers
Bulent Kose (Committee Chair)
Panduit Corp.
Tinley Park, IL, USA
Paul Brigandi (Committee Vice-Chair)
Dow
Collegeville, PA, USA
Dmitriy Bodik (2nd Vice-Chair)
UL Solutions
Melville, NY, USA
2025 Symposium Committee Members
Yoshihiro Arashitani
Lightera
ICHIHARA, CHIBA, Japan
David Cavassa
Cables & Solutions
Lille, France
Mabud Choudhury
Lightera
Sturbridge, MA, USA
Kenneth Cornelison
Wire & Cable Technology Resources
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Jon Cronin
Covestro
Elgin, IL, USA
Kevin Deslauriers
Cable Components Group
Pawcatuck, CT, USA
John DiMeglio
LAPP Inc.
Florham Park, NJ, USA
Mehdi Emad
Syensqo
West Deptford, NJ, USA
Stephanie Fairbairn
Wesco
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Ed Fenton
Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance, Inc. (WCMA)
Orangeburg, NY, USA
Eduardo Garza
Proterial Cable America
Manchester, NH, USA
Michael J. Gimblet
Corning Optical Communications LLC
Hickory, NC, USA
Michael Gurreri
CommScope, Inc.
Middletown, PA, USA
Dr. Svend Hopland
Hopland MarinInstal
Oslo, Norway
Wayne Kachmar
Technical Horsepower Consulting LLC
North Bennington, VT, USA
Eric Lawrence
Leviton Manufacturing Co.
New Holland, PA, USA
Michael McNulty
Wire & Cable Technology Int'l / WCISA®
Akron, OH, USA
Douglas A. Parker
FO Connect Consulting
Camarillo, CA, USA
Thomas Schelling
Teknor Apex Company
Fairmount, GA, USA
Kazuyuki Sohma
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Yokohama, Japan
Dhruv Shah
Huber Advanced Materials
Atlanta, GA, USA
Matteo Solari
S.I.C.C.E.T S.r.l.
Brescia, Italy
Marie-Ange Vatin
Covestro
Neuilly sur Seine, France
Daniel Winkler
Amphenol Sine Systems
Clinton Township, MI, USA
Sharon Wrobel
Belden
St. Louis, MO, USA
Zhuang (Frank) Xiong
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company
Wuhan, P.R. China
