2023 Recognition Awards Overview:
The WBA Recognition Awards have been designed to recognize and honour those who have made significant contributions to WBA projects and activities. The three categories are:
- Outstanding Leadership (for Work Group Chairs or Co-Chair)
- Project Leadership (for Project Leaders)
- Key Contributor (for Members deeply engaged with the activities)
The winners consisted of individuals from a broad range of organizations (operators, vendors, ecosystem brokers) from around the world, reinforcing WBA’s mantra of uniting the global wireless ecosystem. Through their significant efforts and ability to motivate peers, the WBA has been able to observe unprecedent progress across all work areas.
Outstanding Leadership
Award 2023
Necati Canpolat
Leadership Awards
Sarper Gokturk
Sri Gundavelli
Edward Kyte
Charlie Allgrove
Mark Grayson
Mark Hamilton
Jim Sturges
Betty Cockrell
Erinn Hall
Michael Sym
Peter Thornycroft
Ganesh Venkatesan
Josh Redmore
Ryan Blossom
Burhan Masood
Ellie de Villiers
Kevin Daly
Zachary Freeman
David Barr
Contributors Awards
Mehmet Şükrü Kuran
Airties
Kevin Franzen
AT&T
Tim Tweedle
AT&T
Blair Bullock
Boldyn Networks
Tim Twell
BT Group
Lili Hervieu
CableLabs
Luther Smith
CableLabs
Malcolm Smith
Cisco
Hideaki Goto
CityRoam
Maninkaden Balakrishnan
CommScope
Ken Kerpez
DZS
David Coleman
Extreme Networks
Paulo Francisco
Extreme Networks
Azin Neishaboori
General Motors
Richard Lyda
Hotwire Communications
Clark Vitek
HPE Aruba Networking
Ravi Saxena
HPE Aruba Networking
Fatemeh Fazel
Intel
Hassan Yaghoobi
Intel
Seemab Kadri
Intel
Valerie Parker
Intel
Wouter Cloetens
Deutsche Telekom
Ahmed Hafez
Deutsche Telekom
Stefan Paetow
JISC
Jeongmin Noh
LG U+
Elif Dilek Salık
Lifemote
Andrew Ferraro
Marriott International
Livia Rosu
MaxLinear
Marleen Boonen
Methods2Business
Jaric Thorning
Morse Micro
Alan DeKok
NetworkRADIUS
Thierry Van de Velde
Nokia
Tom Van Driessche
Nokia
Subir Das
Peraton Labs
Wael Guibene
Reliance JIO
Yvette Medina
Single Digits
Leonardo Slaviero
TecExpert
Minh Truong
WiFirst
2022 Recognition Awards Overview:
The WBA Recognition Awards have been designed to recognize and honour those who have made significant contributions to WBA projects and activities. The three categories are:
- Outstanding Leadership (for Work Group Chairs or co-Chair)
- Project Leadership (for Project Leaders)
- Key Contributor (for Members deeply engaged with the activities)
The winners consisted of individuals from a broad range of organizations (operators, vendors, ecosystem brokers) from around the world, reinforcing WBA’s mantra of uniting the global wireless ecosystem. Through their significant efforts and ability to motivate peers, the WBA has been able to observe unprecedent progress across all work areas.
Outstanding Leadership
Award 2022
Charlie Allgrove
Leadership Awards
Florin Baboescu
Sri Gundavelli
Sarper Gokturk
Sandeep Agrawal
Erinn Hall
Betty Cockrell
Angelos Mavridis
Mark Grayson
Necati Canpolat
Michael Sym
Ganesh Venkatesan
Mehmet Şükrü Kuran
Burhan Masood
Jerome Henry
Peter Thornycroft
Contributors Awards
Thierry Van de Velde
Nokia
Gino Corleto
Cisco
Ahmed Hafez
Deutsche Telekom
Valerie Parker
Intel
David Barr
MaxLinear
Ken Kerpez
DZS
Wouter Cloetens
Deutsche Telekom
Jeongmin Noh
LG U+
José Martinez
Comcast
Ellie de Villiers
Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Yvette Medina
Single Digits
Ed Kyte
Inmarsat
Hideaki Goto
CityRoam
Luther Smith
CableLabs
Hai Shalom
Google
Daniel Borges
Apple
Bart Brinckman
Cisco
Stuart Strickland
Aruba
Mark Hamilton
CommScope
Josh Redmore
CableLabs
Kurt Lumbatis
CommScope
Jim Sturges
AT&T
Govardhan Reddy
Meta
Greg White
CableLabs
Elif Dilek Salık
Lifemote
Hassan Yaghoobi
Intel
Detlef Fuehrer
Aruba
Tim Twell
BT Group
Thomas Klein
Deutsche Bahn
Seemab Kadri
Intel
Kevin Franzen
AT&T
Blaz Vavpetica
Galgus
Sascha Dech
Deutsche Telekom
