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:

  1. Outstanding Leadership (for Work Group Chairs or co-Chair)
  2. Project Leadership (for Project Leaders)
  3. 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.

WBA Programs Overview
Outstanding Leadership Awards
WBA Work Groups

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

Marcelo Molinari
CommScope
WBA Programs Overview
Outstanding Leadership Awards
WBA work groups