#PSCR2017

This annual meeting is meant to bring together representatives from public safety, 

Federal agencies, industry, and academia. You will hear from PSCR engineers about testing updates, 

upcoming R&D efforts, and opportunities to get involved. The PSCR also invites industry leaders and 

public safety partners to present cutting edge technology trends, features, and functionalities. The 

annual Stakeholder Meeting enables PSCR to receive direct input, guidance, and feedback from their 

diverse stakeholder community.

These are very exciting times for the PSCR! With funds made available from the Middle Class Tax Relief 

Act in 2012 , the PSCR is able to establish an R&D program to help advance public safety communications 

technology capabilities.

Don’t miss all of the exciting things we have planned!

• See what the PSCR is doing with Virtual Reality – Use the app to sign up for a 10 minute 

virtual reality demo

• Visit the Poster room to see the Grant Awardee Project Overviews

• Check out the demo tables throughout the conference

• Don’t miss all of the exciting speakers from PSCR, academia, industry, and public safety

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June 12—14

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Agenda: Day 1.....................................................................................................................4

Agenda: Day 2........................................................................................................................................................6

Agenda: Day 3...............................................................................................................................8

Session Descriptions......................................................................................................... 9

Speaker Biographies ....................................................................................................... 13

Virtual Reality Demo....................................................................................................... 25

Demo Tables..................................................................................................................... 25

Grant Posters ................................................................................................................... 25

Public Safety User Interface R&D Roadmap Summit................................................. 26

Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting Mobile App .................................... 27

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7:00AM—8:00AM Check-in

8:00AM—8:45AM Welcome & Kick Off

Dereck Orr - Acting NIST CTL Lab Director & PSCR Division Chief

8:45AM—9:15AM Day 1 Keynote 

Sue Swenson - FirstNet Chairwoman

9:15AM—10:45AM Public Safety Mission Critical Voice

Latest research plans and results from PSCR

Richard Rouil - PSCR Modeling & Simulation

Jeb Benson - PSCR Technology Acceleration & External Research 

Group

David Griffith - PSCR Modeling & Simulation

10:45AM—11:00AM BREAK

11:00AM—12:00PM Advancing Mission Critical Voice Technologies Through PSCR’s 

Innovation Accelerator Grant Program

Moderator: Jeb Benson - PSCR Technology Acceleration & External 

Research Group

Fidel Liberal - Universidad del Pays Vasco (UPV) Euskal Herriko 

Unibertsitatea (EHU)

Robert Escalle - Sonim Technologies, Inc.

Paul Sutton - Software Radio Systems Limited

Richard Lau - Vencore Labs, Inc. 

Sumit Roy - University of Washington 

Sean Sangodoyin - University of Southern California

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12:00PM—1:30PM LUNCH - *Please note that lunch will not be provided

1:30PM—2:30PM Indoor Location-Based Services for Public Safety 

PSCR research plans and current findings

David Howe - NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)/PSCR

Fabio da Silva - NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)/PSCR

Alicia Evangelista - Yet2

Brienne Engel - Yet2

2:30PM—3:00PM BREAK

3:00PM—4:00PM Advancing Public Safety Analytics Through PSCR’s Innovation 

Accelerator Grant Program 

Moderator: John Garofolo - NIST Information Technology 

Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR Video Analytics

Alex Hauptmann - Carnegie Mellon University 

David Blankenship - Western Fire Chiefs

Homa Alemzadeh - University of Virginia

Tyler Garner - Prominent Edge LLC 

4:00PM—5:00PM Public Safety Communications Security

Update on current projects from the PSCR Security team

John Beltz - PSCR Security

Michael Ogata - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Gema Howell - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Jeff Cichonski - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

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8:00AM—8:30AM Day 2 Keynote

Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño - San Antonio Police Department

8:30AM—9:00AM How Crowdsourcing can Drive Open Innovation 

An overview of PSCR’s Open Innovation Program

Heather Evans - NIST Program Coordination Office

9:00AM—10:00AM Public Safety LTE goes Global 

An update from international partners on their public safety LTE 

deployments

Moderator: Jason Kahn - PSCR Research, Testing, & Evaluation Group

Joe Fournier - Canada’s Federal Government Centre for Security Science (CSS)

David Lund - Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Forum

Gordon Shipley - UK Home Office Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP)

10:00AM—10:30AM BREAK

10:30AM—12:00PM The FirstNet & AT&T Partnership: Priorities & Progress

Moderator: Dereck Orr - Acting NIST CTL Lab Director & PSCR Division 

Chief 

Jeff Bratcher - FirstNet Chief Technology Officer 

Rich Reed - FirstNet Chief Customer Officer

Salim Patel - AT&T Technology Architecture Planning

12:00PM—1:30PM LUNCH - *Please note that lunch will not be provided

1:30PM—2:00PM The Public Safety User Interfaces of Tomorrow 

An overview of the recently published technology roadmap

Dereck Orr - Acting NIST CTL Lab Director & PSCR Division Chief

Ryan Felts - PSCR Roadmapping Support

Marc Leh - PSCR Roadmapping Support

2:00PM—3:00PM A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene

An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

Mary Theofanos - NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (MML)/PSCR

Kristen Greene - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Shanee Dawkins - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Yee-Yin Choong - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Sandra Spickard Prettyman - Culture Catalyst

Ryan Winpigler - NIST Firefighter/EMT-B 

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3:00PM—4:00PM BREAK - Grantee Poster Room/PSCR Demo Tables

4:00PM—5:00PM OPTION 1: Public Safety Identity Management (Located in Salon I)

A tutorial on PSCR’s research into Identity, Credentialing, Access Management 

(ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on (SSO)

John Beltz - PSCR Security

Paul Grassi - NIST National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace 

(NSTIC)/PSCR

Bill Fisher - NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)

Arshad Noor - StrongAuth, Inc

Mike Korus - Motorola Systems Cyber Security Organization

John Bradley - Ping Identity

 

 OPTION 2: Location-Based Services Discussion Forum (Located in Salon M)

We want to hear your operational needs and technical approaches to LBS 

technologies

Dave Howe - NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)/PSCR

Fabio da Silva - NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)/PSCR

Jeb Benson - PSCR Technology Acceleration & External Research Group

 OPTION 3: Grantee Poster Room/PSCR Demo Tables

5:00PM—6:00PM OPTION 1: Join the PSCR Security Community (Located in Salon I) 

Q&A session on topics of your choosing within PSCR security research

John Beltz - PSCR Security

Josh Franklin - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Michael Ogata - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Mike Bartock - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

 OPTION 2: 3 Questions about your Communication Experiences (Located in 

Salon M)

10 Minutes of Your Time – Drop In, Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

Mary Theofanos - NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (MML)/PSCR

Yee-Yin Choong - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Kristen Greene - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR

Shanee Dawkins - NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)/PSCR 

 OPTION 3: Grantee Poster Room/PSCR Demo Tables

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8:00AM—8:30AM Day 3 Keynote

Jeff Johnson - FirstNet Board Vice Chairman & Retired Fire 

Chief 

8:30AM—10:00AM Advancing Location-Based Services & Resilient System 

Technologies Through PSCR’s Innovation Accelerator Grant 

Program 

Moderator: Jeb Benson - PSCR Technology Acceleration & 

External Research Group

Moderator: Eric Anderson - PSCR Technology Acceleration & 

External Research Group

Carol Politi - TRX Systems, Inc.

Anthony Rowe - Carnegie Mellon University

Niki Trigoni - University of Oxford

Andrei Shkel - University of California - Irvine 

Harsha Chenji - Texas A&M Engineering Experiments Station 

Rajarathnam Chandramouli - Misram LLC dba Spectronn 

Nancy French - Michigan Technological University

Murat Yuskel - University of California - Riverside

10:00AM—10:30AM BREAK

10:30AM—11:30AM Taking The Network Wherever You Go 

Deployable Systems Research for Public Safety

Ben Posthuma - PSCR Capabilities & Integration Group

11:30AM—12:00PM Making the Most of Image and Video Quality

Margaret Pinson - NTIA Institute for Telecommunications 

Sciences (ITS)/PSCR

12:00PM—12:30PM Closing Remarks

Dereck Orr - Acting NIST CTL Lab Director & PSCR Division 

Chief

12:30PM—1:30PM PSCR VR Demo Room

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Public Safety Mission Critical Voice 

Latest research plans and results from PSCR

First responders operate in very challenging environments where access to communications 

infrastructure can be limited or even non-existent. Device-to-Device (D2D) communication 

will be an essential enabler for first responders in the future as it helps them to retain uninterrupted contact. D2D-enabled user devices will allow users to communicate directly with 

each other without sending traffic through a base station, which is a critical capability in 

environments where the wireless network is degraded or destroyed. During this session, PSCR 

will give an overview of the March 2017 Mission Critical Voice (MCV) Roundtable that focused 

on defining a quality of experience framework for public safety mission critical voice. We’ll 

also provide an overview of the out-of-coverage capabilities defined in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE). Additionally, PSCR will discuss topics related 

to device synchronization, discovery, and communication in the context of 3GPP LTE Proximity 

Services (ProSe), as well as present our initial analysis of the performance of Mission Critical 

Push-to-Talk (MCPTT).

Advancing Mission Critical Voice Technologies Through PSCR’s 

Innovation Accelerator Grant Program 

This panel discussion will highlight how several Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 

(PSIAP) grant recipients plan to conduct Mission Critical Voice-focused research that will advance first responder communications and operations through innovative R&D projects. 

Indoor Location-Based Services for Public Safety 

PSCR research plans and current findings

Location-based Services represent one of PSCR’s primary research priorities; during this session PSCR will present on several key aspects of this topic area, including: the primary goals of 

current 3D-localization studies as well as the expected benefits gained from these activities; 

the problem of 3D indoor localization that is specific to public safety operations and a set 

of baseline requirements; the perceived pros and cons of current localization methods; and 

results from three recent technology scouting efforts related to indoor localization, mapping, 

and navigation. This session will provide important context for the Day 2 breakout session on 

Location-Based Services (LBS).

Advancing Public Safety Analytics Through PSCR’s Innovation 

Accelerator Grant Program

This panel discussion will highlight how several Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) grant recipients hope to advance first responder communications and operations 

through targeted research and development focused on Public Safety Analytics.

SESSION 

DESCRIPTIONS

SESSION 

DESCRIPTIONS Day 1 | Monday, June 12

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Day 1 | Monday, June 12 Day 2 | Tuesday, June 13

Public Safety Communications Security

Update on current projects from the PSCR Security team

Security is a foundational aspect of all public safety communications. Network architecture, 

LTE components, mobile devices and the applications they support, and the first responder 

users are all part of the security ecosystem. The PSCR Security team researches these important subjects to help ensure current and future public safety communications users and providers have the knowledge and tools to implement proper security. This panel will provide an 

overview of the important research being conducted by the PSCR Security team, highlighting 

how this research will benefit all of our stakeholders. Topics will include Network Security, 

Mobile Single Sign On (SSO), Mobile Application Vetting, Mobile Device and Wearable Security, and Over The Air (OTA) Updates to UICC.

How Crowdsourcing can Drive Open Innovation

An overview of PSCR’s Open Innovation Program

Open Innovation has proven to be a powerful mechanism to accelerate innovation and technological advancements. This session will provide an overview of the PSCR Open Innovation program and how open innovation methodologies, such as prize competitions, engage a 

broad and diverse community from around the world to contribute solutions and accelerate 

the development of critical public safety communications technologies.

Public Safety LTE goes Global 

An update from international partners on their public safety LTE deployments

This panel provides a unique opportunity to hear from government representatives from the 

United Kingdom, European Union, and Canada on the status of their public safety LTE deployment initiatives. Although each country and region are pursuing LTE as the principal 

technology for their public safety broadband deployments, individual implementations are 

not always the same. This panel will present an update on these exciting initiatives and will 

provide insight into the larger, global public safety LTE environment.

The FirstNet & AT&T Partnership: Priorities & Progress

Learn more about FirstNet’s network deployment directly from key FirstNet and AT&T leadership. This panel will include presentations on topics such as state plans, FirstNet’s core network, priority and preemption, and innovation and test lab. There will also be a Q&A session 

at the end for the audience to participate and ask questions.

The Public Safety User Interfaces of Tomorrow

An overview of the recently published technology roadmap

Augmented reality smart suits, gesture recognition sensors, eye-gaze data inputs....User Interface technology is developing on a rapid timeline and with it, public safety stands to realize 

revolutionary new means of interacting with data/communications. Built with the end user in 

mind, these new interfaces will enable public safety to more seamlessly interact with technology systems, gain critical situational awareness, and realize new methods to carry out 

tasks. This session will include a review of the PSCR Public Safety User Interface Technology 

R&D Roadmap and discuss plans for the upcoming User Interface Summit in Boulder, CO.

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A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications and Data 

Needs from Station to Scene

An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

User experience is a unique and crucial element that is relevant to almost all of PSCR’s R&D 

efforts. It is critical to consider technology as a two-way relationship where the system and 

users are partners with the same goal. To this end, PSCR is capturing user roles, tasks, and information needs directly from first responders in the field. Interim research results are useful 

to current and future PSCR stakeholders and research partners and this effort will ultimately 

result in a user interface evaluation methodology and test environment specification. During 

this session, the NIST Usability Research Team will present a snapshot of its work with first 

responders, findings to date, and future plans.

Public Safety Identity Management 

A tutorial on PSCR’s research into Identity 

Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM) and Mobile Single Sign-on (SSO)PSCR has partnered with NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and the National Cybersecurity 

Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to research Mobile Application Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities 

for first responders. During this session, NIST researchers and representatives from industry 

will describe their innovative approach in providing these capabilities along with other important public safety identity management topics. This forum will also provide attendees an 

opportunity for in-depth discussions with researchers and experts in this field.

Location-Based Services Discussion Forum

We want to hear your operational needs and technical approaches to LBS 

technologies

Indoor localization is undoubtedly one of the most talked about aspects of advanced Location-based Services for public safety. There are various technical approaches, however, to 

determining indoor localization. This session will serve as an open forum to discuss both the 

technical approaches to developing Location-Based Services (LBS) technology and the operational needs of the public safety officials using LBS solutions on the ground. Specifically, 

the technical discussion will focus on the obstacles to obtaining the needed accuracy and 

speed in determining mission-critical indoor localization of first responders. The technical 

approach forum and the operational needs forum will run side-by-side during the session, 

so join this breakout session and lend your input where it’s best suited. We hope to provide 

all attendees with a better understanding of technical approaches to LBS most likely to succeed, as well as an understanding of the obstacles on the road to public safety’s LBS goals.

Join the PSCR Security Community

Q&A session on topics of your choosing within PSCR security research 

This discussion-based panel will invite attendees to shape and participate in the PSCR 

Security community. PSCR historically hosts roundtables and summits to gather input 

from stakeholders in other important topic areas including MCV, LBS, Analytics, and UI/

UX and PSCR hopes to incorporate the security community in a similar way. PSCR will poll 

the conference attendees throughout the conference to determine interest in joining the 

PSCR Security Community group and also evaluate the best communication paths for that 

group. We will spend a few minutes in this session discussing the outcomes of the polls 

and provide a path forward to host this new security group. Additionally, we will host an 

informal security panel to engage the audience in a discussion around the research areas 

that were presented during the Day 1 PSCR Security Overview session.

Day 2 | Tuesday, June 13

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3 Questions about your Communication Experiences

10 Minutes of Your Time – Drop In, Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

The PSCR NIST Usability Team needs your help! Provide 10 minutes of your time, drop in, 

answer 3 questions, and win prizes. PSCR wants to hear your experiences with technology 

in the public safety world. We want to draw on the expertise of PSCR’s diverse stakeholder 

community. Whether you are a first responder or work in other areas of public safety, we 

want to hear from you! Your technology experiences are valuable to PSCR’s usability efforts 

and will help the team better understand user needs and the context of communication in 

public safety. If you have time, stay and chat with NIST Usability researchers. Prizes will be 

drawn every 15 minutes. Winners will be announced during the opening session on Wednesday morning.

Advancing Location-Based Services & Resilient System Technologies 

Through PSCR’s Innovation Accelerator Grant Program 

This panel discussion will address how Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) 

grant recipients plan to research Location Based Services and Resilient Systems to advance 

first responder communications and operations through innovative R&D projects.

Taking The Network Wherever You Go

Deployable Systems Research for Public Safety

Mobile deployable networks will continue to be a significant contributor to large-scale public 

safety communications networks. While PSCR has been researching the complexities of existing deployable systems for several years, this session focuses on two specific areas. First, 

we’ll overview the prospective research that PSCR is doing with next generation deployable 

systems. This research involves the establishment of a highly mobile deployed network; an 

ecosystem where LTE-based networks of all form factors, both in the air and on the ground, 

can converge seamlessly to provide user mobility across the entire network regardless of 

agency or affiliation. Methods of intelligent data backhaul, mobile edge computing, and future technology adoption as it applies to the deployed network will also be discussed. The 

second area we’ll cover is the next generation deployable test bed that PSCR has established 

as a place for stakeholders to collaborate using equipment and processes to develop standardized metrology for evaluating next generation systems.

Making the Most of Image and Video Quality

This session will address how camera innovations can transform the way first responders 

communicate, visualize live incidents, document past events, and detect danger. PSCR is 

gathering and analyzing first responder feedback on image quality and video quality gaps. 

PSCR interviewed more than 100 people, including federal, state, and local agencies; law 

enforcement, fire, and emergency medicine; rural and urban communities; disparate climates; department sizes from small to very large; district attorneys’ offices, manufacturers, 

instructors, researchers, and public safety organizations. We learned surprisingly consistent 

themes. Today’s cameras were designed for a different task than the first responder’s use. 

They produce suboptimal information and save surplus data. First responders need cameras 

that are designed for their tasks. A camera designed to be a law enforcement tool must 

meet the legal needs of the court and the investigatory needs of the detectives. A live video 

communication system designed to be telemedicine tool must meet the physician’s need 

to diagnose the patient. This session will provide a glimpse into 48 camera technology gaps 

identified by PSCR and what future generation camera systems could look like. PSCR invites 

first responders to share ideas with us at the Usability booth, by phone or by email. Each 

person we speak to provides us with new insights.

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S p e a k e r Biographies

Speaker Biographies

Mike Bartock Session: Join the PSCR Security Community

Mike Bartock is an IT specialist in the Computer Security Division in the Information 

Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He 

performs applied cybersecurity research specializing in hardware roots of trust to 

enforce policy-based cloud workload migration, LTE backhaul protection, and derived 

PIV credentials. His work focuses on collaborating with industry partners to build and 

implement proof of concept reference architectures. He has experience in managing 

virtualized environment, cloud computing, software development, cryptography, derived 

PIV credentials, and LTE security for public safety networks. He received his Bachelor’s in 

Mathematics from the University of Maryland.

John Beltz Sessions: Public Safety Communications Security Update on current projects 

from the PSCR Security team 

Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into Identity, 

Credentialing, Access Management (ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on (SSO)

Join the PSCR Security Community: Q&A session on topics of your choosing 

within PSCR security research

John has been the IT Security Manager at PSCR for two years. He leads all security 

specific research projects and provides security consulting for PSCR projects that are 

not security focused. He is also responsible for the security protection of the PSCR 

Demonstration Network. John’s background is in network security where his role before 

joining PSCR was managing security teams at NIST in completing A&A activities including 

project management, security architecture consultation, documentation development/

review, asset inventory analysis, network and web application vulnerability scanning and 

analysis, and hands-on technical testing. Prior to that he performed similar services 

as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton based in McLean, VA. John is a proud veteran 

of the US Army where he served his country for 6 years. During his military career he 

also completed his Bachelor’s Degree at Hawaii Pacific University majoring in Computer 

Information Systems and later completed a Graduate Degree at Johns Hopkins University 

majoring in Information and Telecommunication Systems. John is a native of the 

Washington, DC area, but now lives in Colorado with his wife and two year old son. He 

enjoys playing in the Rocky Mountains at his favorite pastimes including mountain 

biking, backcountry skiing, and hiking.

Jeb Benson Session(s): Public Safety Mission Critical Voice Latest research plans and results 

from PSCR 

Location-Based Services Discussion Forum: We want to hear your operational 

needs and technical approaches to LBS technologies

Prior to joining PSCR in January 2016, Jeb Benson had 10 years of experience as an 

RF Engineer and Engineering Manager with the Department of Defense researching, 

developing, and fielding products and systems for ISR applications. Prior to that he 

worked for five years as a Research Biologist in Alaska. Jeb has a BS in Electrical and 

Computer Engineering from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and a BS in Environmental 

Science from Oregon State University. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer and a 

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DAWIA certified Level 2 Science and Technology Manager. 

John Bradley Session: Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into 

Identity

Mr. Bradley (Ping Identity) is an Identity Management subject matter expert and IT 

professional with a diverse background. Mr. Bradley has over 15 years experience in the 

information technology and identity management field. Mr. Bradley advises Government 

Agencies and commercial organizations on the policy and technical requirements of 

Identity Management, Federated Identity, PKI and smart card solutions. Mr. Bradley 

communicates effectively with clients, vendors, staff and standards organizations to brief 

them on complex state-of-the-art identity management concepts, best practices, and 

technical requirements. He is also Chair of the Federation Interoperability WG at Kantara. 

He is treasurer of the openID Foundation, on the advisory board for OIX, and an active 

contributor to SAML and other OASIS specifications at OASIS. . Mr. Bradley is one of the 

leaders of OSIS, and the Kantara Interoperability Review Board, forums that vendors use for 

industry interoperability testing, and thus has an in-depth understanding not only of the 

factors that contribute to success, but of upcoming trends that affect whether strategic 

planning will ensure optimal effectiveness for future operability. Recently John has been 

co-authoring the ICAM protocol profiles at Protiviti Government Services on behalf of GSA, 

and continues to support the FICAM interoperability Lab. Current projects include coauthoring the next version of the openID specification and related standards.

Jeff Bratcher Session: The FirstNet & AT&T Partnership: Priorities and Progress

Mr. Bratcher spent his early career in the private sector at Motorola Cellular and Siemens 

Mobile in their respective cellular field deployment engineering teams in domestic and 

international markets. Mr. Bratcher began his federal service in 2003 when he joined 

the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Institute for 

Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) located in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to joining FirstNet, 

Mr. Bratcher served as Division Chief for the Telecommunications and IT Planning Division 

at the ITS and also served as the Technical and Operations Manager for the Public 

Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program. Mr. Bratcher received a BS in Electrical 

Engineering from Texas Tech University and a MS in Telecommunications from Southern 

Methodist University.

Jeff Cichonski Session: Public Safety Communications Security: Update on current projects from 

the PSCR Security team

Jeff Cichonski is an Information Technology Specialist working with a broad array of 

technologies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology; working in the Applied 

Cybersecurity Division under the umbrella of the Information Technology Laboratory. One 

of his current areas of focus is LTE network security, with a specific interest in security 

for public safety LTE Implementations. Other areas of research include cybersecurity for 

industrial control systems (ICS), internet of things (IoT) security and, derived credential 

research. He has a Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University. 

Yee-Yin Choong Session(s): A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

3 Questions about your Communication Experiences: 10 Minutes of Your Time – 

Drop In, Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

Yee-Yin Choong is a Human Factors Scientist in the Information Technology Laboratory at 

the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Yee-Yin conducts research in the 

areas of user-centered design and evaluation methodology, public safety communications, 

usable cybersecurity, biometrics usability, human factors, and cognitive engineering. She 

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centered design and evaluation, cross-cultural usability, symbols and icons design, 

biometrics symbology, and usable cybersecurity.

Prior to joining NIST in 2006, she practiced usability engineering in the private sector 

for 10 years. Her work covered areas including telecommunications, Business-toBusiness eCommerce, Web-based applications, and software internationalization. 

Yee-Yin received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State 

University and her PhD in Human Factors from Purdue University.

Shanee Dawkins Sessions: A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

3 Questions about your Communication Experiences: 10 Minutes of Your Time – 

Drop In: Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

Dr. Shaneé Dawkins is a Computer Scientist in the Visualization and Usability Group 

at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She is an experienced 

researcher in the fields of human computer interaction and human centered design. 

For over 10 years, Shaneé worked towards the improvement of usable and accessible 

designs of voting systems.

At NIST since 2012, Shaneé performs research focusing on human centered design and 

evaluation guidelines and standards. She has contributed to NIST’s efforts in developing 

usability and accessibility standards of United States voting systems, improving the 

evaluation of machine translation technologies, and is currently a researcher on the 

public safety usability team. Shaneé received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science 

at Auburn University, and B.S. in Computer Engineering at North Carolina A&T State 

University.

Fabio da Silva Sessions: Indoor Location-Based Services for Public Safety PSCR research plans 

and current findings 

Location-Based Services Discussion Forum: We want to hear your operational 

needs and technical approaches to LBS technologies

Physicist with extensive experience in electromagnetic measurements (dc to 20 GHz), 

magnetism and magnetic materials, microfabrication, and quantum information 

sciences. He joined the Time and Frequency Metrology Group at NIST in 2016 and is now 

investigating radiofrequency and vapor-cell magnetometry technologies applied to 

the problem of indoor location and communication in shielded, cluttered, and extreme 

temperature, shock, and vibration environments.

Brienne Engel Session: Indoor Location-Based Services for Public Safety: PSCR research plans 

and current findings

Brienne has been with yet2 since 2015 and works primarily on Technology Scouting 

Services, Strategic Dealflow Services and Innovation Tours. During her time at yet2, 

Brienne has worked extensively with stakeholders across Fortune 500 companies and 

Government organizations across several industry sectors to evaluate partnership 

opportunities, identify and analyze technologies and foster collaborations. Brienne 

has a diverse scientific background with B.S. degrees in Biology and Biochemistry 

from Brandeis University, an M.S. in Biological Oceanography from University of South 

Florida, and a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from University of South Florida in conjunction 

with the Moffitt Cancer Center. 

Heather Evans Session: How Crowdsourcing can Drive Open Innovation: An overview of PSCR’s 

Open Innovation Program

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Dr. Heather Evans is senior program analyst in the Program Coordination Office in the 

Director’s Office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She covers 

policy and strategy issues for NIST in many areas including nanotechnology, bioscience, 

advanced manufacturing, and open innovation. Heather managed NIST’s first-ever app 

competition, the Reference Data Challenge, which offered cash prizes to incentivize the 

creation of apps using NIST data. She serves as a mentor in the GSA Challenge Mentor 

program and leads the NISTwide community of interest in prizes and challenges. Also 

in summer of 2015, Heather coordinated NIST’s participation in the first-ever National 

Maker Faire, an event that attracted makers from across the country. As part of the 

Department of Commerce Executive Leadership Development Program, Heather served 

a detail assignment in the NASA Administrator’s Office of Strategy Formulation. Prior to 

working at NIST, Heather covered emerging technology issues at the White House Office 

of Science and Technology Policy and the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office 

as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow. Heather was a Humboldt Postdoctoral 

Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in 

Gottingen, Germany, and earned her doctorate in materials science from the University 

of California Santa Barbara.

Alicia Evangelista Session: Indoor Location-Based Services for Public Safet: PSCR research plans 

and current findings

Alicia has been with yet2 since 2014 and works with clients across a number of Open 

Innovation services. During her time at yet2, Alicia has led several search efforts with 

the EPA, NASA, NIST to identify opportunities for technology partnerships, landscape 

opportunity spaces and provide insight for RFIs, RFPs and BAAs. Prior to joining yet2, 

Alicia worked for the National Institutes of Health as a Technology Transfer Associate. 

Alicia received her PhD in Molecular Medicine from Boston University and her B.S. from 

the University of Virginia, where she studied Biomedical Engineering.

Ryan Felts Session: The Public Safety User Interfaces of Tomorrow: An overview of the 

recently published technology roadmap

Ryan is a Principal Consultant with Corner Alliance, Inc. Since 2012, Ryan has supported 

PSCR in the development of R&D Technology Roadmaps and is co-author of the 

Location-based Services R&D Roadmap, Public Safety Analytics R&D Roadmap, and 

Public Safety User Interface R&D Roadmap. In addition to supporting PSCR, Ryan has 

supported the Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications 

(OEC) and Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate, and the Department of Commerce, 

National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) and National 

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Prior to joining Corner Alliance, Ryan 

was a Senior Consultant with Touchstone Consulting. From 2007-2012 Ryan supported 

OEC and the management of the SAFECOM program and supported the development 

of the Communications Unit Leader (COML) and Communications Technician (COMT) 

training programs and the State of Texas and Commonwealth of Virginia in broadband 

and interoperability planning related efforts. Ryan received a Bachelor of Arts in 

Communication from Virginia Tech. 

Bill Fisher Session(s): Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into 

Identity, Credentialing, Access Management (ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on 

(SSO)

Bill Fisher is a security engineer at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 

(NCCoE). In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of engineers that work 

collaboratively with industry partners to address cybersecurity business challenges 

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facing the nation. He leads the center’s Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) project, 

Mobile Application Single Sign On (SSO) for the Public Safety and First Responder Sector, 

and is part of the ITL Cybersecurity for IoT program. 

The NCCoE is a collaborative hub where businesses, government agencies, and academia 

work together to address broad cybersecurity problems of national importance. As 

part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the NCCoE uses standards, 

best practices, and commercially available secure technologies to demonstrate how 

cybersecurity can be applied in the real world. Ultimately, the NCCoE helps promote 

widespread adoption of cybersecurity technologies by developing example solutions to 

cybersecurity problems that affect whole sectors of industry, or even multiple sectors.

Prior to his work at the NCCoE, Mr. Fisher was a program security advisor for the 

System High Corporation in support of the Network Security Deployment division 

at the Department of Homeland Security. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business 

administration from American University and a master’s degree in cybersecurity from 

Johns Hopkins University.

Joe Fournier Session:Public Safety LTE goes Global: An update from international partners on 

their public safety LTE deployments

Joe has 28 years of experience in the wireless domain working on product, system and 

network level research & development. He is currently with the Federal Government’s 

Centre for Security Science (CSS) in Ottawa, Canada responsible for the Wireless 

Technology portfolio. Prior to this, he led the wireless network design group at 

the Communications Research Centre (CRC) at Innovation Science and Economic 

Development.

Before joining the federal government, Joe held senior technical and management 

positions at a number of Industry organizations including Intelcan, Newbridge Networks 

and Alcatel Networks. While at Alcatel, Joe was Associate Vice President of Broadband 

Wireless. Over his career, he has been involved with many turnkey wireless network 

designs and implementations in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa 

and Asia. 

Josh Franklin Session: Join the PSCR Security Community: Q&A session on topics of your 

choosing within PSCR security research

Joshua is an IT Security Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) focusing on secure mobility for both the public and private sectors. He manages 

the mobile security laboratory at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 

(NCCoE), and is actively working to update federal guidance on using mobile devices in 

the enterprise. In the pursuit of secure telecommunications, Joshua co-authored NIST’s 

security analysis of LTE, and participated in 3GPP and the FCC’s Working Group on SS7 

Security. Joshua is the principle investigator for PSCR’s effort in securing Band 14 devices 

and wearables. 

Prior to joining NIST in 2012, Joshua worked at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

where he gathered extensive experience with voting technologies and testing and 

certification programs. Joshua graduated from Kennesaw State University with a 

Bachelor’s of Science in Information Systems, and he received a Master’s of Science in 

Information Security and Assurance from George Mason University.

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John Garofolo Session: Advancing Public Safety Analytics Through PSCR’s Innovation Accelerator 

Grant Program

John Garofolo has been with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 

Information Technology Laboratory since 1987 leading the development of human language-, 

computer vision-, and multimedia technology research and evaluation activities. He now 

provides senior leadership for the development of new research and measurement science 

programs focused on unstructured data analytic technology challenges, especially in the 

area of video analytics. He brings his knowledge of rigorous measurement science, dataand evaluation-driven research, and an interdisciplinary perspective to bear to bring diverse 

communities of interest together to create innovative approaches to the development 

of next-generation analytic technologies that address critically important national 

needs. He is also an expert in R&D strategic planning and has led the NIST Information 

Technology Laboratory and other agencies in applying best practices in conjunction with an 

understanding of the state-of-the-art, trends, and emerging technologies in developing their 

R&D strategies. Over the last 10 years, he has worked in developing test and measurement 

methods, tools, and data for a variety of emerging video analytic technologies. In 2010, he 

co-developed the VISITORS program and symposium to bring the computer vision research 

community together with the retail loss prevention community to discuss how video 

analytics could be brought to bear to address the fast-growing shoplifting problem. In 

2010, he created the ALADDIN video and multimedia analytics R&D program at ODNI IARPA 

to create video/audio understanding technology with search-engine-like capabilities to 

assist analysts in triaging enormous amounts of unconstrained video clips. In 2012-2013, 

he brought attention to the need for technologies to address the fast-growing physical 

security video area with a strategic discussion and workshop focused on the development of 

technology to analyze the data from massive networks of CCTV cameras. In 2014, he created 

and continues to lead the OSTP NITRD Video and Image Analytics (VIA) Interagency Working 

Group which is focused on both developing Federal interagency strategy for video and 

image analysis technology R&D and fostering collaboration across agencies and with state 

and local governments. In leading VIA, he recognized the surge of needs related to video in 

public safety. He is now working with the public safety community to develop a community 

strategy for R&D, collaboration, measurement, standards related to video analytics. He 

is an active participant in the NIST Public Safety Communications Research Program, the 

NIST/DoJ-led Forensic Science “OSAC” Program, the DHS-led Video Quality in Public Safety 

Program, the Underwriters Labs Technical Panel on Tactical Camera Standards, and the 

National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Video Technology Advisory Group.

Paul Grassi Session: Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into 

Identity, Credentialing, Access Management (ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on 

(SSO)

Paul Grassi is the Senior Standards and Technology Advisor at the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). He joined NIST in June 2014 to advance and accelerate the 

development and adoption of identity authentication and authorization related standards 

and technologies needed to implement the identity ecosystem envisioned in the National 

Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Mr. Grassi comes to NIST with a 

broad background of technology and management consulting, and significant experience 

developing enterprise security strategies and systems, having served a range of Fortune 500 

companies, as well as domestic and foreign governments.

Kristen Greene Sessions: A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research; 

3 Questions about your Communication Experiences: 10 Minutes of Your Time – 

Drop In Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

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Kristen Greene is a Cognitive Scientist in the Visualization and Usability Group within the 

Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST). She conducts usability and human factors research for NIST’s PSCR (Public Safety 

Communications Research) and usable cybersecurity programs. She has an M.A. and Ph.D. 

in Cognitive Psychology from Rice University. She is an experienced research scientist, 

having conducted research in the Attention and Perception Laboratory at the University 

of South Carolina, the Usability Testing and Analysis Facility at NASA Johnson Space 

Center, the Computer Human Interaction Laboratory at Rice University, and now the 

Information Technology Laboratory at NIST. She is broadly interested in understanding 

how changing next-generation technologies, especially mobile devices, impact human 

cognition and total human-system performance. 

David Griffith Session: Public Safety Mission Critical Voice: Latest research plans and results 

from PSCR

David Griffith is a member of the Wireless Networks Division in the Communications 

Technology Laboratory (CTL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

His research focus is on developing mathematical models for wireless communications 

systems, including analyzing control processes for Device-to-Device (D2D) 

communications. He also has supported NIST’s research on wireless communications 

for the Smart Grid, and has modeled architectures for optical networks that aimed to 

improve the reliability of data flows over large backbone links. His prior experience 

includes systems engineering and performance modeling for satellite communications 

networks for a number of companies. He earned the PhD in electrical engineering at the 

University of Delaware, where his work focused on adaptive non-linear signal processing 

techniques, such as developing time-frequency representations for signals corrupted by 

impulsive noise.

Dave Howe Session: Location-Based Services Discussion Forum: We want to hear your 

operational needs and technical approaches to LBS technologies

Leader of the Time and Frequency Metrology Group of the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO. He has extensive experience in atomic clocks, 

precise synchronization, navigation using radio and laser ranging, signal processing, 

and position, navigation, and timing (PNT) using GPS and other services. His expertise 

includes spectral estimation using digital processing techniques, spectral purity and 

noise analysis, digital servo design, automated accuracy evaluation of primary cesium 

standards, atomic beam analysis, reduction of oscillator acceleration sensitivity for 

special applications, and time series analysis. 

Gema Howell Session: Public Safety Communications Security: Update on current projects from 

the PSCR Security team

Gema Howell is an IT Security Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST). Gema currently researches methods to secure Band 14 devices and 

wearables tailored to public safety. Prior to this effort, Gema researched mobile isolation 

systems and mobile application vetting solutions for public safety. Outside of mobile 

security, Gema actively participates in the development of standardization for voting 

systems. Gema has a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Technology: Network Security 

from Bowie State University and is currently attending the University of Maryland, 

Baltimore County, to receive her Master’s of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity.

Jeff Johnson Session: Day 3 Keynote

Jeffrey Johnson has an extensive public safety background, with broad experience at 

both the local and national level. Chief Johnson served as Chair of Oregon’s Statewide 

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Interoperability Executive Council, which is transitioning from four independent stateowned radio networks into a single interoperable modern voice and data network. Prior 

to that, Chief Johnson was the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Fire Chief/CEO for 15 years. 

Chief Johnson is very active nationally on public safety communications matters, and 

has served on the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Board of Directors and 

served as President and Chairman of the Board. He is now CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs 

Association and served as a representative of the SAFECOM Emergency Response Council. 

Chief Johnson is a graduate of Concordia University.

Jason Kahn Session: Public Safety LTE goes Global: An update from international partners on 

their public safety LTE deployments

Jason Kahn is a research engineer for the Public Safety Research (PSCR) division of the 

Communication Technology Laboratory (CTL) within NIST. Jason transitioned to PSCR from 

the private industry in December 2015. Jason started his career in telecommunications 

by earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas 

at Austin in 1997. After graduation, Jason worked for Motorola, where he specialized in 

interoperability between mobile devices and telecommunications networks. While working 

on 2G and 3G wireless technologies, Jason also participated in standards development 

within the 3GPP2 while earning a Master of Science in Engineering Management with 

a concentration in operations research from SMU. After moving to Nokia in 2011, Jason 

focused on 4G LTE wireless technologies. Today, among his many duties, Jason is involved 

in public safety testing standards for LTE within the 3GPP. 

Mike Korus Session: Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into 

Identity, Credentialing, Access Management (ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on 

(SSO)

Mike Korus (Motorola Solutions) has 30 years experience in public safety communications. 

He has held numerous engineering and management roles with Motorola Solutions and 

is currently part of Motorola’s Chief Technology Office cyber security organization, leading 

multi factor authentication research. Mike is currently driving the company’s efforts to 

lower user friction associated with multifactor authentication. Mike has a Bachelor’s 

degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, a Master’s degree in 

Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, is a Motorola Science 

Advisory Board Associate, and currently holds 44 issued patents

Marc Leh Session: The Public Safety User Interfaces of Tomorrow: An overview of the 

recently published technology roadmap

Marc Leh is a Consultant for Corner Alliance who was supported PSCR’s R&D Strategy since 

2014. Marc was a lead author for the PSCR’s Location-based Services Roadmap, Public 

Safety Analytics Roadmap, User Interface Roadmap, and organizes a variety of working 

groups relating to public safety technology and the telecommunications industry. Prior to 

joining Corner Alliance, Marc received his B.A. in History from Cornell University.

David Lund Session: Public Safety LTE goes Global: An update from international partners on 

their public safety LTE deployments

Dr David Lund is Past President of Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) Forum. 

David’s experience in Public Safety Communications dates back to the 1990’s where 

involvement in research projects lead to demonstrations of medical telemetry and 

multimedia over the first implementations of circuit switched TETRA, winning the most 

innovative application award at the 2001 TETRA World Congress. David was an active 

contributor to the TETRA standards as ETSI special task force expert on many occasions 

covering aspects of coding, modulation, RF extension down to VHF and definition of the 

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Multimedia Exchange layer (MEX) layer.

In recent years his research has led to interest in the wider deployment aspects 

of mobile networks with a key focus towards solving problems across the layers of 

interoperability - the major problem of moving beyond technological interoperability, 

through solving problems of informational interoperability, through to aligned 

operations, strategy and changing European Legislation.

David is coordinator of project BroadMap, a key activity aiming to define the 

requirements for procurement of European Interoperable broadband applications/

services, networks and devices for PPDR.

Arshad Noor Session: Public Safety Identity Management: A tutorial on PSCR’s research into 

Identity, Credentialing, Access Management (ICAM), and Mobile Single Sign-on 

(SSO)

Arshad Noor is the CTO of StrongAuth, Inc., a Silicon Valley company focused on dataprotection through encryption and strong-authentication. He has been working for 

over 30 years in the IT sector, for companies such as the Port Authority of NY and NJ, 

New York Life Insurance, BASF Corporation, Citibank and Sun Microsystems. In the last 

20 years, he has focused on the use of cryptography to address security problems and 

has created open-source solutions that solve data-security problems for customers on 

six continents. He has been involved in many standards efforts in the past, including 

the FIDO Alliance, most recently, to simplify the use of FIDO protocols for strongauthentication. Arshad has authored many technical papers and spoken at conferences 

around the world on the subject of data-protection and strong-authentication.

Michael Ogata Sessions: Public Safety Communications Security: Update on current projects 

from the PSCR Security team

Join the PSCR Security Community: Q&A session on topics of your choosing 

within PSCR security research

Michael Ogata has worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) 

since 2005. Michael is currently serving as Co-Lead for the PSCR Cybersecurity group. 

He is also lead on the mobile application security research efforts being undertaken 

by PSCR. For the past 4 years, Michael has worked closely with members of the public 

safety community to explore mobile application concerns unique to that audience. In 

addition to his public safety work, his other roles at NIST revolve around digital forensics, 

specializing in mobile application forensics. Michael has a Bachelor of Science in 

Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Dereck Orr Sessions: Welcome & Kick Off 

The FirstNet & AT&T Partnership: Priorities & Progress

The Public Safety User Interfaces of Tomorrow: An overview of the recently 

published technology roadmap

Closing Remarks 

Dereck Orr is the Acting Director for the Communication Technology Laboratory (CTL). 

He is also the Division Chief for the Public Safety Communications Research Division at 

NIST’s Communication Technology Laboratory, and has held that position since December 

2002. In that role, he leads the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program 

that serves as an objective technical advisor and laboratory to FirstNet, the Department 

of Homeland Security, and public safety to accelerate the adoption and implementation 

of the most critical public safety communication standards and technologies. From 

October 2003 until October 2004, Mr. Orr was detailed to the Department of Homeland 

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Security to serve as the Chief of Staff of the SAFECOM Office within the Science and 

Technology Directorate, to help establish the new program. Prior to working at NIST, Mr. 

Orr served as a professional staff member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee 

for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and Related Agencies under 

Senator Fritz Hollings. In that position, Mr. Orr was responsible for the appropriations 

accounts relating to state and local law enforcement issues. Prior to that, Mr. Orr 

served four years at the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) at the 

Department of Justice. Mr. Orr received a Masters in Public Policy from the College of 

William and Mary and a Bachelor of Arts in American History from the University of 

Texas at Austin.

Salim Patel Session: The FirstNet & AT&T Partnership: Priorities & Progress

Director, Technology Architecture and Planning AT&T

Salim leads a team of architects responsible for FirstNet Architecture and Planning at 

AT&T. He has over 22 years of experience in leading cross functional teams in wireless 

network engineering, solutions architecture and service realization.

Salim holds an MSEE in Communication Systems and an MBA from the University of 

Southern California. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional 

(CISSP).

Margaret Pinson Session: Making the Most of Image and Video Quality 

Margaret Pinson received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from 

the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988 and 1990. Since 1988, she has been 

investigating improved methods for assessing video quality at the Institute for 

Telecommunication Sciences, an office of the National Telecommunication and 

Information Administration (NTIA/ITS), in Boulder, Colorado.

Mrs. Pinson is a Co-Chair of the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) and the 

administrator of the Consumer Digital Video Library (www.cdvl.org). She received the 

best paper award at the 2014 Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) 

for a proposed model of rating behavior based on subject bias and subject error. Mrs. 

Pinson develops automated metrics for assessing the performance of video systems 

and actively transfers this technology to end users, standards bodies, and U.S. industry.

Ben Posthuma Session(s):Deployables Systems

Ben began his career as a Communications Electronics Engineer in the United States 

Marine Corps. There, he gained an appreciation for the demand that communications 

systems, particularly those relied upon in critical situations, must be robust, 

dependable, and leverage the best that industry can offer. From there, Ben joined a 

major defense contractor and worked as the flight test director and chief engineer of 

a research and development group which specialized in rapidly deployable airbornebased networks; networks that were intended to provide communications in denied 

or austere environments for those who depended on them most. Ben joined NIST in 

January of 2016 to continue researching methods of bringing critical communications to 

first responders in any environment and is currently the principal investigator for the 

deployed system research within the PSCR group.

Sandra 

Spickard Prettyman Session: A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

Dr. Sandra Spickard Prettyman is an Independent Research Consultant who specializes 

in qualitative research methods, providing expertise in designing and implementing 

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rigorous qualitative research projects. Until recently, she was a Professor at the 

University of Akron where she taught doctoral courses in research methods and courses 

in social and philosophical foundations of education for graduate and undergraduate 

students. 

Richard Rouil Session: Public Safety Mission Critical Voice: Latest research plans and results 

from PSCR

Richard Rouil is a researcher and project lead working in the Wireless Networks 

Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He holds a 

Ph.D. in Computer Science from Telecom Bretagne, France (2009) that focused on 

mobility in heterogeneous networks. His main interests include protocol modeling and 

simulation of communication networks. His current research focuses on evaluating the 

performance of existing technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and defining 

requirements for next generation wireless systems to support the deployment of 

networks used by Public Safety.

Gordon Shipley Session: Public Safety LTE goes Global: An update from international partners 

on their public safety LTE deployments

Gordon Shipley is a Director in the UK Home Office’s Crime, Policing and Fire Group 

(CPFG) in London responsible for the Emergency Service Mobile Communications 

Programme (ESMCP), which is delivering a critical national voice and broadband data 

communications service for the police, fire, ambulance and other UK departments and 

agencies. He is also the senior contract owner for the current service, Airwave, and will 

be responsible for users’ trials and transition from Airwave to the new service, called 

the Emergency Services Network (ESN).

With a military and technical background and experience in public procurement, Gordon 

was previously the Head of Systems and Technology at the London Olympic Delivery 

Authority, responsible for system integration, telecoms and information technology, 

and for delivering the Olympic Park’s integrated security projects. He is also a Senior 

Commercial Specialist and a Non-Executive Director at the National Records of Scotland 

in Edinburgh.

Sue Swenson Session: Day 1 Keynote

Sue Swenson brings extensive experience as a telecommunications and technology 

executive to the FirstNet Board. She currently serves as CEO and Chair of the Board of 

Inseego, Corp, a leading global provider of SaaS telematics solutions. She has served 

as President and CEO of business software provider Sage North America from 2008-

2011. Ms. Swenson also served as COO of T-Mobile USA, President and COO of Leap 

Wireless, International (Cricket Communications) from 1999-2004 and President and 

CEO of Cellular One from 1994-1999. She started her telecommunications career at 

Pacific Telesis holding various management roles including President & COO of Pac Tel 

Cellular from 1990 - 1994. Ms. Swenson serves on the board of Directors of Wells Fargo, 

Harmonic, and Inseego Corp(formerly Novatel Wireless), where she was appointed CEO 

in October 2015.

Mary Theofanos Sessions: A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research

3 Questions about your Communication Experiences: 10 Minutes of Your Time – 

Drop In, Answer 3 Questions, and Win Prizes

Mary Theofanos is a Computer Scientist with NIST’s Materials Measurement Laboratory 

(MML) where she performs research on usability and human factors of systems. She 

develops standards for usability, and represents NIST on the JTC1 SC7 TAG and is CoConvener of WG 28 on usability of software systems. Mary is the 

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principal architect of the Usability and Security Program evaluating the human factors 

and usability of cyber security and biometric systems. She established the Biometrics 

Usability Program for the federal government, the first open research program to 

incorporate usability into biometrics research, elevating usability to a recognized critical 

component of biometrics research. Before joining NIST, she was the Manager of the 

National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Communication Technologies Research Center (CTRC) 

a state-of-the-art usability testing facility for web sites, applications, and emerging 

technologies, as well as a training facility and collaborative design center. She spent 

15 years as a program manager for software technology at the Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory complex of the U.S. Department of Energy. 

Anthony Treviño Session: Day 2 Keynote

Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño joined the San Antonio Police Department on September 

3, 1993. Upon graduating from the academy, his first assignment was in the Patrol 

Division, West Service Area. While on Patrol, he was selected as the American Legion 

Outstanding Officer of the Year. Chief Treviño has risen through the ranks of the San 

Antonio Police Department to include being selected as the Interim Chief of Police, 

January through October 2015. He is currently the Assistant Chief over the Operations 

Bureau. 

Assistant Chief Treviño holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Wayland 

Baptist University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the American 

Military University. He is a graduate of the City of San Antonio’s Leadership Development 

Program, Senior Management Institute for Police from the Police Executive Research 

Forum at Boston University, Police Executive Leadership Institute from the Major Cities 

Chiefs Association, FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute in 

Quantico, Virginia.

Assistant Chief Treviño is a retired 23 year veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves 

where he attained the rank of Chief Master Sergeant, the top 1% of the entire enlisted 

force. While a member of the United States Air Force, Chief Treviño was selected as the 

Air Force Material Command, Outstanding Senior Enlisted Officer of the Year.

Assistant Chief Treviño is married to Cynthia and his family includes Ryan, Toniann, 

Magdelena, Sarah and Sophia. 

Ryan Winpigler Sessions: A User Driven Approach to Identifying Communications & Data Needs 

from Station to Scene: An in-depth look at PSCR’s Usability Research 

Ryan Winpigler is a Firefighter/EMT-B at the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST), and holds the rank of Fire Captain at the Middletown Fire Company in 

Frederick County, MD. He has 13 years firefighter experience, including two years career 

and 13 years volunteer. Ryan has previously held the rank of Assistant Fire Chief, where 

he served on a team that implemented the rural water supply policy for Frederick County, 

MD. Ryan is also a part of a regional wildland firefighting team that can deploy anywhere 

in the tristate area.

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Come check out all of the 

exciting demo tables we have 

available! 

Located in the Hallway Outside of Salon I

Do you want to experience how PSCR is leveraging Virtual Reality 

tools for testing new first responder technologies? The PSCR has 

set up a 10 minute Virtual Reality Demo for you

!To experience the a virtual reality demo, simply sign up 

through the conference app

• Open Innovation & Crowdsourcing: Prizes & 

Challenges

• In-Building LTE Coverage Testing

• Next Generation Deployables

• LBS: Situational Awareness in Incident 

Response Management

• Out-of-coverage Mission Critical Push To Talk

• Public Safety Identity Management

• Public Safety Security

• Public Safety Sensor Research

• PSCR Kiosk & Student Innovation Projects 

• Virtual Reality for Public Safety Research

• DHS Office of Emergency Communications

• Reflections in Indoor Location

PSCR launched a Grant Program in 2017 to fund

external research and development in support 

of PSCR’s mission. Grants were awarded for 

research, advanced engineering, and product 

development. Grant winners range from 

academic and industry research, public safety 

agencies, and developers.

Come checkout the Grant Poster Room to 

see all the exciting awardees on Tuesday 

and Wednesday!

GRANT 

POSTERS

2017

PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND

STAKEHOLDER MEETING

Marriott Rivercenter | San Antonio, TX

Virtual 

Reality 

Demo

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PUBLIC SAFETY USER

INTERFACE R&D ROADMAP

SUMMIT

July 18—19, 2017

www.pscr.gov

NIST Laboratories | Boulder, CO

Save the Date!

PSCR is pleased to announce the Public Safety Enhanced 

User Interface Roadmap R&D Summit will take place

July 18-19, 2017 at the Department of Commerce 

Boulder Labs. The Summit enables stakeholders to 

provide input on the recently published Public 

Safety Enhanced User Interface R&D Roadmap. 

PSCR wants to review the roadmap report 

outcomes with a wide audience in order 

to gain a sufficiently broad baseline of 

information from which to develop initial 

User Interface-related project plans. The 

Summit will be a working meeting 

consisting of multiple breakouts 

designed to gather input from 

attendees to inform PSCR’s 

decision-making. This event 

is open to the public but 

space will be limited.

Registration is now 

open! (Click Here)

For more information on PSCR 

and the Public Safety Enhanced 

User Interface R&D Roadmap, please 

visit www.pscr.gov.

For general questions, please email Marc 

Leh at mleh@corneralliance.com.

The final roadmap report is available for download here: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/TechnicalNotes/NIST.TN.1961.pdf 

Purpose: 

To gather stakeholder input on priority focus 

areas for User Interface-related research 

and development (R&D) to ensure greatest 

impact for future public safety operations

Outcomes:

• Clearly identified User Interfacerelated R&D gaps that align with 

public safety needs and requirements

• Stakeholder input on R&D areas of 

investment that could be addressed 

by the NIST R&D funds

• Socialization of the User Interface 

R&D Roadmap

Agenda:

Day 1 – July 17

8:00am - 4:00pm

Day 2 – July 18

8:00am - 4:00pm

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