3rd Annual

2026 SBC WIRELESS TECH & POLICY SUMMIT

June 9-10, 2026, Washington, DC

SBC is Proud to Announce
Our Lead Sponsor:

June 9-10, 2026
Washington DC

Wireless
Tech and Policy Summit

Kellogg Conference Center
Washington, DC
800 Florida Ave NE [click for map]
Washington, DC 20002

Bringing together Industry Tech Leaders and Policy Leaders to talk about the opportunities and challenges found at the intersection of wireless policy and wireless technology.

Outstanding Networking and Educational Sessions!

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Keynote: Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC)Chairman, Communications and Technology Subcommittee
  House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Keynote: Vinton G. Cerf - VP and Chief Internet Evangelist - GoogleInternet Pioneer
  Championing the Next Phase of Global Connectivity
- Keynote: TJ Kennedy - CEO - GeoCommFounding President, FirstNet Authority
  Public Safety Broadband Pioneer
- Keynote: Todd Piett - Senior VP, Command Center Solutions - Motorola SolutionsWest Point Graduate | Harvard MBA | Former U.S. Army Aviator
  From Rave Mobile Safety to the Motorola Command Center

School Safety and the Critical Role of Wireless Connectivity
EXECUTIVE SESSION: A View from the Top: In-Building Wireless: Featuring the Leaders of Top 4 Wireless Associations
9-1-1 Inside: Coverage, Location, Mapping, PSAP Integration!
In-Building Public Safety Coverage
Building the Wireless Workforce

Two Days. One Stage. Six Essential Topics

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What You'll Experience

Two days. One stage. Senior leaders from wireless, public safety, policy, and school safety — in the same room, in Washington, DC.

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In-Building Wireless Connectivity • Public Safety Communications • School Safety • Location Services and Indoor Mapping • 9-1-1 Inside • Wireless Workforce Development

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Keynotes

▸Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) — A fireside conversation with the chairman of the House Communications & Technology Subcommittee.
Rep. Richard Hudson, Chairman, House Communications & Technology Subcommittee (U.S. House) × Chief Alan Perdue, Executive Director (SBC)

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) — Chairman, House Communications & Technology Subcommittee. Principal congressional authority over the FCC, spectrum, and public safety communications. Chairman Hudson plays a central role in shaping federal telecommunications policy, and his appearance places the Summit at the intersection of where wireless technology and U.S. policy are decided. (Presented as a fireside conversation with Chief Alan Perdue, Executive Director, SBC.)

▸Dr. Vinton G. Cerf — The Ubiquitous Internet, indoors.
Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, VP & Chief Internet Evangelist (Google)

Dr. Vinton G. Cerf — VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google. Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, on the Ubiquitous Internet and what it means for the 90% of life lived indoors.

▸TJ Kennedy — The indoor revolution from the responder's view.
TJ Kennedy, CEO (GeoComm); Founding President (FirstNet)

TJ Kennedy — CEO, GeoComm. Founding President of FirstNet. A former firefighter, paramedic, and state trooper, TJ brings the first-responder's view of the indoor revolution now underway — school safety laws driving statewide mapping programs, 3D vertical location accuracy, and the data PSAPs now need to answer the most important question: where is the emergency — exactly.

▸Todd Piett — Once the 9-1-1 call is answered, his platform takes it.
Todd Piett, Senior VP, Command Center Solutions (Motorola Solutions) · Fireside Chat lead: Lorraine Chambliss, PMP

Todd Piett — Senior VP, Command Center Solutions, Motorola Solutions. West Point honors graduate, Harvard MBA, and former U.S. Army aviation officer, leading the platform behind 9-1-1 call handling, NG9-1-1, CAD, and the cloud that ties emergency response together. (Keynote presented as a fireside conversation, moderated by Lorraine Chambliss, PMP, Director Global Offer Management — Motorola Solutions.)

Fireside Chats

▸Indoor-Primary Coverage: How Visibility Drives Markets — Why report cards beat mandates.
Seth Buechley, SBC Founder · Bryan Darr, VP Government Affairs (Ookla)

Americans spend 90% of their time indoors, where 70–80% of wireless data and 80% of 9-1-1 calls happen — yet indoor coverage has been largely invisible to the market. Third-party platforms now collect billions of indoor measurements every year. SBC Founder Seth Buechley with Bryan Darr (VP Government Affairs, Ookla) on why visibility, not mandate, drives market improvement: report cards show users what they're getting, and markets respond.

▸Evolving to 6G: The Case for Indoor-First Wireless — A conversation with Preston Marshall.
Dr. Preston Marshall, Author / Founder & ex-Chair, CBRS Alliance · Moderator: John Foley, Managing Director (SBC)

Dr. Preston Marshall — Author, "Evolving to 6G: The Case for a New Approach to 6G and Beyond", founder and ex-Chair of the CBRS Alliance — on why the next generation of wireless must be designed for buildings (not adapted to them), and why no single technology will get us there. In conversation with SBC Managing Director John Foley.

▸From Radios to AI: A Fireside Chat with Col. Jim Wolfinbarger (Ret.) — Day 1 Closing. The in-building comms problem persists. The toolkit is finally broader.
Col. Jim Wolfinbarger (Ret.), Motorola Solutions · Moderator: John Foley, Managing Director (SBC)

Columbine, 1999. Uvalde, 2022. Twenty-three years apart, and in both, first responder communications inside a school building failed at the moment they mattered most. The problem persists — in school buildings and every other structure where the people who answer 9-1-1 cannot reliably hear or be heard. What has changed is the toolkit. In technology and in policy, the path forward is broader than it has ever been. Col. Jim Wolfinbarger — retired 7th Chief of the Colorado State Patrol, longtime IACP Homeland Security Committee chair, and senior leader at Motorola Solutions — closes Day 1 with a career-spanning view of where the work goes from here.

Executive Panels

▸Executive Roundtable: Industry Association Leaders — WIA, WBA, APCO, NATE on one stage.
Patrick Halley (WIA) · Tiago Rodrigues (WBA) · Steve Devine (APCO) · Nathan Leamer (NATE) · Mod: John Foley (SBC)

The leaders of America's major wireless industry associations share well-aligned objectives — but they reach those objectives from different vantage points. Tower infrastructure. Broadband. Public safety communications. Contractor workforce. In-building deployment. Each association represents a constituency that experiences the same policy and technology landscape differently, and translates the priorities of the industry to its members in its own way. Five senior leaders take up the top policy and technology issues of the day — spectrum, public safety modernization, workforce development and contractor realities, and the headwinds and tailwinds shaping the wireless business outlook — each through the lens of the organization they lead. Threaded throughout: how each of these issues lands inside the buildings where most communications now happen. Patrick Halley (CEO, WIA), Tiago Rodrigues (CEO, WBA), Steve Devine (CTO, APCO), and Nathan Leamer (DC State Liaison, NATE / CEO, Fixed Gear Strategies) on one stage. Moderated by SBC Managing Director John Foley.

▸Finding the Caller: Indoor Location & Mapping — Five parallel efforts, one mission.
Brooks Shannon, ENP (Esri, mod) · David Furth (FCC) · Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP (NHTSA) · Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP (VA 9-1-1)

When someone calls 9-1-1 from inside a building, getting the call through is only the beginning. Responders still have to find the person in time to help. The pieces that make that possible are being built in separate lanes: Ray Baum's Act and dispatchable location, wireless location accuracy at the FCC, NG9-1-1 modernization, indoor mapping in the GIS community, and school safety legislation in Congress and the states. What will it take to connect these efforts so every 9-1-1 call from inside a building reaches help that can rapidly find the caller? Moderated by Brooks Shannon, ENP (Esri), with David Furth (Deputy Chief, FCC PSHSB), Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP (NHTSA National 9-1-1 Program), and Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP (Virginia 9-1-1 & Geospatial Services).

▸In-Building & 9-1-1: What PSAPs Need Next — Two 9-1-1 directors and an industry leader, plain-spoken.
Heather McGaffin (DC OUC) · Scott Brillman, ENP, CEM (Fairfax County) · Lisa Madden, ENP (Motorola Solutions) · Mod: Steve Devine (APCO)

What do PSAPs actually need from buildings, technology providers, and policy? Three people who answer that question every day take the stage to talk plainly about what is working, what isn't, and what is coming next. Two 9-1-1 directors and a senior industry leader — speaking from inside the operation. Heather McGaffin runs 9-1-1 for the nation's capital as Director of the DC Office of Unified Communications. Scott Brillman, ENP, CEM, runs it for Fairfax County, Virginia — one of the largest and busiest 9-1-1 centers in the country. Lisa Madden, ENP brings the platform view as Regional Manager of Motorola Solutions' Command Center Software Ecosystem, and serves as Treasurer of iCERT. Moderated by Steve Devine, CTO of APCO International.

▸Beyond Blunt Bans — Smarter buildings as an alternative to school phone bans.
Eric Toenjes (SBC/Graybar, mod) · Brooks Shannon, ENP (Esri) · Jason Eyre, CETL (Murray CSD) · Dan Craigie (GeoComm)

Classroom smartphone distraction is real, and blanket cell-phone bans have become the dominant policy response. SBC's white paper Proposal: School Mode for Cell Phones offers a targeted technology alternative: a "School Mode" for phones. At scale, the approach depends on something that doesn't yet exist: a consistent geo-library of school perimeters. This panel connects the theoretical value of mapping standards to the real-world case for them. Moderated by Eric Toenjes from Graybar, SBC School Safety Work Group Sponsor, with Brooks Shannon, ENP (Esri), Jason Eyre, CETL (Murray City School District, Utah), and Dan Craigie (Director of Government Affairs, GeoComm).

Power Sessions

▸Public Safety Under Assault — Codes "written in blood," now under coordinated rollback.
Chief Alan Perdue (SBC) · Seth Statler (NFPA) · Richard Roberts (Honeywell)

It is said that Fire and Building Codes "are written in blood" — meaning that so many are based on real life-changing experiences and after-action reports. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. MGM Grand. The Station Nightclub. Grenfell Tower. Every generation of building codes represents a hard lesson paid for in tragedy. The same is true of public safety communications codes — provisions that ensure first responders can talk to each other inside buildings, that 9-1-1 calls reach dispatch, that emergency radio doesn't fail at the moment it matters most. These rules exist because they had to. Today, those provisions are under coordinated assault. State legislatures are passing bills that disable code enforcement, abolish fire prevention commissions, and reframe core safety requirements as anti-business overreach. Indiana's HB 1001 banned ERCES enforcement outright in March 2026. This Power Session is about what's happening, who's driving it, and what an effective counter-strategy looks like — at the statehouse, in the code-development process, and in the public conversation. With Chief Alan Perdue (Executive Director, SBC), Seth Statler (Director of Government Affairs, NFPA), and Richard Roberts (Senior Industry Affairs Manager, Honeywell Fire Safety).

▸First Look Exclusive! A New Training Campus for the Wireless Workforce — A major announcement.
John Thompson, VP In-Building (MCA, mod) · Cesar Ruiz (LAC) · Ben Brubeck (GAS) · Michiel Lotter (Nextivity)

The wireless industry has been talking about the workforce gap for a decade — towers waiting on crews, in-building deployments stalled for lack of qualified technicians, public safety projects pushed back because the people to build them weren't available. Talking about a problem is not the same as solving it. Learning Alliance Corporation built a solution. This session is the first public look at LAC's new Tampa training complex — purpose-built to close the in-building wireless workforce gap at scale. Moderated by John Thompson (VP In-Building, Mobile Communications of America; Board VP, SBC) with Cesar Ruiz (President & CEO, LAC), Ben Brubeck (Principal & CEO, Government Affairs Solutions), and Michiel Lotter (CEO, Nextivity).

▸Alyssa's Act of 2025 — Federal school safety legislation gets its first hearing.
Lori Alhadeff (MOSS) · Chuck Wilson (PASS K-12) · Ryan Wilcox (Utah House) · Mod: Eric Toenjes (SBC/Graybar)

Alyssa's Law is now on the books in twelve states. Alyssa's Act of 2025 (HR 6809) takes the next step — a standards-driven federal bill designed to complement state mandates with nationwide consistency. Lori Alhadeff (Make Our Schools Safe) on the movement and what the bill needs to deliver, Chuck Wilson (PASS K-12) on why standards-based legislation is the right model for school safety, and Ryan Wilcox (Utah House of Representatives, District 7) on the state-level Alyssa's Law experience. Moderated by Eric Toenjes from Graybar, SBC School Safety Work Group Sponsor.

▸Case Study: King County WA Emergency Radio System — 1,000+ undocumented signal boosters and the FCC petition that followed.
Creighton Donovan, PMP (PSERN) · John Foley (SBC) · Mod: Steve Devine (APCO)

When the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network (PSERN) set out to modernize the public safety radio system serving King County, Washington — including Seattle, Bellevue, and dozens of other cities — the team ran into a problem no one had documented: more than 1,000 in-building signal boosters had been deployed across the county over the years, and almost none of them had paperwork. No registration. No contact information for owners or contractors. The new system required reconfiguring, combining, and changing frequencies. Every one of those boosters had to be located, documented, owners identified, and re-tuned — a monumental effort done backwards, at significant cost. That experience is the heart of FCC Petition for Rulemaking RM-12009: what if signal boosters were documented from the day they are installed? Moderated by Steve Devine (CTO, APCO International) with Creighton Donovan, PMP (DAS Coordinator, PSERN) and John Foley (Managing Director, SBC).

Networking & Exhibit Hall

An unusual density of regulatory and legislative stakeholders working telecom, association leadership, and federal public safety programs in one building — and a format built to keep the conversation going.
The companies building and supporting the technology on stage are on the floor — available for technical, commercial, and deployment-depth conversations.
5,000 square feet of exhibitor and networking space, with pre-function areas and meeting nooks throughout the facility for side conversations.
The Kellogg Conference Hotel keeps attendees on-site through evening programming — conversations that start in a session continue through the reception and into dinner.
Breakfast, networking lunches, and dedicated Exhibit Hall windows with food and beverage service, both days.
Day 1 Closing Reception runs 5:00–7:00 PM with passed hors d'oeuvres, drinks, speaker access, and door prizes.

Two-day attendance is the way to experience the full program. Cross-session conversations, the full speaker roster, the peer network in the room, and the relationships that form between sessions — that's what two days buys you.

There is no substitute for putting the right people in the same room!

The knowledge and connections forged here sharpen our collective thinking and open doors to the innovation and policy conversations that matter most - to our organizations, our communities, and the people we serve.

Key Collaborators already announced!

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Keynote Speakers - Tuesday June 9th

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Keynote Speaker

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC)

Chairman, Communications & Technology Subcommittee
House Energy & Commerce Committee

Congressman Richard Hudson represents North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and chairs the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee — the principal congressional body with legislative and oversight authority over the FCC, telecommunications policy, spectrum, and public safety communications. First elected in 2013, Rep. Hudson was rated the most effective legislator from North Carolina by the Center for Effective Lawmaking.

Keynote Speaker

Vinton G. Cerf

VP - Chief Internet Evangelist
Google

Vinton G. Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Together with Bob Kahn, he is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet. A recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the ACM Turing Award, and the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Dr. Cerf is a member of both the U.S. National Academies of Science and Engineering and holds 33 honorary degrees. His current work on what he calls the Ubiquitous Internet — the convergence of cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, fiber, and high-altitude platforms into a single seamless network — speaks directly to the in-building connectivity and public safety communications challenges at the heart of this Summit.

Keynote Speakers - Wednesday June 10th

Keynote Speaker

TJ Kennedy

CEO of GeoComm
Former President of FirstNet

TJ Kennedy is the Chief Executive Officer of GeoComm, a leader in GIS-driven solutions that enhance public safety and school emergency response. With nearly 30 years of experience in emergency services, defense, and critical infrastructure, he brings a lifelong commitment to advancing technology that empowers first responders and protects communities. A former firefighter, paramedic, and state trooper, TJ combines operational insight with innovation to improve coordination and save lives when seconds matter.

Keynote Speaker

Todd Piett

Senior VP of Command Center Solutions
Motorola Solutions

Todd Piett is Senior Vice President of Command Center Solutions at Motorola Solutions — the platform behind the platform. When a 911 call is answered, his team's technology is what takes it from there: emergency call handling, NG911 services, computer-aided dispatch, digital evidence, drone and mobile video, and the cloud infrastructure that ties it all together. Before joining Motorola, he was CEO of Rave Mobile Safety, guiding the company through rapid growth and multiple acquisitions before Motorola acquired it in 2022. A West Point honors graduate and Harvard MBA, Piett served seven years as a U.S. Army aviation officer and rotary-wing flight instructor.

Additional Confirmed Speakers

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David Furth

Deputy Chief, FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

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David Furth

David Furth is the Deputy Chief of the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. He is responsible for overseeing policy issues pertaining to public safety and homeland security including public safety spectrum and licensing, E911, Emergency Alert System, and CALEA. Mr. Furth served as Acting Bureau Chief from January to July 2009. From September, 2006 through January, 2009, Mr. Furth was an Associate Bureau Chief. In this capacity, he was responsible for a variety of legal and policy issues in the Bureau, most notably the 800 MHz rebanding proceeding. From March 2003 to September 2006, Mr. Furth was Associate Bureau Chief and Counsel in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Since joining the Commission in 1992, Mr. Furth has served as an attorney in the Private Radio Bureau and the Wireless Bureau, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Rachelle Chong, Deputy Chief and Chief of the Commercial Wireless Division, and Senior Legal Advisor in the Wireless Bureau. Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Furth was in private law practice in Washington, DC and San Francisco, California. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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Ryan Wilcox

State Representative, District 7 - Utah House of Representatives

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Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox

State Representative, District 7, Utah House of Representatives

Representative Ryan Wilcox serves District 7 in the Utah House of Representatives, where he chairs the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee and is a member of the School Security Task Force. He is the House sponsor and author of Utah H.B. 84, the comprehensive 2024 school safety reform bill that established Alyssa's Law in Utah — signed into law on April 10, 2024, and effective May 1, 2024. A graduate of Weber State University, his career spans the telecom and healthcare sectors and senior policy work in the U.S. Senate. He represents Northern Weber County, where he was born, raised, and lives with his wife Kristina and their five children

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Patrick Halley

President and CEO - Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA)

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Patrick Halley

Patrick Halley is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA). WIA represents over 140 companies that develop, build, own and operate the nation’s wireless infrastructure and is the leading authority on all things wireless.

Mr. Halley joined WIA in August of 2022. Prior to joining the association, he was the Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and General Counsel at USTelecom – The Broadband Association. There he led the association’s policy development and advocacy efforts in Washington, DC, and the states. He also served as an officer of the Industry Traceback Group, LLC, an organization that traces, sources, and ultimately works to prevent illegal robocalls.

Prior to joining USTelecom, Mr. Halley was a partner at the communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (WBK), where he advised communications providers and trade associations on strategic, policy, and legal matters. During that time, he was the Executive Director of the Next Generation 911 Institute, a not-for profit organization supporting the work of the Congressional Next Generation 911 Caucus to modernize the nation’s 911 system.

He previously served at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in numerous roles, including as a legal advisor to an FCC Chairman and two Bureau Chiefs, as Associate Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and Acting Director of the Commission’s Office of Legislative Affairs. Before joining the FCC, Mr. Halley was the Director of Government Affairs for NENA – The 911 Association where he served as the association’s liaison with Congress, the FCC, and other government agencies.

Patrick graduated magna cum laude from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.

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Steve Devine

Chief Technology Officer at APCO International

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Stephen Devine

Stephen Devine is the Chief Technology Officer with APCO International. He is responsible for overseeing the effectiveness of technology resources within APCO and leads all APCO technical components related to Next Generation 9-1-1, Cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies. Additionally, Stephen is also responsible for developing new business strategies related to APCO Technical Services and serves as the Senior Technical Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer while overseeing operations for both APCO's Communications Center & 9-1-1 Services Department (CC9S) and APCO's Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) Spectrum Management Division. Stephen is a Life member of APCO International and has spent his 40-year career in public safety communications. He resides in Jefferson City, Missouri.

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Tiago Rodrigues

CEO - Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)

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Tiago Rodrigues

Tiago Rodrigues is the CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Tiago is responsible for leading the overall strategy, together with the WBA Board, and the operational planning for the WBA. As well as overseeing the day to day management, Tiago takes a leadership role in understanding industry challenges and working with membership to agree the key focus areas and programs that need to be developed to ensure the wireless industry optimises market opportunities for Wi-Fi and works to resolve any business issues that impede the success of the industry overall.

Before he joined the WBA, Tiago spent 15 years at the Portugal Telecom Group. In his previous role as Head of Business Innovation, he collaborated with various departments within the company to identify and develop new business opportunities. Prior to this, he managed the Public Wi-Fi sector of Portugal Telecom Group where he was responsible for service management, development, strategy and internationalisation of the Wi-Fi service. He was also involved in strategic marketing, regulatory affairs, pricing, product development and roaming.

Tiago holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Management of Science and Technology, and a degree in Business Administration from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management at The Technical University of Lisbon He also has a BA. Honors Degree in Business Administration from Humberside University, UK.

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Nathan Leamer

NATE: State Liaison for District of Columbia
CEO: Fixed Gear Strategies

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Scott Brillman, ENP, CEM

Director, Department of Public Safety Communications at Fairfax County, Virginia

Working with the best 9-1-1 First Responders in the nation, Scott Brillman is the 9-1-1 director for Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the largest & busiest 9-1-1 centers in the United States. Scott is a public safety leader with expertise in emergency management, emergency 9-1-1 communications, and organizational change.

For more than 2 decades, Brillman proudly served the City of Baltimore and helped maintain the highest level of readiness, protecting Baltimore’s citizens, workers, and visitors from the impacts of emergencies. Brillman managed many of Baltimore’s large-scale emergencies, including multiple hurricanes, record-breaking snowstorms, earthquakes, and the catastrophic derechos, multiple-alarm fires, mass evacuations, pandemics, cyber attacks, and active shooter, and mass shooting incidents.

In March 2020, Brillman was appointed as the Deputy Director of Emergency Management to help lead the COVID-19 response for the City of Baltimore. There, during COVID, he built the most state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) in the State.

He has created & facilitated large-scale emergency exercises, built Continuity of Operations Plans, & has planned multiple major events, bringing local, state, federal, military, non-profit, and business sectors together.

Brillman was appointed & commissioned by the Governor and Maryland Senate to the Maryland 9-1-1 Board, the Governor’s Statewide interoperability committee, and the Governor’s Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 in Maryland, which coordinates policy, promotes interoperability, & funds enhancements for 911 systems across the state of Maryland.

John Thompson

Experienced leader in communications systems with over 30 years of RF design, deployment, funding, and policy experience. John has worked directly with 100’s of public safety agencies in developing communications solutions specifically designed to enhance safety of their responders and those they serve.

Today John leads the In-building Wireless Solutions business unit for Mobile Communications America (MCA) as the Vice President. MCA is a wireless integrator which provides custom designed in-building DAS solutions from over 80 offices across 14 States. MCA serves tens of thousands of public safety agencies and building owners across all vertical markets. As an ERCES business leader today, John understands the challenges and needs for more consistent code enforcement and the proper usage of technology to deliver safety without creating interference.

Served on both the TechAmerica State and Local and Federal Board of Directors and is currently serving on the Enterprise Wireless Association Board of Directors. Active participant in various industry groups including APCO International.

Designed, sold, deployed, and tested hundreds of radio systems for public safety agencies as part of Motorola. Supported the development and implementation of a billion-dollar federal grant program for enhanced radio communications.

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Brooks Shannon, ENP

Director of Emergency Communications Solutions - Esri

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Brooks Shannon, ENP

Brooks Shannon, ENP, began his 9 1 1 career over 22 years ago as a software engineer developing geographic information systems (GIS) applications for public safety. He later moved into product management, leading a global product team at a cloud native computer aided dispatch, mapping, and analytics solution provider before managing technical interoperability programs at NENA: The 9 1 1 Association.

Since 2008, Brooks has worked with international associations and standards development organizations such as NENA, APCO, EENA, and ETSI to create and advance technical and operational standards and best practices for Next Generation 911 and 112. He currently co-chairs two NENA working groups, is a vice-chair of the EENA Tech & Ops Committee, a member of the Safer Buildings Coalition School Safety working group, and a member of the Make Our Schools Safe advisory board.

As Director of Emergency Communications Solutions at Esri, Brooks supports the global emergency communications market, which includes emergency call taking, dispatching, and routing of first responders for the more than 240 million emergency calls that happen in the U.S. alone each year. He is dedicated to helping emergency communications professionals and Esri partners apply mapping and spatial analysis to solve complex problems, advance interoperability, and implement GIS best practices to improve outcomes and make our communities safer.

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Matt Gerike PhD, GISP

Geospatial Program Manager
Virginia 9-1-1 & Geospatial Services
Virginia Department of Emergency Management

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Matt Gerike PhD, GISP

Matt Gerike PhD, GISP, is Geospatial Program Manager for 9-1-1 GIS at Virginia 9-1-1 & Geospatial Services in the Virginia Department of Emergency Management where he supports localities across the commonwealth with their GIS and addressing needs for 9-1-1. He has managed GIS offices and projects in local government, worked with state level GIS clearinghouses and data development projects, and taught intro through advanced courses at a number of colleges and universities. Matt works with the Geospatial Professional Network (GPN, formerly URISA) and contributes to NENA work groups relating to GIS and location technology.io

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Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP

Coordinator, NHTSA National 911 Program - US Department of Transportation

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Creighton Donovan, PMP

Creighton is DAS Coordinator and Engineering Project Manager for the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network. PSERN serves 111 user agencies, 18 dispatch locations, 13 fire jurisdictions, and 20,000 radio users, not including roaming neighbors. Creighton joined the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network in 2020 to develop and execute a migration of approximately 800 emergency responder communications enhancement systems (ERCES) transitioning from legacy radio systems.

Six years and several hundred more ERCES properties later, Creighton manages the ongoing ERCES testing and authorization program for PSERN. With the migration of legacy systems largely complete, Creighton has taken on several new projects. Those include the deployment of encrypted comms, regular radio system upgrades, and backhaul replacement.

Prior to his service with PSERN, Creighton was a project manager with a DAS/ERCES integrator, focusing especially on post-installation service. In this role he assisted the King County Fire Marshals’ Association in the development of common annual testing procedures and documentation. Creighton continues to partner with KCFMA, both for authorization of new systems as well as integrating ERCES code and process changes.

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Richard Roberts

Senior Industry Affairs Manager - Honeywell Fire Safety

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Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts is Senior Industry Affairs Manager at Honeywell Security and Fire with over 35 years in the fire alarm and life safety markets. His experience spans installation, sales and development of products/systems.

Currently, Mr. Roberts is a member of 13 NFPA Technical Committees, is a member of several ICC Fire Code Action Committee (FCAC) Working Groups and is a member of two Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standards Technical Panel (STP).

He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Fire and Life safety Section (FLSS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), the Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) and the Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS). He is also the Chair of NEMA’s Building Codes Committee and a member of the Model Codes Committee of the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM).

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Jason Eyre, CETL

Technology Lead - Murray City School District, Utah

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Jason Eyre

Jason Eyre a pioneer in the K-12 Rollout of CBRS Private LTE has worked in IT for over 30 years. Industry experiences include healthcare, government, agriculture, aerospace, information technology, software development, private corrections, and now education all with a focus on data and networking. He is a strong supporter of encouraging appropriate use of technology, instead of device banning, to achieve the results parents want and students need in K12 education.

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Ben Brubeck

Principal and CEO - Government Affairs Solutions

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Ben Brubeck

Ben Brubeck is the Principal and CEO of Government Affairs Solutions, LLC. Prior to joining GA Solutions, Brubeck spent more than 21 years in a variety of roles at the national headquarters of Associated Builders and Contractors, a 23,000-member construction industry trade association in Washington, D.C. Serving most recently as ABC’s vice-president of regulatory, labor and state affairs, Brubeck represented ABC before federal, state, and local lawmakers, regulators, the media, construction industry executives, and industry stakeholders.

Brubeck educates internal and external stakeholders and shapes policy on local, state, and federal issues important to the construction industry, with expertise across a portfolio of issues related to labor and employment, infrastructure, public-private partnerships, procurement, federal contractor regulations, small business, clean energy tax credits, CHIPS Act funding, OSHA, immigration, project labor agreements, prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and workforce development.

Before joining ABC’s executive leadership team, Brubeck mobilized the association’s labor and federal procurement, state affairs, business and labor relations, and grassroots efforts and programs in a variety of positions, while serving as a key contact for 67 ABC chapters on the policy issues of greatest importance to the organization.

Prior to joining ABC in 2003, Brubeck was the James A. Finnegan Foundation Fellow at the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee. Brubeck holds a B.A. in political science from Gettysburg College.

A Virginia resident and native of Connecticut, Brubeck is a board member of Brubeck Living Legacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting young jazz musicians and promoting awareness, interest, and the understanding of jazz and its role in American and international culture in honor of Ben’s grandfather, legendary pianist, composer, and statesman Dave Brubeck.

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Michiel Lotter

CEO - Nextivity

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Michiel Lotter

The CEO of Nextivity, Michiel Lotter, has 25 years of experience in the field of wireless communication. Michiel joined Nextivity in 2007 as CTO and became CEO in 2021. Prior to joining Nextivity he was the Senior Director responsible for platform development in the Mobile Communications BU at Broadcom, which he joined as part of the firm’s acquisition of Zyray Wireless where he was a co-founder and Vice-President, Engineering. Prior to Zyray he spent 8 years with Alcatel Networks. Michiel holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pretoria in Electrical Engineering. Additionally, he has authored and co-authored a number of journal and conference papers as well as two books on wireless communications. He’s also the named inventor or co-inventor on 40 issued patents with several more pending.

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Cesar Ruiz

President & CEO - Learning Alliance Corporation

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Cesar Ruiz

Over the past 18 years, Cesar Ruiz has focused on identifying and mastering the process needed to obtain Federal, State and Regional grant funding to overcome industry specific workforce challenges. With this unique format of workforce development, he has written 218 grants and assisted over 37,000 students with learning paths to support industry specific workforce requirements.

Tampa, Florida-based Learning Alliance, founded in 2002, is a leader in the trade education space, providing training and certifications for individuals, companies and colleges. Its goal is to tackle the industry shortage head-on with hands-on courses, and it was honored as the first partner in the Wireless Infrastructure Association's (WIA) Telecommunications Education Center's Authorized Training Partner (ATP) program.

John Foley

John provides day-to-day Coalition management of the Safer Buildings Coalition and leads SBC's mission-driven thought leadership, public policy, and lobbying efforts. John has extensive experience in analyzing and developing positions for telecommunications regulatory and legislative issues involving federal and state agencies and legislative bodies.

John is co-author of The Complete ERCES Handbook (erceshandbook.com), the definitive resource for learning and reference material pertaining to Emergency Responder Communications Enhancement Systems (ERCES).

John currently serves on the TIA Smart Buildings Working Group and Public Safety Subgroup, the CTIA Smart Cities Steering Committee, IWCE Advisory Board, and the NATE DAS Integrated Infrastructure Working Group. John serves on the advisory boards of non-profits Make Our Schools Safe (MOSS - makeourschoolssafe.org) and Telecommunications Against Trafficking and Exploitation (TATE - 3sgf.org/tate-initiative). John is also a certified ERCES instructor for the Florida State Fire College.

John has held key business development, operations, engineering, and executive roles at telecom service companies such as Level 3 Communications, MFS, and MCI. John was a co-founder of Nextlink (later named XO Communications) where he served as VP of Operations and Engineering and VP of International Network Development. John led dark fiber provider City Signal Communications in the position of President and CEO. John also served for five years in the role of Capture Director and engineering team lead for a leading DAS Integrator.

The Safer Buildings Coalition is the leading advocacy organization focused on eliminating in-building wireless dead zones. Founded in 2012, SBC unites more than 175 member companies and many thousands of content subscribers-spanning public safety, the wireless industry, and building operations-to ensure reliable emergency communications inside buildings. Core initiatives include championing school safety technologies, driving the "9-1-1 Inside" movement, and improving indoor 9-1-1 location accuracy and mapping. SBC leads workforce development through its Complete ERCES Handbook, the definitive technical reference underpinning multiple industry-recognized certification programs-ensuring the professionals who design and install these critical systems are properly trained and credentialed.

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3rd Annual

2026 SBC WIRELESS TECH & POLICY SUMMIT

June 9-10, 2026, Washington, DC

June 9-10, 2026 Washington DC​

Wireless Tech and Policy Summit

Two Days. One Stage. Six Essential Topics

What You'll Experience

Keynotes

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Networking & Exhibit Hall

Key Collaborators already announced!

Keynote Speakers - Tuesday June 9th

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC)

Vinton G. Cerf

Keynote Speakers - Wednesday June 10th

TJ Kennedy

Todd Piett

Additional Confirmed Speakers

David Furth

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Ryan Wilcox

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Patrick Halley

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Steve Devine

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Tiago Rodrigues

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Nathan Leamer

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Lori Alhadeff

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Chuck Wilson

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Scott Brillman

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Heather McGaffin

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Pres Marshall

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Lisa Madden, ENP

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Lorraine Chambliss, PMP

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Seth Statler

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John Thompson

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Brooks Shannon, ENP

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Matt Gerike PhD, GISP

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Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP

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Bryan Darr

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Dan Craigie

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Creighton Donovan, PMP

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Richard Roberts

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Jason Eyre, CETL

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Ben Brubeck

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Michiel Lotter

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Cesar Ruiz

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Eric Toenjes

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Seth Buechley

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Alan Perdue

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John Foley

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June 9-10, 2026
Washington DC

Wireless
Tech and Policy Summit