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CTC Proposal to Orange County – Public Works to Animal Services <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />Appendix A: Key Staff Resumes <br />Andrew Afflerbach, Ph.D., P.E. | CEO and Chief Technical Officer <br /> <br />Dr. Andrew Afflerbach specializes in planning, design, and implementation of communications <br />infrastructure and networks. His expertise includes emerging fiber and wireless technologies and <br />state-of-the-art networking applications. As Director of Engineering, he oversees all engineering <br />work performed by CTC Technology & Energy. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states <br />of California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia. <br />Dr. Afflerbach has planned and overseen implementation of a wide variety of government and <br />public safety networks, including the infrastructure of state and metropolitan area governments. <br />He prepared extensive technical analyses for submission to the Federal Communications <br />Commission (FCC) and policymakers on national fiber expansion to underserved schools and <br />libraries, on due diligence for the IP transition of the telecommunications infrastructure, and on <br />potential technical frameworks for wireless network neutrality. He also recently served as a <br />senior adviser to Crown Fibre Holdings, the public entity that is directing New Zealand’s national <br />fiber-to-the-home project. <br />Broadband Planning and Engineering <br />Dr. Afflerbach has architected, designed, and overseen implementation of numerous broadband <br />networks for local and state governments, including those of Washington, D.C.; Crown Fibre <br />Holdings (Government of New Zealand); San Francisco; the Delaware Department of <br />Transportation; St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and many large counties. <br />Advisory Services <br />Dr. Afflerbach advises a wide range of policy think tanks, U.S. federal agencies, and non-profits <br />regarding the engineering issues underlying key communications issues. For example, he: <br />x Leads the technical team conducting FirstNet planning for the District of Columbia. <br />x Provided expert testimony to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the <br />matter of the preparation of the national broadband plan as a representative of the <br />National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of <br />Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (NATOA). <br />x Served as expert advisor regarding broadband deployment to the U.S. Conference of <br />Mayors, NACo, National League of Cities, Public Knowledge, New America Foundation <br />Open Technology Institute, and NATOA in those organizations’ filings before the FCC in <br />the matter of determination of the deployment of a national, interoperable wireless <br />network in the 700 MHz spectrum. <br />x In connection with the FCC’s ongoing Open Internet proceeding, advised the New America <br />Foundation regarding the technical pathways by which “any device” and “any application” <br />regimes could be achieved in the wireless broadband arena, as they have been in the <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: FDEE3CE5-2218-4290-8CC7-E06D1211E72A