Current SA plenary vice chair and former SA1 chair

Proven leadership abilities:

• well-versed in consensus building, fostering a constructive work environment

• adept in dealing with the different needs of the various 3GPP communities and verticals, fairly and consistently, with a good grasp of their market needs

• skilled at 3GPP agenda setting and meeting handling

Involved in 3GPP since 2005

• SA plenary, SA1, SA6, RAN2

• Operator, vendor, and MRP (GSMA) experience

Deep telecoms industry experience as a contributor, implementor, and promoter of 3GPP standards for several companies (GSMA, Vodafone, etc)

• loT solutions development and deployment

• Standards advocacy

• Cellular network product development and testing

Current activities include 3GPP standards and 6G pre-standards work

Sasha Sirotkin

Over 20 years of experience in wireless communications

• Product development and standardization

12 years of experience in 3GPP

• RAN2, RAN3, and RAN plenary

• Also contributed to IEEE, O-RAN, and WBA

Leadership positions in 3GPP

• RAN2 session chair (current)

• RAN3 vice chair (2017-2021)

Multiple work item, study item, TR and TS rapporteur roles

• WLAN/3GPP Radio Interworking SI and WI, LWA, eLWA

• 36.464, 36.465, 37.834, 38.474

“The Dark Side of 5G: 5G Radio Access Network Architecture” book

M.Sc. degree in Machine Learning from Tel-Aviv University

Broad knowledge of wireless technologies: LTE, NR, IEEE 802.11

• Protocol stack, RAN architecture and CN architecture

Leadership and consensus building skills

Behrouz Aghili

Over 27 years of experience in wireless telecom

• Technical/Product Training and Standardization

16 years of experience in 3GPP (since 2006)

• GERAN, GERAN2, CT1, CT (Plenary) and SA2

Leadership positions in 3GPP

• CT Vice Chair (2017 - 2021)

Work Items and TS Rapporteurship

• Rapporteur of SAESx family of Work Items from 2013 to 2022

• Rapporteur of several specifications within CT1 remit 44.064; 44.065; 29.018; 27.005; 23.034

Broad knowledge of 3GPP generations (2G - 5G) of technologies

• Main focus on signaling protocols and data communications

Leadership experience (apart from CT VC position in 3GPP)

• Adjunct Professor in Mathematics at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; 1989 - 1995

• Technical Training and Seminars (GSM, GPRS, UMTS): 1995 - 2006