David Witkowski is a wireless and telecommunications industry veteran. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and earning his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, he held managerial and leadership roles for companies ranging from Fortune 500 multi-nationals to early-stage startups. David is the Founder & CEO of Oku Solutions LLC (www.okusolutions.com) and serves as the Executive Director of the Wireless Communication Initiative at Joint Venture Silicon Valley (www.jointventure.org/wireless). He also serves as Co-Chair of the Deployment Working Group at IEEE Future Networks, Co-Chair of the GCTC Wireless SuperCluster at NIST, on the Board of Expert Advisors for the California Emerging Technology Fund, and is a Senior Member in both the IEEE and the Radio Club of America.

David is the author of "Bridging the Gap : 21st Century Wireless Telecommunications" (Joint Venture Silicon Valley - 1st Ed.: 2016, 2nd Ed.: 2019), co-editor of "Public Wi-Fi Blueprint" (GCTC @ NIST – 2017), co-editor of "The Municipal Internet of Things Blueprint" (GCTC @ NIST - 2019), co-author of "Evaluation of RF Network Testing" (Anritsu, Bird Technologies, CommScope, & Motorola - 2013), co-author of "Carrier & Public Wi-Fi" (Mobile Experts LLC - 2015), and co-author of "HayWired Scenario Volume 3 - Telecommunications and ICT" (U.S. Geological Survey, planned release April 2020). He has written feature articles and op-eds for CIO Review, EETimes, IEEE Microwaves Magazine, Make:Magazine, Mercury News, MissionCritical Communications, QST, RCR Wireless, San Francisco Chronicle, and Urgent Communications.