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Maarten Egmond

Applying for the In-Home Broadband Excellence Committee Chair position

 

First and Last Name: Maarten Egmond

Company Name: Genexis

Current position: CTO

Company Type: Vendor/Reseller (Products)


Biography:

Maarten Egmond has been contributing to technology and product development in the FTTH industry for almost 20 years, currently serving as CTO of Genexis, as chair of the In-home Broadband Excellence committee of the FTTH Council Europe and participating in the European Commission's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment. His background originally is in Information Technology as well as Applied Physics and before diving into FTTH, started his career in R&D of optical components for long-haul networks.

Position Statement:

I have been leading the IBE effort since the start of the committee, and by now can show a proven track record of operating in an open and unbiased manner. If re-elected, I will continue to welcome any contribution that helps the objectives of the committee forward, and contribute content of my own in the various areas the committee touches upon.

Your past role(s) and activities in the FTTH Council Europe:

Committee chair of In-home Broadband Excellence; Workshops and panel discussions related to this topic; Worked in the background to assist contributions from Genexis / Inteno Group to the work of the FTTH Council. Genexis has been actively contributing to the FTTH Council for more than 15 years, for example in the World of Applications committee, the D&O committee, the IBE committee and the board.

 

 

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