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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES: Mike Connaughton, RCDD,
CDCD is the market segment manager for Nexans Data Center
Solutions. He joined Nexans in 2008. Mike received his BSEET
degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston, MA)
in 1990 and has been involved in optical fiber cable engineering
ever since. He has been a Registered Communications Distribution
Designer (BICSI) since 1997 and a Certified Data Center
Designer (CNet) since 2014. He has received the Aegis Excellence
Award from the U.S. Navy for his work on the Fiber Optic
Cable Steering Committee and was a key member of the committee
that developed the SMPTE 311M standard for a hybrid fiber
optic HD camera cable. He has participated in fiber-related standardization
meetings with TIA, ICEA, ANSI and IEEE. Mike can
be reached at mike.connaughton@nexans.com.
Brooke Ford is the product manager at Nexans for the Fiber
Connectivity product line, responsible for the portfolio strategy
and bringing valued solutions to data center customers. He has
over 20 years of product management and product marketing
experience, serving the telecom, data center, cable/MSO, and
U.S. federal government markets with a versatile knowledge of
customers’ fiber optic access and transport networks. Previously,
Brooke held product management leadership roles at Coriant and
Tellabs, managing packet optical and data transport product lines.
He graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor of science
degree in electrical engineering. Brooke can be reached at
brooke.ford@nexans.com.
Joost Grillaert, Ph.D. is product manager fibre at Nexans
Cabling Solutions. He joined the company in 2007 focusing on
products for both the enterprise market and increasingly the data
center market. Prior to joining Nexans, Joost worked as global
technical marketing manager for Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
and obtained a Ph.D at University of Leuven, Belgium. Joost
can be reached at joost.grillaert@nexans.com.
Michael Wang is product and technical director for Nexans
in the Asia Pacific region. Involved in the cabling industry since
2006, Michael has in-depth experience in the areas of technical
engineering and project management. He joined Nexans in 2010
and is a member of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC25 WG3 and a member of
the China standardization group SAC/TC 28/SC 25/WG2. He
graduated from East China Normal University with a degree in
physics and later obtained a master’s degree in project management
from Fudan University. Contact Michael at
michael.wang@nexans.com.
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• ANSI/BICSI 002-2019:
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• BICSI 009-2019: Data Center
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• DC101: Introduction to
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• DC102: Applied Data Center
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• DCDC Test Preparation Course
• DCDC Test Prep Flash Cards
• DCDC Credentialing Exam
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