Gordon's STEM Blog: D6 Interview: Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam on Communications Technologies in the United States

Friday, May 30, 2008

Yesterday at the Wall Street Journal D6 (All Things Digital #6) Conference, Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg interviewed FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam on a wide range of topics including network neutrality, broadband, infrastructure, universal connectivity, competitive technologies, open access, cell phone technologies and contracts, etc in the United States.

Two excellent interview videos (each a little over six minutes) are embedded below and are well worth watching/listening to.

Part 1 Video:

Part 2 Video:

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Thanks for visiting. I'm Gordon, past National Science Foundation Funded Centers of Excellence Director and Co-Director at Springfield Technical Community College and University of Central Florida, past Visiting Engineering Professor at the University of Hartford, currently an Adjunct Professor at Pace University and an Engineering Professor at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts. I’ve authored four engineering and engineering technology textbooks and have over 40 years of engineering, technology, communications and IT teaching experience.
In addition to my teaching and work with NSF Centers of Excellence, I've served as the Verizon Next Step New England telecommunications curriculum leader and on several business and technology boards around the United States including the Microsoft Community College Advisory Council, the Massachusetts Networking and Communications Council and the National Skill Standards Board.

I am one of the co founders of the Hi-Tec Conference that annually brings 500-600 academic, business and industry representatives to explore the convergence of scientific disciplines, engineering and technologies.

In 2001, I was selected as one of the top 15 STEM faculty in the United States by Microsoft and the American Association of Community Colleges and in 2004 was selected as the Massachusetts Network and Communications Council Workforce Leader of the year.

I am also certified by the International Distance Education Certification Center as a Certified Distance Education Instructor.

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Friday, May 30, 2008

D6 Interview: Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam on Communications Technologies in the United States

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