Interview Series

If there is something we’ve learned from the pandemic, it’s the power and potential of on-line connections. The RCA Interview Series taps into that, offering the chance to listen in on conversations with a wide range of industry professionals, who also happen to be some of the most interesting people in wireless.  Held quarterly, these Zoom call interviews give you the chance to get to know intriguing people, ask questions via the session moderator, and learn what inspires and motivates some of the biggest names in wireless and do it all in a relaxed and casual setting.  Interviews are conducted by RCA President John Facella, and attendance is free and open to the public, although registration is required. 

December Interview:
Test Equipment - Making the Jobs of Comms Easier,
and Following Future Trends?

An interview with RCA member Gordon Beattie Jr., Senior Principal Research Scientist/Engineer at VIAVI Solutions.

Tuesday, December 10, 9 pm ET.

James Gordon Beattie, Jr. Senior Principal Research Scientist (VIAVI Solutions)

Gordon Beattie joined VIAVI Solutions Chief Technology Organization in 2021 as a Senior Principal Research Scientist in the RF and Wireless Architecture Department after thirty-three years at AT&T Bell Labs/AT&T Labs/AT&T as a Member of Technical Staff/Principal Technical Architect.

Gordon is an “extreme inventor and innovator” with 167 US Patents and a recognized expert in network management systems. Gordon’s pursuit of hands-on field work shapes meaningful data for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence systems. His “ground truth” focus drives meaningful predictive and proactive root causes of pending faults in communications systems ranging from point-to-point microwave, VDSL, ultra-fast network switching/routing, cellular radio, packet scheduling, digital watermarking, embedded transmitter identification, and narrow beamwidth antennas.

Gordon is the co-chair of the O-RAN nGRG RS08 Research Platforms group and a participant in the RS03 AI/ML and RS04 Security groups. A contributor of IEEE P1897, Gordon authored an appendix to assist with the identification and mitigation of Power Line Gap Noise conditions on DSL/VDSL and other wireline services infrastructure.

Gordon is an active Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator (Callsign: W2TTT) and a trained Incident Command System Communications Team Leader and volunteer with both the Suwannee County (FL) Sheriff's and the Passaic County (NJ) Sheriff’s Departments. He lives in northern Florida where conditions are favorable to his explorations of tropospheric propagation modes on the VHF-UHF bands through the microwaves.