Michael R. Anderson, PART-15.ORG, Chairman

Michael R. Anderson is the Chairman of the License Exempt Wireless Internet Service Providers Organization, Part-15.ORG. He was designated Chairman and has served continuously since April 2002.

Mr. Anderson oversees all of the organizations many facets of training, education, interference mitigation arbitration, equipment research and analysis, and training certification along with providing License Exempt Wireless Internet Service Provider Consulting. Mr. Anderson functions as the Liaison between the organization representing over 8,000 License Exempt Wireless Internet Services Providers (WISPs) and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and is an active participant in many regulatory issues and frequently advises and speaks at the FCC headquarters in Washington. As the founder of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Conference (WISPCON), he, along with partner Lynn Kline, plans and hosts the very successful semi-annual training events domestically and throughout the world.

2005

Chairman Anderson was selected by the largest Telecommunications Company in Thailand to be their License Exempt Wireless Internet Consultant for a nationwide wireless deployment.

Hurricane Disaster Recovery efforts, Mr. Anderson and PART-15.ORG, as requested by the FCC Chief of Staff, coordinated and deployed hundreds of volunteer communications relief personnel and millions of dollars of communications equipment. Through those efforts, thousands of the hurricane victims were provided free voice and data communications at times within 24 to 48 hours after arrival onsite.

Mr. Anderson and PART-15.ORG were personally recognized by the FCC Director of Homeland Security for their outstanding wireless communications support of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts.

2006

Chairman Anderson was selected by the FCC to be a participant of an elite, hand-picked 25 member independent panel reviewing the effects of telecommunications failures and providing recommendations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

In addition to his normal duties with PART-15.ORG, Mr. Anderson serves as the Chief Information and Technology Officer (CIO) of Prime Directive Quick Link and is responsible for overseeing all Wireless Technology deployments for the largest License Exempt Wireless Internet Service provider in Northern Illinois covering over 1,000 square miles of coverage area.

Mr. Anderson is a guest speaker at many wireless conferences and seminars around the world and is frequently requested by the FCC to provide his insight at their headquarters in Washington. Among the many FCC speaking engagements, in 2003, Mr. Anderson and FCC Chairman Michael Powell conducted a Rural Wireless ISP Technologies Showcase and Workshop in South Dakota.

Mr. Anderson was instrumental in assisting with the establishment of and ongoing advisor to the FCC’s Wireless Broadband Task Force in 2003.

Chairman Anderson is the trademark owner of WISPCON. The Wireless Internet Service Providers Conference is the world’s largest semi-annual gathering of License Exempt Wireless equipment manufacturers, resellers and operators. Mr. Anderson is also an accomplished author of numerous books and papers on license exempt wireless.

A few of his accomplishments are:

Chairman - PART-15.ORG, www.part-15.org

General Member - Wireless Comm. Assoc. Intl. (WCAI), www.wcai.com

General Member - National Association for Amateur Radio, www.arrl.org

PART-15.ORG is the world’s largest License Exempt Wireless Internet Service

Providers organization, bringing together the education and training of WISPs

from around the world under one umbrella. P15 Corporate members along with

real world WISPs, provide the information needed on all aspects of running a

successful License Exempt Wireless Internet Service. P15 is also the sponsor of

the WISPCONs along with Wireless Boot Camps and Certification Training

Programs. WISPCONs are three days of intense training during which both beginners and experts benefit. Boot Camps and Certification Training are specialized in specific areas to provide in-depth and hands-on training.