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Patrick Leary,
Alvarion’s assistant vice president of marketing for North
America, is one of the nation’s top authorities and most
visionary thinkers on wireless broadband. His ideas, followed by
his aggressive evangelism, have literally transformed the
license-exempt industry. For example, in 2002 Mr. Leary created
the “mixed spectrum” model whereby multiple frequency band
cells are symbiotically layered into a network to enable maximum
subscriber acquisition and scale. Today, the mixed spectrum
architecture has been embraced as a core deployment technique by
most unlicensed operators and is central to the product
strategies of every major vendor with a North American market.
Mr. Leary was
also an invited panelist for the prestigious Spectrum Policy
Task Force established in 2002 by then FCC Chairman Powell to
re-evaluate the nation’s spectrum policies. In 2003 Mr. Leary
was named “WISP Advocate of the Year” at WISPCON and is an
executive committee member of the License Exempt Alliance within
the Wireless Communications Association International. Mr. Leary
has also guest lectured at academic institutions from Stanford
Law School to Virginia Tech. He is a veteran speaker at over 100
spectrum policy symposiums, trade events, and economic
development conferences. A key source of industry knowledge for
the market’s analysts, Mr. Leary has also advised numerous
policy think tanks such as the New America Foundation.
Entering the
industry building major metro fiber optic MANs, Mr. Leary
emerged literally from the broadband trenches and now has over
18 years specializing in the physical architecture of networks.
Mr. Leary has been dedicated to the wireless side of network
infrastructures for nine years, holding executive sales and
business development roles with previous firms. He has been
involved in the implementation of hundreds of WLANs and WMANs
using license exempt bands.
Mr. Leary joined
Alvarion (formerly BreezeCOM) in mid 1999 where he served for
two years as its Southeast U.S. district manager. In 2001 he was
promoted to chief evangelist, a position created specifically in
recognition of his aggressive advocacy. In 2003 Mr. Leary was
again promoted, this time to his current position as assistant
vice president of marketing, reporting directly to the
president. As assistant vice president of marketing, he is
responsible for Alvarion’s North American marketing efforts.
A passionate
champion for wireless broadband, especially in underserved
communities, Mr. Leary attended West Los Angeles College and
James Madison University and holds a liberal arts degree. He
currently resides in the Bay Area of California with his wife
and two daughters.
Last Updated 7 August
2005
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