Ryan Poltermann has performed public safety communications design and consulting for over a decade, and has been involved in over half the US states and six countrywide systems.  He is the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Vice Chair of LMR LTE Integration and Interoperability Working Group, Co-Chair of the Public Safety Internet of Things (PS-IOT) Working Group, and involved in writing the Assessment of Future Spectrum and Technology (AFST) Report.  He is also a Wireless Communications Research Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with a focus on 5G and 6G communications.