Longtime ICT Industry Engineer Herb Congdon Joins TIA as Associate Vice President of Technology and Standards

Arlington, Va. -- Herb Congdon, Campaign and Systems Marketing Manager for TE Connectivity (formerly Tyco Electronics), is joining the staff of the Telecommunications Industry Association as TIA's Associate Vice President of Technology and Standards on July 25.

Congdon has served on TIA engineering committees, TIA marketing sections and other industry standards committees and has a proven track record of results in 15 years of participation in multiple leadership positions (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Editor) in TIA TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure. He served as Chair of TR-42, as well as subcommittees TR-42.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling (568-B.1) and TR-42.8 Telecommunications Optical Fiber Cabling Systems (568-B.3).

"As a volunteer on TIA's engineering committees, Herb has provided dynamic leadership for many years, helping to guide TIA's standards development efforts and growing markets for the industry," said TIA President Grant Seiffert. "We welcome him aboard, fortunate that we can now take advantage of his deep industry knowledge fulltime."

Congdon has been elected President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Professional Engineers of North Carolina and is currently the Past-President.

A subject matter expert in telecommunications technologies, Herb has been a featured presenter on a wide variety of market, industry and technical topics for TIA, the Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA), the FOSE Conference and Exposition (a military/defense trade show), International Wire & Cable Symposium (IWCS) and others. He has written many market-focused documents including published articles, white papers, training modules and podcasts. Recently, he was awarded the Harry J. Pfister Award for Excellence in the Telecommunications Industry by BICSI and the University of South Florida, College of Engineering.

Prior to working at TE Connectivity, Congdon worked as an engineer and product specialist at Siecor Corporation (now Corning Cable Systems). He has served as project manager for over 20 large-scale projects including federal government and healthcare marketing campaigns.

Congdon is a licensed Professional Engineer and a veteran of the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine program where he served with distinction as a commissioned Nuclear Engineering Officer and Squadron Operations Officer.

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