About: Chris Mayer has been President of Solstice Technical Consulting for eight years. Chris is also Chair-Elect of the IEEE Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability.From 2006 to 2012, Chris was Vice President, Systems Integration and Testing, where he led Verizon’s ISO-certified labs in testing new products and services before their network deployment and assuring the safety and reliability compliance of supplier equipment. SIT performed testing and NEBS compliance work in support of new product and service introductions for the Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business networks.Prior to that role, Chris held positions in Engineering and Technology and was previously Director – Access Systems Testing and Director – VoIP Systems Testing in SIT. Before joining the Technology organization in 1994 to test video and access systems, Chris worked in video and transmission engineering at C&P Telephone, a subsidiary of Bell Atlantic. Chris worked for Verizon and its predecessors for 33 years.Chris holds a Masters degree in Technology Management from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins.