Juan Santiago is VP of Cloud Platform Services at InfiniG.  He previously held various executive positions at Meta, Commscope, Ruckus Wireless, Google and Powerwave Technologies. Prior to that, Juan spent over 20 years at the global mobile phone and wireless networking giant Motorola, holding various positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, marketing, and executive management, eventually starting and running a wireless business unit with $300M in annual revenues.  Juan holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has published dozens of articles on wireless communications and has been granted three US patents.

• Operated a $300M annual wireless networking business within a $28B global corporation

• Launched new wireless product category and grew to $330M in revenues within 3 years

• Developed several wireless and mobile technology startups and strategic business units

• Negotiated and closed dozens of key contracts, including selling start-up company to Google

• Oversaw an $80M annual R&D budget with a team of 100+ engineers across the globe

• Awarded three US Patents for wireless inventions that generated tens of millions in royalty

• Product Management with full P&L Ownership

• New Product Creation and Launch

• Business Development and Strategy

• Technical Marketing, Spokesperson

• Opportunity Market and Financial Analysis

• Private 4G/5G, In-building wireless, WiFi

• Small Cells (Pico/Femto/DAS/CBRS)

• RF communications, Wireless Telecom

• Cloud, SaaS, Edge Computing (MEC)

• Global Business Experience and Reach

INFINIG

Co-founded start-up to bring mobile network coverage inside buildings, at a significantly lower cost than distributed antenna systems (DAS) and with more reliable coverage than cell boosters.

META (FACEBOOK)

Helped architect the launch of the world’s first and largest CBRS neutral host network, providing coverage for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon cellular users inside over 6M square feet of Meta buildings. Developed cost models and additional private applications to leverage the network. Provided strategic direction to ecosystem-driven initiatives, including OpenWiFi, 5G Core, Converged Wireless and CBRS.

RUCKUS/COMMSCOPE

Developed the market and launched the very first products for the $28B market of in-building wireless coverage solutions for service providers and enterprises leveraging the CBRS band. Aggressively pursued and closed Private Networks business with telecom service providers and major enterprises.

GOOGLE

Grew Athena Wireless business from a 10-person millimeter-wave startup to an LTE small cell player and sold to Google. Provided wireless technology and ecosystem expertise in the areas of LTE cellular, small cells, WiFi and millimeter-wave backhaul for Google Access and GoogleX.

POWERWAVE

Led the entry into the wireless small cell market for Powerwave, a designer of innovative specialized wireless equipment. Developed and launched the world’s first 4G LTE Picocell to the mobile carrier and defense markets.

MOTOROLA

Held multiple senior leadership roles in engineering, marketing, and business development, eventually building and running a $300M/year wireless infrastructure business. Operated in most major areas of the corporation, including mobile phones, cellular network equipment, wireless data, public safety networks, and fixed broadband.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Designed electronics for aircraft and drone -based night-vision and communications systems. Maintained Secret Security Clearance.

MBA - Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

MSEE - The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

BSEE - Bradley University, Peoria, IL

5,428,613 - Method for transmitting either data or voice in an allocated TDM slot

5,377,187 - Addressing method and apparatus for a data conveyance modular network

11,627,638 - Integrated System with an Access Point Powered by a Radio Node

ENGLISH - Native

SPANISH - Native

FRENCH - Basic

• National Hispanic Engineer of the Year nominee for Outstanding Technical Achievement, HENAA and Hispanic Engineer Magazine

• Certificate of Recognition, U.S. Delegation to the Inter-American Telecom Commission (CITEL)

• Motorola Six Sigma Certificate for advanced training in Six Sigma Quality, Design for Manufacturability, Project Planning, System Design and Total Quality Management

• Outstanding Volunteer Award, Financial Management Program for disadvantaged 8th-Grade students, Junior Achievement Project Business

• ScoutMaster Scouter’s Award, Boy Scouts of America

• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

• Presidential Classroom Scholarship Award, The National Honor Society

• ACR Student Council Trophy, for exemplary service as school Student Council President

• Meta Neutral Host Networks for In-Building Cellular via CBRS Spectrum, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), December 2023

• Meta CBRS Neutral Host Network - Learnings by Meta Enterprise Engineering, April 2023

• CBRS for Hospitality White Paper, Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), September 2018 ▫️ More Capacity: The Role of Picocells in LTE, APCO Public Safety Communications, July 2011

• Motorola WiMAX Overview, A video webinar with Juan Santiago, Senior Director of Product Management for Motorola's next generation of WiMAX, November 2006

• Report of the CITEL Study to Quantify Issues of Incompatibility between FWA and PCS in the 1850-1990 MHz band, Organization of American States Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), February 2000

• A Broadcast Data Transmission and Display System, Motorola Technical Developments, December 1991

• TDM Serial Bus Interface ASIC Design Specification, Motorola Technical Report #B9102, May 1991

• Six Steps to Six Sigma Design: A Simplified ASIC Example, Motorola Technical Developments, August 1991

• Private Mobile Networks with CBRS, 5G Connected Edge Cloud for Industry 4.0 Transformation, Open Networks Foundation Webinar, December 2020

• CBRS for In-Building Wireless, Featured Speaker at Fierce Wireless Webinar, October 2020

• State of Play for CBRS, The Network Media Group Webinar, June 2020

• CBRS - Capitalizing on the Possibilities of Shared Spectrum Solutions, Featured Speaker at In-Building Wireless Congress, Las Vegas, June 2019

• HTNG Releases White Paper to Educate IT on CBRS, Hospitality Tech Magazine, November 2018

• Mobile, Fixed and Enterprise (Private) LTE on CBRS, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 2018

• CBRS: A Windfall for Wireless Managed Service Providers, March 2017

• Flaky Network Hobbling your Phone at the Game or Hotel? Free-up Airwaves could Help, CNET, February 2016

• Ruckus Bets on OpenG Technology to Address In-Building Coverage, RCR Wireless News, February 2016

• Ruckus Tackles In-Building Coverage, Capacity Problems with OpenG, Fierce Wireless Magazine, February 2016

• Ruckus Wireless on Indoor LTE Business Case, Fierce Wireless Magazine, February 2016

• Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Summit + Demo to Cover Mobile Internet Connectivity at IWCE Expo, Police Magazine, March 2016

• ‘LTE Network in a Box’ at Small Cell Americas Event, Think SmallCell, December 2014

• Athena Wireless sees role for its small cells in FirstNet blueprint, FierceWireless, June 2014

• Athena Wireless: Company highlights versatile small-cell LTE solution, Urgent Communications, June 2014

• Athena Wireless Introduces the PIXIE™ LTE Small Cell Platform, StreetInsider, November 2013

• End-to-End LTE Small Cell Solution from Polaris Networks and Athena Wireless, PCC Mobile Broadband, September 2013

• Juan Santiago joins Millimeter Wave Pioneer company as new Vice President of Business Development to oversee its LTE Small Cell division, Athena Wireless Press Release, April 2013

• Small Cells and WiFi with Powerwave, Wireless Design and Development, May 2012 Itsy-bitsy teeny cell towers are coming, CNN Money, April 2012

• LTE performance will hinge on Picocell Backhaul, CTIA Wireless News, March 2011

• Powerwave Brings Distributed Antenna Systems to New Levels, Telecom Review, February 2011

• Video Case Study: Sprint WiMAX makes History in Chicago, September 2007

• Motorola’s Santiago on Mobile WiMAX, Xchange Magazine, November 2006

• Did you get the memo? MIMO is all the rage, RCR Wireless News, October 2006

• WiMAX World Conference Speaker, Boston, MA September 2006

• PulverMedia VoIP Summit Conference Speaker, Las Vegas, NV, January 2006

• 802.16e Standard Finalized, Telephony Magazine, December 2005

• Motorola’s Bet on 4G, Telecom Beat, October 2005

• VOIP over WiMAX from Motorola, IP Inferno, October 2005

• Summer events draw new faces to WiMAX, Telephony Magazine, August 2005

• Mobile WiMAX: Who Goes Where?, Unstrung Insider, July 2005

• Motorola says ‘e’ is where it’s at, Telephony Magazine, July 2005

• WiMAX as the Spectrum Workhorse, Telephony Magazine, June 2005

• Wireless Communications Association(WCA) Conference Speaker, Washington, DC, June 2005

• Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS Conference Speaker, Santa Clara, CA, May 2005

• Industry players look at what role mobile WiMAX will play in the telecom landscape, Connections, May 2005

• Motorola Announces Development of Canopy™ WiMAX Platform for International Markets, Motorola Press Release, March 2005

• IWPC WiMAX Workshop Speaker, San Mateo, CA, February 2005

• WiNETS Conference Speaker, Miami, FL, December 2004

• Motorola to WISPs: We Get It, ISP Planet, December 2004

• ISPCON Conference Speaker, Santa Clara, CA, November 2004

• WiMAX standards have the industry buzzing, Connections, July 2004

• Upstream Downstream, Phone+ Magazine, July 2004

• Motorola Adds 45 Mbps Backhaul to Its Canopy™ Wireless Broadband Portfolio, Motorola Press Release, June 2004

• Motorola Adds Scalable T1/E1 Multiplexing to its Canopy™ Wireless Broadband Portfolio, Motorola Press Release, June 2004

• Cover Story: WiMAX Drawing A Crowd to Broadband Wireless, Xchange Magazine, June 2004

• Motorola takes mobile to the MAX, Interview on TelecomTV, March 2004