BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:51ec4dddec788b4dc56b78887f132070160 CATEGORIES:Industry Event SUMMARY:Solving for Public Safety Communications in the Campus Environment - with Whoop Wireless and CCFS DESCRIPTION:
By now, most Higher-Ed ICT Staff, Facilities Ma nagers, Risk Managers, and Fire and Life Safety Staff are aware of the prob lem of wireless “dead zones” inside buildings for both cellular and public safety communications.
Many are also aware of the compliance re
quirements of fire and building codes, local ordinances, and their own admi
nistration’s policies.
This expert session, led by
the experienced team at Whoop Wireless and facilitated by sector thought-le
ader Safer Buildings Coalition, will explore some of the more complicated a
nd nuanced issues in finding optimal solutions in the campus environment.
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The session will be facilitated by John Foley, Manag
ing Director of the Safer Buildings Coalition, and led by Mark Strittmatter
, VP of Sales and Customer Services for Whoop Wireless. To add further expe
rt insights from a higher-ed perspective, they are joined by Justin Daniels
, Fire Marshal for the University of Oklahoma, and President of the Center
for Campus Fire Safety.
Topics Explored:
Presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A Session< /span>
Moderator: John Foley
Managing Director Safer Buildings Co
alition
John serves as Managing D irector of the Safer Buildings Coalition. John serves the SBC mission throu gh policy, regulation, and code development, by solidifying member services and value, and by establishing a strong operational and financial base as tools to propel SBC’s mission.
John has held key busine ss development, operations, engineering, and executive roles at telecom ser vice companies such as Level 3 Communications, MFS, and MCI. John was a co- founder of XO Communications where he was VP of Operations and Engineering, and later VP of International Network Development. John led dark fiber pro vider City Signal Communications in the position of President and CEO. John served as Capture Director for specialty construction firm Henkels and McC oy, a leading DAS Integrator. John participates on the TIA Smart Buildings Working Group and Public Safety Sub Group, and the Smart Cities Council/WIA City Networks Task Force.
Mark Strittmatter
Vice President of Sales & Customer Service for Whoop Wireless
Mark serves as the Vice President of Sales &am p; Customer Service for Whoop Wireless, taking this position in February 20 19 when Whoop Wireless was acquired by 5G Property Solutions. Mark has bee n instrumental in expanding Whoop's customer base, focusing on customer sat isfaction and increasing revenue. Whoop's focus is on solving the problem for the customer by providing In-Building Cellular, Public Safety DAS, main tenance and monitoring of all systems.
Mark has held key business development roles, beginning his career in telecom with MCI Telec ommunications in 1993 and other companies such as ACSI, e.Spire Communicati ons, XO Communications, Broadwing, and Global Metro Networks. In his 20 pl us year career in telecom he has sold everything from long distance plans w ith MCI to million dollar fiber optic networks with ACSI and GMN.
When Mark's not working you can find him with his family and frie
nds and also volunteering for organizations such as Hope Center for Autism,
AIDS Outreach Center and a few others. He says he finds the most satisfac
tion in giving to others.
Justin Daniels
Fire
Marshal and Emergency Management Operations, University of Oklahoma – Norma
n Campus
Justin started working in the fire marshal’s office at the U niversity of Oklahoma in February 2002. In February 2008, Justin became a C ertified Fire Inspector, promoted to Assistant Fire Marshal in January 2013 , and then to Fire Marshal in August 2013. As Fire Marshal, his duties and responsibilities included but are not limited to: fire inspections for all 300+ existing buildings on campus; fire and life safety training for facult y, staff and students; plan review for new buildings and existing facility remodels; fire drills; fireworks and open flame permits; assist with game d ay operations and other special events; fire investigation; supervision of 3 Fire Inspectors; and to ensure all fire and life safety systems on campus are inspected and maintained. Justin is also responsible for Emergency Man agement Operations and serves as the OU Emergency Operations Center manager . He is also the current President of the Center for Campus Fire Safety whi ch is a national organization of college and university fire safety officia ls.