The Optical internetworking Forum (OIF), an organization that promotes and standardizes optical and electrical communications, has announced its latest officers and Board of Directors. Nathan Tracy of TE Connectivity remains as OIF president.

Board members were elected during the third an fourth quarters of 2019, after which the board elects officers. The OIF board and officers are:

As Tracy explained in OIF: Standards Assure Communications Interoperability, “OIF is structured with a board of directors, a technical committee with work groups focused on network operations—the physical and link layer (PLL), the physical layer user’s group (PLUG) and interoperability groups for both operations and physical layer. There is also a marketing awareness and education group. We’re intentionally organized to be member driven so that the membership can determine the direction, but with a board to provide guidance and oversight to ensure the standards are technically accurate yet fair to all members.” OIF publishes technical documents such as implementation agreements and while papers that cover topics such as optical interfaces. Documents cover optical, electrical, mechanical, and thermal aspects. It regularly hosts demonstrations at conferences such as OFC. OIF will host a panel session with updates on 400ZR at OFC 2020. 400ZR is a specification for 400 Gbit/s fiber transmissions at 80 km using 16QAM modulation.

Martin Rowe served as technical editor and senior technical editor at Test & Measurement World for 20 years including three years as EDN Design Ideas editor. During that time, Martin covered a wide range of technologies and companies. Technologies included bench instruments such as oscilloscopes, meters, signal sources and their applications. His favorite applications for these instruments were high-speed signal measurements, basic measurements (voltage, current, power), calibration, and EMC/EMI/RFI. All of these apply directly to connectors and connectivity. From 2004 to 2012, Martin visited numerous companies to learn how engineers performed test. Visits included Bose, DeWalt, and Tyco Electronics (now TE Connectivity).  Martin's claim to fame comes from music, where he's written six songs about life as an engineer. It all started in 2006 with "The Measurement Blues," proving that you can write a blues about anything. Even connectors have made it into Martin's songs. "Below a GigaHertz" pays homage to engineers to whom working with signals below 1 GHz is ancient history. Martin has performed "The Measurement Blues" and "The Lab in the corner" live at IEEE EMC Symposia.  Martin holds a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Bentley College.

Martin Rowe served as technical editor and senior technical editor at Test & Measurement World for 20 years including three years as EDN Design Ideas editor. During that time, Martin covered a wide range of technologies and companies. Technologies included bench instruments such as oscilloscopes, meters, signal sources and their applications. His favorite applications for these instruments were high-speed signal measurements, basic measurements (voltage, current, power), calibration, and EMC/EMI/RFI. All of these apply directly to connectors and connectivity. From 2004 to 2012, Martin visited numerous companies to learn how engineers performed test. Visits included Bose, DeWalt, and Tyco Electronics (now TE Connectivity).  Martin's claim to fame comes from music, where he's written six songs about life as an engineer. It all started in 2006 with "The Measurement Blues," proving that you can write a blues about anything. Even connectors have made it into Martin's songs. "Below a GigaHertz" pays homage to engineers to whom working with signals below 1 GHz is ancient history. Martin has performed "The Measurement Blues" and "The Lab in the corner" live at IEEE EMC Symposia.  Martin holds a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Bentley College.

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