Joseph C. (Jay) Diepenbrock holds an Sc. B. (EE) from Brown University and an MSEE from Syracuse University. He worked in a number of development areas in IBM including IC, analog and RF circuit, and backplane design. He then moved to IBM’s Integrated Supply Chain, working on the electrical specification, testing, and modeling of connectors and cables and was IBM’s Subject Matter Expert on high speed cables. After a long career at IBM he left there and joined Lorom America as Senior Vice President, High Speed Engineering, and led the Lorom Signal Integrity team, supporting its high speed product development. He left Lorom in 2015, and is now a signal integrity consultant with SIRF Consultants, LLC. Mr. Diepenbrock has authored or co-authored a number of technical papers, and contributed to a number of industry standards, is a Senior Member of the IEEE, was an IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2013-2014, and holds 12 patents. In his spare time, he enjoys amateur radio, playing jazz music, making furniture, photography, and volunteer and church work, with particular interest in disaster relief. He is a member of the IEEE MOVE vehicle disaster response team and a Red Cross volunteer.