Technology

Anthony Klinkert has established a distinguished career as an executive, in corporate management, as well as senior consulting, and engineering in such leading corporations as IBM, MCI, GE, TI, and Motorola. He has also successfully established entrepreneurial ventures, including Klinkert and Associates, Inc., a licensed professional engineering corporation and consultancy in the emerging broadband wireless sector.

Tony is a candidate for the Doctor of Engineering degree with a concentration in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His praxis for this doctorial degree is entitled "Engineering Techno-economic Analysis and Mathematical Programming Optimization Modeling of the Design and Deployment of a Wide-area RF, WiMax, or WiFi Broadband Meshed or Conventional Wireless Radio Network".

In 2005, he was honored by The Office of the Dean of Student Life at SMU for support to university initiatives.

In 2002, Tony was awarded with the WCA Golden Eagle Award for Technical Vision & Industry Service.

Also in 2002, he produced and led a webcast delivered from the campus of SMU focused on the application of operations research optimization and Quality Function Deployment design methodology, both applied to the effective selection of specifications at both the carrier network level, as well as the vendor product level.

In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Engineering Committee of the Wireless Communications Association, an industry trade association focused on the advancement of broadband wireless technology including WiMax, WiFi, in licensed and license-exempt spectrum bands. His technical leadership provided guidance to the industry during a period of transition from older broadcast video services in the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) band to the latest mobile Internet services now called the Broadband Radio Service (BRS).

Tony is a frequent public speaker at industry events and provided technology insights and perspectives on wireless technology.

As CEO and Managing Principle Consultant at Klinkert & Associates, he provided major corporations as well as entrepreneurial clients with advanced strategy and plans for designing and deploying wireless broadband networks. Typical projects included a nationwide 600-location corporate enterprise indoor wireless local area network design, a regional outdoor wireless wide area network, and strategic leadership for a nationwide wireless initiative. His specialty was and is providing advanced management science modeling and optimization of wireless technology for entrepreneurs, officials and executives establishing revenue, cost, net income and cash flow for business cases for major wireless network initiatives.

As part of his praxis, Mr. Klinkert is currently completing a book on the latest broadband wireless technology -- WiMax 802.16 -- that promises to provide readers with the latest information and techniques in harnessing this exciting new technology.