Steve Shearer joined Spirent as principal architect for Wi-Fi after the acquisition of octoScope where he was chief scientist. Previously Steve was a distinguished engineer at Wi-Fi Alliance where he led the industry wide LTE/Wi-Fi Coexistence activities and brought Easy Mesh™ and Wi-Fi 6® to market launch. Steve also worked at Philips on terrestrial radio systems such as TETRA, GSM, TDMA and CDMA where he was involved in R&D and standards activities. He architected the Philips UWB radio, contributed the OFDM PHY into 802.15.4g, and worked on smart grid at Silver Spring Networks. Steve received his BSc. From University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, and his M.S. From Georgia Tech. Steve has authored 12 patents.