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Wi-Fi & Wireless Networking Keynote Speaker, Panelist & Podcast Guest
I make wireless make sense for any room, from RF engineers at WLPC to a city council deciding on broadband. Keynotes, conference sessions, panel moderation, podcast and webinar guest spots, and expert commentary for the press.
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You're running a conference, panel, webinar, or podcast and you want Drew to speak, present, moderate, or join as a guest, or you need an expert quote for a story.
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Speaking, panels & guest appearances
Twenty-plus years in the field, not just on the slides, CWNA-certified; Cambium Networks' 2020 Connectivity Hero of the Year for the McAllen deployment (~1,000 access points in 60 days) and a 2017 Connectivity Hero for Hurricane Harvey disaster response; WLPC presenter and former track chair; and a Tech Field Day delegate. Technical enough for the engineers, plain-spoken enough for everyone else.
Stages I've been on
Topics I speak on
Be a guest on Waves
Pitch yourself for the show
Waves is a weekly show on what's new, what's now, and what's next in wireless, heard by the engineers, operators, and vendors who actually deploy the gear. The best guests bring a real story: a deployment you pulled off, a launch worth explaining, a strong opinion you can defend, or hard-won field experience. Founder-pitch-by-numbers gets a pass; substance gets booked.
Media points
Press & media kit
Copy-and-paste bios, the facts that matter, and how to refer to me. Need a headshot, logos, or a one-page speaker sheet? Email me and I'll send them over. South Texas media, talk radio, TV, and podcasts, call on me regularly for on-air commentary on technology, wireless, and security; happy to do the same for your outlet.
Drew Lentz, "the Wireless Nerd", is a wireless network engineer with 20+ years of experience and host of the weekly podcast Waves. He translates the wireless industry for the people who actually deploy it, and advocates for closing the digital divide from his home base in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.
CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator); two-time Cambium Networks Connectivity Hero, 2020 Connectivity Hero of the Year for the McAllen digital-divide deployment (~1,000 access points and CBRS endpoints in about 60 days) and a 2017 Connectivity Hero award for Hurricane Harvey disaster response; presenter and former track chair at the Wireless LAN Professionals Conference (WLPC); wireless track chair at Interop ITX; Tech Field Day delegate; founder and president of the CodeRGV nonprofit; co-founder of Frontera Consulting.
How to refer to me
Name: Drew Lentz · also known as the Wireless Nerd · the show is Waves. Subscribe or listen: