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Blue Award 1
Blue Award 1
Communications Center Management
Communications Center Management
Blue Award 2
Blue Award 2
Wellness in the Emergency Communications Center
Wellness in the Emergency Communications Center
Blue Award 3
Blue Award 3
Cybersecurity for Public Safety Communications
Cybersecurity for Public Safety Communications
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Situational Awareness
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Situational Awareness
Yellow Award 1
Yellow Award 1
Frontline Telecommunicator
Frontline Telecommunicator
Yellow Award 2
Yellow Award 2
Leadership Development
Leadership Development
Yellow Award 3
Yellow Award 3
NG9-1-1 and Emerging Technologies
NG9-1-1 and Emerging Technologies
Yellow Award 4
Yellow Award 4
Radio and Wireless Communications Technologies
Radio and Wireless Communications Technologies
Yellow Award 5
Yellow Award 5
Repeat Session
Repeat Session
Yellow Award 6
Yellow Award 6
Mastering Media
Mastering Media
Yellow Award 7
Yellow Award 7
Federal Partners
Federal Partners
Platinum Award
Platinum Award
Gold Award
Gold Award
Training Essentials
Training Essentials
Silver Award
Silver Award
Bronze Award
Bronze Award

Walt Magnussen

Texas A&M University System CACN
College Station, Texas

Dr. Walt Magnussen is the Research Development Lead of the Texas A&M University System’s Center for Applied Communications and Networks (CACN), a leading center in next generation communications interoperability. The CACN supports 5G wireless testbeds both at Disaster City for public safety and the RELLIS Campus for defense. Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense the CACN completed the first NG 911 proof of concept, supported the DHS public safety border crossing experiment with Canada and supported Harris County (Houston area) public safety broadband network which led to FirstNet. Dr. Magnussen received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
He currently serves on the DHS Safecom Advisory Committee, is an Executive Committee Member for the National Spectrum Consortium and is an Advisor for IWCE. He has served on two FCC CSRIC Committees, has testified before the Congress on the NG 911 bill and testified before the FCC several times. He has presented at several hundred sessions over the years.

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