GLENN PARSONS is an internationally known expert in networking, including 5G mobile transport and Ethernet. He is a standards advisor with Ericsson Canada, where he coordinates standards strategy and policy for Ericsson, including network architecture for 5G radio transport networks. Previously, he has held positions in development, product management and standards architecture in the ICT industry.
Over the past number of years, he has held several management and editor positions in various standards activities including IETF, IEEE, and ITU-T. He has been an active participant in the IEEE-SA Board of Governors, Standards Board and its Committees since 2004, and in other IEEE OU boards as an SA liaison since 2014.
He is currently involved with 5G transport standardization in MEF, IEEE and ITU-T and is chair of IEEE 802.1. In addition to being the founding Editor-in-chief for the IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, he was a Technical Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine and has been co-editor of several IEEE Communications Society Magazine feature topics.
He graduated in 1992 with a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.