Thomas is a Senior Principal Scientist in the Wi-Fi standards team at Broadcom. He has been working in the Wi-Fi industry for 10 years and holds several patents. He is an active contributor to several Wi-Fi Alliance specifications and programs including Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, WPA3 and EasyMesh, and holds multiple task group leadership positions including Chair of Optimized Connectivity marketing, Optimized Connectivity Technical Editor, Vice Chair of Passpoint marketing, Vice Chair of Multiband Operations technical, 6 GHz AFC Technical Editor, and Americas lead of Regulatory. He is also an active participant in IEEE 802.11, contributing in particular to the 802.11ax and 802.11be amendments.
Nehru Bhandaru is a Distinguished Engineer in the Wireless Connectivity Business Unit of Broadcom Inc. He is a member of the WLAN Software Architecture team where he focuses on Security, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Wi-Fi Location. He represents Broadcom in Standards groups including the IEEE 802.11 and the Wi-Fi Alliance, and is an active contributor to the Wi-Fi Alliance Security, Aware and Location groups as well as IEEE 802.11 az and other task groups. His experience spans over two decades in the areas of Distributed Systems, Networking, Wireless, and Software Engineering.