John D’Ambrosia, Futurewei

John D’Ambrosia is a Technical Vice President with the Datacom Standards Research team at Futurewei Technologies, a U.S. subsidiary of Huawei. John has over 25 years of supporting standards development. John is currently the chair of the IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s , 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s Task Force. He is also leading the IEEE 802.3 NEA “Ethernet for AI” Assessment, which is exploring 400 Gb/s electrical and optical signaling, as well as 3.2 Tb/s Ethernet. Previously, John chaired the IEEE 802.3 Task Forces that developed 40 GbE and 100 GbE, 200 & 400 GbE, and 800 GbE. Additionally, he chaired other IEEE 802.3 task forces, as well as the IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications Ad hoc. John is a Senior Member of IEEE. John is one of the founders of the Ethernet Alliance, served as its chairman from 2011 to 2019, and is, currently, its Chief Ethernet Evangelist for High-Speed Ethernet. John served as an advisor to the European Photonics Industry Consortium from 2019 to 2022. His previous work experience includes Dell, Force10 Networks, and Tyco Electronics.