George Zimmerman, CME Consulting

Dr. George Zimmerman is President of CME Consulting, a California-based consulting firm specializing in physical layer communications and associated powering technologies, active in standardization and development of Ethernet in emerging applications. He has been a defining force in the development of multiple Ethernet technologies, chairing, editing, and technically driving SPE, 10GBASE-T, Energy Efficient Ethernet, as well as various DSL (now EFM) technologies. George holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. Dr. Zimmerman is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and in 2017 received the Standards Medallion from the IEEE- SA. He holds more than 20 patents, a Ph.D. from Caltech, and a BSEE from Stanford, and is a member of BICSI, TIA TR42, the Ethernet Alliance and a principal member of NEC codemaking Panel 3, representing the Ethernet Alliance. As a consultant, his clients include networking systems, cabling infrastructure, and physical-layer silicon companies.