Sam Kocsis currently holds the role of Director of Standards and Technology at Amphenol, focusing on the proliferation of innovative interconnect solutions. Sam coordinates Amphenol’s engagement strategies in various industry standards and consortiums across networking, server/storage, optics, and commercial markets. He is active in IEEE 802.3 and OCP projects and currently serves as the Technical Committee Chairman at the OIF, is a Co-Chair of the OSFP and XPO MSA and a Co-Chair of the PCI-SIG Optical Cabling Workgroup. Sam holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York.