Fibre Channel Industry Leaders Honored in Once-a-year International Committee for Information Know-how Standards Awards Method

Roger Cummings Receives INCITS Life time Accomplishment Award Anil Mehta and Raul Oteyza and Jason Rusch Also Honored

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Fibre Channel Field Affiliation (FCIA) today announced the Worldwide Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) has regarded the technical knowledge and powerful committee administration of 4 Fibre Channel sector leaders as part of its 2021 Yearly Awards Software. The program gives the option for the INCITS local community to accept those people INCITS supporters that have participated in standards improvement actions.

Roger Cummings was given the best honor of the software as the recipient of the INCITS Life span Achievement Award. This is an award offered to no a lot more than one particular INCITS participant each year who has shown a extensive-time commitment to INCITS and its standardization activities. A pioneer in the Fibre Channel marketplace and the founding Chairman of the T11 Technical Committee, Roger has been an active participant and repeated officer in business requirements teams for more than 30 a long time. He has held key in depth style and design and architecture positions in Uk, Canada and the U.S., and is the writer of several tutorials and key conference shows.

“Roger’s contributions to the specialized improvement and marketing of the Fibre Channel conventional are unable to be overstated,” reported Steve Wilson, present-day chairman, T11 Specialized Committee. “He assisted to be certain from the starting that Fibre Channel was intended for high throughput programs with nominal latencies, information integrity and assured supply and was instrumental in its ongoing innovation.”

In addition, two INCITS Complex Excellence Awards have been bestowed on Fibre Channel Marketplace leaders: Anil Mehta, principal style and design engineer at Broadcom and Raul Oteyza, principal engineer at Marvell. Also, Jason Rusch, program growth engineer at VIAVI Remedies obtained the INCITS Support Award. Anil, Raul and Jason have all shown assumed leadership in the advancement of Fibre Channel and are lively individuals in the T11 Technological Committee.

“Anil, Raul and Jason have been primary specialized contributors to Fibre Channel protocol and a guiding impact as we continue on to progress,” explained Wilson. “We are grateful for their efforts and appear forward to their ongoing contributions for shaping the foreseeable future of the normal.”

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