Jeff Evans is the Director of the Information and Communications Laboratory (ICL) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Mr. Evans has over 25 years of research in the communications field with particular interest in broadband wireless network implementations, emerging mobile communications services, and the delivery of applications and services to communities and underserved areas. Jeff participates in numerous R&D programs in areas such as Health IT, Cybersecurity infrastructure, First Responder and Disaster response concepts, the Internet of Things (where he serves as the Chair of the advisory board of the Georgia Tech IoT Center. He is also serves on the advisory board for the Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). Jeff has B.S and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech.