Steve Shearer

Chief Scientist

Pleasanton, California, United States

About

Distinguished Engineer Good consultative, presentation, and persuasive skills • Significant experience leading standardization activities • Working with top-tier Member companies to prepare new technologies for Market Strong technical skills in the design of communications systems • Authored OFDM technical proposal to IEEE 802.15.4g Smart Grid PHY • Technical Lead in the Industry wide effort on Wi-Fi / LTE coexistence • Chaired Wi-Fi Alliance TG to partner with CTIA on measurement of converged Wi-Fi / Cellular devices • UWB, WLAN, Bluetooth, cell-phone applications and a variety of professional wireless applications • 5 Patents granted, 9 in process Program Management of emerging technology projects • Leadership of global, multi-site, cross-functional teams • Proven skills in identifying new innovative technology • Experience with complete product lifecycle Specialties: Wireless Communications development, Program Management, Customer Product Requirements.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at HEDGE Liquidity
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Co-Founder at HedgeCoins.io
    2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Chief Scientist at Spirent Communications
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Experienced Wireless Technical Specialist In-depth whitepapers and technical documentation on Wi-Fi 6 and 7. Keeping abreast of emerging trends and technologies in the field. Serve as a trusted advisor for detailed technical matters, offering guidance to internal teams and customers. Innovate and implement advanced testing methodologies to enhance the visibility of Wi-Fi's key performance indicators, using data visualization techniques. Leading the Wi-Fi Alliance Customer Experience task group, responsible for crafting the Device Metrics test plan. This plan concentrates on presenting performance metrics through statistical analysis which provides invaluable insights into how customer experiences are influenced.

  • Distinguished Engineer at Wi-Fi Alliance
    Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 7 mos

    Working with Member companies to prepare new technologies for Certification and Market Launch 60 GHz Wi-Gig, Multi-AP, 802.11ax Led the Industry-wide LTE - Wi-Fi Coexistence effort. Prepared several input papers for 3GPP RAN 4 Continued participation in Wi-Fi / CTIA converged wireless group Revising Wi-Fi Alliance engineering procedures to engage Members earlier on in the process and make the process more efficient Consultant and mentor for various special projects

  • Signal Processing Guru at Silver Spring Networks
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Designed and built a Matlab simulation to implement the 802.15.4g OFDM PHY and was extended to generate test vectors to exercise the DSP engine as it was being built. Designed the front end and signal processing for a wideband radio to capture the entire 900 MHz ISM band and process into individual channels.