He received his BSEE from Christian Brothers University, his MSEE from the University of Illinois, and his MBA from Eastern Illinois University. He has been worked in the Cable industry for 36 years, first at Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco), then at CableLabs, and then as a contractor/consultant, and is currently back with CableLabs. While at CableLabs Tom has tested digital broadcast signals for compatibility with Cable plant, and evaluated the ability of Cable lines to transport high-speed digital signals. Currently, Tom is working on PHY-layer issues associated with delivery of Gigabit data over cable networks, and advanced network diagnostics. Tom is a prolific inventor with more than 55 patents granted or pending, and enjoys radio frequency (RF) design and digital signal processing (DSP).