For Immediate Release
October 11, 2008

Siemon's Valerie Rybinski Elected to Second Term as Chair of TIA Subcommittee

Watertown, CT — Valerie Rybinski, Global Sales Engineer for Siemon (www.siemon.com), has been elected to a second, 2-year term as Chair of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.7 Copper Cabling Systems Subcommittee. This election took place at the recent TIA TR-42 meeting in Palm Springs, CA.

Rybinski has served as vice-chair of the subcommittee since 1999 and was first elected to the chair position in October, 2005. Rybinski has actively participated in TIA standards formulation since 1993 and currently serves as document editor for several pending addenda to the TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Commercial Building Cabling Standard.

TIA TR-42.7 develops standards for balanced twisted-pair cabling systems and is the formulating group that authored the TIA/EIA-568-B.2 and TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 (category 6) standards. The subcommittee specifies twisted-pair connecting hardware, patch cord, and cable requirements, including test procedures, performance limits, and test instrument parameters. The subcommittee is currently focused on the finalization of Augmented Category 6 performance requirements and developing the new TIA/EIA-568-C.2 (Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components) Standard.

For an overview of all election results, visit The TIA Network's web site at: http://network.tiaonline.org/2007/Sept24/standards_update.cfm#TR42

Valerie Rybinski - Bio:

Valerie Rybinski holds the position of Global Sales Engineer at The Siemon Company. Rybinski received her B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Connecticut and actively participates in working groups responsible for the development and publication of telecommunications standards such TIA/EIA-568-B, TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 (category 6), and pending TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 (category 6_A).

Rybinski is the chair of the TIA TR-42.7 copper cabling sub-committee, TIA TR-42 appointed liaison to IEEE 802.3, and document editor for the '568-B.2-10 category 6_A cabling Standard and the next edition '568-C.2 Standard. In addition, Rybinski is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. She has authored over 45 technical articles and engineering papers and holds one U.S. Patent.

Recent articles by Rybinski:

"Screened and Shielded Cabling - Noise Immunity, Grounding, and the Antenna Myth"

http://www.siemon.com/us/standards/Screened_and_Shielded_Network_Cabling_Guide.asp

"De-Mystifying Cabling Specifications From 5e to 7_A"

http://www.siemon.com/us/white_papers/07-03-01-demystifying.asp

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About Siemon: Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specializing in the manufacture and innovation of high quality, high-performance network cabling solutions. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, with global offices, manufacturing and service partners throughout the world, Siemon offers the most comprehensive suite of copper (unshielded and shielded twisted-pair) category 5e, category 6 (Class E), augmented category 6/category 6A(Class E_A) and category 7/7A (Class F/F_A), and multimode and singlemode fiber cabling systems available. With over 400 active patents specific to structured cabling, from patch cords to patch panels, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and development of industry standards, underlining the company's long-term commitment to its customers and the industry.

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Siemon's Valerie Rybinski Elected to Second Term as Chair of TIA Subcommittee

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