Marco Lopez is a business leader, former government official, and public servant who is passionate about helping others succeed. He is the CEO of Intermestic Partners, a business advisory firm that provides strategic business development and policy direction to both international and domestic organizations.

Marco has a proven track record of success in both the public and private sectors. He served as Mayor of Nogales, Arizona, at the age of 22, and was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. He also served as Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), where he helped lead an organization with a $13+ billion budget and 60,000 employees.

In business, Marco founded Intermestic Partners in 2011. He has also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Grupo Carso and The Carlos Slim Foundation. He has also advised presidential campaigns on topics of border security and safety, border trade and commerce, and economic development.

Marco is a passionate advocate for Arizona and its people. He believes that every Arizonan has the potential to succeed and that Arizona is a special place where anything is possible if you work hard and have a vision.

Marco Lopez

SunMan Engineering, Inc.

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Rivian

Electrical RF & Wireless Engineer

LILEE Systems

	Responsible for full North America cellular certification (i.e.  AT&T, Verizon, Sprint) of all new Lilee products (STS-10xx family).  This responsibility includes advisement on the roadmaps for the LTE-PRO and 5G future products.
	Provide technical support, which include cellular, IP connectivity, mobility controllers for both WiFi and Cellular, and onboard hardware (i.e. RF, power supply, OBD2 connectivity, onboard designs for new customers, etc.) for the mobility solutions across multiple platforms, such as buses, shuttles, etc.

4G/LTE/5G Certification Manager / Technical Support Engineer

Parsons Corporation

 Performed Required Traceability Matrix and updates for the Communication portion of Cal-train Positive Train Control System per Parsons contractual obligations.
 Tested and implemented IP network based Positive Train Control System, with emphasis on Cellular, WiFi, GPS, and proprietary 220MHz communication systems for Caltrain project. Details of responsibilities include Network topology reviews, RF designs and verification strategies customer submittals, mentoring junior engineers, customer submittals per government/customer standards and providing cross functional team project management.

Principal Communication Engineer

Crocus Technology

	Initial assignment will be in the area of field applications engineering and customer support reporting to Chief of Sales/Marketing Officer. 
	Responsible for product application development in new fields and assist marketing in defining next generation products based upon TMR technology.
	Do many application and reference board designs such/layout with PCB123 for various magnetic products.

FAE Director

Lileesystems

	Qualified the first 220MHz FCC Software Defined Radio for Lilee Systems, supported Positive Train Control deployment for Metro Link, & deployed various 220MHz Base Station sites around California for Cisco partnership projects.
	Participated in engineering architecture, test automation, and customer support management for Positive Train Control radio deployment.
	Created regulatory testing/platform/procedure for various wireless/wired portions of our subsystem and full system per US, Canada, and EU standards.
	Participated in end customer/module vendors’ customer support activities, such as h/w (RF/Analog/digital) and PHY level evaluations issues.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects.   
	Interfaced with customer and contractor installation teams during installation. Work with and support outside contractors and customer installers to ensure project deployment timeliness and quality. Assisted in documentation of project objectives, actions and as-completed materials, and all contracted reports as outlined in each project’s deliverables list. Worked with customers on regulatory issues.

AE manager

Atheros Communications

	Started as an Application Engineer in Atheros Communications and worked on development, demo, modular, and reference WLAN/BT designs for mobile environments.  
	Participated in end customer/module vendors’ customer support activities, such as h/w (RF/Analog/digital) and PHY level evaluations issues, for the a/b/g embedded WLAN products.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects.   
	Led an effort to formalize the entire process of engaging with module vendors for Atheros' mobile WLAN products.  	Managed engineers, two in Taiwan (Taipei office) and one in Santa Clara office, for embedded WLAN products and BT end application designs.   Provide support/leadership to engineers within our department for best in class customer service.
	Participated in budget planning, vendor evaluation (from feasibility study to end-of-life evaluation h/w support), and equipment purchase/recommendation.
	Interfaced with customer and contractor installation teams during installation. Work with and support outside contractors and customer installers to ensure project deployment timeliness and quality. Assisted in documentation of project objectives, actions and as-completed materials, and all contracted reports as outlined in each project’s deliverables list. Worked with customers on regulatory issues.
	Identified and recommended improvements to operating standards, policies, procedures and equipment related to projects to increase efficiency, improve consistency of operating standards, decrease operating costs and improve overall customer satisfaction.
	Participated in project status meetings with customers and management as part of project deployment.

ZeroG

	Worked and designed, end to end, SMART energy solutions with WiFi capabilities.  The solutions include but not limited to products such as thermostats, dishwashers, and refrigerators. 
	Plan and develop, from conceptual design to actual sticker certification, of Regulatory (FCC, IC, ETSI, Japan, Australia, CE, RoHS, etc.) & WiFi needs for ZeroG solutions.  The plan include  developing architecture, ZeroG marketing needs, forming antenna partnerships, developing test platforms, and working with national and international regulatory bodies to achieve certification per ZeroG business plan needs. Interfaced with customer and contractor installation teams during installation. Work with and support outside contractors and customer installers to ensure project deployment timeliness and quality. Assisted in documentation of project objectives, actions and as-completed materials, and all contracted reports as outlined in each project’s deliverables list. 
	Supervised on-going project deployment activities for contracted customers and assist as needed in all phases of deployment of a project.
	Developed and evaluated applications, modular, and demo boards for ZeroG WLAN IC products.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects. BOM analysis, test time analysis, module vendor recommendations, and over all semiconductor cost analysis are the normal part of the process.
	Provide help and assistance to customers with implementation of ZeroG WLAN IC products into customers' products. 
	Detail designs of circuits include component evaluation, computer simulation (ADS & programmed spreadsheets), schematic capture (ORCAD), layout (PADS), testing, and troubleshooting.  
	Supported bench-to-ATE correlation with Product Engineering, and develop various application notes & technical documents.

	Started as an Application Engineer in Atheros Communications and worked on development, demo, modular, and reference WLAN/BT designs for mobile environments.  
	Participated in end customer/module vendors’ customer support activities, such as h/w (RF/Analog/digital) and PHY level evaluations issues, for the a/b/g embedded WLAN products.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects.   
	Led an effort to formalize the entire process of engaging with module vendors for Atheros' mobile WLAN products.  
	Managed engineers, two in Taiwan (Taipei office) and one in Santa Clara office, for embedded WLAN products and BT end application designs.   Provide support/leadership to engineers within our department for best in class customer service.
	Participated in budget planning, vendor evaluation (from feasibility study to end-of-life evaluation h/w support), and equipment purchase/recommendation.
	Interfaced with customer and contractor installation teams during installation. Work with and support outside contractors and customer installers to ensure project deployment timeliness and quality. Assisted in documentation of project objectives, actions and as-completed materials, and all contracted reports as outlined in each project’s deliverables list. Worked with customers on regulatory issues.
	Identified and recommended improvements to operating standards, policies, procedures and equipment related to projects to increase efficiency, improve consistency of operating standards, decrease operating costs and improve overall customer satisfaction.
	Supervised on-going project deployment activities for contracted customers and assist as needed in all phases of deployment of a project.
	Participated in project status meetings with customers and management as part of project deployment.

Philips Semiconductors

	Developed and evaluated applications, modular, and demo boards for Philips Semiconductor WLAN/CDMA/TDMA/RF IC products in mobile phones.
	Provided development reference designs for Philips Semiconductor WLAN/CDMA/TDMA/RF products in mobile phones.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects.
	Provided help and assistance to customers with implementation of Philips Semiconductor WLAN/CDMA/TDMA/RF IC products into customers' products.  The designs included RF, analog and high speed digital board design.  Participation included in IC and system board bring-up with various wireless or wired devices and interconnects.
	Detail designs of circuits include component evaluation, computer simulation (ADS & programmed spreadsheets), schematic capture (ORCAD), layout (PADS), testing, and troubleshooting.  
	Supported bench-to-ATE correlation with Product Engineering, and develop various application notes & technical documents.
	Acted as technical liaison between engineering, the customer, and field service.  Also, provided various RF product training for field service and benchmarking activities.

•	Solely recommended and qualified the first, in US history, 220MHz FCC Software Defined Radio for Positive Train Control (PTC), supported Positive Train Control deployment for Metro Link, & deployed various PTC/Mobility Base Station, Wayside and Locomotive solutions sites for CALTRAIN and for Cisco partnership projects.
•	Hold a Masters of Electrical Engineering with emphasis in RF and propagation models plus valid Federal Aviation Administration Airframe/Power plant and Dispatch licenses.
•	Awarded Kudos certificate & funds at Philips Semiconductors for my efforts in the development of 802.11A/G WLAN radio solution.
•	Awarded 200% member club at Repeater Technologies for my contributions, revenue generations, and support of LC800 CDMA Repeater Product Line.
•	Made the Dean’s List Awards at San Jose State University from 1996 through 2000, and member of Phi Theta Kappa and National Golden Key Honor Societies.
•       My Motto:  Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained.

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