W4MDP Mark D. Pallans North Las Vegas, NV QCWA # 21313

Mark D. Pallans, W4MDP is Life Member of APCO, Fellow of the Radio Club of America and a holder of both a General Class FCC commercial license and Extra Class amateur license.

Grew up in New York City. BSEE Fairleigh Dickinson University. Torch Bearer for the 1996 Olympic Games. Taught electronic technology at RCA Institute. Worked in Emergency Management in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Broadcast industry experience, NBC, WOR, WMCA, WNYE. Senior quality control engineer for Motorola. President of Hudson Marine Electronics. Communication Engineering Manager for Broward County, FL. Miami-Dade Police Department, Communications Engineering Manager. City of Phoenix Frequency Engineer. Telecommunications Manager for the City of Fort Lauderdale. Chaired the APCO Spectrum committee. Member of APCO's PSC Magazine Editorial Board.

Chairman of FCC Region Planning Committees in Florida and Nevada. Member of the IWCE Advisory Board. Frequent presenter at APCO conferences and IWCE show.

Moved to Las Vegas and was the system administrator of the Nevada Shared Radio System. Went into consulting where he works with clients nationwide and in the Caribbean. For fun he is a National Park Service volunteer at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Las Vegas and skis all winter.

December 16, 2016