WF2T Mario J. Maltese Williston Park, NY QCWA # 21404

Life Member of ARRL, QCWA, and AMSAT. Former Co-Chair of Communications for the American Red Cross in Nassau County, Section Emergency Coordinator NLI Section, Ass't Director Hudson Division, and Senior Staff of NYC Marathon Communications Committee. Recipient of the Kevin Kane N2MEI Public Service Award.

Mario is an executive in Audio Visual Resources, Inc., an audio visual engineered systems integrator, Executive Director of the Association for Quality in Audio Visual Technology, Inc. (a nonprofit organization) and holds advanced certifications CQD, CQT, CTS-D, CTS-I, and CVE. Is a Senior Faculty member at the Infocomm International Academy, heads the technical committee for Skills USA in Audio Visual Technology, received Infocomm International's award "Educator of the Year 2004-5", and is the recipient of the "Fred Dixon Service in Education Award for Excellence". Holds an MEE (Electrophysics) and a BEE (Microwave Engineering), is a member of the Audio Engineerings Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality. Author of "AV 9000:Defining Quality in Engineered Audio Visual Systems".

September 13, 2015