Edgar Figueroa

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Announced December 14, 2007, the Wi-Fi Alliance named Edgar Figueroa as its new executive director. For the past several years, Mr. Figueroa has led the operations for the Alliance's certification program, Wi-Fi Certified, which has grown to include a global network of labs and more than four thousand certified products.

Mr. Figueroa was instrumental in establishing the Alliance headquarters in Austin, Texas, and the research and development lab in Santa Clara, California. He succeeds Frank Hanzlik, the Wi-Fi Alliance managing director between 2004 and 2007.

Mr. Figueroa is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and holds a Masters in Technology Commercialization and undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. He served four years in the United States Navy.