Director, Strategic Standards and Industry Alliances, AT&T Labs; Director, MEF; Certification Committee Co-Chair, MEF; MEF Distinguished Fellow

Eric Puetz has been in the data communications industry for over 30 years. He is currently responsible for strategic standards in the areas of Ethernet, Cloud Services, SDN, and NFV. He has led organizations responsible for development and deployment of emerging services (e.g. Ethernet, IPTV).

Eric’s many contributions to the MEF have been in both the certification and marketing teams. He is currently the co-chair of the certification committee responsible for the development of MEF certification programs.

Eric’s background in the development of standards strategies brings a strong practical focus in order to fulfill the goal of “Accelerating the Adoption of Carrier Ethernet”.