Scott Roleson is an electrical engineer and technical writer.
Employed by the Hewlett-Packard Company for over 32 years,
he focuses primarily on wireless and wireline telecommunications
regulatory engineering, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
testing and design.
Currently with HP's Worldwide Technical Regulations department,
Scott represents HP to several telecom industry committees including
the TIA TR41 committee on User Premises Telecom Requirements,
where he served as editor for the revision of TTE technical criteria
standard TIA-968-B (completed Fall 2009), and previously
served as editor for TSB-129 and TSB-129-A, the TIA's "U.S. Network
Connections Regulatory Approval Guide" for wireline telephone
terminal equipment.
He also contributed to the earlier TIA wireline telecom technical
criteria standards, including TIA-968-A, TSB-31B, and TSB-31-C
(FCC regulatory test methods), and the TSB-168 TTE labeling standard.
He also has experience with worldwide telecom regulatory compliance
for HP's inkjet FAX machines and wireless products, and was the lead
engineer for HP's Telecom Test Center in San Diego during its formative
years. Scott created and managed for several years the Telecom Regulatory
E-Mail Grapevine (TREG), a public e-mail list reflector for engineers
and others working in this field.
He has contributed to the EMC design and testing of inkjet
printers and FAX machines at HP in San Diego, and prior to that was
a design engineer working on spectrum analyzers at HP's (now Agilent
Technology's) Santa Rosa, California facility.
From 1993 to 1995 he was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE EMC
Society, and was the Distinguished Lecturer program chair 1995-1997.
Scott has published 22 technical papers and articles.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of
California, has an MSEE from the University of Arizona, and a BSEE
from Arizona State University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE
and a member of its EMC and Communications societies. Scott is
also a licensed amateur radio operator with the call sign KC7CJ.
Need more information? Drop me a line at sroleson@ieee.org.
Date last revised: January 2012