John Rosica is the founder of NVIS Communications LLC. He is a subject matter expert in the area of HF communications for resiliency and fallback from normal infrastructure dependent means/methods. John has been active in this Industry for over 30 years. He founded NVIS Communications over 19 years ago and today it serves federal, state and local government entities as well as many private Sector Industries within the energy and telecommunications sectors. NVIS also serves foreign military, government and public safety customers worldwide. John holds multiple FCC Licenses to be able to provide this capability and he also personally serves with US Army MARS, an activity of the DoD, to be able to provide secure backup communications (voice and data) for DoD and their served agencies/customers. Additionally, John and NVIS Communications are DHS/SHARES authorized stations to provide Interoperable short, medium and long-range communications in the USA when normal means of communications are unavailable or otherwise compromised. He founded and served as CEO of a Silicon Valley management consulting firm for over 20 years in parallel with his other interests, but as of 2009 fully divested of that role to dedicate 100% of his time and energy to the NVIS Communications mission. He also serves on several Industry specific boards. He is a member of FBI/InfraGard Silicon Valley and Southern California chapters, and also is on board of the InfraGard EMP SIG which is very involved in protecting the US Electric Power Grid. He co-authored "Powering Through for Resilient Communities". He served as the co-chairman of the HF Industry Association (HFIA) from 2015-2017 and is very excited to take on this role again as the new co-chair with Michael Withington of Babcock UK.

Presenting:

• Evolved HF: Long-Range Digital Radio