EXECUTIVE PROFILE:
Rhys FernandezTitle: Director of 5G Applications Company: Talley Inc.Rhys Fernandez is Director of 5G Applications at Talley.
He is responsible for identifying product solutions, integrating
vendors into the organization, and managing our product
portfolio. Before joining Talley in 2004, Rhys started his
career in Wireless while in the United States Navy as a radar
operator and electronics technician. Following his military
service, Rhys worked in California’s Silicon Valley in
manufacturing, wireless system design, and sales for
companies associated with internet and data network
technology. Rhys earned his B.S. in Business
Administration with a Data Telecommunications
Option from CSU East Bay. Rhys resides out
of Talley’s Dallas Facility.reflects. “With the advent of 5G tech-
nology, we’re going to be seeing more
automation and more intelligence near-
ing the edge of the network – think IoT
and Smart Transportation. As the intel-
ligence gets closer to the edge, more
backhaul and mid-haul will be imple-
mented to support the robust nature of
network edge devices requiring more
bandwidth and minimal latency.”
He emphasizes the expansion of
spectrum use, highlighting how higher
frequency is key to bandwidth in the
5G architecture of wireless commu-
nications, continuing to provide better
and faster services.
“Traditionally, our customer base
varied broadly, our goal was to get
more focused. We took a long list of
customer types and organized them211technologymagazine.com