As President and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance, Edgar Figueroa has led an unprecedented period of growth for Wi-Fi®, with about 2 billion devices expected to ship in 2013 alone. Under his leadership, Wi-Fi Alliance has grown to more than 550 member companies, maintained an aggressive development roadmap, and adopted a vision of seamless connectivity. He forged numerous strategic partnerships to facilitate penetration of Wi-Fi into established and emerging markets. He also defined the Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ program development framework, and guided the launch of several generations of interoperable Wi-Fi programs that have proliferated Wi-Fi into mass markets such as mobile and consumer electronics. Prior to Wi-Fi Alliance, he was at Ridgeway Systems & Software (now Cisco). Edgar was instrumental in delivering the industry's first session border controller, and the H.460.18 and H.460.19 International Telecommunications Union standards for secure network traversal. Before Ridgeway, he held product management and engineering roles at 3M Company. He is a veteran of the United States Navy, where he served in a fighter pilot training squadron and received numerous awards including Sailor of the Year. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin Community College, and various community programs in Austin Texas. In 2009, Edgar was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Alumni Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Master's degree in Technology Commercialization and undergraduate degrees with honors in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics.