Movers and Shakers highlights the career advancements and accomplishments of high-level trailblazers working professionally in diverse areas of standardization, contributing every day to the strength and success of the U.S. standards and conformance community.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) recently awarded its 2025 Emerging Leader Award to Jason Wexler, senior vice president of policy and technology at Gradient.
The Emerging Leader Award was created in 2010 to recognize AHAM members who have made impactful contributions to the industry through volunteer service. Gradient’s founder and chief technology officer, Vince Romanin, accepted the award on Wexler’s behalf at AHAM’s recent annual member meeting.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced that Henry Samueli is the 2025 IEEE Medal of Honor Laureate.
Samueli, an IEEE Fellow, received the honor in recognition of his pioneering research and advances in developing and commercializing analog and mixed signal communications systems circuits, which led to the explosive growth of broadband communication, and wired and wireless networking technologies used today. A prominent philanthropist, Samueli is also honored for his significant support for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
“Through broadband, Henry Samueli helped revolutionize how the world is connected, fostered cultural and economic paradigm shifts of countless industries, and positively changed how we do everything today,” said K. J. Ray Liu, chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Raising the Prestige of IEEE Awards and 2022 IEEE president and CEO. “In addition, his prolific philanthropy has deeply impacted many lives for the better—from generous support of STEM education to a pledge to give away the majority of his money during his lifetime. These contributions are exemplary for technologists, modeling the impact they can have not just on the world they live in, but for those who follow them.”
IEEE reports that as a UCLA electrical engineering professor, Samueli leveraged his expertise to conceive digital signal processing architectures for broadband communications chips, and after founding Broadcom, he built the world's first digital cable set-top-box modem chipset. This laid the foundation for delivering UltraHD, HDTV, and high-quality video streaming to homes. Additional information is available at IEEE’s website.
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