Basic Nominee Information
Full Name	Jack Unger
Title/Position	President
Company Name	Ask-Wi.com, Inc
City/State	Canoga Park, CA
Member Company Background
Are you a full-time employee at a WISPA member organization?	Yes
How many full-time staff are employed by your company?	1
Briefly describe your company's business (services offered, client base, areas of coverage).	Wireless training, troubleshooting, design, consulting for the broadband wireless industry. We serve clients across the U.S. and Canada. We have been in business continuously since 1993 and have served over 2500 client companies.
Professional Background
Do you hold a senior-level management position with your company?	Yes
How long have you held your current position?	16 years
How many years of experience do you have in the wireless Internet industry?	16 years
Describe your primary job responsibilities.	Corporate strategy, marketing, sales and operation.
Individual Qualifications
Why do you want to become a member of the WISPA Board of Directors and what do you hope to achieve through your leadership experience?	I'd like the opportunity to continue to serve on WISPA's Board for another year so I can continue to help guide WISPA's growth, development and effectiveness in Washington as an industry trade and lobbying organization. WISPA has gained considerable credibility during the past year. This credibility now needs to be used (leveraged) to make the case effectively to Congress and the FCC that the WISP industry needs much more support in order to continue meeting the broadband needs of Americans who are otherwise underserved by the traditional large telecom companies.
Please describe your experience and current involvement with WISPA, including participating on WISPA committees.	1. Current Member of Board of Directors. 2. Active Member of Promotions Committee. 3. Co-chair of FCC Certification Committee. 4. Chair of FCC Committee.
Please explain strengths that you possess that would be of particular benefit to WISPA through your service on the board (e.g. leadership, areas of specialty, industry relations, etc.)	1. 51 years of overall wireless experience. 2. FCC-licensed since 1958. 3. 16 years of broadband wireless experience since founding Wireless InfoNet (now Ask-Wi.Com) in 1993. 4. Created one of the world's first WISPs in 1995. 5. Wrote the vendor-neutral book "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" published by Cisco Press in 2003. 6. Trained over 2500 wireless-industry personnel since 2001.
Please describe any current or previous leadership experience with non-profit organizations and your role:	Current Director - WISPA Board of Directors Current President - Santa Susana Mountain Park Association Current Director - Summit Home Owners Association Board of Directors Former Director - Zayante Fire Protection District
In your view, what are the biggest challenges facing the wireless internet industry, and how do you believe WISPA should address them?	I believe the biggest challenge is the need for additional, usable WISP spectrum. I believe WISPA and WISPA members must address this issue by lobbying Congress and the FCC more thoroughly and more effectively to achieve a "level playing field" for WISPs.