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Ryan Chappell is the global Product Line Manager for Powered Fiber Cable Systems at CommScope. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. After a year in analog circuit design he began in the optics industry in 1994 with Alcatel. Over the past 23 years Ryan has held various roles in fiber optics including research and development, engineering, marketing, and sales of optical systems, cable, optical fiber, and cabling materials. He was instrumental in introducing the first “bend insensitive” optical fibers to market in the early 2000’s. Joining Commscope in 2012, he has since been involved in several systems development projects combining the benefits of optical fiber and electrical power systems such as Commscope’s Powered Fiber Cable System.