Meet the 2025 Wi-Fi Awards Finalists

Kjetil Hansen is a very active member in the Wi-Fi community the last year. During each WLPC he hosts various events and sessions. From a SpecAn party one of the evenings to a 6 hour deep-dive into Building a Wi-Fi Automation lab together with Andreas Koksrud, Kjetil is actively involved bring us amazing content. In addition, during one of the nights he also hosted a stress test via Webex. Kjetil has also co-hosted Cisco Champion Radio several times and he is a tester for several Wi-Fi device vendors. Furthermore, he is very knowledgeable about Wi-Fi spectrum analyzing and have several tweets at Twitter and LinkedIn on how Spectrum Analyzers works, both practical and in theory. 

Twitter:  @mrTeigen

Mark Houtz is an amazing member of the wireless community. He is always willing to help people when they have a question around different wireless topics. His blogs, experiments and other content has been amazing for so many of us. Anytime someone asks me about CBRS/Private Cellular after giving them a high level overview I simply send them to Marks website. Mark has been a delegate for multiple Tech Field Day events and written great content as well.  Marks willingness to learn, share and help the wireless community makes him an excellent candidate for this award.

Twitter: @marko_with_a_k

Troy Martin has many years of experience that he is so willing to share. His sessions at WLPC and elsewhere, have rapidly made him the LoRaWAN and HaLow expert. That knowledge he has willingly shared and gone above and beyond to produce additional content. His talk at WLPC, Wi-Fi HaLow 802.11ah & Real-World Performance Results, gave us insight we wouldn’t have had. He makes us feel like we can all be experts when he speaks and explains it in a way that that is quick for us to understand. From teaching, and other engagements, Troy’s content highlights his commitment to excellence and makes our community a better place. 

Twitter: @troymart

Stephen Orr brings a unique blend of technical expertise and community focus as the lead of the Wi-Fi Alliance Security Task Force. His perspective offers in-depth, practical insights into the vulnerabilities that affect Wi-Fi networks, informed by his leadership in industry standards. His content showcase his ability to break down complex security issues and make them accessible and actionable for WLAN professionals. This level of expertise and real-world guidance uniquely positions him to educate and empower the community on critical security measures. Stephen does so much behind the scenes that goes un-noticed (and un-rewarded) in the community. With WPA3 and other Wi-Fi security concepts for Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7, Stephen's work with WFA and IEEE (and other orgs) literally touches us all across the globe!

Twitter: @StephenMOrr

Jake Snyder is one of the most prolific wireless engineers in the world. His high profile employer had him working on one of the most difficult Wi-Fi designs ever encountered. The challenges he had were insurmountable due to many constraints outside his control, and in one week the failures of this project hit Reuters, Slashdot, Ars Technica, Reddit. In his talk at WLPC he shared about what happens when a building pushes the Wi-Fi protocol to the limit. And how he decided to tackle these challenges and handle these challenges. He takes his lessons learned and uses it to teach the community how to handle obstacles with professionalism and make lemonade. 

Twitter: @snyder81

Hamina Live Wi-Fi analysis and troubleshooting, now in 3D, gives you a live view of your network like never before. With real-time information at your fingertips, detailed client troubleshooting and heat maps make understanding the environment painless. In addition, Hamina has implemented the most extensive vendor neutral APIs  in the wireless industry and the power of the cloud to bring this vision to life.

All of this is born from the Wireless Planner Plus that is included in the package. Simplifying your workflow and reducing the complexity to operate your wireless networks.

For more information visit https://www.hamina.com.

The CyberScope by NetAlly is a cutting-edge, portable network security and analysis tool that provides real-time visibility and actionable insights into Wi-Fi environments. Designed for network professionals, CyberScope combines advanced threat detection, detailed network diagnostics, and automated monitoring in a single, user-friendly device, making it easier than ever to secure and optimize wireless networks.

For more information visit https://cyberscope.netally.com/products/cyberscope.

With Oscium’s WiPry Clarity, you’ll have visibility into all three Wi-Fi bands: including 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6-7 GHz. With WiPry Clarity, you can pinpoint the source of your noise and get the most out of your wireless internet regardless of the complexity of your environment. Oscium focuses has always been hardware and partnering with software solutions in the market so that the community has everything that they need.

For more information visit https://oscium.com/products/wipry-clarity/.

The Sidos Wave is a state-of-the-art Wi-Fi survey device with an unobstructed antenna array and multiple radios for precise, on-site Wi-Fi surveys. As a versatile and mobile platform, the Sidos Wave is enhanced with Micro Apps, a suite of innovative, purpose-built applications that revolutionize Wi-Fi deployment, analysis, and troubleshooting. These micro apps unlock new capabilities such as real-time AP tracking, efficient AP deployments, and customizable network diagnostics—all without requiring traditional software or additional devices. This unique combination of hardware and software opens up use cases that cannot be met with other tools, empowering professionals to operate with new levels of efficiency and flexibility.

For more information visit https://www.sidos.com/sidos-wave/

Ubiquiti U7 Pro Max is a massively scalable Wi-Fi 7 platform capable of delivering wired-like user experiences. Pair with UniFi is a state-of-the-art solution allowing you to effortlessly manage 100+ APs in the same way you manage an individual AP. They offer enterprise quality hardware performance in a variety of elegantly designed form factors for a wide range of applications in any professional environment.

Combine our hardware and UniFi with a UniFi Cloud Gateway for a full-featured UniFi Network including enhanced network security and traffic analytics, built-in VPN access, and powerfully intuitive Policy-Based Routing (PBR).  

For more information visit https://ui.com/us/en/wifi.