Summary
J Stevens is a Principal Architect and strategic technology advisor with deep expertise in IoT, digital video, and internet transport, blending technical depth with board-level standards leadership across telecommunications and consumer technology. He has led international standards initiatives (OCF, UPnP, W3C) that became ISO/IEC specifications, driven cross-industry cooperation to turn standards into competitive advantage, and holds over two dozen issued patents. Comfortable from 50,000-foot executive briefings to hands-on product ownership, he has designed cloud-based IoT/AI architectures, led large PoC trials (including Cat-M1/NB-IoT during COVID-19), and built no-code interfaces to accelerate adoption. An MBA with multiple technical graduate degrees, he pairs rigorous academic training with practical business cases that have influenced major telecom deals and operator strategies. Based in Parker, Texas, he currently evaluates broadband expansion projects, advances blockchain interoperability, and continues to shepherd open-source tooling and governance for international IoT ecosystems. An often-overlooked strength is his proven ability to manage the political as well as technical complexity of standards work—getting competitors to cooperate on mutually beneficial solutions.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University
MS PhD Coursework Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS PhD Coursework Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD Coursework Computer Science, PhD Coursework Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
MBA Business and Strategy, MBA Business and Strategy at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
English, German, asl