Jonathan Jew recognized as TIA’s most-engaged member

Feb. 25, 2022
President of J&M Consulting and stalwart standards contributor was among several individuals and companies to earn recognition in TIA’s inaugural Star Awards program.
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Jonathan Jew, president of J&M Consultants, received the inaugural TIA Star Award as the Telecommunications Industry Association's most active member.
Jonathan Jew, president of J&M Consultants, received the inaugural TIA Star Award as the Telecommunications Industry Association's most active member.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently announced winners of its inaugural TIA Star Awards, which recognize the association’s most active companies and individuals for their contributions to the advancement of TIA, as well as industry objectives and initiatives.

Jonathan Jew, president of J&M Consulting, earned the top individual honor and Motorola Solutions earned the top company honor.

“To measure member engagement among companies and their individual volunteers, TIA instituted a new automated system that generates points for predefined activities and tracks totals for all contributing member companies and individuals who are active in, and contribute to, TIA initiatives such as standards development, technology enablement programs, and government advocacy,” the TIA said when announcing the inaugural awards.

In 2013, Cabling Installation & Maintenance honored Jonathan Jew as one of 20 positive contributors to the ICT industry.

“TIA congratulates Jonathan Jew, our individual winner of the 2021 TIA Star Award, and Motorola Solutions, our company winner of the 2021 TIA Star Award,” said David Stehlin, TIA’s chief executive officer. “While we have tremendous engagement across our communities, as we together drive our industry forward, certain individuals and companies have gone above and beyond and dedicated significant effort. In this amazing time of technological advancement, we are grateful for the contributions of the top-performing members and participants of TIA. Their collective effort continuously improves trust and performance in perhaps the globe’s most important industry.”

In addition to recognizing Jonathan Jew and Motorola Solutions, TIA also recognized the top contributing 2% and 5% of individuals and companies.

In the individual category, top 2% winners were:

Also in the individual category, top 5% winners were:

  • Jerry Bowman, Square Mile Systems
  • Howard Choe, Wireless Sensor Networks
  • David Cuthbertson, Square Mile Systems
  • Raymond Emplit, Harger Inc.
  • Henry Franc, Belden
  • Seymour Goldstein, Fluke Networks
  • Phillip Irwin, Panduit Corporation
  • David Kozischek, Corning Inc.
  • John Lambrou, Motorola Solutions
  • Bryan Lanier, American Tower Corp.
  • Scott Payton, Global Data Center Engineering KK
  • Christopher Ply, Engineered Tower Solutions
  • Peter Pondillo, Corning Inc.
  • Mark Reynolds, University of New Mexico
  • Ron Tellas, Belden
  • Kenneth Wacks, Home Building & Utility Systems
  • Sunny Xu, CommScope Network Solutions

In the organization category, top 2% winners were:

Also in the organization category, top 5% winners were:

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Patrick McLaughlin | Chief Editor

Patrick McLaughlin, chief editor of Cabling Installation & Maintenance, has covered the cabling industry for more than 20 years. He has authored hundreds of articles on technical and business topics related to the specification, design, installation, and management of information communications technology systems. McLaughlin has presented at live in-person and online events, and he has spearheaded cablinginstall.com's webcast seminar programs for 15 years.

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