Russ Gundrum is an acknowledged authority on telecommunications-wireline protection problems (from lightning and power induction) and their solutions. He has been focused on telecom and computer networking reliability problems, their analysis, and solutions since graduating from college in 1972. Russ’ first book on the subject in 1982 is titled Power Line Interference; Problems & Solutions. He has an MBA in telecommunications from the University of Dallas and since 2002 has been an adjunct professor at the University of Houston where he instructs graduate and undergraduate students in computer networking subjects. He’s been the Principal Consultant at Telecom Problem Solvers, LLC since January 2014 after retiring from AT&T. He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE, member of SCTE, and a member of BICSI.