About the Technical Reviewers

Mike Gilson is a senior manager in BT and is responsible for the Synchronization and Timing Platforms. He has played a major role in BT’s synchronization strategy from 1988 to present day and currently leads a team responsible for timing-related research, timing design, development, and the delivery into the operational estate. Through the years, he has represented BT on various national and international working groups, standards committees, and regulatory bodies. He currently contributes to ITU, is on the steering committee for the ITSF/WSTS forums, and several UK advisory groups. He has authored or co-authored books, papers, conference presentations, and produced standards contributions on many aspects of synchronization. Mike joined BT in 1983 working in advanced transmission, before moving onto timing. He has a BA (Hons) in Business from University of East Anglia and is a Member of the IET.

Peter Meyer is a systems engineering manager at Microchip Technology’s timing and communications business unit. He has worked in network synchronization and telecommunications for over 20 years at Mitel, Zarlink, Microsemi, and Microchip in a variety of roles, including applications engineering and system architecture. Peter has covered the transition of network synchronization distribution from T1/E1/PDH through SONET/SDH and now via Ethernet/IP using SyncE and PTP/IEEE1588. He represents Microchip as a timing expert at ITU-T, IETF, IEEE, and other standards development organizations.