Stephen Fitzpatrick has over 40 years experience in the telecommunications industry, specializing in planning, deployment and operation of undersea fiber systems. Stephen Fitzpatrick has been a member of DRG team since 2008. He has supported the successful development and implementation of projects such as the SEACOM Cable system and the GBI Cable System. Prior to joining DRG Stephen Fitzpatrick worked on numerous government networking projects in both the undersea and surface ship realm. He joined Bell Labs in 1986 and has supported leading edge manufacturing projects in undersea sensor development, cable deployment and advanced signal processor development and manufacture. He supported development of the Third Generation Wide Band CDMA Wireless system for DoCoMo and similar technology projects for Lucent Technologies just prior to joining the 10 Gigabit Development Project for Tycom. Stephen Fitzpatrick has been a director of Product Assurance departments overseeing Configuration Management, Reliability, Quality Assurance and Logistics. Stephen Fitzpatrick holds a BSME from Manhattan College.