Media & booking

Put a wireless expert on your stage, panel, or show

I make wireless make sense for any room — from RF engineers at WLPC to a city council deciding on broadband. Keynotes, conference sessions, panel moderation, podcast and webinar guest spots, and expert commentary for the press.

Book Drew

Speaking, panels & guest appearances

Twenty-plus years in the field, not just on the slides — a two-time Cambium Networks Connectivity Hero (2017), including Connectivity Hero of the Year; ~1,000 access points deployed in 60 days to close McAllen's digital divide; WLPC presenter and former track chair; and a Tech Field Day delegate. Technical enough for the engineers, plain-spoken enough for everyone else.

Drew Lentz speaking on the TEDxMcAllen stage

Topics I speak on

Wi-FiWireless network designWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 8Enterprise WLANWi-Fi site surveyRF spectrumCBRSFixed wireless accessMunicipal broadbandDigital dividePoint-to-multipoint wirelessOutdoor Wi-FiHospitality Wi-FiRetail analyticsNetwork engineeringWireless security5GLEO satellite connectivity

Goes straight to Drew. Prefer email? Write drew@drewlentz.com.

Be a guest on Waves

Pitch yourself for the show

Waves with Wireless Nerd is a weekly show on what's new, what's now, and what's next in wireless — heard by the engineers, operators, and vendors who actually deploy the gear. The best guests bring a real story: a deployment you pulled off, a launch worth explaining, a strong opinion you can defend, or hard-won field experience. Founder-pitch-by-numbers gets a pass; substance gets booked.

You can also send tips and ideas to drew@drewlentz.com.

Media points

Press & media kit

Copy-and-paste bios, the facts that matter, and how to refer to me. Need a headshot, logos, or a one-page speaker sheet? Email me and I'll send them over. South Texas media — talk radio, TV, and podcasts — call on me regularly for on-air commentary on technology, wireless, and security; happy to do the same for your outlet.

20+Years in wireless
WeeklyWaves episodes
130+Articles since 2014
2017Cambium Hero of the Year
~1,000APs in 60 days, McAllen
Short bio

Drew Lentz — "the Wireless Nerd" — is a wireless network engineer with 20+ years of experience and host of the weekly podcast Waves with Wireless Nerd. He translates the wireless industry for the people who actually deploy it, and advocates for closing the digital divide from his home base in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.

Credentials

Two-time Cambium Networks Connectivity Hero (2017) — Connectivity Hero of the Year for his body of connectivity work, plus a Connectivity Hero award for disaster response after a hurricane; presenter and former track chair at the Wireless LAN Professionals Conference (WLPC); Tech Field Day delegate; founder and president of the CodeRGV nonprofit; co-founder of Frontera Consulting. Deployed roughly 1,000 access points and CBRS endpoints in about 60 days to bridge McAllen's digital divide.

How to refer to me

Name: Drew Lentz  ·  also known as the Wireless Nerd  ·  the show is Waves with Wireless Nerd. Subscribe or listen: