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The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) member and accredited standards developer, has named Phil Wennblom to the position of executive board chairman. In his new role, Mr. Wennblom will make use of knowledge and experience in the field of information technology to effectively head up the executive board and oversee its activities. He will succeed the previous chairman, Forrest D. (Don) Wright, the president of ANSI member Standards Strategies LLC.
Mr. Wennblom is currently employed as the director of standards for ANSI member Intel Corporation, where he has worked in a variety of positions since joining the company in 1984. He currently serves on the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) board of governors, the INCITS executive board, and chairs the standardization policy committee of ANSI organizational member the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). Mr. Wennblom received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennslyvania.
INCITS, a nonprofit organization operating under rules approved by ANSI, brings together IT developers, producers, and users to carry out work to advance the development and maintenance of IT technical standards. The committee serves as the ANSI approved Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 1, Information technology.
