Trevor Manning has had the rare opportunity to see all the facets of designing and operating a microwave radio network. He has a career spanning 30 years working in various roles, for both Operators and suppliers, including as a design engineer, a maintenance and NOC engineer, a propagation researcher, a presales support engineer, as well as various senior management roles. His first experience was gained designing and building a 100M dollar microwave radio network in South Africa, which included all aspects of new-site build, as well as radio link designs. Recently he helped to design and build the world's longest high capacity Ethernet link (>200km) in Australia. He understands both the technical and commercial challenges to designing, building and operating networks.

Trevor Manning is the author of the classic and best-selling Artech House book "Microwave Radio Transmission Design Guide" (second edition). He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia where he runs a consultancy business, specialising in helping engineers transition to management roles. He has written several books on the subject of Leadership, in addition to running the operational part of the business for Vertel - Australia's largest private wireless carrier.