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January/February/March 2021 I 27 WORK YOUR WAY FROM INSTALLER TO TECH BICSI ICT Cabling Installation Program Visit bicsi.org/installation for information. FUTURE-PROOFING THE ENTERPRISE NETWORK Today's hyper-connected business world is seeing burgeoning demand for IoT, cloud services, big data, wireless connectivity, and more. As enterprises strive to remain competitive while meeting the needs of users to connect and share data, the decision-making process regarding how to provide in-building and multi-location corporate networking takes on ever-increasing importance. With new fiber optic-based technology and the means to implement and test these technologies effectively, more enterprises will likely choose to adopt next-generation networking solutions. By implementing a proactive testing approach, enterprises can maximize the productivity of technicians onsite during deployment phases, while keeping return truck rolls to a minimum during all of the subsequent phases. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Stéphane Chabot is EXFO's vice president, test and measurement. He is responsible for the Optical and Access and Platform product lines. Prior to this appointment, he was director of EXFO's Optical Business Unit, a position he held since 2006. In this role, Mr. Chabot led the team responsible for developing the worldwide optical business and strategy, as well as developing and maintaining the product family roadmap and vision. Under his direction, there was devel- opment of new markets and growth that significantly increased EXFO's global share of portable optical solutions, among other successes. Prior to his director position, Mr. Chabot was product line manager for the Network Service Provider Market in 2001 and EXFO's product line manager when he first joined the company in 1998. His leadership has been instrumental in many key applications with global reach, such as fiber-to-the-home. Prior to his employment at EXFO, Mr. Chabot was a telecom- munications officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Chabot holds a bachelor's degree in space science from the Royal Military College of Canada and a diploma in business administration from Université Laval in Quebec City. He can be reached at stephane.chabot@exfo.com. REFERENCES: 1. Association of Passive Optical LAN (APOLAN) website, https//apolanglobal.org. 2020 Both legacy and next-generation POL systems can benefit from best practices in testing to enable technicians to achieve faster system deployment and optimize the enterprise LAN's performance.