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About Our Integrator

Jim PortaroJim Portaro is CTO and sr. vice president at Integral Wireless Solutions, which designs and deploys wireless networks for a variety of industries, including health care, education, retail, manufacturing and homeland security.

Portaro has more than 20 years' experience designing and installing wireless networks, and is credited with implementing the first wireless communications network in a major medical facility. He is actively involved in wireless standards organizations, including the IEEE 802.11 committee.

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