Brian Markwalter is senior vice president of research and standards for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, North America’s largest technology trade association. Brian is responsible for overseeing CTA’s ANSI-accredited standards development operation and extensive market research capability. Under his direction, CTA hosts more than 70 committees, subcommittees and working groups that produce standards used in millions of consumer devices and referenced by the EPA, DOE, FTC, FCC and other government agencies.