Jordan O’Dell graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Science in technology, cybersecurity and policy from University of Colorado, Boulder in 2023. Jordan has worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division over the past five years on the Mission Critical Voice group focusing on Land Mobile Radio, broadband Mission Critical Communications, and the interconnection of these two technologies in the public safety arena.