Sam Mien is the Long Term Evolution system test engineer at the First Responder Network Authority in the Boulder, Colorado FirstNet Lab. Sam has an extensive background in cellular networks. Prior joining the FirstNet Authority, Sam worked at Motorola and Nokia as base station and system test engineer. Sam also worked briefly at Gogo Inc. (currently known as IntelSat) as an Airborne Services Engineer supporting airline in-flight Wi-Fi communication and entertainment services.