Dr Spencer is the Chief Information Security Officer at Nomadix & GlobalReach.

Chris has been a technology leader in the Wi-Fi industry for well over two decades. Previously the Chief Technology Officer for GlobalReach for over 20 years, his team helped to design and build some of the world's largest secure Wi-Fi network, including the first Wi-Fi network on the London Underground, public Wi-Fi for a national USA coffee shop chain, large-scale municipal networks with LinkNYC, San Francisco and San Jose, in-flight Wi-Fi for pan-continental airlines, and carrier SMB services, allowing seamless connectivity for users.

A recognized thought leader in best-practice secure, seamless sign-on experience, and the use of Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0), Chris has been involved in the specification, and delivery of Next Generation Hotspots (NGH), and leads and co-leads several industry working groups for the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and the Seamless Air Alliance (SAA). He has presented at HTNG, Barcelona 2015, at Mobile World Congress, the Wireless Broadband Alliance Global Congress, at Wi-Fi Now and on TV and radio.