Silvana Rodrigues – System Architect, Zarlink. Silvana Rodrigues is a System Architect in the Timing and Synchronization division at Zarlink Semiconductor. Silvana graduated in Electrical Engineer from Campinas University, Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1985. She started her carrier at the Telecommunication Research Center in Brazil. In 1992 she started working at Zarlink (formerly Mitel Semiconductor) where she hold several positions from Analog designer to Engineering Manager. Currently, Silvana participates in several standards group, being the secretary for the IEEE1588 standards committee and the editor of the new G.paclock recommendation at the ITU-T. She is also an active participant of the OPTXS-SYNC standard committee.