Isabelle Valet-Harper

CommLedge, France - Retired, Former Standards Expert

Isabelle Valet-Harper, was a senior Standards Adviser at Microsoft, then a Standards Expert at CommLedge. She has more than 30 years of experience in Standardisation in a number of French, European and International organisations including AFNOR, ETSI, ISO/IEC JTC1, IETF, W3C, 3GPP, Ecma International, OMA, the Multi Stakeholders Platform, etc. Within these organisations, Isabelle had various roles and responsibilities by occupying a number of positions, including Delegate, Editor, Chair, President, Board Member, and Liaison Officer. She has been a regular participant at ETSI GAs (and/or TAs), attending all of them since 1989, and has also been a member of the ETSI Board since 2011. During this time, she has been a member of several Review Groups and has taken on the roles of Board Champion or Ad-hoc Group Chair on multiple occasions, and she also chaired the Board Process Group. Isabelle has been especially involved in matters of governance, making sure that ETSI Directives, including the Technical Working Procedures, are fit for the rapidly evolving purpose of serving a highly dynamic standard-setting organisation, and for its liaisons with the standards sector.