Principal Product Manager
L3Harris Corporation
Don Griffis is a Principal Product Manager at L3Harris Corporation. Don is the product manager of the industry’s first family of converged LMR / LTE devices, the XL portable portfolio. The XL line of portable radios are Telus Approved. The XL portable family is L3Harris most successful public safety portable product and continues to gain market share. Don actively engages with first responders and other members within the public safety market to find new and unique ways to adapt his product to enhance their user experience.
Don has over a quarter century in the public safety land mobile radio industry and has played an integral role in APCO 25 standards while employed at L3Harris and Motorola. Throughout his career, Don has obtained several rf communications patents. Don is an avid supporter of interoperability and standards-based communications.
Don has been an amateur radio operator for over 44 years. It was his early love of communication and helping during disasters that led him into his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a career in land mobile radio communications. Don is married with two children and resides in Lynchburg, Virginia. Don is an avid backpack hiker, climber and outdoor enthusiast.