Frederick E. Lerda, Master Sergeant in the Florida Air National Guard was born in Dijon, France, which explains why he is bi-lingual in French and English, His specialty is Ground and Airborne Satellite
Communications Systems technician and that's just what he's going to be doing to help out during the expedition. With 25 years experience as a communicator in the US Air Force and ANG, Fred has established communications in all parts of the world from winter in Alaska to
summer in the Saudi Arabian desert. He has designed and built many unique and purpose built satellite and telecommunications systems for both military and civilian applications specializing in data, video and computer information transmission and networking. Fred
will do his best to make sure the communication flows smoothly between the team at Everest and STEPonline.com back in North America.
