John Aalbers is CEO of Volubill, a provider specializing
in real-time monitoring, control and charging software for communication
providers around the world, brings extensive experience in building high growth
businesses based on innovative products. Prior to leading Volubill, John was
responsible for the P&L and direction of Intec Telecom Systems’ fastest growing
product lines, including Singl.eView and the Dynamic Charging Platform (DCP).
Prior to joining Intec, John built successful businesses in EMEA and APAC for
CGI (Computer Generation Inc.) culminating in the sale of CGI to Intec for $268M
in 2000.
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Alon Aginsky is the President, CEO & Co-Founder of cVidya Networks, with over 11
years of management and marketing experience in the telecommunications, software
development and network management industries. Prior to cVidya, Mr. Aginsky
served as Vice President of Business Development and Business Alliances at C.
Mer Industries, where he was responsible for new ventures in Telco Customer Care
and Billing and Network Management Solutions. Mr. Aginsky was Vice President of
Sales and Marketing at Mer Telemanagement Solutions (NASDAQ: MTSL), where he was
responsible for the company's global marketing and sales efforts. In this
capacity, Mr. Aginsky successfully led a public offering of MTS on the NASDAQ.
Mr. Aginsky holds a BA in Business Administration from New York Technology
University.
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Mustapha Aissaoui is a Product Manager in the IP Division of Alcatel. He holds
an Electrical Engineering Diploma from Polytechnic School of Algiers and a MASc
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa. He is an active
participant of the IETF PWE3 and L2 VPN working groups, the MPLS/FR Alliance
(MFA), and the ATM Forum.
Mustapha is a co-author and major contributor of multiple papers, including:
draft-ietf-pwe3-atm-encap (ATM PW), draft-ietf-pwe3-oam-msg-map (PW OAM) and
draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpws-iw-oam (PW OAM interworking),
draft-ietf-pwe3-dynamic-ms-pw-00.txt (dynamic PW switching).
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Kerby Altmann , Director - OSS Voice Architecture, Sigma Systems
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Kim Bagaasen is Senior Manager, Technical Marketing for Tekelec’s Performance
Management portfolio. She has 15 years of telecom experience including the past
10 years at Tekelec, where she has been focused on performance management and
monitoring products. Kim holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering
and a master’s degree in computer engineering management.
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Chris Ballard leads a new markets initiative in the TM Forum to address the
requirements to manage end-user devices, for relevant stakeholders -- major
device players, service providers, content providers, and large corporate
enterprises. Chris has worked in management consulting, marketing, technical,
and services roles for clients such as IBM, Telecom Italia, TIM, TCSI, Siemens
Mobile, Lucent Technologies, Granite Systems, British Telecom, Detecon, and
Cricket Communications.
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Steve Bamberger is Vice President, Communications, Media, and Utilities, Oracle.
Steve Bamberger is vice president of communications, media, and utilities at
Oracle Corporation, where he has responsibility for industry strategy and
go-to-market throughout North America. Mr. Bamberger came to Oracle with the
acquisition of Siebel Systems, where he was director of worldwide
communications, media, and energy. Mr. Bamberger is a fifteen year veteran of
the communications industry.
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Ittai Bareket is Chief Executive Officer at Netformx. As CEO, Mr. Bareket is
focused on strategic direction, navigating the company to deliver mission
critical solutions that simplify the complex lifecycle management of
enabling-equipment and next-generation network-services. Prior to Netformx, he
held various positions at Mercury Interactive Corporation (now HP) including
President of Mercury Interactive Japan K.K. and General Manager for Japan and
Korea.
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Mark Bell is VP, Industry Affairs, NCTA and manages all technical aspects of the
Cable Show, North America's largest cable & telecommunications conference and
international exposition. In partnership with CableLabs®, Mr. Bell is
responsible for planning and execution of the Tru2way™ Developers' Conference as
well as the NCTA Technical Papers™ program.
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Todd Benjamin , joined Rodopi Software in 2003 as president and CEO. He has spent
over 20 years in the telecommunications and technology industries, including
management positions in sales, marketing and engineering. Previously, he was an
executive in finance and corporate development at Dorado Software in Folsom, CA.
Prior to that, he held senior management positions in service providers,
hardware, and software companies. Mr. Benjamin earned his BSEE in Computer
Engineering at the University of Washington and earned an MBA/JD from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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Ray Bennett has over 25 years of software and systems experience in the
broadband communications and telecommunications industries. Ray joined Amdocs in
2006 and is responsible for the broadband, cable and satellite industry
segments. He provides strategic solution and product direction, helps define
go-to-market strategies, and develops and communicates Amdocs' market and
thought leadership in the broadband communications arena.
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Todd Biddle is the general manager of Agilent’s Network Solutions
Division/Assurance, a worldwide Agilent business serving the test and monitoring
needs of network equipment manufacturers and service providers in the
telecommunications market. Prior to joining Agilent he was the vice president
and general manager of Tektronix’ Video Product Line. He has also held positions
as managing director for Sales, Marketing and Service teams, Sales Director for
Strategic Markets and managing director for Japanese operations for that
company. Todd holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Finance, with a minor in
Computer Science. He graduated from the University of Oregon.
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Gregory A. Billings is the Vice President - Customer Management Product Business
Unit for Amdocs. Greg is responsible for product and solutions development, and
thought-leadership related to Amdocs' customer management solutions, including
contact center, customer self-service, customer intelligence and field service
Automation. He has over 16 years' experience as a business executive,
entrepreneur, practice leader and advisor in areas that are directly linked to
customer management issues.
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Dan Blacharski , Industry Journalist, has been a freelance writer and
entrepreneur for over 12 years covering business, technology, and finance. He
divides his time between Bangkok and South Bend, Indiana. He can be reached at
dan@blacharski.net.
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Dr. Marcelo Blatt is TTI Telecom's IMS Expert and Director of Product
Management. Prior to joining TTI Telecom, Mr. Blatt spent several years at ECI
and Tadiran Telecomm where he served as a Network Architect and Network Planner,
respectively. He has authored numerous journal publications, as well as
conference presentations. Dr. Blatt has taught graduate courses in computer
networking at Ben Gurion University. He received his BA and MA degrees from
Buenos Aires University and his Ph.D. degree from the Weizmann Institute of
Science.
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Adam Boone is Vice President of Marketing for Subex Azure's Fulfillment &
Assurance Solutions Business Unit. He has 18 years of experience in marketing,
communications, and strategy, with 12 years in technology marketing, including
network equipment, telecommunications, software, and related industries. Before
Subex Azure, Boone was Vice President of Global Marketing for Syndesis, a leader
in telecom service fulfillment systems. He also has held marketing management
positions with CoManage, Marconi and FORE Systems (now Ericsson).
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Peter Briscoe is the Executive Director of Innovation & Solutions, in
Telcordia's Strategy Office. Peter directs new programs aimed at addressing
evolving priorities in telecom operations support. Peter has spent over 17 years
working in telecoms operations support, with experience in consulting and
software creation spanning fault management, service fulfillment and planning.
Peter has worked on a number of large deployments around the world and has built
specialization within new network technologies and working with network
partners.
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Phillip J. Britt is a 30-year journalism veteran who has covered telecommunications
and a variety of related technologies for numerous national publications. He has
operated his own writing business for the last 17 years, following 11 years in
daily newspapers and a year with a magazine. A graduate of Purdue University,
Mr. Britt lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and two children.
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Darryl S. Brown is Director of Network Technologies at VPIsystems, where he
provides cross-platform technology leadership for the company's OnePlan
solution, leads the product design team and managing customer C-Level needs and
expectations. Mr. Brown has 15 years of telecommunications and IT experience,
and in his role at VPIsystems he is also responsible for negotiating deliverable
timeframes and professional services obligations for customers, as well as
evaluating and tracking technology trends across all industries to identify key
opportunities for portfolio evolution. He holds degrees from Southampton
University and Bournemouth & Poole College of Further Education in the U.K.
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Paul Budde is the Managing Director of Paul Budde Communication (trading as
BuddeComm), an independent global telecommunications research and consultancy
company, which includes 45 national and international researchers in 15
countries. Since 1978 he has been involved in writing strategic plans and market
reports for many of the world's leading companies involved in the new media.
Since arriving in Australia in 1983 Paul has provided management consultancy
services in the Asia Pacific region. The company operates from Bucketty, in the
Lower Hunter Valley, Australia.
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Michele Campriani is CEO, Accanto Systems. Mr. Campriani has over 15 years of
experience in the service provider market and was previously General Manager of
the Protocol Products Group at Sunrise Telecom. Campriani received a Master’s
degree in Electronics Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in Italy.
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Brian Cappellani is Chief Technology Officer for Sigma Systems, and is
responsible for the architectural and technological vision and deliverables for
Sigma's award-winning Service Management Platform and Solutions Suites. He is a
12-year telecommunications industry veteran with extensive experience designing
and building large-scale operations and billing support systems. Prior to
joining Sigma, Mr. Cappellani worked for Accenture in numerous roles of
increasing responsibility, including senior-level architecture, engineering and
development management positions, held both internally and with Accenture's
telecommunications practice, focusing on the wireless and satellite industries.
He holds an electrical engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.
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Peter Chahal is Director of Solution Marketing in the IP Division at Alcatel
where he is responsible for Managed Communications Services targeting the
service provider marketplace with a primary focus on next generation IP/MPLS
carrier Ethernet and VPN solutions. Peter has more than 15 years of
international experience in product marketing, product management, business
development and technical sales in the area of carrier IP and Ethernet solutions
and services.
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David Chambers is a seasoned mobile expert having many years experience of new
technologies and their market impact. His early career in telecoms software
development included building a low cost PBX in a startup company and developing
many signaling protocols. After actively participating in the development of the
GSM and 3G standards representing Motorola, he then moved into product
management of the GPRS core network. More recently, he was product marketing
director of LogicaCMG’s prepaid systems and is now responsible for Amdocs OSS
solutions for mobile operators.
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Matthew Clark is an associate editor at Pipeline. He graduated from the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl, where he helped establish and wrote
for a monthly folio before joining the Pipeline Publishing team. He's been
published in The Florida Alligator, The Gainesville Sun and Quill and Scroll
Magazine.
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Craig Clausen , is Executive Vice President & C.O.O. of New Paradigm Resources
Group, Inc., a Chicago-based consultancy providing strategic consulting and
analytical services to communications innovators. Prior to forming NPRG, Mr.
Clausen served as the Senior Policy Advisor at the Illinois Commerce Commission.
A recognized expert on the competitive telecommunications industry, he
frequently provides market analysis, business plan development, financial
modeling, and strategic market entry advice to carriers, and helps equipment
manufacturers and the investment community gain insight into the competitive
market. Mr. Clausen is a frequent contributor to several leading trade journals.
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Stuart Cochran is the Vice President, Activation and Mediation, at Evolving
Systems. Prior to Evolving Systems, he was the Director of Product Management,
Development and Marketing for Tertio Telecoms, having held a number of
technical, pre-sales and product management positions in the company since 1994.
Stuart has an MSc degree in Computing and Computer Modelling of Optoelectronic
Devices and Systems and a BSc (Honours) degree in Theoretical Physics.
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Costa Constantakis is the Director of Strategic Marketing and Business
Development at Nakina Systems Inc. Prior to Nakina, he spent over 10 years
specializing in high tech marketing, engaging both as a strategic marketing
consultant and in senior level positions with emerging companies in the fields
of video networking, mobile data technologies, and telecom software solutions.
With a focus on strategy and competitive differentiation, he's served as a
driving force in helping businesses translate technology and products into value
for customers, partners, and other key stakeholders. He's authored business
plans that have garnered over $30 million in venture capital financing and has
played a leading role in helping organizations develop operating plans that
effectively execute their long-term strategies for success. Costa holds a
Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal and a Master
of Business Administration (MBA) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the
University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
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Chris Couch is the Chief Operating Officer and one of the co-founders of
Transverse. Chris was instrumental in establishing the company's commercial open
source business model. He launched the product design of the blee(p) platform
and spearheaded the selection and integration of best-of-breed open source
projects to integrate with blee(p) to form the Transverse Telecom Solution. He
currently oversees development and operations and is working with his team to
rollout the Transverse Community, which will launch in early 2009. Prior to
co-founding Transverse, Chris spent 16 years with telecommunications software
solutions companies like ACE*COMM; RateIntegration, Inc; and Evolving Systems.
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Michael Couture is the Vice President of Solutions Marketing for Amdocs. Mr.
Couture leads a global team of telecom and financial services professionals
focused on bringing comprehensive packaged solutions to market based on Amdocs'
products, services and deep business knowledge as well as those of Amdocs'
partners. Previously, Mr. Couture served as Vice President, Global Marketing
Communications, Vice President, Product Marketing and Director of Product
Marketing in the areas of Mobile, CRM and Prepaid. Mr. Couture was formerly with
the Solect division of Amdocs where he held the positions of Product Manager,
Billing and Rating and Product Manager, Emerging Markets. Mr. Couture holds a BA
in Economics summa cum laude, as well as an MBA from McMaster University in
Hamilton, Canada.
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Martin Creaner has been working in the Telecommunications Industry for 20 years
and is currently President of the TM Forum. Prior to joining the TM Forum,
Martin held a number of executive positions with Motorola, the global mobile
equipment company, and British Telecom. Martin advises the boards of a number of
telecoms companies, and is the Chairman of Selatra Ltd., a mobile content
developer and publisher. Martin is widely published and is featured and quoted
regularly in business and trade journals. He is also the author of the leading
OSS/BSS book “NGOSS Distilled”.
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Jesse Cryderman is an Associate Editor at Pipeline. He graduated from Western Michigan University with degrees in English and Philosophy, and is pursuing a master's degree at Northwestern University. He has been writing and editing for web and print for ten years, and recently edited UnPoverty: Rich Lessons from the Working Poor, a book detailing the success of microfinance in the developing world.
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Matthew DelPercio , is an associate analyst at Yankee Group in their Small &
Medium Business Strategies Decision Service. Matthew focuses on the buying
preferences, requirements, channel support needs, and customer-centric
strategies related to small and medium businesses. He has a particular focus on
VoIP and IP telephony, from both a hosted and premises-based perspectives. Matt
also brings experience with analyzing master data management issues as a part of
a broader enterprise application focus. Before joining Yankee Group, he served
as an analyst with UBS Financial Services, Inc. There he worked closely under a
set of financial advisors conducing equity and fixed-income research as part of
portfolio management strategies. He holds a B.S/B.A. degree from Boston
University with a concentration in finance.
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Alpna J. Doshi is in the Chief Solutions Officer (CSO) Office, Satyam Computer
Services Ltd looking after all the IT Solutions for Telecom, Media and
Entertainment, and other Enterprise Industries. She is responsible for the
planning, benchmarking, and defining cutting edge solutions for the global
businesses in supporting Telecom clients. She is also an Officer and Board
Member of TM Forum for past five years, advising Operators on operational
strategies. She has been a consultant to numerous Global Telecom Clients during
her tenure to date. Prior to Satyam, she was working with Verizon, Telcordia,
and Deloitte and Touche Management Consulting. She was the Industry Leader of
Telecommunications and Content industry clients, while representing the
Companies at global Standards organization like the ATM Forum. After doing her
BTech and MS in Computer Science University of Maryland), she also received her
U21 Certificate of Global Business Leadership from Harvard Business school
affiliation.
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Sam Dunning is a freelance writer living in Chicago, IL. He has written for
numerous print and online publications, and has experience as an educator in
technical fields. When not writing about telecom and OSS, Sam enjoys dabbling in
fiction and riding his bike along the lakeshore.
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Tal Eisner has been active in the telecom arena for over a decade, in several
fraud management roles. Tal started as a fraud prevention team leader at Cellcom
Israel, the largest mobile carrier in Israel, then moved to assume the role of
Director of global consultancy services in ECtel Ltd, then to Partner
communications (orange Israel) as a fraud prevention department manager. Tal
recently assumed the role of Senior Director of Product Strategy at cVidya
networks, responsible for cVidya's fraud management products, strategy, road map
and developments. Tal is a graduate of the Tel Aviv University and earned his BA
in political sciences in 2002
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Benjamin Ellis is Vice President of Global Marketing, Psytechnics. Prior to
joining Psytechnics, Ellis was at Juniper Networks, where he was Director of
Strategic Marketing and Communications, and previously head of Product and
Solutions marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His track record
includes tenures at a number of successful blue-chip Silicon Valley companies,
including Cisco Systems.
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Robert Emery is executive director of product management and development at
ConceptWave, a leading provider of order fulfillment solutions.
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Ken Ferderer is CTO of LineSider Technologies. His career in information
technology and telecom spans more than 13 years. Before joining LineSider in
2007, he was Chief Information Officer for TelCove, overseeing their Information
Technology department, systems and strategy. Prior to TelCove, he served as vice
president and chief information officer for Priority Telecom, a
telecommunications company headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In his
career, he has also held other senior-level IT positions at companies such as
Cignal Global Communications, Level (3) Communications, and PKS Information
Services. Mr. Ferderer received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer
Information Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, Ariz., in
1991. An experienced and widely respected industry professional, he was named as
one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2007 by Computerworld Magazine.
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Marty Feuerstein is chief technology officer for Polaris Wireless, where he
leads research into position location products. He has more than 20 years of
experience in telecom, including positions with manufacturers, service providers
and academia. Prior to Polaris, Marty held management and engineering positions
with companies including Nortel, Verizon, Lucent Bell Labs and Metawave
Communications. He has many publications, more than a dozen patents in wireless
telecom, and is a frequent panel participant.
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Suzanne Finch joined Rodopi Software as Director of Marketing Communications in
August, 2004, and is responsible for the company's corporate communications, PR,
branding strategy and marketing strategy. Finch brings 15 years of high-tech
marketing experience to Rodopi, having previously worked in the network and
wireless hardware industries. Finch earned a B.A. in journalism/advertising from
Iowa State University.
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Ed Finegold is Pipeline's Associate Publisher. Ed is an experienced writer and
analyst who has spent the past decade focused on OSS/BSS issues in telecom. Ed
was Pipeline's first editor-in-chief, and he is the former editor-in-chief of
Billing World and OSS Today. He now resides in Chicago ...but will never support
the Bulls.
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Randy Fuller is Director, Business Planning at Tekelec. Fuller has more than 18 years of marketing, sales and business development experience with software, networking and consulting firms, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 organizations. He comes to Tekelec from the company’s acquisition of policy control leader Camiant, where he was vice president of business development. A skilled market-assessment leader, Fuller has managed product and industry marketing efforts spanning competitive analysis, press/analyst relations, lead development, sales training and account management functions. He began his career as a senior consultant with Andersen Consulting before moving to AT&T's Business Markets Division, where he led a Global Services team that managed 32 accounts in long-distance voice and data services. He went on to serve as industry marketing manager for Kenan Systems Corp., a provider of telecommunications customer service software; and as vice president of marketing for Emperative Inc., a provisioning systems software maker backed by the venture capital firm Greylock Pequot and others. Fuller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.
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Denis Gathanju is a journalist and writer based in Nakuru, Kenya’s fourth-largest city. Born in Nyeri, Kenya, Denis spent time in Europe and the Middle East before returning to Kenya to start his own business. Having completed a diploma program at the London School of Journalism, Denis has written for the Daily Nation, Central and East Africa’s largest daily newspaper, as well as numerous other publications. Denis stays sharp on telecom through his work with US-based Stylus Communications. He lives in Nakuru with his wife, Liz Waithera, and is a die-hard Manchester United fan.
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Chris Gibson is Product Manager at Clarity. Chris has 11 years experience in the telecommunications sector, primarily working in the field of infrastructure management, including a 2 year stint in Thailand focusing on the Asia-Pacific market. Chris has helped numerous mobile operators with their next-generation project automation solutions, from development and implementation through to consultancy, in environments ranging from green-field roll-outs to new technology deployment. Chris holds a BSc(Hons) in Business Computer Systems.
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Peter Gilligan is the VP of Client services and oversees the delivery of all LTC
projects globally and actively participates in business development. Peter has
worked in telecommunications and utilities for over 25 years moving from
customer service through systems development to consulting. Peter has been with
LTC International since 1999, first in the role of Director, BSS/OSS Consulting.
Peter has a degree in Information Technology from Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia.
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Preston Gilmer is a 17-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Preston
Gilmer is Vice President, Product Marketing, at Sigma Systems. He is responsible
for strategic product planning, product line management, product marketing, and
business development.
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Jeff Gordon is Senior Vice President, Convergys Innovation Center. Convergys
Corporation is the global leader in customer management, human resources, and
billing services.
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Paul Gowans , field marketing manager for Agilent Technologies’ Network Solutions
Division, is a 20-year veteran of the communications industry. He is currently
responsible for Agilent's assurance and diagnostic portfolio of solutions
focusing on mobile and wireline network equipment manufacturers and service
providers in EMEA. Paul’s expertise in telephony, IP, mobile, VoIP, IMS and IPTV
comes from developing, supporting, marketing and consulting on major data
networking and telecommunications projects. He is a seasoned spokesperson on
many networking issues for a variety of international conferences and forums
including VON, TMW, Billing World and Telestrategies and has written many
articles. Paul is a graduate of Edinburgh University in Scotland with a Bachelor
of Science in Computer Science and Management Science.
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Lucia Gradinariu is a Senior Solution Strategist with CA's Communications, Media
and Entertainment Business Unit. She has over 18 years of combined experience in
R&D, product management, operations and business development for ICT providers.
Her technical contributions are in the domains of Internet real-time
communications, design and operations of large scale Internet services,
architecture and implementations of Service Delivery Platforms. Her business
development experience is in selecting technology partners, M&As and other
strategies for winning in new markets.
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Wedge Greene is an industry analyst and independent consultant who helps clients
with their strategic initiatives [see wedgegreene.com]. He is the initiator of
the TeleManagement Forum's (TMF) program of New Generation Operations Support
Systems (NGOSS) and Fine Grain NGOSS. In his career, he sat on the TMF board of
directors and served as a board advisor to the TMF. He was CTO and founder of
FineGrain Networks and of Mission Assurance. At MCI/Concert/WorldCom for a dozen
years, he was a Distinguished Technical Member responsible for the architecture
and future direction of operations support systems. Mr. Greene is considered a
world thought leader on Autonomic Communications, the Service Ecosystem,
distributed application systems, survivable systems, telecommunications
products, OSS, billing, data communication networks, and collaboration systems.
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Alana Grelyak is Pipeline's News Editor, writing the monthly OSS NewsWatch and
managing Pipeline's Newswire service. Her work has appeared in Time Out Chicago,
Lumino Magazine, Midwest Beat, CMA Today, Punchline, and others. Alana earned BM
and MM degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and she works as a
writer and a musician in Chicago.
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Thierry Grenot is founder and chief technology officer of Ipanema Technologies.
Prior to founding Ipanema, he was responsible for the architecture design and
implementation of numerous telecommunications systems, including multi-service
high-throughput networks. A recognized expert in the fields of ATM and quality
of service, he owns numerous patents. Before Ipanema's creation, he was Vice
President, of Engineering, at the Corporate Network Business Unit of Thales.
Thierry is an E.N.S.E.R.G. graduate.
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Thierry Grenot is founder and chief technology officer of Ipanema Technologies.
Prior to founding Ipanema, he was responsible for the architecture design and
implementation of numerous telecommunications systems, including multi-service
high-throughput networks. A recognized expert in the fields of ATM and quality
of service, he owns numerous patents. Before Ipanema's creation, he was Vice
President, of Engineering, at the Corporate Network Business Unit of Thales.
Thierry is an E.N.S.E.R.G. graduate.
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Ed Gubbins is Senior Analyst with New Paradigm Resources Group, Inc. (NPRG),
where he conducts research on a wide range of telecommunications markets, trends
and opportunities. Prior to joining NPRG, Mr. Gubbins was Executive News Editor
at Telephony magazine, where he served in a variety of capacities for more than
10 years. In addition to chronicling key trends, issues and events within the
telecommunications industry, from broadband to cloud computing, Mr. Gubbins was
a frequent voice in live events including conference panel discussions and
educational webcasts. Mr. Gubbins holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Ohio
University.
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Manish Gupta is Vice President Global Marketing at Kabira Technologies, Inc.,
and is responsible for all Kabira marketing functions world-wide, including
product management, product marketing, marketing strategy, public relations, and
marketing communications. Over the last nineteen years, Gupta has established
marketing and business development excellence at Aperto Networks, Apple,
Jetstream Communications, Megisto Sytems and National Semiconductor. In addition
to his executive operational roles, Gupta has been a member of the Board of
Directors at Aperto Networks and the WiMAX Forum. Gupta has provided thought
leadership globally for several facets of the communications industry including
3G, WiMAX, DSL, VoIP, webcasting, interactive appliances, and satellite
communications. Gupta received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Georgia Institute
of Technology, and an MBA from Santa Clara University in California.
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Rami Hadar is CEO and President of Allot Communications. Over his 16 year
career, Hadar has had extensive experience founding and leading
telecommunications companies and has worked in various countries including the
United States successfully developing business in over 30 countries worldwide.
Early in his career, Hadar founded and served as CEO of CTP Systems (micro
cellular networks) until its acquisition by DSP Communications. Hadar continued
with DSPC's executive management team for two years, and thereafter, the company
was acquired by Intel.
Hadar went on to co-found Ensemble Communications, a pioneer in the broadband
wireless space and the WiMax standard, where he served as executive vice
president, sales and marketing. Following as CEO of Native Networks, Hadar was
instrumental in successfully shaping the company into a market-driven provider
of MPLS based solutions to tier-1 telecoms and in orchestrating the company's
ultimate acquisition by Alcatel.
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Chris Haddock is Head of Global Alliances and Applications at OpenCloud, and has
worked in the telecommunications industry on a global basis for 30+ years: In
VC-funded start-up and growth-stage product companies where he specialised in
Partnering and Alliances; Chris was directly responsible for establishing the
Ubiquity Software ISV partnering ecosystem and for strong partnerships with
Nokia, Siemens, Alcatel and Huawei; and as the European business unit head at
Newbridge, he was directly responsible for the successful partnering to enable
Newbridge Networks to dominate the European ATM market.
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Eileen Haggerty brings more than 15 years of expertise in networking and
telecommunications to her role as solutions director for NetScout. Previously,
she worked with WAN technologies at IP/MPLS switch maker Celox Networks,
routing/switching vendor Racal, Motorola's frame relay division, and in voice
solutions at GTE.
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Neil Hansen is co-founder of TierOne OSS Technologies, and has over 25 years of
telecommunications and IT experience spanning OSS, BSS, CRM, order management,
provisioning, vendor selection / negotiation and, design and implementation of
custom solutions. TierOne OSS Technologies specializes in providing Operations
Support System (OSS) related solutions and consulting services and offerings to
communications service providers (CSPs) around the globe.
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Trevor Hayes is VP and Strategic Specialist for LTC International. Trevor has
worked in the telecommunications sector for over thirty years. Prior to joining
LTC, Trevor spent several years as an independent advisor to telecommunications
enterprises in Europe, the USA, the Far East, Australia and Africa. Prior to
that, as a manager with British Telecom, he held senior-level positions in
network planning, network engineering, network operations, customer service
management, customer engineering, and information systems management.
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Dawn Hill is Vice President of Product Management with concentration on billing,
customer care, provisioning, and facilities management within Martin Group's
OSS/BSS software suite. Ms. Hill works closely with Martin Group's Development
staff to manage software enhancement requests from existing clients and to
assist with product direction. Ms. Hill is also a member of the IMS forum.
During her tenure with Martin Group, Ms. Hill has also held the following
positions: Director of Clients Services; Sales Engineer; Director of Support;
and a member of the Activation Team.
Previous to Martin Group, Ms. Hill worked for a power company for 11 years with
one million subscribers. Ms. Hill was selected a core member of the team
responsible for launching a CLEC in 1996. During the successful turn up, which
yielded 30,000+ subscribers in the first year, Ms. Hill lead the system
selection and deployment in addition to developing the interconnection
agreements, tariffs, call center and service provisioning process for facilities
and resale service delivery.
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Steve Hilton is the lead analyst for Analysys Mason's Enterprise program, which
explores the needs of the enterprise, small enterprise and SOHO ecosystems.
Steve formerly managed the Enterprise and SMB team at Yankee Group and held
senior positions at Lucent Technologies, TDS and Cambridge Strategic Management
Group (CSMG). Steve holds a degree in economics from the University of Chicago
and a Master's degree in marketing from Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management.
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Juhani Hintikka heads the Operations and Business Software Business Unit at
Nokia Siemens Networks. Prior to his current role, Juhani was the Head of
Network Solutions, with responsibility for common sales functions, system sales
support, and indirect and non-carrier sales. Juhani joined Nokia's Networks
business in 1999 and held positions there that gave him a wide range of
experience in sales, services, R&D, and new growth markets. He started his Nokia
career as the General Manager for the Broadband Wireless Access Business in the
IP Mobility Networks. In 2003, he became the Director of Mobile Entry Solutions
for New Growth Markets. Juhani's final role before Nokia Siemens Networks was as
the Head of Care Business Line in the Services Business Unit, which he was
appointed to in 2004. Before joining Nokia, Juhani held various managerial
positions at Konecranes Oyj in Finland and France, his last position there being
the General Manager for the KCI Chain Hoists Business Unit in 1996-1999. Born in
1966, Juhani holds a Master of Science degree in Technology from the Helsinki
University of Technology. He is married and has two children.
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Joe Hogan is the CTO, founder and a board member of Openet. He has more than 20
years of software engineering experience from his years with Openet, Retix Corp.
and Sun Microsystems Inc. Joe is the principal architect of Openet's FusionWorks
Platform, and is responsible for Openet's engineering group and CTO technology
office. He represents the company in the IETF, 3GPP, IPDR.org and GBA forums,
and frequently speaks and chairs billing mediation, IMS and prepaid conferences
throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
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Dr Mike Hollier is CTO of Psytechnics, and has more than 12 years experience in
the telecommunications industry within BT where he was Head of Multi-Modal
Perception Research, responsible for directing BT's research into perceptual
engineering. A founder member of Psytechnics, whilst at BT, his team created the
award winning PAMS (Perceptual Analysis Measurement System) speech quality
measurement method which later became part of the new world standard - P.862.
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Chris Hoover is VP of Product Management at Openet and has over a decade of
experience in mobile and networking technologies. Chris has served as an
executive at Unwired Planet and he was involved with the Ericsson, Nokia, and
ATT coalition defining standards for the first IMS-based application initiative.
Chris holds a master’s degree from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Michael Hylton is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Sterling Commerce, a
subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps customers thrive in a global economy by
connecting their business communities, processes, people and technology. Hylton
oversees product marketing for the company’s multi-channel selling solution.
This includes the development and communication of long- and short-term
marketing strategies and objectives, as well as serving as the solution
spokesperson to internal organizations, customers, partners, industry analysts
and the press. Hylton has 20 years of experience in marketing high technology
enterprise licensed and SaaS applications and infrastructure. He previously
worked for Tumbleweed Communications and Nortel Networks as well as several
start-ups. Michael holds an M.B.A. in Marketing and Certificate in Public
Relations from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a B.S. in Business
Administration (Marketing concentration) from San Francisco State University.
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David Jacobs , co-founder of JacobsRimell, has over 20-years of experience in
networking and the online industry. David led the company from its inception as
a professional services company, through its transition to becoming the leading
provider of service delivery software services. As CTO, he is responsible for
JacobsRimell's service deployment and development activities.
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John Janowiak is President of the International Engineering Consortium. With 25
years of industry experience, Mr. John Janowiak serves as one of the industry's
most well-recognized leaders. Mr. Janowiak leads a team that helps catalyze
progress in the global information industry through outstanding educational
conferences and exhibitions, publications and complimentary online education.
Mr. Janowiak is responsible for IEC's business and market development activities
having grown the 63-year old association's domestic activities to a truly global
level. Mr. Janowiak is active with and serves as IEC's principal liaison to many
information industry corporations and non-profit organizations. He also guides
the organization's university relations ensuring technology transfer between
industry and academia.
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Anandan Jayaraman (AJ) is the chief product and marketing officer of Connectiva
Systems and has worldwide responsibility for corporate and product strategy,
product management, marketing, value engineering and business consulting. Prior
to Connectiva, AJ was the Vice President of Industry and Product Strategy for
SAP’s Communications, Media and Entertainment Vertical where he led the
transformation of SAP from an ERP centric solution business to a market driven
industry solution provider in telecom and media. Based in Silicon Valley,
California, AJ has extensive management experience in leading change,
transforming go-to-market models and driving revenue growth for
telecommunications and media companies around the world. He is also a regular
speaker at telecom, media and CRM events worldwide and has published extensively
in trade journals.
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Bruce Kelley , Jr. is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at NetScout
Systems, and works directly with CEO Anil Singhal and NetScout's Fortune 500
service provider and enterprise customers to set the company's strategic
technology direction. Mr. Kelley joined NetScout in 2000, following its
acquisition of NextPoint Networks, which he co-founded in 1996. Prior to
assuming his current position as NetScout's Chief Technology Officer in 2001,
Mr. Kelley served as Vice President of Engineering, Service Level Management.
Mr. Kelley has presented at various IT industry and financial conferences,
including the CIO Perspectives Conference and Interop. He is also the recipient
of two patents in network and performance management.
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Charles R. Kenmore is president and CEO of ANDA Networks, the Silicon
Valley-based provider of Metro-Ethernet access products for carriers and service
providers. A telecom industry veteran with more than 35 years of progressive
responsibilities in senior executive and general management roles, 25 of which
were as CEO, President, or Vice President / GM, for major worldwide wire line
and wireless telecommunications carriers and network equipment suppliers: fixed
and mobile converged voice, internet, data, and streaming video systems and
services. He has established four start-up businesses within larger companies
and has successfully managed companies during prosperity and economic downturns.
Prior to joining ANDA Networks, Mr. Kenmore's responsibilities included
President of ADC International; Vice President and General Manager of the
international division Information Systems Group at Motorola; founding head of
Sprint International; and Vice-President and General Manager of the
international systems integration division at Comsat. He is a frequent speaker
at technology, investment banking, and institutional investor conferences. Mr.
Kenmore serves on the Board of TechNet, is a member of the executive committee
of the TIA-Telecommunicaitons Industry Association Board, and is Chair of its
Technology & Standards Committee. He is a 2008 recipient of the CEA Digital
Patriot Award.
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Joe Kestel is Director of Consulting & Industry Analysis with New Paradigm
Resources Group, Inc. (NPRG). Prior to joining NPRG, Mr. Kestel provided market
analysis and strategy consulting to domestic and overseas clients in high-tech
and industrial business segments. His expertise covered market sizing and
segmentation, competitive analysis, technology assessments and new product
development, strategic benchmarking, and market penetration strategies. Mr.
Kestel has advised companies both large and small, including NTT, Minolta, and
the Italian Trade Commission. Mr. Kestel holds a Master of Science in Science
and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science in Physics
from Davidson College. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society, the
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, and the World Future Society.
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Fareed Khan is the Director of Product Management and Marketing at ConceptWave Software Inc. In his current role, his duties include the strategy and marketing of ConceptWave Products. The products include Order Care, Rapid CRM, and the Service Delivery Environment.
Prior to joining ConceptWave in December 2009, Mr. Khan was the CTO at ooober Inc., a telecom multimedia platform vendor for multiple cloud based products. Ooober’s clients include Mobile Operators, Media Companies and Consumer Brands. The software included a Mobile Platform, a Mobile Marketing Platform called onSMS, and a Mobile Content Marketplace operated as Ringtones.mobi.
Prior to ooober, Mr. Khan served as VP of Technology at Wysdom, Inc., a provider of mobile Service Delivery Platform (SDP) software. Mr. Khan lead the strategy, development and deployment of several Wysdom products, along with the responsibility of delivering multiple international service delivery platform solutions to Wysdom’s customers, with leading mobile network operators such as Motorola (OEM), Bell Mobility, AT&T, EuroTel, Orange and Telecom Italia Mobile. Prior to Wysdom, Mr. Khan held various software management and development positions.
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Vivek Khattar is the Associate Vice-President & Research Services Director
(Business and Industrial Research Division) of IMRB International.
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Jay Klein is Chief Technology Officer at Allot Communications. Mr. Klein has
over 20 years experience in telecommunications and is responsible for driving
Allot's technology strategy and core intellectual property. Prior to Allot, he
served as VP at DSPG (VoIP and multimedia silicon solutions) where he was
responsible for strategic technology acquisitions. Before this, Mr. Klein was
co-founder and CTO of Ensemble Communications (wireless access systems) and was
one of the founders and creators of WiMAX and IEEE 802.16; and CTO and VP of R&D
at CTP Systems (cellular system manufacturer) which was acquired by DSP
Communications and later by Intel. Mr. Klein holds numerous patents in the
telecommunications field.
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Indu Kodukula is vice president of Product Management for Oracle Service
Delivery Platform. In this role, he leads the team that defines product strategy
and sets overall product direction. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Kodukula worked
for several leading technology and consulting companies. He holds an advanced
degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.
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John Konczal is a Global Industry Executive at Sterling Commerce, and sets the
Sterling Commerce market and product strategy for positioning the Sterling
Commerce selling, fulfillment, and business-to-business integration solutions in
the communications, media & entertainment industry. His specialty is the design
and deployment of e-commerce, channel integration, and order fulfillment
solutions supporting customer-centric sales strategies in global communications
and media environments.
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Stephen Kosarko is vice president of engineering at billing and OSS software
provider Info Directions, Inc. Beginning his software development career at
Eastman Kodak, Kosarko now oversees management of the company's long-term
technology vision, coordinates engineering development programs, directs
internal systems development, and monitors quality standards. Under his
direction Info Directions has expanded its product line to include solutions for
wireline, wireless and convergent markets and achieved Gold Partner status under
Microsoft's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) program. Kosarko earned his
engineering degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
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Stephen Krajewski is the Manager, Product Marketing - Amdocs Self Service for
Amdocs. Stephen Krajewski is responsible for product marketing activities for
Amdocs Self Service. In this capacity, he drives market awareness for the role
Amdocs Self Service plays in enabling an integrated customer management business
strategy for service providers. He has been with Amdocs since August 2004.
Stephen has more than 12 years of experience in software product and service
delivery in billing and customer care, working with leading clients across
Europe and North America.
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Randy Krenz is President and VP of Engineering for ComBrio. He brings 25 years
of experience conceiving, building, and managing software technology businesses.
Randy most recently served as VP of Products for PeerDirect Corporation, with
responsibility for product development, product management, quality assurance,e
and customer support. Prior to that, he served as VP of Engineering for InCert
Software Corporation. He was also President and co-founder of Intellesprit
Software and served in various leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Company.
R. Kripa Kripanandan is Director of Product Marketing for ConceptWave Software,
a provider of order automation and product catalog solutions. ConceptWave
improves operational efficiencies to facilitate the rapid delivery of new
services for the communications service provider market.
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Barbara Lancaster is founder and President of LTC International Inc., she brings
in-depth experience of the telecommunications industry from a number of
perspectives. Prior to founding LTC International, Barbara worked in
telecommunications for more than twenty-five years, during which period she held
a wide range of positions in telecommunications customer service and billing
management. She is an acknowledged authority in this field, specializing in user
requirements analysis, systems design, data analysis, sales prospecting and
methods development. As a management consultant, she has worked with a wide
range of clients in North America and overseas to create and implement customer
care and billing solutions, organization strategies, and market position
strategies. Barbara has a well-established reputation as an effective and
powerful communicator, as a trainer, and as a professional speaker. Barbara is a
regular presenter at industry conferences and seminars.
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Michel Leber is Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Tekelec. He started his
career as an R&D engineer in telecom test equipments. His experience includes
positions in project management, product management, and marketing, taking a
leading role in market analysis and definition of network monitoring system and
various applications. Michel has global technical and marketing experience with
telecom operators on all continents. He has been published in the numerous
telecom magazines and has been a speaker in several ITU and other industry
events.
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Ken Lee is director of product marketing for the Oracle Communications Service
Delivery product family, with global responsibility for the go-to-market
planning and execution of the product line to a diverse audience, including
worldwide sales, enterprise and telecom customers, partners, developers,
analysts, and press. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Lee was director of worldwide
product marketing at BEA Systems for the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform
product family. Prior to BEA, Mr. Lee spent a total of eight years at Sun
Microsystems in various leadership roles in product management and product
marketing working on products such as Solaris, UltraSPARC, iPlanet, and Java.
Mr. Lee holds a bachelor's of science in electrical engineering from Cornell
University, and he completed his graduate studies in management at Yonsei
University in South Korea.
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Grant F. Lenahan is Vice President, IMS Service Delivery Solutions, for
Telcordia, and is responsible for defining product and market strategies. As
part of these responsibilities, he leads the specification of Telcordia's
next-generation of OSS, service platforms and technologies that will enable
wireless and cable operators to offer content-rich, IP based and converged
networks. Mr. Lenahan's experience includes 20 years with Telcordia
Technologies, working in such diverse areas as Generic Requirements,
transmission engineering, video services design, economic analysis and
operational analysis of new communications technologies/services. Grant is also
the author of numerous papers in the areas of Next Generation Networking
("NGN"), Wireless services, and the impact that advanced services will have on
the business models and economics of fixed and mobile operators. Prior to
joining Bellcore in 1984, Mr. Lenahan worked for GTE Lenkurt, Inc., GTE's
transmission equipment manufacturing arm. He received his B.A. in Economics and
Mathematics (Computer Science) from Drew University and a joint Master's Degree
from the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management from The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Vincent Lesch is currently Vice-President of Product Marketing at network
signaling, mobile messaging and performance management equipment vendor Tekelec.
He has a diverse 20-year telecom and communications software background, with
companies ranging from large communications services providers such as AT&T to
early stage software start ups engaged in interactive advertising. He previously
held positions with Bell Laboratories, Lucent, and General Electric in
engineering, product management and marketing, and has served on the board of
the IMS/NGN Forum and the strategic advisory board for Solid Technologies, which
was acquired by IBM.
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James Lochran , is the VP Solution Strategy - Communications, Media &
Entertainment for CA. Jim has 10 years experience defining and developing
service assurance solutions for the telecommunications industry inclusive of
Wireline, Wireless and Cable providers. Jim's background is in development and
solution architecture within Aprisma Management Technologies flagship product
SPECTRUM. In this role, Jim lead several development projects focused on
extending SPECTRUM's scalability, technology support and root cause analysis
capability to address the needs of the service provider community. Currently,
Jim is leading a team of solution architects within the CA Communications, Media
& Entertainment business unit, focused on helping CA's Communication, Media and
Entertainment customers achieve their goals by providing solutions that unify,
simplify and secure the service delivery infrastructure.
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Josee Loudiadis works on IP network and service management activities at
Alcatel-Lucent. She came to Alcatel-Lucent through the acquisition of Newbridge
Networks, where she served in the business development of OSS independent
software vendors (ISV). Ms. Loudiadis holds a masters degree in Engineering.
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Scott Lukes is VP of Marketing, Accanto Systems. A well-known technical
marketing expert and author in the communications industry, Scott leads
Accanto’s product marketing initiatives. He is a Silicon Valley veteran, and has
successfully led many telecom equipment manufacturers to market dominance, three
of which were acquired. Scott earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering from Colorado State University.
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Kevin Macaluso is Vice President of the Service Router product group within the
IP Networks Division (IPD) of Alcatel. In his current role, he manages the
complete lifecycle and P&L of Alcatel's IP/MPLS Service Router and Ethernet
Service Switch product lines and is a leader in developing Alcatel's IP
strategy. Kevin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (1993) and a BSEE from
Santa Clara University (1985).
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Robert Machin is principal analyst at Finnish OSS specialist Comptel
Corporation. He has been part of the telecoms industry for 20 years, working
with independent software vendors, systems integrators and communication service
providers in a number of technical and business-focused roles. He is a regular
contributor to business conferences and industry journals, most commonly on
subjects related to the management of next-generation services.
Robert spent four years as head of billing solutions in Logica’s international
telecoms division before heading up product marketing first at mediation vendor
Openet in Ireland and then at service fulfillment specialist Axiom Systems in
the U.K. In April 2008, Axiom Systems was acquired by Comptel, and Robert joined
its strategic marketing unit, where he has taken responsibility for market
analysis and development of the company’s value propositions.
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Rick Mallon brings over 20 years experience in the IT and Telecom industries to
his role as Vice President of Product Management at Sigma Systems, the proven
global leader in subscriber policy management and fulfillment solutions. He has
spent the past 11 years working to develop business and operational support
systems for advanced IP services including VoIP, WiMAX, IP VPNs, IPTV and
high-speed data access. Mr. Mallon has worked with corporations such as Nortel,
TeleGea, Atreus Systems and IBM, holding senior positions across product
management, business development and strategic planning. He holds a Bachelor of
Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of
Ottawa.
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Robert Malnati is Senior Director of Business Development at Leapstone Systems,
Inc. He has more than 15 years experience defining and implementing
communications solutions that address operator requirements for new revenue
generation and efficiency. He can be reached at rmalnati@leapstone.com.
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Tom Mangan is the Senior Vice President in charge of customer management
professional and consulting services at Convergys Corporation. Whether
supporting companies with in-house customer care operations, or those that
choose to outsource, Convergys' real-world expertise and experience solving
complex customer management problems helps companies enhance the customer
experience, reduce customer interaction costs, and apply business analytics to
improve operations throughout the business to grow profits and customer
satisfaction. Convergys is outthinking and outdoing™ on behalf of its clients
every day.
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Michael Manzo is the Chief Marketing Officer for Openet, overseeing all aspects
of marketing and product management. Prior to joining Openet in August 2006,
Michael worked in the Enterprise Solutions group at Nokia, where he consulted on
M & A integration and marketing of enterprise mobility solutions. Michael has
also held executive positions at Traverse Networks (acquired by Avaya), Omnisky
(acquired by EarthLink), Telocity (acquired by Hughes DirecTV), and Notify
Technology Corporation. Michael has a BA in Journalism from the University of
New Hampshire.
Michael has spoken on behalf of Openet at many industry events, including the
Billing and OSS World Conference and Expo (2008 and 2009), TelcoTV 2008 and
several TM Forum events including Management World Americas in 2008.
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Dr. Gabriel Matsliach is the General Manager of Billing & Active Customer
Management at Comverse, overseeing Comverse's BSS/OSS business and product
portfolio. He has over 20 years of experience running successful product
organizations and extensive experience in BSS/OSS. He holds Bachelors, Masters
and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science.
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Liam Maxwell is Vice President of Products for Oracle Communications,
responsible for Oracle's products spanning billing and revenue management and
service fulfillment. Mr. Maxwell joined Oracle in 2006 via its acquisition of
Portal Software where he spent seven years, last serving as Chief Product
Officer. Previously, he held management positions with Aerial Communications and
Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr. Maxwell graduated from Illinois State
University in 1993, with a bachelor’s of science degree in business
administration and information systems.
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Rich McBee was named President of Tektronix Communications following the
acquisition of Tektronix by Danaher Corporation. He has assumed leadership
responsibility for Fluke Networks, which together with Tektronix Communications
are part of Danaher's Test and Measurement platform. McBee was also recently
named Vice President and Group Executive of Danaher. Prior to the acquisition,
McBee was Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Tektronix' Communications
Business.
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Steve McCarthy is the Head of Mobile Market Sales at Syndesis Ltd. Syndesis is a
global provider of solutions for communications service delivery management and
data integrity management, enabling service providers worldwide to profitably
deliver Triple Play, IPTV, VoIP and other next-generation services. More
information is available at www.Syndesis.com.
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Andrew McDonald is Head of Network & Service Management Product Group, IP
Division, Alcatel-Lucent. Andrew is responsible for the Network & Service
Management (NSM) Product Group within Alcatel-Lucent's IP Division. In his
current role as NSM business unit head, he manages the complete lifecycle and
P&L of Alcatel's NSM portfolio which has set the industry benchmark for
comprehensive end-to-end network and service management with it's 5620 Service
Aware Manager (SAM), 5650 Control Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM), 5670 Reporting
and Analysis Manager (RAM), and 5750 Subscriber Services Controller (SSC)
products.This NSM portfolio is an integral part of the Alcatel-Lucent Triple
Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) solution. The 5670 RAM is the newest
addition to Andrew's product group, announced with Alcatel-Lucent's evolution of
its Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture on August 4, 2008.
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Alexandra Mehat joined Rodopi Software as Marketing Manager in August 2007, and
is responsible for the company's marketing planning, coordination and strategy.
She brings 10 years of high-tech experience to Rodopi, in areas such as Product
Management, Product Marketing, Partner relationship and pre-sales for the VoIP
softswitch and Intelligent Networks industries. Mrs Mehat earned two Masters in
Marketing and in Telecommunications respectively from Universite Paris Dauphine
and Institut National des Telecommunications in France.
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Vinay Mehta is a Vice President in Convergys Corporation's product management
group, responsible for product management and market strategy. Convergys'
Infinys software offers an IMS-ready solution that enables operators to evolve
their BSS environment with minimal risk.
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Lukasz Mendyk is OSS Product Manager at Comarch. His 14 years of professional experience includes 12 years of involvement in developing OSS products for the telecommunications industry. He obtained his Master of Science degree from AGH University of Science and Technology in the field of Computer Science. Lukasz is an enthusiast of TMF standards and best practices which proved useful during his career in helping to develop OSS products that add value to CSPs.
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Sanjay Mewada is the Vice President of Strategy at NetCracker. His
responsibilities include overseeing the strategic direction of the company and
managing the company's partnership program. Prior to NetCracker, Sanjay was at
the Yankee Group, where he was the vice president of the Telecom Software
Strategies (TSS) Decision Service. Sanjay holds a B.S. degree in physics and an
MBA from Bombay University. He also holds a Master's Degree in international
business from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
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Matt Milford is the CTO of Leapstone Systems, Inc. Matt has been designing and
developing innovative software solutions for carrier networks and large
corporate systems for more than 20 years. Before joining Leapstone, Matt was
Vice President of Research and Development for Qwest, where he ran a large
software engineering and development team responsible for building a converged
network integration platform. He also has patents pending for the technology
related to Leapstone's Communications Convergence Engine (CCE) products.
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Cassandra Millhouse has global responsibility for positioning next generation
OSS solutions and bringing them to market. She has 17 years of international
software industry experience includes software design and development,
consulting, strategy and marketing. Before joining Amdocs OSS Division,
Millhouse was Ovum's lead analyst covering the customer relationship management
(CRM) market. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology
(Honours 1) from the University of New South Wales, and is currently completing
her Masters degree at the University of Sydney.
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Horacio Miranda de Oliveira is Senior Product Marketing Manager for Tekelec's
Integrated Application Solutions (IAS) portfolio, with specific responsibilities
for the development and management of IAS Market Intelligence solutions. Horacio
has 18 years of experience working with carriers worldwide on OSS/BSS issues. He
joined Tekelec as a result of the acquisition of Steleus in 2004. At Steleus, he
was responsible for the product development team for prOceSS7 and various other
solutions, including the EVA traffic simulator product portfolio, at the
Clemessy, France location. Horacio is a graduate of Ecole des Mines (Alès).
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Yaron Morgenstern is the Marketing Manager for the Revenue Management products
unit of Amdocs. He serves on the marketing team responsible for defining the
business strategy and product direction for Amdocs' products support pre-paid
and convergent wireless service. Yaron's previous experience within Amdocs
includes leading business analysis and system integration projects for major
North American operators. Yaron is studying for his MBA and holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Dr. Mark H Mortensen is a Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason, responsible for
Customer Care and Service Fulfillment research. He was formerly the Chief
Scientist of Management Systems at Bell Labs and CMO of several venture-backed
OSS companies. Mark holds an MPhil. and Ph.D. in physics from Yale University
and is an adjunct professor in Strategic Management at the University of
Massachusetts Lowell.
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Brian Naughton is VP Architecture and Strategy for Axiom Systems. Brian joined
Axiom Systems in August 2006 from global telecommunications provider Cable &
Wireless, where he reported to the Group CIO in an IT Architecture and Strategy
role. Most recently Brian was responsible for C&W global fulfillment
architecture and was instrumental in creating the next generation OSS blueprint
that underpins C&W's I Want My IPTV to NGN (Next Generation Networks).
Over the last 15 years, Brian has held a number of senior roles within leading
IT and Telecommunications companies focusing on the Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) arena. Prior to C&W, Brian worked on defining
strategic ICT initiatives for companies such as British Telecom, Sun
Microsystems, BEA Systems and Intel. Prior to that, Brian was Director of
Telecoms Strategy for Sonic Software, where he was an early evangelist for the
value of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services-based approach
to the industry.
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Mark Nicholson , as Chief Technology Officer for Subex Azure, is responsible for
the company's long-term technology strategy and for driving the definition,
direction and development of the Subex Azure software suite, encompassing
Service Fulfillment, Revenue Assurance, Fraud and Risk Management. Prior to
joining Subex Azure by way of Syndesis, Mark served as CTO of the Nortel
eBusiness Solutions, where he was responsible for the provisioning suite of
products, their integration into the Nortel Service Management portfolio, and
targeting the solutions to the service provider marketplace.
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Brad Niven is the Regional Director for the Americas at Axiom Systems. With over
15 years in OSS and 20+ years in communications technology, Brad talks about the
opportunities IMS presents and considers provisioning for convergent services in
an IMS world.
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Justin Norris is Managing Director and co-founder of DIGITALK, where he oversees
the continued evolution of the DIGITALK business and of its market and industry
leading telecommunications products, applications and services. An industry
leader, Justin has throughout his career been at the forefront in the
introduction of new technologies, and was heavily involved into the early
developments and introduction of CTI (Computer-Telephony Integration)
technology. It was Justin's vision of next generation intelligent switching
platforms, based on open standards, that was the catalyst for the birth of
DIGITALK. Before founding DIGITALK, Justin spent over 5 years working on the
development of computer telephony hardware and software solutions. With a strong
software engineering background, Justin contributes to both engineering and
technology at DIGITALK, but his principal focus remains on business strategy.
Justin has a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from Manchester University
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Antonio Nucci is the Chief Technology Officer for Narus. Dr. Antonio Nucci
brings a distinguished career in research and development and IT to Narus. He is
conducting research in network measurement and management, traffic analysis,
network security and surveillance, network design and traffic engineering. Prior
to joining Narus, Antonio was employed by Sprint as a principal member of the
technical staff. In his career, Antonio has published more than 50 technical
papers, filed 22 patent applications covering various aspects of networking. He
is the co-author of a definitive textbook on managing large IP networks, titled
"Design, Measurement and Management of Large-Scale IP Networks. Bridging the gap
between Theory and Practice" to be published by Cambridge University Press in
March 2008. He recently joined the Technical Advisory Board of Panorama Capital
LLC (spin-off of JP Morgan) to advice on emerging technologies and trends.
Antonio was recently awarded the prestigious InfoWorld 2007 CTO Top 25.
Antonio received the Dr. Ing (B.S. and M.S.) and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical
Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Patricia O'Hara, is responsible for marketing communications at NetCracker
Technology. She has extensive experience in the telecommunications arena from
both equipment and software companies that delivered solutions to service
providers and large corporate enterprises. Most recently from Quantum Bridge
Communications, a pioneer in the fiber access marketplace, where she helped
established the company as an industry leader. Pat also has been associated with
Xircom and Brooktrout Technology, she has a BS in Marketing from Boston College.
Sean O'Reilly, is Lead Engineer at LTC International, Inc. and a wireless
network specialist, with 20 years of experience in the communications industry.
Sean has a comprehensive understanding of network operations, engineering, and
design functions, and system architecture which he uses to support Service
Providers seeking to optimize their International Roaming, Network Performance,
and Network Operations capabilities. His ten years' experience working in a
network operations environment has also given him a good grounding in the
principles of bringing together people, systems, and processes to help bridge
the gap between “business” and “IT” and assist companies in realizing their
objectives.
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Greg Oslan , is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Narus. Prior to
joining Narus, Oslan was president and chief executive officer for Wireless
Online, a provider of smart antenna solutions to the wireless industry. Earlier,
he served as president and chief operating officer for CNET, Inc., a wireless
operational support system company, where he effectively executed a turnaround
strategy and acquisition. He began his career with AT&T and spent ten years with
Ameritech. Oslan earned his master's degree in business administration from the
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Bill Otto is Chief Technology Officer at TIERONE and leads their team of
technical experts that specifies and architects its NETPortal service delivery,
provisioning, and management solution. Additional responsibilities include
creation of OSS roadmaps, architectures, and solution definitions for TIERONE
and its customers. Bill has over 30 years of systems and telecom experience.
Prior to joining TIERONE, Bill held management positions at MetaSolv, Nortel,
Architel, and Accugraph in OSS product management, definition, and application.
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David Page is the Chief Technology Officer for Nexagent. Prior to co-founding
Nexagent in 2000, David was Manager of Consulting Engineering with Cisco
Systems' NSP Europe from 1998 to 2001. He was responsible for the technology
strategy of a $1billion line of business, aligning customer strategy with
Cisco's technology R&D plans. Prior to Cisco, David was responsible for the
technical architecture of large-scale, multi-national, managed network service
deals at IBM Global Network Services and BT Managed Network Services. Previously
David was a Lead Engineer at NatWest worked in defence research at Marconi. He
graduated from Bath University with a degree in Electrical & Electronic
Engineering.
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Mike Palackdharry — is a vice president in the Information Management (IM) line
of business at Convergys Corporation, a global leader in relationship
management. Mike is responsible for business development activities for this
line of business, including sales, strategic partnerships, product marketing,
and technical sales support. He reports to Bob Lento, president of IM. Prior to
his current appointment, Palackdharry spent six years at Cincinnati Bell
Information Systems - a Convergys predecessor - holding a variety of technical
and business positions. His last assignment was Program Manager, responsible for
managing the relationship with AT&T Wireless. Previously, he served in a number
of executive positions including vice president of global sales for BCGI and
director of information technology for Ameritech. Mike earned his bachelor's
degree in mathematics with a minor in physics from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Mike and his wife, Sherri, live in Wheaton, Illinois, with their four children.
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Yogen Patel is Vice President of Market and Product Strategy within the
Information Management line of business at Convergys. Yogen has over 15 years of
operational experience in enterprise software and telecommunications. Most
recently, Yogen was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Ceon.
Yogen completed his MBA at the Wharton School, and also holds a master's degree
in engineering.
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Dhananjay Pavgi is Sr. Consultant - OSS Product Management with TechMahindra,
and has 11 years of Telecom Domain experience. Dhananjay has worked extensively
on NM/OSS systems and solutions, architecting complex projects at large Tier 1
telcos across the globe. In addition, Dhananjay has delivered webinars on OSS/J
SQM, TMF MTNM-OSS/J harmonization and other topics as a member of the TMF. In
addition, Dhananjay has participated in various Telecom industry conferences as
speaker.
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Sergio Pellizzari is the Chief Solutions Architect for Nakina Systems. In his
Chief Solutions Architect role, Sergio has responsibility for Nakina Systems'
future product roadmap by working closely with customers to understand their
needs and how Nakina Systems' expertise can solve their operational issues.
Sergio spent 18 years working at Bell Northern Research and Nortel Networks and
was involved in the infancy of Nortel's highly successful line of HiCap and
Metro Optical products. Sergio led design and architectural teams delivering
management solutions for all Optical products and was involved in unifying
management solutions of newly acquired products or those affiliated through
joint-ventures. Sergio is one of Nakina's founders and one of Nakina's key
speakers and has presented several joint papers with Nakina customers at
Telemanagement forum, Billing and OSS World and various HP software and customer
forums.
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Dean Perrine is the Director of Competitive Analysis at New Paradigm Resources
Group, Inc.'s (NPRG). As the Director of this group, Dean is responsible for
guiding the research strategies and analyses produced by the Competitive
Analysis team. Dean's team provides real-time client specific competitive
research and analysis, including pricing, product rollout, and market and
carrier-specific data. Dean also assists in the development of new areas of
research for the firm. Mr. Perrine has authored reports covering such areas as
Telecom Sales and Retention strategies, UNE-P, and pricing analysis. Prior to
joining New Paradigm Resources Group, Dean served as an athletic recruiter and
admissions officer for Ball State University and Valparaiso University. He
earned his Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Public Relations from Ball
State University.
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Bruce Peterson is the founder and CEO of Velocent Systems first to provide
network-wide, per session, user plane monitoring that assists mobile broadband
operators proactively resolve service quality problems. Mr. Peterson has 30
years experience in communications with 15 years in mobile communications. He
has been a speaker at numerous industry events including the 3GSM Congress in
Barcelona, Spain.
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Neil Philpott is the Director of Solutions Strategy at Amdocs. Neil's team is
responsible for: understanding the impact of emerging trends and business
drivers on Service Provider's business support systems today; defining the
resulting market requirements; positioning Amdocs' offers to the market to
address these requirements. Neil has more than 20 years management and
consulting experience. He has worked extensively in the communications industry
for fixed network and mobile operators in many parts of the world. His expertise
covers business development, management, marketing, information systems
strategy, change management and all stages of the software systems lifecycle.
Neil was President of the Global Billing Association from 2002 to 2004 and
remains a member of the GBA Executive Council.
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Piotr Piatosa is VP of Telecommunications at Comarch. Piotr Piatosa graduated with a Master's degree in engineering physics from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He holds an MBA from the Oxford Brookes University-Polish Open University joint program. Piotr has been with the Group for 9 years and has served as Director of Consulting in the Finance and Banking Business Unit and as Director of the Telecommunications Business Unit. He was promoted to Vice President in June, 2006
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Dan Pocek is the founder and CEO of NetQuest Corporation, a communications
manufacturer providing innovative network monitoring and access solutions since
1987. Under his vision and leadership, NetQuest introduced several industry
firsts, including the first LPDA and SNMP Chipsets for network element
management and, more recently, the first monitoring access optimizer for
converged network test access. Dan’s broad industry experience spans over 30
years of evolution in network access and monitoring techniques.
Prior to NetQuest, Dan held a leadership position in Telenex-General Signal. It
was here that he developed and brought to market Autoscope, the industry’s first
network analyzer to use graphics and imaging. He also held leadership positions
at Northern Telecom and Control Data Corporation before devoting himself to
starting NetQuest.
Dan is an award winning speaker at several conferences and has written various
articles about the industry over the years. He holds a Dipl. Ing. Degree in EE
from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Asher Polani is the CEO of FTS, a global provider of billing, CRM and policy
control solutions for communications, content and service providers. Prior to
joining FTS, Asher was CEO of Finjan and has also served in senior management
positions at companies including HP & Amdocs. Over his career, Asher has
co-founded a number of technology-oriented companies specializing in networking,
media, imaging and artificial intelligence.
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Jeff Popoff is the Vice President of Marketing of Redknee. Jeff is responsible
for the company's strategic market development, product marketing, and marketing
communications programs to support Redknee's ongoing growth. Prior to Redknee,
Jeff has been involved in the wireless and telecommunications industry since
1986, including supporting the first AMPS, TDMA and CDMA networks in North
America and postings in both Europe and Asia Pacific launching GSM services.
Jeff ran a wireless incubator in the Texas "Telecom Corridor" and led a Mergers
and Acquisitions team in Silicon Valley. Jeff has a B.A.Sc. degree (Honors) in
Systems Engineering (Canada), is a Chartered Engineer in Europe, and has an
Executive MBA from Stanford University. He now lives in Silicon Valley,
California.
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Dana Porter is Vice President – Strategy for Amdocs. Dana Porter is responsible
for identifying key market trends, and defining the business strategy and
product direction for Amdocs’ product portfolio. Dana is an expert in market
analysis and determining service provider strategies, and has led many sessions
on her vision and insight to senior executives around the globe. Prior to
Amdocs, Dana held management consulting positions with Deloitte and Israel-based
consultancy Tefen, focusing on customer-centric business and systems integration
strategies.
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Tony Poulos is Head of Revenue Management Sector, TM Forum. Tony Poulos has been involved with software development and systems integration in travel and telecommunications for over 20 years. He was involved in the development of convergent billing system in the early nineties in Australia and from there he worked in a business development role with Unisys’ Telecommunications Practice in Europe. Tony was co-founder of Copernicus Global Billing Services, a London based, web-enabled, managed service provider for outsourced billing and payments collection. He has worked in the areas of revenue assurance, billing, payments, mobile internet access, mobile email and content delivery.
In addition to being a regular speaker and chairman at telco conferences in Europe and Asia-Pacific, Tony has written for Asia Mobile News, was a Contributing Analyst for IDC, written for a number of industry publications worldwide and is Editor, Asia Pacific for Telecom TV. He was an executive of the Global Billing Association for five years prior to its merger with the TM Forum. He now heads up the Revenue Management Initiative of the TM Forum and also conduct its training classes in billing and revenue management.
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Marc Price is Senior Telecoms Strategist, CTO Office for Openet. Marc is a
senior subject matter expert in telecommunications systems, with more than 15
years of experience working extensively with customers to define strategies and
deploy world-class solutions for mediation, rating and billing. He has worked
with some of the largest U.S. and European communications providers to achieve
business success, most notably providing strategic assistance to some of the
world's top wireline, wireless and cable companies implementing complex services
across diverse networks. Before joining Openet, Marc was the lead software
architect for a real-time, object-oriented rating and billing system for
convergent telecommunications service providers. He holds honors degrees in
mechanical engineering and international relations from the University of
Pennsylvania.
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Chris Purdy brings more than 20 years of relevant OSS, EMS and NMS experience to
Nakina in his role as Chief Technology Officer. In 19 years with Nortel
Networks, Chris established a highly successful track record as Director,
Product Line Management. Among his many accomplishments at NORTEL, Chris led the
cross corporate project to create Nortel's end-to-end Optical Ethernet Network
Management Solution giving Nortel a key market differentiator in their Optical
Ethernet market offering built around the Optera Metro, Baystack, and Passport
Ethernet switching platforms. Chris graduated from the University of Toronto
with a BASc (Electrical Engineering) in 1985.
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Dr. SupranaAugusta Ranjan is a senior member of the technical staff in the
Office of Narus CTO. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rice
University and brings a wealth of expertise in designing solutions for detecting
and tracking all things malicious in the Internet, including worms, spam,
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and botnets. Dr. Ranjan also holds
a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and obtained
his Bachelor's in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur. He has held research internships at HP Labs and Google. Dr. Ranjan
has won numerous awards, including the prestigious National Talent Scholarship
awarded to 500 scholars annually by the Government of India.
Mr. Vinay Rathore is the Director of Service Provider Marketing for CIENA. Mr.
Rathore is a seasoned member of the telecom community with 15 years of
experience. He has helped some of the world's largest service providers
including Sprint International, Global One and MCI design, build and market
their newest products and services. Mr. Rathore's areas of expertise include
network engineering, operations, sales & marketing in both wireline and wireless
systems and networking technology that includes IP, MPLS, Ethernet, ATM &
Optics. Mr. Rathore holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute as well as an MBA from the University of Texas.
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Norman Rice is the Vice President of CA's Communications, Media & Entertainment
(CME) business unit, a group he helped form in October 2005 to better meet the
needs of CA's CME customers. Norman joined CA through its acquisition of Concord
Communications where he was Vice President of Business Development. Prior to
Concord, he was a member of the management team for Aprisma (joined in 2002)
where he was brought in by the private equity owner, Gores Technology Group, to
help turn the company around and return it to profitability before was sold to
Concord in early 2005. Prior to joining Aprisma, Norman served as Director of
Solutions for HoustonStreet Exchange. He also served as the Director of Business
Development - Europe for Strategy.Com, a subsidiary of MicroStrategy, Inc.,
where he managed the International Finance and Portfolio Services channels as
part of a multi-national, pan-European online banking business for Deutsche
Bank. Before his work at Strategy.Com, Norman co-founded and sold a software
company that developed statistical software for the environmental services
industry. Norman holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan, is a
Distinguished Fellow from Dartmouth College where he earned an M.B.A. and an
M.S. in Engineering, and is published in several academic and industry journals.
Norman serves on the board of early stage companies and is an active member of
Dartmouth Entrepreneur Network.
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Ciaran Roche is the Lead Technical Consultant for Vanco, US. Ciaran joined Vanco
in 2001 and is currently a senior technical consultant and member of Vanco's
global design council. He is responsible for solution development in support of
Vanco USA's customer requirements and in this capacity has worked with numerous
US based multi-national corporations to design a range of custom global network
solutions. Prior to working with Vanco, Ciaran spent a number of years with
Virtual Access in both the United Kingdom and Ireland working on the design and
deployment of managed broadband Solutions for large enterprises.
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Robert Rosenberg is President of the INSIGHT Research Corporation, a Boonton,
NJ-based consultancy providing comparative market research and competitive
analysis to the telecommunications industry. He has commented on
telecommunications industry developments for the BBC, Fox and CNBC TV networks
and has been quoted in Newsweek, USA Today, and leading telecom trade
publications. INSIGHT's recent work includes studies in the areas of operations
support systems, IP telephony, and telecommunications usage by Hispanic
consumers.
Mr. Rosenberg has over twenty years experience in telecommunications and data
communications. Prior to forming INSIGHT in 1990, he was a senior consultant
with the Eastern Management Group. Mr. Rosenberg was also senior computer editor
at Data Communications magazine and served as editor on the staff of Electronics
magazine where he was responsible for all telecommunications coverage. He won
several journalistic awards including the McGraw-Hill Award for Editorial
Excellence and has written about telecommunications for the Encyclopedia
Britannica. He has also been a consultant to the Northrop Aircraft Corp. and
Ford Aerospace. Mr. Rosenberg attended the M.S. Program in Telecommunications,
College of Electrical Engineering, at the University of Colorado. He holds a
B.A. from U. of Colorado and an M.A. from the Claremont Colleges.
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Vadim Rosenberg is director of worldwide marketing for telecommunications at CA
Wily Technology. Vadim is responsible for all aspects of CA Wily marketing
strategy and execution for telecommunications - evangelism, sales and channel
enablement, business case development, as well as in-account support for
strategic business opportunities worldwide. Vadim has broad experience in
telecommunications and IT infrastructure. Before joining CA Wily in August 2006
Vadim was responsible for global sales support for Oracle’s Fusion Middleware
products for telecommunications. Vadim was also the product marketing manager
for BEA WebLogic Server and oversaw several major product launches and marketing
initiatives. As a senior engineer at Tandem Computer (presently HP), Vadim built
fault-tolerant transactions processing for Non-Stop J2EE infrastructure, and a
high performance mission-critical messaging systems.
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Kenneth Rugg is Vice President of Data Management Products for the Progress
Software DataXtend and ObjectStore product lines. A 20-year veteran of the
software industry, in 2002 Rugg joined the company as a result of Progress
Software Corporation's acquisition of eXcelon Corp., where he was Vice President
of Product Development and Chief Technology Officer. Rugg previously spent more
than 10 years at eXcelon in leadership roles directing functions ranging from
technical support and education to documentation, QA and product development.
Rugg studied computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Sukki Sandhar is Head of Policy Orchestration for Kabira Technologies, Inc. Mr.
Sandhar works directly with customers and prospects across the company and is
responsible for the product line within the "Policy Orchestration by Kabira"
product suite. This product suite is built upon, a real-time telecom-proven,
software platform that accelerates the interaction between operational support
systems and networks. Sandhar joined Kabira over 10 years ago and primarily
focuses on wireless and IT integration applications and technologies. Prior to
joining Kabira, he was a team leader for EDS Defence and was heavily involved
with the development of IN software integration provisioning for Cable &
Wireless. Sandhar began his career as software engineer for Mercury
Communications, and holds a BSc Hons in Information Technology from the
University of Sheffield in the UK, a Bachelor of Science with honors in Computer
Science with significant performance in Math, Computer Science, Economics and
Physics.
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Tony Sceales is CTO and Founder of Celona and has spent the last 26 years
working in the Telecoms, Financial Services and IT industries in Europe, North
America and Asia Pacific. He has driven major software development and
implementation programmes for both user organizations and vendors including BT,
The Prudential, AON and IBM. He is a regular author and speaker on the software
and Telecoms industry. He co-founded Celona Technologies in 1997 and is now
Chief Technology Officer for the company, responsible for strategic technology
and product direction.
Tony graduated from the University of Wales with a BSc (Honours) in Plant
Science. He is a keen sailor and lives in London with his wife and three
daughters.
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Rick Schmaltz is currently the Vice President of the Telecommunications Business
Unit for the Wily Technology Division of CA, Inc. In his current role, Rick is
responsible for developing and implementing the overall go to market strategy
for Wily for the global communications market. He is a senior executive with
over twenty-five years experience in technology, telecommunications and
software. Rick has seventeen years experience as a company officer and six years
experience as a member of the board of directors for both privately and publicly
held companies.
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Gareth Senior is the chief technology officer at Comptel Corporation, and serves
as the innovator and creator of the company's products and solutions. He is also
a member of Comptel’s Executive Board. Formerly the chief executive officer and
chief technology officer of Axiom Systems, Mr. Senior has 20 years of IT
development experience, 15 years of which were spent working directly for
national carriers with a focus on service fulfillment.
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Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri , Corporate Vice President Strategy for Alvarion, has 22
years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks.
Previously, during three years at Lucent, Shakouri was responsible for managing,
building and developing network solutions for European and South American
broadband wireless markets. Shakouri also spent 14 years in technical and
management positions with Hewlett Packard developing microwave and fiber optic
communication components and systems. Shakouri earned his doctorate in
electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAs Wafer
Probe Systems.
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Mehdi Sif is Director, Triple Play Solutions Marketing for Alcatel, in Mountain
View, California, USA. Mr. Sif has previously held multiple senior product line
management and marketing positions at Bay Networks, Shasta Networks (Nortel
Networks), and Juniper Networks. Mr. Sif is the recipient of the 2004 U.S.
Presidential Volunteer Service Award for his ICT sector assessment work with the
International Executive Service Corps.
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Dr. Gadi Solotorevsky is a Specialist in the field of Revenue Assurance (RA)
with large experience in developing and deploying RA solutions. Dr. Solotorevsky
is the chair of the RA team of the TeleManagement Forum, and is one of the
authors of TR131. In addition, he is a member of the TMF advisory board. Dr.
Solotorevsky joined cVidya Networks in year 2000 as its Chief Scientist, leading
since then the design and development of cVidya's IP, methodology, and products.
Dr. Solotorevsky holds a B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Computer Science. Dr.
Solotorevsky wrote several scientific papers on Distributed Artificial
Intelligence and Resource Allocation.
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Manuel Stopnicki is chief technology officer for InfoVista, a leading proactive
service assurance management software company. InfoVista empowers telecom
operators, services providers and large enterprises to maximize business return
and productivity by assuring the optimal performance of mission-critical
networked services, applications, and infrastructures. Manuel can be reached at
mstopnicki@infovista.com
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Guy Strauss is Director – Amdocs Marketing. Guy leads the Amdocs Competitive
Strategy division, responsible for the research and analyses of the competitive
environment. His team provides insights that aide in the development of sound
business strategies and superior sales support tools. Prior to this role, Guy
headed up the Ordering division and held direct responsibility over the P&L,
sales pipeline, sales activities, customer crisis management, product
management, and marketing and business development at Amdocs.
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Paul Sutton is President and Chief Executive Officer at Kabira Technologies,
Inc. Mr. Sutton has more than twenty-five years of experience in software and
technology. He drove the effort to produce the 64-bit Kabira Infrastructure
System and the revolutionary cross-network Kabira Transaction Switch. Before
joining Kabira Technologies, Sutton was vice president of sales and marketing at
Intellicorp, a business modeling software company. He has also held positions as
vice president of sales at Softlab, a computer-aided software engineering firm
owned by BMW AG, and as managing director of Boole & Babbage, a system
management software company.
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Chris Thatcher , CISSP, is National Practice Director, Enterprise Security, for
Dimension Data North America.
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Dale Thomas has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software
industry and with consulting. As the general manager of Amdocs OSS Division, he
oversees strategic planning and product development for the division. Dale
joined Amdocs when the company acquired Cramer Systems Group in August 2006.
Based in the United Kingdom, Dale has worked with major carriers including BT,
Vodafone Portugal and TeleKom Austria.
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Roger Thompson is Technology Advisor, Wireline Solutions, at Nortel.
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Richard Tomlinson , Ph D. is Executive Vice President overseeing the NPRG's
consulting services. Over the years, Dr. Tomlinson has produced hundreds of
market studies, business plans, technology evaluations, venture analyses and
technical papers. Dr. Tomlinson has written and co-written several books and
holds five technical patents. Prior to joining NPRG, he was founder and
President of Connecticut Research, Inc., a boutique consulting firm specializing
in technology analysis, business strategy and plan development and product
development. Dr. Tomlinson is a Senior Life Member of the Institute of the IEEE
and holds three electric engineering degrees; a PhD from Ohio State University
and BS and MS degrees from Case-Western Reserve University. He also holds an MBA
from RPI.
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Vikas Trehan is Vice President, Product Management for InfoVista, a leading
Proactive Service Assurance management software company. InfoVista empowers
telecom operators, services providers, and large enterprises to maximize
business return and productivity by assuring the optimal performance of
mission-critical networked services, applications, and infrastructures.
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Dr. Venu Venugopal is the VP of Solutions Marketing at CA with responsibility
for leading CA's solutions strategy and marketing efforts for the Industry
Verticals, including Communications, Media and Entertainment. Previously he was
a Director of Product Management for Security Management solutions at CA. Prior
to joining CA in 2004 he was a Senior Manager for Product Management at
Sprint-Nextel, where he was responsible for founding and directing Sprint's IP
VPN and Security Services, a portfolio of over twelve managed and unmanaged
services. His tenure at Sprint also included positions as Senior Manager for
Network Security Services and Principal Program Manager for Managed Network
Services, with responsibility for building OSS/BSS to support a portfolio of
managed services. Prior to his eight years at Sprint, he was a research faculty
at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and a Senior Software Engineer
at Wipro, Bangalore, India. He holds MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an
MBA in Marketing, and has over 25 conference presentations/publications and 2
patents to his credit.
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Eran Wagner is Vice President, Head of Product Strategy, Amdocs Products Group.
Eran Wagner is responsible for developing Amdocs' overall product strategy,
including portfolio planning, foundational products, product integration, demo
capabilities, and the development of targeted solutions. He joined Amdocs in
early 2004 as vice president - IPTV. His role has expanded from spearheading
Amdocs' IPTV initiatives to overseeing all Amdocs' content products to, now,
guiding the company's overall product strategy.
Prior to Amdocs, Eran co-founded in 1997 XACCT Technologies Inc., which Amdocs
acquired in 2004. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Tel-Aviv
University and patents granted by the U.S. Patent Office, including one for a
distributed network accounting and billing system and method. He is based in San
Jose, California.
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Lars Wahlstrom is Group Vice President, Communications, Media, and Utilities;
Oracle. Lars Wahlström joined Oracle in January 2000. His current role involves
defining the strategy and go to market approach of Oracle in the Communications,
Media and Utilities segments as well as assisting the countries in implementing
these strategies and approaches. Lars has spent the last 17 years in the
communications and software domain.
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Walt Bowers Walt is the Senior Manager of Product Planning with Hitachi
Communications Technologies America. He has been involved with
Telecommunications and Java since 1996 and has extensive experience in
development of Element Management Systems both as a developer and as a
development manager. For the past two years Walt has focused on building an OSGi
Ecosystem to deliver advanced services and applications to home networks. Walt
has a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Georgia and
over 24 years of experience in software engineering.
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Torbjorn Ward is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Aptilo Networks. Ward
previously served as General Manager of Axis' Mobile Internet Division, a
position he assumed after eleven years with Ericsson, bringing significant broad
experience in the wireless industry. Ward holds a Master’s in electrical
engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and holds eight
separate patents in the area of wireless/mobile communications.
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Neil Webb has almost 10 years experience in the IT Telecommunications industry,
and over 20 years in the IT industry in general. He has be involved in many
aspects of the development of the S2Net products since shortly after their
inception. His experience in recent years has focused on the deployment and
integration of the S2Net Automation and Inventory product suites Telco's OSS/BSS
domains and systems, most recently with S2Net initiatives in North America.
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Alastair Westgarth is the Chief Operating Officer for Tango Networks. He has
more than 16 years of wireless and data communications experience, serving in
executive-level positions at Airspan, Inner Wireless, First Broadcasting, Navini
Networks, Nortel, and Bell Mobility. At Tango Networks, Alastair is responsible
for ongoing operations management of the organization, overseeing engineering,
business development, and sales and marketing. Tango Networks integrates mobile
phones into the corporate enterprise, enabling any mobile phone to become a true
PBX extension on the enterprise network. The Tango Abrazo is a fixed-mobile
convergence solution that meets the needs of end users, enterprises, and mobile
operators. For more information, visit www.tango-networks.com.
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Karl Whitelock is senior consulting analyst within the OSS/BSS Global
Competitive Strategies practice of Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan.
He is one of the original founders of Stratecast and has authored more than 125
publications addressing the industry-level problems relating to the OSS/BSS
software market. Over his 25+ year carrier in the communications industry, he
has worked for a major North American service provider, a solution integrator
and two software development suppliers prior to his current role at Stratecast.
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Tom Wiencko is a professional consultant who has worked in the telecom industry
for over 20 years. Mr. Wiencko is an expert in many areas of telecommunications
technology related to systems and business processes. As President of Wiencko &
Associates, he has led projects for major carriers in a wide variety of systems
areas, such as the first switch based real-time billing application, a precursor
to current prepaid systems, mediation platforms, performance management, and
transport management, ordering and workflow systems. Mr. Wiencko has also
personally managed large network integrations and technical consolidations as
the result of industry consolidation mergers. He can be reached at:
tew@wiencko.com.
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Keith Willetts is Chairman and CEO of the TM Forum and is also a board member
and advisor to a number of other companies. His achievements have been
internationally recognized, being honored twice in the Communications Week "Top
25" awards for industry visionaries; awarded the British Computer Society's Gold
Medal for innovation and the BT Gold Medal for innovation. He writes and speaks
regularly about the industry as authored the influential book, "The Lean
Communications Provider".
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John Wilmes is Chief Technical Architect, Communications Sector, Progress
Software, with a primary focus on Progress' breakthrough data interoperability
product, DataXtend Semantic Integrator (DXSI). John is co-chair of the TM
Forum's SID Technical Program, co-lead of the TM Forum Interface Program (TIP)
Service Assurance and Catalog Management teams, and an active member of other TM
Forum technical programs. He also represents Progress in the OASIS
Telecommunications Services Member Section. John was previously CTO at Ceon
Corporation. He is a member of the IEEE and holds a degree in Computer Science
from Regis University.
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John Wilson is an associate editor at Pipeline. He went to school in London for
Publishing and Creative Writing, where he had never even heard of OSS/BSS. Aside
from his editorial duties, John writes news and features for the magazine.
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Michal Winkler is the Senior Director of Product Marketing as Actelis Networks
and has more than 15 years of Product Marketing and Management experience. Prior
to joining Actelis Networks, Inc. in 2001, Mrs. Winkler was the CTO of startup
Be Connected where she lead the company's strategic planning, intellectual
properties and played a key role in transforming the technology into a leading
commercial product. Earlier Mrs. Winkler worked for Telrad Telecommunications as
product manager for the Access Division. Prior to that she was the system
engineer of the Broadband Systems Department for Telrad where she led the OEM
broadband access and transport product development for Nortel Networks. Mrs.
Winkler also spent five years specifying products and guiding the development of
various communication projects for the Israeli Army. Mrs. Winkler holds a B.Sc.
in Electrical Engineering from Technion and a MBA from Recanati Graduate School
of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University.
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Chun-Ling Woon is vice president of marketing and business development at
ConceptWave, a provider of order automation and product catalog solutions.
ConceptWave improves operational efficiencies to facilitate the rapid delivery
of new services for the communications service provider market.
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Duby Yoely is VP, Solutions Engineering at TTI Telecom. Duby joined TTI Telecom
in 2001 as engineering group manager, responsible for telecom content solutions
and professional services, and is now responsible for solution engineering and
marketing. He has held telecom management positions since 1988, when he began
working at Bezeq as an engineer and later as a manager. After ten years at
Bezeq, Duby joined Partner (Orange IL) as NOC manager, and advanced their
greenfield GSM/UMTS rollout by establishing the company's network operation
team, creating work procedures and by assimilating network management tools. Mr.
Yoely holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the Technion Israel Institute
of Technology.
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Tim Young is Pipeline's Editor-in-Chief. He has been covering OSS and
telecommunications issues for the last three years, and enjoys the dynamic
nature of the industry. A South Carolina native, he attended Appalachian State
University in North Carolina, where he received his B.A. in History. As a
freelance writer, Tim has written for numerous websites and regional print
publications throughout the Southeast and Midwest. Tim has been with Pipeline
since the beginning of 2005, and has served as Editor-in-Chief since March of
2006. When not working with Pipeline, Tim is a part-time educator and performs
improv and sketch comedy. Most recently, Tim co-wrote and performed in The
Fowler Family Radio Hour, which can be seen on the e.t.c. stage of Chicago's
famed Second City Theater.
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Bohdan Zabawskyj is the Chief Technology Officer of Redknee. Bohdan is
responsible for formulating the framework of Redknee's strategic efforts with
particular attention to directing the evolution of the Redknee application
development framework to meet the requirements of next-generation mobile
networks. Prior to Redknee, Bohdan worked at Telus Mobility (Clearnet), Bell
Mobility and Bell Canada as Director for Research and Development. Bohdan has a
B.A.Sc. (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, an M.Eng degree from
McGill University, and has an MBA (IT option) degree at Athabasca University. He
now lives in Woodbridge, Canada.
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Jack Zubarev is a founder and the president of Parallels’ Service Provider
division worldwide including sales and operations for hosting and
software-as-a-service (SaaS). Since the company’s founding in 1999, he has held
multiple leadership roles within the company including chief operating officer,
sales engineering, product marketing and business development. Zubarev has been
instrumental in building the company from its start to today with more than 700
employees. Zubarev was also a founder of Acronis and helped establish the
storage management company’s sales and marketing organizations in the United
States. Previously, he handled product marketing for Pervasive Software and
brought its first Linux product to market. Zubarev holds a degree in Computer
Science and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and
an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
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