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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Mark Abolafia currently serves as SVP, Business Development and Global Channels Program at Intraway. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Datavision, a global SDN systems integrator, responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations including overall P&L management, service offer development, marketing, partnership/alliances, recruiting, business development and service delivery functions. His previous positions include senior roles in managing Service Provider consulting and systems integration businesses, as well as business development in various software and consulting companies in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical/life sciences and financial services verticals.
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Yossi Abraham is Chief Marketing Officer at Excelacom. As Chief Marketing Officer, he is responsible for the global strategy, planning and execution of all aspects of Excelacom’s marketing and portfolio.
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John Abraham (Principal Analyst) is a member of Analysys Mason's Telecoms Software and Networks Research team. He leads our Monetisation Platforms programme and our research into the broader telco Digital Transformation narrative. John also contributes to our research into cloud-native architecture models, which is covered as part of the Software-Controlled Networking programme. John has been part of the telecoms industry since 2006, and joined Analysys Mason in early 2012. He has worked on a range of telco projects for operators in Africa, Europe, India and the Middle East. Before joining Analysys Mason, he worked for several years for a BSS vendor and before that for Dell Inc in India. John holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Anna University (India) and an MBA from Bradford University School of Management (UK).
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Jan Abrahamsson is an international digitalization strategist with 20 years of experience developing and implementing strategies across industries. He is the head of strategic customer engagements within Ericsson Group, advising leadership teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific on the topics of digitalization and its impact on business strategy and operations. Abrahamsson specializes in IoT and 5G areas and enabling strategic collaboration between companies in ecosystems.
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Ilia Abramov is the Head of Security at Xura, a global telecommunications company offering a portfolio of digital services that enable global communications across a variety of mobile devices and platforms.
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Aleksey Abramovich is head of the security testing department at A1QA. With six years of experience in quality assurance and his team of more than 20 QA engineers, he has become a true expert in the field. During his years with A1QA, Aleksey and his teams have executed various projects for multiple world-known companies. As someone who runs trainings at the Security Center of Competence, he is extremely knowledgeable in meeting software compliance requirements with HIPAA, PCI DSS and OWASP.
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As Chief Technology Officer at Amdocs, Ran Achituv is responsible for planning and developing Amdocs’ technology vision, as well as the architecture and roadmap of the entire Amdocs product portfolio, Amdocs’ patents and innovation strategy and start-up ecosystem partners. His 20 years of professional experience includes senior positions at Verint in the areas of R&D, technology strategy, product management and P&L. Ran’s expertise, reputation as an innovative technologist, and global business experience means he’s frequently asked to brief analysts and speak in Computer Science and Speech Recognition Telecommunications forums – he also lectured on Digital Architecture, Operating Systems and Communications courses for five years. Ran holds several patents in digital recording infrastructure, security\PCI, and Analytics, an International Executive MBA from Kellogg-Recannati and a BSc in Computer Science from the prestigious Interdisciplinary Center.
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Trent Ackhurst is the Director of Integrity Management for Everline. In 2006, Trent founded PIMS of London, designing and implementing programs that provide oil and gas operators with integrity management systems for pipelines, process facilities, and storage assets. PIMS was acquired in 2021 by LineStar Integrity Services (now Everline). Before PIMS, Trent served as Finance Director for GE Oil and Gas.
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Srini Addepalli is a security and Edge computing expert with 25+ years of experience. Before joining Aryaka, Srini was at Intel, where he incubated multiple open source edge computing and security initiatives including Service Mesh, cloud native SASE framework, Distributed HSM and Multi Edge/Cloud orchestration technologies. Before Intel, he held the Fellow position at Freescale and CTO position at Intoto Inc. As part of Intoto, which was acquired by Freescale, he is instrumental in leading the development of Gateway and UTM (Unified Threat Management) product lines. Srini has multiple patents in networking and security technologies. He holds a BE (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS, Pilani in India.
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Tomer Agam is VP R&D at Blue White Robotics, an innovative and leading autonomous company. Tomer brings 18 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary development teams by applying modern approaches and technologies such as Cloud, Microservices & DevOps best practices. Leveraging a background in data analytics, IoT and edge compute, and backend and frontend development, Tomer is an expert in applying innovative technologies in environments that are considered to be traditional.
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Nibha Aggarwal is currently Amdocs Customer Management’s Senior Director of Product Marketing. With almost 20 years software industry experience, Nibha has played a key role in major technology companies in transforming markets, developing products, and exploiting untapped opportunities. Prior to leading the product marketing efforts for Amdocs Customer Care, she previously founded a company to provide speech self-service solutions to call centers and has been working in the SaaS CRM space for many years, spanning areas such as sales automation, marketing automation and call center automation. Having spent the last decade in marketing and executive management, Nibha now focuses on finding new and emerging markets for nascent technologies and commercializing new and underutilized technologies, as well as translating market knowledge and insights into executable strategies. Nibha has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and graduated Beta Sigma Gamma. She also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and a B.E. (Honors) in Electronics Engineering from India.
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Sonu Aggarwal, founder & CEO, Unify2, is one of the true visionaries behind unified communications in the enterprise. He holds the first-ever patent for enterprise instant messaging and three others for real-time collaboration technology. Microsoft’s own entry into unified communications began with its 1998 acquisition of Flash Communications, where Sonu was a co-founder. While at Microsoft, Sonu drove the roadmap, technical feature set, and development for Lync’s predecessors—Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 and Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007. Sonu earned his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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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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Michal Aharonov serves as Vice President Global Broadband Networks for Gilat Satellite Networks. Prior to joining Gilat, Michal spent twelve years at Amdocs, rising to the position of Vice President, Global Strategic Sourcing. In this role, she was responsible for driving large managed services deals with leading telecommunications companies in Asia, Europe and Canada. Subsequently, Michal took a leadership post at Essence Group where she served as Vice President, Head of Sales and Services. Michal holds a Master Degree in Public administration focusing on financial information systems from Clark University in Massachusetts, USA. She also holds a BA in Business Management and Finance from the College of Management – Academic Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Timo Ahomäki is CTO of Technotree. He is a seasoned Product Strategist with 20 years of experience in Product Management in telecoms, both in the operator and vendor side. Most recently Timo served as the Vice President of Product Management at F-Secure where he oversaw the transformation of the traditional computer security vendor towards a broad supplier of consume cloud services. Previously Timo served as Vice President of Product Management and Chief Scientist at Airwide Solutions through the acquisition of First Hop where he served as the CTO, transforming the company from a platform developer to a provider of a wide range of business critical solutions for CSPs. Early in his career Timo, like a good Finn shall, worked a brief stint at Nokia R&D. In addition to the vendor side, Timo spent 10 years at Telia-Sonera, serving in critical roles through several transformations from a state owned telephone company to one of the leading operator groups in Europe. Timo holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering major from the Espoo-Vantaa Institute of technology. He holds several patents in the area of service management and mobile advertising.
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Prior to founding Ahuja Research, LLC, Dr. Sudhir Ahuja was VP, Application Services at Seniorlink, Inc. Seniorlink provides a Virtual Nursing Home model for complex care patients by enabling Caregivers at home. Before Seniorlink he was CTO and Founder, Vayu Technologies, Inc., a venture based on the Virtual Care Room technology developed at Bell labs that was acquired by Seniorlink. Prior to this he was a General Manager, Vayu Joint Venture (with UPMC), New Ventures Group at Alcatel-Lucent. Dr. Ahuja has held several VP and Director level positions at Bell Labs Alcatel-Lucent in converged networks and multimedia communications research. Dr. Ahuja obtained his MS in and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University in 1974 and 1977, respectively. His undergraduate education was at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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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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Matti Aksela is Vice President, Analytics and Technology | Analytics Business Unit at Comptel Corporation where he oversees the company’s predictive social network analytics solution positioning. Since joining Comptel in April 2012 upon its acquisition of fellow Finnish software company Xtract, Matti has focused on delivering next-generation customer value management with advanced predictive analytics powered by social and contextual intelligence. Matti has a Doctor of Science in technology and computer science from the Helsinki University of Technology.
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Cengiz Alaettlinoglu is the founding member of Packet Design's R&D staff and provides technical direction for the product portfolio. His early experimental work, analyzing routing convergence and scalability properties as well as correlating network performance issues to routing protocol incidents, lead to the creation of route analytics technology and the Packet Design product suite. He is currently working on real-time SDN analytics and orchestration applications that intelligently satisfy path and bandwidth demands without negatively impacting other services. Prior to Packet Design, Cengiz was with the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute where he worked on the Routing Arbiter project. He was co-chair of the IETF's Routing Policy System Working Group, has been published widely, and is a popular lecturer at industry events worldwide. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and a MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
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Dr. Ayham Al-Banna is a Director of Product Management and Fellow in the Access & Transport BU at CommScope, where he is responsible for Extended Spectrum DOCSIS RF amplifiers, Taps, and passives. Prior to that, Ayham served as an engineering fellow in the CTO office, where he worked on defining the architecture for the Cable Access Modules of the current and future generations of ARRIS centralized and distributed CCAP/CMTS systems. Ayham’s expertise includes RF Communications, HFC networks architecture and migration, DOCSIS 3.1, Full duplex DOCSIS, Extended Spectrum DOCSIS, and emerging broadband technologies. He has several issued and pending patents and has authored a book about characterizing and mitigating wireless interference in IEEE802.11 WLANs. Ayham is a senior IEEE member and has numerous publications in the area of Wireless and Cable Communications. He received the MCN 40 under 40 award in 2016.
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Brad Alexander As Vice President and CTO of DartPoints, Brad is responsible for guiding the company’s technology strategy and execution, ensuring maximum uptime and performance, and driving ongoing product development. Working with organizations of all sizes and across all industries, Brad is a trusted advisor in helping clients determine the right solution for their IT infrastructure. Brad earned his Computer Information Systems degree from Clemson University.
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Adrian Alonso is a Telecom industry professional who has spent nearly two decades in the industry architecting network management solutions and leading network operations systems strategy and management at two of the top communication service providers. In his current role as lead Solutions Architect at gen-E, Adrian and his team of sales engineers supports gen-E’s sales executives and their customers across wireline, wireless, utilities and enterprise industries. Adrian focuses on learning and understanding the needs of gen-E’s customers and challenges they face with their current network management tool set. He designs new, more efficient and effective solutions challenging his clients to be forward thinking and stay ahead of the changes in technology so they can better serve their customers. Prior to joining gen-E, Adrian led the Network Operations Management team at Frontier Wireless, where he was responsible for the company’s utilization of IBM’s Network Management solution to monitor and manage their network. He gained first-hand experience in large-scale acquisitions and integrations in the CSP market, having led Frontier’s Strategic Support Team responsible for the Network Operations System conversion of Verizon’s wireline service systems after the acquisition by Frontier. Adrian and his team converted from multiple monitoring tools into a single, unified solution. The consolidated NOC serves all markets in the combined organization. A military veteran, Adrian served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an Air Traffic Control RADAR technician prior to working in the private sector. Adrian actively supports our veterans and their families. He was Frontier’s Texas Veteran Affairs representative and on the Frontier’s National Veteran Committee. He sponsored ‘Honor and Remember’ and was a mentor for American Corporate Partners.
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Kerby Altmann is the Director - OSS Voice Architecture at Sigma Systems
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Ohad Amir is CTO at Essence. Essence delivers IoT smart living and smart care solutions. Its WeR@Home technology delivers a comprehensive, profitable home safety, security and management platform for service providers, retailers, insurance companies, telcos, and more. Care@Home provides a complete senior monitoring platform at home and on the go, from mobile PERS devices to full self-learning solutions.
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Trent Anderson joined Bluebird Network in 2021 as Chief Revenue Officer. Anderson is a passionate industry leader who is committed to helping companies drive sales and revenue. As the new CRO of Bluebird Network, he oversees revenue generation including sales, sales engineering, product development, marketing and Bluebird’s expanding data center sales initiatives across the company’s dense footprint including cities such as Springfield, St. Louis and Kansas City.
Prior to Bluebird Network, Anderson created innovative, modern solutions to accelerate businesses’ sales and revenue growth. He was previously Vice President of Sales at LS Network where he led all channels and revenue growth for their network in Washington and Oregon. Before LS Networks, he was responsible for the strategic Government & Medical program at Wave Business in Oregon. In 2013 Anderson joined Frontier Communications as Vice President and General Manager of Oregon operations, where he served as the state leader for operations, sales, engineering, and community engagement.
Anderson is an active member in the community and serves on the boards of the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association and Youth Athletics. He is an active parishioner at Our Lady of The Lake Catholic Church and a coach for the Catholic Youth Organization. He graduated from Oregon State University's Austin School of Business.
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Nik Angelov has led Product Strategy at WIM Technologies since 2019. Previously he has worked as a technical solution manager for Ericsson and has 10 years of firsthand experience in the telecoms industry, working with mobile operators in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Following completion of his university education in Germany and the UK, Nik started his career as a graduate engineer in Ericsson working on radio network optimization. His experience includes management of service delivery, network automation, process and team transformation.
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Basem Anshasi is Executive Vice President at Dali Wireless. Basem is an accomplished senior executive with nearly 30 years of telecom experience. He leads Dali Wireless’s global sales and business development, strategy and commercial operations to execute on the delivery of market growth. Basem has a wealth of experience in executive management, sales, engineering and international business development. Prior to joining Dali, Basem was Chief Commercial Officer, Wireless Networks, at TE Connectivity. Prior to TE, he was SVP of sales at Powerwave Technologies where he led the worldwide sales for the company. Prior to Powerwave, he spent 15 years at ADC Telecommunications in a variety of sales, marketing and engineering roles. Basem holds an Executive MBA in Global Business from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.
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Karen Arbel has experience with customer relations, customer retention, sales and marketing. She has spent several years in customer sales and retention in both commercial and education environments. Conflict resolution and clear communications have been at the core of her work. Karen has a university degree in business and marketing from The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
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Dr. Arefzadeh has over 18 years experience in the IT, Telecommunication, and TV Broadcast industries, serving in a variety of CIO, CTO, and principal engineering roles for numerous multinational corporations, such as Granite and Telcordia. Dr. Arefzadeh has also help launch several German tech start-ups and was responsible for Dimetis’ products in Broadcast OSS for distribution and contribution networks. Most recently Dr. Arefzadeh co-founded Ziotis, which is currently in stealth mode, based on newly-patented technology that helps telecom operators compete by leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain for IoT, SDN, and cloud applications. Dr. Arefzadeh earned his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence from Aachen University of Technology in Germany.
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A 20-year veteran of the communications and collaboration industry, Tim Armstrong is responsible for Nectar’s product marketing including product positioning, messaging and supporting business development efforts. Tim has held positions in all major categories of the UC industry including consulting, carriers and vendors, including a ten-year career at Microsoft. Tim’s responsibilities at Microsoft spanned business development, marketing leadership and executive operations roles. Prior to Microsoft, Tim worked in a variety of sales and technical roles in the IT and telecommunications industries. Based in Seattle, Tim and his wife, Jennifer are proud parents of two young daughters. On the weekends, the Armstrong family can often be found at their small family-owned winery, hosting guests and working to produce wines from the finest vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State.
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Cedric Arnaud-Battandier leads Astellia’s Marketing department in charge of Product management, Global Solutions management and Communication. Cedric ARNAUD-BATTANDIER was the co-founder of a second screen start-up, who successfully launched the first e-commerce focused app and the first US kids show synchronized app. A seasoned executive, Cedric has built a career identifying relevant strategic opportunities and developing new businesses to generate additional revenues and enhance profitability at Technicolor. Within the Telecom industry, Cedric was instrumental in growing a business unit of $150 million into a $450 million powerhouse. He was also EMEA sales director to develop the IP Voice segment and launch new products. Previously, he designed game changing strategies for major companies and has launched new businesses in Europe and South America. He holds an Engineering MD from the ENPC Engineering School and an Executive Degree from the INSEAD Business School.
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Vikas Arora is the CTO at EXFO. His background includes expertise in IP voice, video, Ethernet, optical networks, service assurance and network management. He holds a Bachelor of Technology from G.B. Pant University and a Masters of Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan.
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Jennifer Artley is President of Americas at BT Global and managing director of the technology, life sciences, and business services vertical. She works closely with healthcare organizations and pharmaceutical companies to help them unlock the digital opportunities. Jennifer has more than 20 years of technology and business development experience, previously serving as Chief Operating Officer at BT. Global Telecoms nominated Jennifer as one of ‘50 women to watch.’
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An experienced technology executive, Yossi Atias has been involved in several start-ups at an executive level and as a founder. He founded Dojo-Labs and PeekRTC and was also CEO of both companies. Previous positions within the industry include General Manager Operations at Jajah, Head of OTT Strategy at Acme Packet, General Manager Nokia Israel and Nokia Networks and Technical Director at Lucent. Yossi holds a B.Sc. degree in IE, Information Systems and an MBA from Ben Gurion University, Israel.
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Dr. Colin Ayer serves as SwitchRay’s CTO and VP of Engineering & Product Management and is responsible for driving product development innovation and efficiency in pursuit of the company’s overall vision and strategy. Colin oversees the strategic development, R&D, test and deployment of our Class 4 and Class 5 VoIP Softswitch and related products. With his successful track record of product delivery, Colin brings more than 25 years of development and leadership experience in systems and software engineering and product development in the related fields of speech recognition, cordless telephony, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, VoIP and LBS/Navigation. In his prior role as a Senior Engineering Director at TeleCommunication Systems, he was responsible for systems engineering and mobile application delivery on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 platforms of an off-board navigation and LBS solution for GPS-enabled mobile phones. Prior to TCS, Colin was an Engineering Director in the semiconductor industry at Conexant Systems developing systems and software solutions for VoIP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and spread-spectrum Cordless Telephony. These roles involved technical and program management across multiple sites and countries using both traditional and agile development approaches. Colin is a Chartered Engineer (MIET) and received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Speech Recognition from Imperial College, London and his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from The University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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With professional experience in telecommunications, banking and retail, Raul Azevedo re-joined WeDo Technologies in 2010 as Director of Product Development, responsible for WeDo’s product development, product management and research areas. Raul chaired the TM Forum’s Fraud Management Team between 2011 and 2015.
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Lars Bach is Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Quadsat, responsible for defining the company’s product roadmap and aligning it with current and future industry needs. He joined Quadsat in February 2024, having spent nearly seven years in product and research and development for Universal Robots. Lars is Vice Chairman of the Board for Odense Robotics, Denmark’s cluster for robotics, automation, and drones. He holds a BSc in Eletrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of South Denmark.
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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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As Founder and CEO of SCALABLE Network Technologies (SCALABLE), Dr. Rajive Bagrodia is a thought leader in the field of modeling and simulation, test and analysis, and assessment of the resiliency and impact of cyber threats on large scale networks. Dr. Bagrodia founded SCALABLE Network Technologies in the wake of significant innovations from his research group at UCLA in the theory and practice of performance prediction for large-scale heterogeneous computer and communication systems. Professor Bagrodia saw the opportunity to translate that academic work into innovative products that provided much-needed solutions to the defense community and the global commercial marketplace. Since founding SCALABLE, Dr. Bagrodia has continued to lead the creation of innovative simulation-based test and analysis and cyber assessment capabilities for the US Department of Defense. His contributions have led to SCALABLE securing and delivering on numerous successful contract projects for the defense community. These contracts have also led to the creation of significant Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) tools for the Department of Defense including the Joint Network Emulator (JNE) to model battlefield communication networks and StelathNet, a versatile model of cyber offensive and defensive operations. As a credible leader, Dr. Bagrodia has published over 175 research papers in Computer Science journals and at international conferences on high-performance computing, wireless networking, and parallel simulation and cyber threat assessment. His research was supported by large, multi-investigator grants from federal agencies including DARPA and NSF and he is also the recipient of multiple awards including the NSF Presidential Young Investigator award, the Army Acquisition community award in Modeling & Simulation, and multiple Best Paper awards.
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Bernd Baier is a Business Development Manager for CNT Management Consulting based in Atlanta, GA. With an emphasis on business process consulting, he is helping clients with SAP ERP implementation with a focus on SAP Ariba, Supply Chain Collaboration, and the SAP Business Network.
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Paul Baird is a highly experienced and accomplished IT and cybersecurity professional with over 25 years of industry experience. Currently, he is serving as the Chief Technical Security Officer (CTSO) for Qualys. Throughout his career, Baird has demonstrated a deep understanding of cybersecurity and has been instrumental in building several Security Operations CentresCenters (SOCs). His achievements in the field were recognisedrecognized in 2021 when he was awarded Fellowship of status by the Chartered Institute of Information Security Professionals (CIISec) for his outstanding work in supporting cybersecurity.
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Dan Baker is a Co-Founder at Technology Research Institute, Inc. (TRI) and serves as its Research Director and Principal Market Analyst. During the past four years, Mr. Baker authored seven major multi-client reports that span the breadth of telecom IT systems: wireless and wireline billing systems, OSS/provisioning, customer care/CRM, and telecom data warehousing. Mr. Baker is a Byline Contributor to industry journals such as America’s Network and Telephony and presented his research findings in conferences and private briefings in Asia, Europe, and South America. Mr. Baker served as a Market Analyst at Venture Development Corporation (VDC), where he tracked the telecom and real-time computer markets. Mr. Baker also chaired a semi-annual conference on “Marketing and Selling Telecom IT Solutions,” a joint production of TRI and Telestrategies.
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If you’ve met Rich Baker then you’ve probably heard his view of technology. “It has to be fast, simple, and just work, every time.” We’re not sure if this conviction was born while pursuing his PhD from Stanford, on the faculty at UCLA, as CTO at PictureTel, or on the day he started developing Glance’s visual engagement solutions. Regardless, as Glance Founder and CTO, he has driven his vision into every aspect of Glance’s business and our customers’ lives.
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Balan Balakrishnan is Managing Director, Global Data & Analytics and the Chief Data and Analytics Officer for Liberty Global, a multinational cable and telecommunications company. In this role, he is responsible for building Liberty’s data and advanced analytics capabilities globally and leveraging it to transform Liberty Global’s customer value proposition and experience and overall financial and operations performance management. Bala has more than 25 years of experience in business and customer value management transformation through the use of data and advanced analytics, strategy and business and digital transformation across marketing, sales, network operations and IT. Prior to joining Liberty, Bala most recently served as senior partner at EY North America, leading EY’s consulting practice for the Cable and Satellite practice globally, and leading EY’s Customer Experience service line. Bala has also held various senior roles in Booz & Company, Qwest Communications and Sprint Corporation. Bala has an MBA in global gusiness management from University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Missouri.
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Al Balasco is the Head of Media, Core and Applications Business, Radisys. Prior to his current role, he was the Sr. Director of Product Management for the Media Server business. Before joining Radisys in October 2010, Al was the Director of Product Management in Avaya Inc.’s Unified Communications business unit where he was responsible for the delivery of a variety of collaboration solutions and partnerships. Prior to Avaya, Mr. Balasco was the Vice President of Product Management at Spectel and was instrumental in defining the company’s VOIP conferencing and collaboration strategy. He also served as Director of Marketing for Sonexis Inc. and Director of Product Management at Brooktrout Software. Mr. Balasco has over 25 years of product management, business development and marketing experience in the telecommunications industry and has an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston.
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Arun Balasubramanian is a seasoned telecom executive with over 26 years of experience in technology development, sales, marketing and business development. He has a strong background in wireless networks, wireless devices, wireline networks and OSS/BSS systems. Arun has international experience leading businesses in India, US, Israel and France. Before joining Radisys, Arun was responsible for steering Tech Mahindra’s growth in the emerging technologies of SDN & NFV and headed Strategy, Solutions & Marketing for the network integration services with telecom operators globally. In addition, he also was responsible for the relationship and 360-degree growth with the telecom technology ecosystem globally. In his current role at Radisys, Arun is responsible for establishing and growing the Digital Network Services business and helping global telecom operators achieve digital transformation and become true digital telcos.
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Venky Balasubramanian is co-Founder of Plivo and a leading Voice & SMS API and carrier network innovator. Venky brings more than a decade of industry experience with multinational telecom companies including Huawei Technologies, Subex Ltd., and Narus Networks. His company has helped more than 40,000 businesses of all sizes in 230 countries build popular Voice & SMS applications, including call centers, conferencing, two-step verification, call tracking, mobile notifications, and much more. His mission is to take the complexity out of enterprise telecommunication and drive quality in Voice & SMS capabilities up and costs down.
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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 Chief Operating Officer at Netformx, where he has responsibility for global field operations including sales, marketing and customer services. Mr. Bamberger came to Netformx in September 2010 from Oracle, where he was vice president of North America sales for Oracle Communications. At Oracle, Mr. Bamberger managed Oracle's BSS, OSS, and service delivery platform businesses throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Bamberger is a nineteen-year veteran of the communications industry. Earlier in his career, he spent seven years with Accenture working with the world's leading communications service providers. He has spent the last twelve years with Silicon Valley software companies, where he has held executive positions in sales, marketing, and business development with Clarify (now Amdocs), Cygent (now Convergys), Vitria Technology, Siebel Systems, and Oracle Corporation.
Mr. Bamberger is an expert in business, operations, and network enterprise solutions, and at various points in his career has designed, implemented, tested, sold, and marketed those systems throughout the world. He particularly enjoys working with customers on customer-facing, business, and process issues, helping senior executives maximize the value of their systems investments while driving positive change. Mr. Bamberger holds a B.A. in computer science from Duke University.
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Sally Bament is vice president of cloud & service provider marketing at Juniper Networks, where she is responsible for Juniper's routing, automation, SDN/NFV, 5G/mobile, data center and security portfolios. Sally brings more than 25 years of experience in the networking, telecommunications and cloud industries, driving go-to-market strategies for industry-leading solutions for cloud providers, telco, cable and mobile operators. Prior to joining Juniper, Bament held executive leadership roles at a number of successful venture-funded startups in the Boston area. She also held senior product management positions at Nortel, Bay Networks/Wellfleet and Motorola, and started her career as a software engineer for British Petroleum's networking division. She earned a BSc in computer science from the University of York, England.
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Ari Banerjee is Vice President, Strategy, for Netcracker Technology, responsible for the strategic direction of the company and enabling the company to exploit the changing market and technology opportunities. In his role, Ari has to interface with industry organizations, standards bodies, media and analysts and run marketing and strategic partner programs for Netcracker. Before joining Netcracker Ari led Heavy Reading's Service Provider IT (SPIT) practice which included all aspects of telecom software research. In his role Ari examined the breadth of software used by communications service providers in customer, business, service and infrastructure management. His area of focus included all aspects of BSS, OSS, SDP, API exposure, policy management, digital commerce, revenue assurance, service assurance and elements that span both the infrastructure and network software markets, such as data warehousing, analytics and business intelligence. He was actively involved in operator cloud strategy research and evaluating the impact of SDN and NFV on operator's IT systems. Prior to joining Heavy Reading, Ari was the vice president of next generation oftware systems at Yankee Group, leading and overseeing all aspects of their telecom software research.
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Sekhar Banerjee is senior manager of product management for optimization at Openwave Mobility where he is responsible for the planning, development and go-to-market strategy for optimization products. He has over 20 years of product, engineering and software management and marketing experience. Sekhar holds a Masters in Computer Applications from Gujarat University, Gujarat, India and attended UC Berkley's, Walter A Haas School of Business Executive Development Program for Product Management.
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John Bantleman has three decades of experience in the management of software companies. Prior to overseeing RainStor, John transformed LBMS from a small start-up business prior to its successful NASDAQ flotation in 1997. Today’s LBMS’ technology is now part of CA’s product portfolio. The following year John was instrumental in the launch of Evolve, and drove the company through to a successful IPO on NASDAQ. Returning to the UK in 2003, John spent 12 months working on the advisory boards of venture capital organizations such as Apax Partners. He joined RainStor Inc. as Chairman in 2004 and became CEO at the start of 2007 and relocated back to the US to head-up worldwide operations in 2009.
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Ittai Bareket is Chief Executive Officer at Netformx. Under Mr. Bareket’s strategic leadership Netformx has become the leader in enterprise sales enablement and profit acceleration platforms. Netformx enables IT solution providers to design and sell winning and implementable multivendor solutions, while operating their businesses profitably. Netformx accelerates solution provider profits by providing powerful business intelligence, actionable insights, collaboration, and automation that connect people, information, and processes. The result is increased competitiveness and productivity across the sales lifecycle.
Netformx has over 2,000 service provider, systems integrator, and technology vendor customers in more than 120 countries. They rely on the company’s award-winning solutions to design and sell winning and implementable multivendor network, data center, managed, hosted and cloud solutions, while operating their businesses profitably.
Mr. Bareket joined Netformx in 2000 and had responsibility for sales, marketing, and operations before being appointed CEO in the summer of 2005. Previously he held 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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Sam Barker is a Senior Analyst with Juniper Research. Sam’s focus areas lie across Juniper Key Vertical Markets and Strategy & Competition Streams, covering key connected verticals including digital health, digital advertising, smart homes, mobile voice and messaging. He previously worked as project support analyst for a major online retailer, planning, forecasting, and reporting on budgets for large company projects. Sam holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Portsmouth.
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Bob Barrows is the founder of monetizationCloud, a cloud monetization products and growth consulting business that advises digital service providers and commerce leadership teams on maximizing the monetization of their connected customers. As a consistent business unit and marketing operations leader for the past twenty years, Bob has been a pioneer in building outcome based agile operations that incorporate the design, implementation, and support of the monetization of a businesses' connected eco-system and digital portfolio within both consumer and business channels.
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Robert Barrows is the co-founder of the new Enterprise & Cloud Billing SW division within Comverse, As part of this new business, Robert is tasked to define the overall market strategy and lead the product management, marketing & presales for their new emerging cloud B/OSS portfolio that Comverse is bringing to the Global Enterprise Marketplace. In addition, Robert continues to be the Kenan global business leader with a global Enterprise customer base of over 100 customers.
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Alice Bartram is Associate Vice President, Head of Portfolio Marketing, for Comverse. Ms. Bartram has been putting her strong technology background to use in the telecoms software industry for over a decade, currently as Head of Portfolio Marketing for Comverse’s family of solutions that enable Telecom operator success in the connected world through monetization and service innovation. Previously, Ms Bartram lead Product Management & Marketing for Comverse’s successful Business Support System (BSS) product line, where she oversaw the successful launch, branding and advancement of the Comverse ONE® Billing and Active Customer Management solution. Prior to joining Comverse, Ms Bartram was involved in various aspects of the product lifecycle through a variety sales, marketing and product management roles for companies such as Lucent, Silicon Graphics and Texas Instruments. Ms Bartram has a Master of Science degree in Management from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Vermont.
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Chris Bastian joined SCTE/ISBE in 2015 following three decades of leadership in advanced cable and network security technologies. Chris is responsible for all areas of technology and engineering to ensure that SCTE and ISBE maintain a leadership role in standardizing and operationalizing advanced technology, including the SCTE Standards Program and the SCTE Engineering Committee – as well as groundbreaking efforts such as SCTE’s Energy 2020 program. Prior to joining SCTE/ISBE, Chris spent 10 years with Comcast, where he served as senior director of converged regional area network engineering for the Comcast Network Engineering Group, executive director of network architecture for the Comcast Technology and Product Group and ultimately as executive director of Comcast’s Xfinity WiFi network. Previously, he had held network operations and engineering positions with RCN and Comcast Cellular Communications, and had spent 10 years in engineering and leadership capacities with the National Security Agency. Chris holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University and an M.S. in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University.
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Sanjay Basu, Ph.D Senior Director, GenAI/GPU Cloud Engineering at Oracle focuses on the advanced services like Generative AI, Machine-Learning, GPU Engineering, Blockchain, Microservices, Industrial IoT, 5G core along with Cloud Security and Compliance. He has double masters in Computer Science and Systems Design. His PhD was in Organizational Behaviour and Applied Neuroscience. Currently, he is pursuing his second PhD in AI. His focus of research is Retentive Networks.
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Rohit Batra is VP and Head of Product Management for Telecom, Media and Technology industry at ServiceNow, leading the product strategy and roadmap for network and service experience, order management, and customer experience for ServiceNow customers. Prior to ServiceNow, Rohit ran the solutions and product strategy teams at various organizations including Salesforce, Amdocs, Oracle and Comverse. He has over 20 years of experience in TMT industry across customer experience and BSS/OSS domain running delivery, solutions, and product management functions.
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Daria Batrakova is a Senior Consultant at FNT Software. She has worked in network operation and OSS integration roles in the telecommunications field for almost 15 years. Daria graduated from Moscow State University with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics.
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Ryan Baumann is Global Director, Data Center Sales, KPS for Kohler Co. As a power professional, Ryan has focused his efforts over the last 20 years with Kohler Power Systems to listening to customers and helping them grow. In his current role, Ryan is the Global Director for Kohler Power Systems where he is responsible for all Data Center projects and partners worldwide. Leveraging his background in the industry, Ryan works in concert with end users, consultants, contractors, and distribution partners early in the design phase and throughout the project lifecycle to offer solutions to fit each customers need.
During his tenure with Kohler, Ryan has enjoyed all aspects of the power business. His early days were spent commissioning mission critical facilities across the globe, designing cutting edge control systems, and managing all aspects of sales, design, training, and production for large custom power projects. Ryan is committed to continuous improvement, providing best in class product, processes, and strategies to give our customers an experience unparalleled in the market.
Ryan is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville, with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He and his wife, Jessica, enjoy travelling and exploring the country with their seven children.
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Dan Baxter is a seasoned OOB professional with over 20+ years of experience. His primary duties at Opengear include supporting strategic accounts as Director of Sales Engineering and managing the US group of sales engineers and solution architects. Dan is a trusted advisor for his customers. He focus is on helping hyper-scale and enterprise customers’ find practical applications for Opengear's OOB solutions. This includes full life-cycle design, deployment advice and automation integration.
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Kirsten Bay is CEO of Cysurance. She brings brings over 25 years of experience in risk intelligence, information management, and policy expertise across a variety of sectors. In the last 6 years, Kirsten has been the CEO of big data and cybersecurity companies, leading the strategy and development of next-generation analytics and attack detection technologies. Throughout her career, Kirsten has been appointed to congressional committees developing cyber policies, initiatives and recommendations for the intelligence community and held executive roles at Cyber adAPT, Attensity Group, and iSIGHT Partners.
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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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Afarin Bellisario bridges East and West, Past and Future Modernity and Tradition. Born and raised in Tehran in a family with its feet in the past and its head in the future, she was educated and built a career in high-tech in the US. But her passion has always been writing. She started writing in pre-revolutionary Iran. Her non-technical publications in the US, include Movies with My Aunt, in Anthology, Love and Pomegranate, and Silenced Whispers, a novel. She writes a regular blog on Medium, The Counterview. https://medium.com/the-counterview. Her op-eds have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe. Her new novel, Silenced Whispers, explores the clash between tradition and modernization as a society transforms.
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Amit Ben is CTO and Co-founder of Nanorep. He has over 15 years of experience leading and developing online solutions and Machine Learning algorithms. Amit’s biggest passion project currently is spearheading the NLP element is at the core of Nanorep's intelligent technology.
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Gadi Ben-Gad is Product Marketing Manager for the Amdocs Revenue Management group, which spans the areas of charging & billing, mediation, service platform and partner settlement. He is responsible for defining and executing the product marketing of Amdocs’ Partner Management and OTT Monetization solutions. Gadi draws on 10 years of experience in leading software and semiconductor companies, serving in various marketing management roles with expertise across the mobile communications ecosystem.
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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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Lucas Beran joined Dell’Oro Group in 2021 and is responsible for coverage of Data Center Physical Infrastructure. Mr. Beran’s research and analysis has been widely cited in leading trade and business publications. Mr. Beran regularly speaks at industry conferences such as Data Center Dynamics and Data Center World, OCP, and also presents to senior executives at corporations. Mr. Beran graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and Applied Mathematics minor from the Honors College of Boise State University.
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Justin Berger is Group Chief Strategy Officer of Boldyn Networks, one of the largest shared communications infrastructure companies in the world. He is responsible for developing the global business case to meet projections and assessing future opportunities to realise business growth for the company. Additionally in his role, he oversees the development and implementation of Boldyn’s corporate strategy, strategic investments, acquisitions, and integrations. Under his leadership, in 2023 Boldyn acquired the mobile private networks business unit from Cellnex, as a measure to boost the company’s private networks strategy. The business unit is part of Justin’s organisation. Passionate about the role connectivity plays in realising smart communities, Justin is an accomplished leader with deep technology experience, who has transformed highly complex organisations. He is recognised for developing and executing strategies and growing global businesses. He leverages his broad global expertise, as he works closely with Boldyn’s sales, product management, and technology teams to drive innovation around the world. Justin Berger joined the former BAI Communications as strategy manager in 2016 before being promoted to Head of Group Strategy in March 2018. Before joining BAI, now Boldyn, he spent over a decade in strategy and management consulting working on projects across Europe, including senior roles at Kea & Partners in Paris and h&z Business Consulting in Munich. He received an MBA in Strategy from the ESSEC Business School in France.
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Marco Bertolini is Product Line Management Leader for all Systems in Nokia’s Optical Networks portfolio. He oversees a team of ~40 product managers responsible for all Nokia ON hardware platforms and embedded software. He joined Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia) in 2010 to work on development of DSP for 100G applications and beyond. Prior to the current position, he held different roles in Product Line Management, ranging from consultancy on design of coherent optical systems to the management of the high-speed interfaces and photonic modules for 1830 PSS. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 papers for multiple conferences and peer-reviewed journals. Marco holds a BS/MS in Telecommunication Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Information Technologies from University of Parma, Italy. His research on nonlinear effects in phase-modulated WDM systems with coherent detection. During his Ph.D. he was a visiting student of Université Laval (Quebec, CA) and Bell Labs France.
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Jeff Betteker is Chief Strategy Officer for One Source Networks (OSN). Jeff's primary focus is creation and implementation of corporate strategy with a focus on enhancing customer experience and driving operational improvements. Prior to joining OSN, Jeff held the role of Senior Vice President at Level 3 Communications where he was responsible for the Enterprise Sales Engineering organization. Before assuming this position, Jeff spent 20 years with Satellite Business Systems and MCI Communications.
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Renuka Bhalerao is Senior Product Line Manager, CellEngine and Trillium Software for Radisys. Renuka can be reached at renuka.bhalerao@radisys.com.
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Ankur Bhan is the creator and Global Head of Nokia’s Worldwide IoT network grid (WING) business line, which provides a one stop managed service for all the IoT needs of operators and enterprise customers. In this role, Ankur oversees all aspects of WING business including strategy, portfolio, engineering, business development and worldwide service delivery. Prior to this, he headed the Strategy, Partnerships and Portfolio Management team for Managed Services globally, where he was responsible for overall MS product performance and the introduction of new innovations to the market. Previously, Ankur has 15+ years of management consulting experience where he led numerous strategy, business transformation and performance improvement projects for major telecom operators across the globe. Ankur holds a degree in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India and an MBA from the London Business School. He is currently based in Dubai.
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Jitin Bhandari brings over 20 years of experience to his role as the CTO for Core Networks at Nokia Cloud and Network Services. A technology visionary with end-to-end expertise in networks, operations, and services, he leverages his unique ability to focus on the big picture while diving deep into detail for flawless execution. Jitin brings extensive knowledge of IP transformation of networks into 5G, software, and cloud for worldwide markets. He has led strategic investments and go-to-market strategy focusing on growth in new markets across many product domains.
Jitin holds a BS in computer science and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A self-proclaimed techie-geek, Jitin also has many other interests including sports, fitness, acting, voice, and theater work. He is happily married and a father to two daughters. Jitin and his family live in Austin, Texas.
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Serving as Vice President of Solutions Marketing and Strategy for GENBAND, Sanjay Bhatia oversees the company’s product marketing organization and alignment of GENBAND’s go-to-market strategy across different market segments including NFV, Cloud, Enterprise Unified Communications, MSO and Wireless. Bhatia is an accomplished telecommunications professional with over 28 years of wide-ranging global experience. Bhatia has held a variety of senior leadership roles in Product Marketing, Product Line Management, and Research & Development for leading technology companies. He possesses a strong track record of successfully introducing new technologies via innovative product and solutions launches. Bhatia is an accomplished speaker who has presented at several global events. Prior to joining GENBAND, Bhatia served in senior business unit and marketing roles at Tekelec and various leadership positions at Nortel Networks. Bhatia holds bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech University.
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Aayush Bhatnagar leads the technology research and development organization at Jio. As part of this role, he leads new product and platform initiatives including the 5G Core, 5G New Radio, Blockchain, Cloud Orchestration, as well as forward looking initiatives involving Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G. He is a hands-on software engineer and an open source enthusiast.
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A seasoned telecom industry professional with over 22 years of extensive telco, sales, and enterprise development experience, Robert Bianco presently serves as the Vice President of Business Development for Hylan. In his current role, Robert is responsible for developing and executing company sales, liaising with partners, securing business partnerships, and overseeing public relations and marketing plans, while implementing new strategies and tools for Hylan and its company divisions: Hylan Datacom & Electrical, Down Under Construction, Hylan West, and Western Utility. Prior to Hylan, Robert served as Vice President and General Manager for the NYC Metro Area for tw telecom (presently CenturyLink). Robert also held key management and sales positions at companies such as Last Mile Connections, Inc., Qwest (presently CenturyLink) and Tata Communications. A leading industry expert on optimal network solutions, including business continuity and disaster recovery, Robert is also a distinguished speaker and mentor. His speaking engagements include panels at the Annual New York City Real Estate Expo, Converged New York, Real Estate Tech Forum, Telecom Exchange, and the 3rd Annual Spring Forum on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centers. He also serves as an Associate Board Member for SCTE•ISBE, the premier membership organization for technical cable telecommunications professionals. He contributes regularly with articles on topics such as 5G, smart cities, fiber optic connectivity and more to publications such as New York Real Estate Journal and In Building Magazine.
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Nick Biasini is an Outreach Engineer for the Cisco Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group (Talos). His interest in computers and technology started at a young age when he tore apart his parents brand new 486SX PC. Ever since, he has been tinkering with computers in one way or another. Nick started down the path of information systems in college and has spent his professional career working in information security. Nick has spent time in most roles in a SOC including analyst, engineer, and managing teams. Nick has a master's degree in digital forensics from the University of Central Florida and has worked for government and private sector environments in his career. In his time with Talos, Nick has researched a wide range of topics including Exploit Kits and various malware campaigns being distributed through SPAM.
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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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Jonas Björklund has developed broad technical knowledge within IT, networks and telecom through his more than 15 years in the wireless industry. As co-founder of Aptilo and with a background in various roles including product management, Jonas has played an important part in developing the Aptilo solution into what it is today. In his role as Aptilo’s CTO, working from our Dallas office, he continues this mission of developing and articulating Aptilo´s strategic technical direction through close dialogue and relationships with customers, partners and other industry influencers. He is deeply involved in the everyday process of developing and designing the solution, and meeting the complex requirements of new and demanding markets. Jonas has an M.Sc. in System Engineering and background within technical pre-sales, project management and software development. Jonas has extensive international sales experience with EMEA, APAC and the Americas. Prior to Björklund’s role as CTO he served as Director Global Sales Engineering at Aptilo.
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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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Mario Blandini Head of Global Marketing at DASAN Zhone Solutions, an Association for Passive Optical LAN (APOLAN) member company. Mr. Blandini joined DZS in June 2018, bringing more than twenty years of marketing experience from the IT, networking, SaaS, and cloud data center sectors. Prior to joining DZS, Mr. Blandini was Vice President of Marketing for SwiftStack, focused on cloud and software-defined infrastructure. He was also Vice President of Marketing for Drobo, following a tenure at Brocade where he technical and product roles by way of the acquisition of Rhapsody Networks in 2003. Mr. Blandini began his career serving 6 years in the United States Marine Corps specialized in IT systems. Mr. Blandini holds a B.S. in Business - Information Systems from University of Phoenix.
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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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Shirley Bloomfield is chief executive officer of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, which represents nearly 850 independent, community-based telecommunications companies across rural America.
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Krzysztof Blusz is Global Expansion Director at Synerise, a company that provides an AI-driven platform for business growth. A sought-after public speaker and regular contributor to top media outlets, Krzysztof is a technology enthusiast and a passionate builder of companies and organizations. He has worked for venture capital funds and managed companies in technology, media and telecom industries in Great Britain and Poland. He has also funded built and steered leading international think tanks and has carried out international assignments for private, public and non-governmental organizations in Europe, North America and Asia. Since 2015, he has served as a member of the CEE Advisory Council for Liberty Group, the world's largest international TV and broadband company, with operations in more than 30 countries.
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Thomas Board is Pipeline magazine’s European news editor, working out of Pipeline's London Bureau covering technology topics from around the globe. Prior to joining Pipeline, Mr. Board covered news and technology topics for various blogs and publications throughout the industry. Mr. Board’s prior experience includes working as a first responder, which serves him well when manning Pipeline’s hectic and fast-moving global news desk.
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Ramu Bodathula is Executive Director, Product Architecture, VCTI. He is an EMS/NMS subject matter expert, with over 25 years’ experience in software architecture, design, development and deployment of EMS and NMS for various types of network elements. Ramu has held key positions with Varros Telecom, Wipro Technologies, DSQ Software, working for key customers such as Alcatel Lucent, Acme Packet, OKI Electric, Japan and Citibank, India.
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Etay Bogner is the former CEO of Meta Networks and now VP of Zero-trust Products for Proofpoint. He is focused on helping organizations provide secure remote access for employees, contractors and partners to corporate applications and the internet.
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Dave Bolan is Research Director for Mobile Core Network and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) markets. He joined Dell’Oro Group in 2017 and is currently responsible for the Mobile Core Network market research, as well as our Advanced Research report for Multi-Access Edge Computing market research programs. He previously covered the Carrier IP Telephony, and Wireless Packet Core markets for Dell’Oro Group. Mr. Bolan has written articles in industry media such as RCR Wireless. Mr. Bolan’s research and analysis has been widely cited in leading trade and business publications. Mr. Bolan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, including CTIA Wireless conference, 5G Core Summit, NetEvents Global Summit, and SDN NFV World Congress.
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George Bolt is Senior Consultant with Neural Technologies. Following an education covering general sciences, practical and theoretical computing, artificial intelligence and neural computing, George has developed a wide range of skills and received many awards in recognition of his abilities. During his first degree (First Class, Hons.) at Brunel University, George developed many software applications for various companies such as Esso, IBM and CERN, covering areas from hardware systems to high-level user interfaces. The University of York presented him with his doctorate following his extensive research into fault tolerance for neural computing. George joined Neural Technologies as a Neural Scientist in 1994. Since then, he has worked on a number of customised developments and has been one of the key drivers behind the development of Machine Learning within Fraud detection and Business Assurance functions. George is widely recognised as an expert in the field of fraud analysis with the application of machine learning techniques (such as neural computing).
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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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Jeff Boozer is a technology industry veteran with more than 25 years working with both large and early stage technology companies. With an entrepreneurial spirit and strategic focus on creating long-term value, his career has focused on emerging and rapidly transforming industries including mobile, competitive telecom, cloud services, and smart grid. Jeff currently serves as the COO at Shango, overseeing business operations, including P&L responsibilities, and ensuring an efficient and effective management of resources. In his previous position as Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Martin Group, Jeff built the commercialization strategy and sales model for the company’s flagship, next generation OSS software product. The company achieved dominant market share with independent communications services providers growing to more than 40% market share in 5 years. He also led the company’s successful pursuit of new domestic and international markets and developed strategies for two new product lines generating significant revenues. After Martin Group merged with CHR in 2009, Jeff led integration of the combined sales organization, developed the company’s emerging markets strategy for cloud services providers and smart grid, and transitioned the sales model from license to subscription (SaaS) sales. Jeff has also advised and consulted with multiple companies developing strategies to enter new markets, grow market share, and grow revenues. Over his career he has worked with 4 startups, 2 acquisition/roll ups for investor groups, and 2 turnarounds. He has served as advisor and consultant to 7 successful startup technology companies, with a passion for helping management teams capitalize on market opportunities through innovative differentiation strategies, focused value propositions, and consistent operational effectiveness. Jeff received his MBA from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
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Joerg Borchert was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering and business administration at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. He achieved his PhD in Economics before he joined Siemens AG in 1988. Initially Joerg was on the staff of the Corporate Board of Directors handling Mergers & Acquisitions in Munich, Germany. In 1992 he joined Siemens Semiconductor, which became Infineon Technologies in 1999.
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Carol L. Borghesi is a telecoms industry professional, now in part-time management consulting. Carol helped launch the customer experience and digital experience evolutions in her own operations and those of major clients. She ran 999 (911 equivalent in the UK), Repair/ Dispatch, Customer Service and Billing for telcos for more than 20 years, managing call volumes in the millions. From her early work with TELUS in Canada, to British Telecom in the UK, Bharti AirTel in India and consulting assignments in Africa and Australia, Carol has used team-based strategy and employee-led implementation programs to bring executives, management, and employees through major operational changes, with profound customer and employee satisfaction and financial performance improvements. Carol began her 32-year career in the telecoms field pre-deregulation, making the period an intense masterclass in large-scale organizational change. Carol started in marketing and moved into sales, followed by increasingly senior operations responsibility in business, consumer, and wholesale divisions. This blend of perspectives helped shape Carol’s leadership style, her systems approach to scaling operations and deep practical experience in the evolution of people management. Carol has worked in union environments—both employee and management—and non-union organizations with great success, yielding expertise in appreciation for all aspects of human resources processes and policies. At BT, Carol and her team worked with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and found more than $250 million in operational savings, while respectfully managing workforce realignment to increase capacity and skill enhancements. Carol understands firsthand that putting the customer first AND at the heart of the organization is the only way to keep promises to customers. Carol and her husband George live in Metro Vancouver and are proud grandparents to four little ones…and counting!
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Melissa Borza is a global technology executive, speaker and author. At Netformx she is responsible for leading the Netformx Ecosystem product strategy and driving product management and marketing. By implementing best practices, leading collaboration across teams, and ensuring continuous innovation, Melissa delivers IT technology solutions that address real customer problems. Prior to joining Netformx, Melissa was VP Product Management for CA Technologies. In her 23 years at CA Technologies she built new businesses, invented new IT management products, penetrated new markets, and ensured operational excellence. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree from Syracuse University.
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Stephane Bourque is the technological inspiration behind Incognito Software Systems’ provisioning solutions. As President and CEO, Stephane has built an elite team of dedicated engineers and championed Incognito’s development of high performance, multi-platform IP and DNS software. Originally from Montreal, Canada, and educated at Concordia University, Stephane applied his computer engineering background at Banyan Systems to design enterprise network management systems for Fortune 1000 companies like Bell Canada.
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Santiago Bouzas is the Director of Product Management at Enea Openwave. Santi has over 15 years of experience working in the mobile industry, specializing in mobile internet delivery technologies. Santi has experience leading sales engineering’s teams and has secured deals with some of the world’s largest mobile operators.
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Leading Comptel’s business in the highly competitive Americas market, Cody Bowman brings successful IT and telecom experience to the region. He draws upon significant expertise in sales, business development, engineering and professional services. Cody and his team are focused on helping North and South American service providers create new value by transforming their subscriber’s on-line experiences into personal and relevant digital moments. Prior to joining Comptel, Cody was Regional Vice President for AdaptiveMobile where he provided digital communications security solutions for subscribers throughout the Americas. Cody was formerly Sr. Vice President for the Business Solutions Organization division at Nokia where he led the growth of mission critical software solutions. Cody also served as Executive Director and GM for the Americas at BEA Systems (now Oracle) and has held key management and engineering roles at Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and the United States Coast Guard. Cody earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Dallas Baptist University, with graduate studies in International Business from Southern Methodist University.
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Eric Brabaender, chief marketing officer.
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Becky Bracken, a writer, reporter and blogger with a specialty in communications technology. Equal parts nerd and part pop culture junkie, Becky distills the latest tech news and trends with a distinctly wry and human approach. A decade ago, Becky launched her career with publications including Phone + and X-Change and now lends her voice to Pipeline as a writer and managing editor.
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As Vice President of Fraud and Security Intelligence at SAS, Stu Bradley leads a diverse team of nearly 400 technology and domain experts in more than two dozen countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. He and his team help commercial and public organizations leverage the most advanced analytic technologies in the arenas of AML/CFT compliance, banking fraud and financial crimes, healthcare cost containment, insurance fraud, procurement integrity, tax compliance, social benefits fraud, public security and cybersecurity. Bradley’s anti-fraud career spans more than two decades. Since joining SAS in 2009, he has served in leadership roles advancing the Fraud and Security Intelligence portfolio across four main pillars: Industry Fraud, AML Compliance, Public Security, and Cybersecurity. He’s declared it his personal mission to help organizations and businesses implement a modern approach to stopping crime before it happens.
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Mike Branch is the Vice President of Data & Analytics at Geotab and leads the charge for developing solutions that enable insight from over 1.4 million connected vehicles and 30 billion telematics records that Geotab processes on a daily basis. Mike joined the Geotab team in 2016, and prior to that was the CEO of Inovex Inc. which in 2013 spun off a brand new entity Maps BI -- a platform for geo-spatial data visualization. Maps BI was integrated within Geotab's telematics platform as a key partner and was later acquired by Geotab in 2016. Mike has received numerous honors including the University of Toronto Arbor Award and Early Career Award, Engineers Canada Young Engineer Award, Professional Engineers of Ontario Engineering Medal, and the Cloud Innovation World Cup.
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Michael Brenner is Chief Architect, NFV for Cloudify. In this role, he leads the company’s standardization strategy for SDN and NFV, thus influencing product strategy for Cloudify and the ARIA project. He previously served as SVP product strategy for ClearPath Networks, where he drove product management, standardization and open source strategy for the company’s platform for virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) use cases. Prior to ClearPath Networks, he was senior architect and director in the CloudBand Business Unit of Alcatel-Lucent, responsible for CloudBand’s NFV platform architectural vision and NFV standardization strategy.
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Bernard Breton is SVP, Americas & APAC and CMO for InfoVista. Mr. Breton is responsible for Sales in the Americas and Asia-Pacific, as well as InfoVista’s marketing strategy. He joined the company following the acquisition of Mentum in 2012 where he was Chief Operating & Strategy Officer. In that capacity, he was in charge of business strategy, marketing, sales, deliveries and customer care. Prior to this, Mr. Breton was a director at Ericsson and member of the TEMS executive team following the acquisition of Marconi where he was vice-president of R&D for the wireless division, leading the product strategy and development of the network planning and billing mediation products. Mr. Breton is a recognized leader in the fields of radio propagation and wireless network simulation and optimization. He has spoken at numerous industry events, has authored multiple technical papers and patents and has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Breton holds a degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Telecommunications from the Sherbrooke University in Canada.
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Marijus Briedis is the CTO at NordVPN, a leading VPN service provider. Years of web development and system administration eventually led Marijus to become an expert in the VPN industry. Besides his passion for everything IT, Marijus is a lifetime learner, exploring the world with a smile and a positive attitude.
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Telecoms tech veteran and serial entrepreneur Carsten Brinkschulte is co-founder and CEO of impact tech startup Dryad Networks. The firm’s large-scale IoT network for the ultra-early detection of wildfires will help to save the world's forests and fight climate change. Carsten’s 20 years in mobile network infrastructure includes three successful exits: Core Network Dynamics (acquired by Twilio), Movirtu (acquired by Blackberry), and Synchronica (acquired by DAT Group).
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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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Keith Brody is Head of Communications at DigitalRoute. He has worked in BSS for over 15 years as a journalist, analyst, editor and marketer, in that time authoring numerous books, articles and papers.
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John Brooks is one of the founders of Connexn Technologies, which was one of the pioneers in Telecom Revenue Management technology in the world. Beginning in the 1990s he also served as an executive advisor and assisted several successful technology start-ups as they pursued and acquired funding. Today he also serves as a Vice President in Subex (acquired Connexn/Azure in 2006). He has over 28 years of experience in Telecommunications, spanning Fixed, Mobile, Data, and Video technologies. Within the industry Mr. Brooks was a board member for the GBA, founding leader of the TM Forum Fraud team (authoring the first International Fraud Operations and Fraud Classifications guides), and now leads the TM Forum Network Asset Management team, focusing on transformative best practices for SDN/NFV operations. Over the years Mr. Brooks has served as an Advisory Board member for a prominent technical university, has spoken at over 60 industry events and authored numerous papers on topics spanning IoT, Digital Disruption, Big Data, SDN/NFV Transformation Strategies, and Enterprise Risk Management. Mr. Brooks has worked with more than 100 operators globally, and directed over 40 successful Cost, Revenue, and Business Optimization engagements at over 24 top-tier carriers globally, including AT&T, America Movil, BT, Vodafone, Telecom New Zealand, Optus, and Verizon.
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George Brostoff is CEO of SensibleVision, which makes facial-recognition software. Brostoff has seven U.S. patents and has developed technology used by Dell and other major companies. The company develops 3D face recognition software for major companies supplying solutions for IOT, access control, mobile and electronic payments, healthcare, and hospitality.
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Tom Broström is the Research Technical Directory at Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc. (CPVI). Since joining the company in Dec 2016, he has worked with the U.S. National Security Agency’s Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity Research to engage the academic community under their Science of Security Initiative, and led advanced research in securing embedded systems. Prior to joining CPVI, he was a Senior Engineering Leader and Technical Director at NSA, and veteran of 33 years. He is a graduate of NSA’s Senior Technical Development Program and is a recipient of NSA’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He was also an adjunct instructor at NSA’s National Cryptologic School and at the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He holds an M.S. in computer science from UMBC.
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Heather Broughton has served as the Sr. Director of Marketing since NETSCOUT’s acquisition of Tektronix Communication in 2015. Prior to the acquisition, Ms. Broughton served in senior marketing and product roles overseeing the planning, development, and implementation of global carrier service provider monitoring solutions and marketing strategies including marketing communications, digital marketing, product marketing, and public relations. Ms. Broughton has worked on new product introductions exceeding a portfolio of 200 million US dollars. Ms. Broughton has over 20 years of hands-on experience in telecom including positions held at Verizon/MCI in performance management and translations for both fixed and mobile networks.
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Tiffany C. Brown serves as the CEO of Sage Management, Inc (“Sage”), where she has been on the leadership te am since 2004. As CEO, Ms. Brown helps clients to implement and recognize optimal savings from their inventory through real-time rating of orders and blockchain solutions. She is well-known and respected in the telecommunications industry from her work on intercarrier compensation issues. Ms. Brown is a subject matter expert on telecommunications ordering, billing, inventory, FCC rulings, tariffs, intercarrier compensation and blockchain technology. Experience: Sage Management (2004 - Present). Ms. Brown has successfully helped Sage’s clients achieve over $4B in telecom savings. Ms. Brown has been responsible for blockchain solutions, inventory builds and audits across the Enterprise, Government, and Carrier space. Ms. Brown has directed teams to analyze hundreds of data points across disparate order, inventory, contract, tariff, and billing sources. Ms. Brown has represented her clients as a subject matter expert in large scale vendor dispute negotiations, including meeting with Public Utility Commissions (PUCs) and working through FCC-mediated settlements. TEOCO Corporation (2001 – 2003). Ms. Brown identified and negotiated settlements yielding over $200M in annualized savings in addition to helping to create Call Detail Record (CDR) mapping to invoice automation. Winstar Communications (1998 – 2001). Ms. Brown identified and negotiated settlements yielding over $50M in annualized savings in addition to implementing a Telecom Expense Management (TEM) system with her team. Lockheed Martin (1995 – 1998). Ms. Brown interned as a Systems Engineer working on the ACeS system for satellite telecommunications in addition to working on the flight card for the Mars Surveyor. Education Ms. Brown attended the University of Virginia Engineering School with a major in Systems Engineering (1993 – 1998).
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Tom Brown is DataGryd’s President and CEO, responsible for planning and implementing the company’s strategy, and managing the overall revenue growth of the company. Mr. Brown joined DataGryd in 2018 and brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in start-up, turnaround and high-growth operations. He has a proven track record of success in strategic and tactical market development, creation of brand awareness and customer relationship management. Prior to joining DataGryd, Mr. Brown led the content, cable, and data center verticals within Windstream’s Wholesale Business Unit. From 1999 to 2009, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc., where he was an integral part in the sale of the company to the Zayo Group. Mr. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Chris Brown is Director of Innovation at Vodafone Global Enterprise where he engages with multinational customers and strategic partners to implement the next evolution of technology and mobility services that will transform their business strategy and growth. In this role, he uses the design thinking methodology and lean execution to explore how the business and life of global customers can change in the near future, and create together a faster path for that transformation through the use of technology and mobility services.
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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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Robert (Bob) Brumley is a co-founder and chairman of the Commstar Space Companies. He brings extensive executive experience in the management and financing of early-stage ventures, particularly in aerospace, telecommunications and defense.
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Stephen Buck, Chief of Security Business Unit, Mobileum Stephen Buck is Mobileum's Chief of Security Business Unit. He has over 30 years’ experience in mobile telecoms in engineering and marketing roles for both equipment manufacturers and mobile operators. He has experience with fraud, identity, and risk products for enterprises including banks, retailers, public sector, and other verticals. Steve joined Evolved Intelligence as COO in 2015 leading the development of roaming and security solutions. EI was acquired by Mobileum in 2018 and Steve is now Chief of Security Business Unit.
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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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As Founder and CEO of TruU, Lucas Budman is on a mission to protect our identities at work with security that learns and experiences we love. He founded the company in 2017 with leading technologists in cybersecurity and data science to enable enterprises to remove their biggest security risk, passwords, with a solution that deploys in minutes and scales broadly to cover all digital and physical authentication. Lucas has spent his career focusing on data analytics, machine learning, and high-performance computing with experience that spans the development of commercial software, big data applications, and complex distributed applications for industries that include financial services, retail, ecommerce, healthcare, high-tech, and education. Prior to TruU, Lucas served as CTO for CenturyLink Cognilytics and MyCollege Foundation; he was also the director of research at RedPrairie and StorePerform Technologies and a senior architect at Xcel Energy, Nupremis, and eToys. Lucas holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering and a master’s in finance from the University of Colorado.
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Maureen Bundy is manager of network modernization at Fujitsu. An accomplished results-driven manager with a proven track record of achievement in business development & growth, cost reductions, project management, operations, and vendor management. Expert at leading a highly technical team to optimize team dynamics and output. Creates synergy to expand capabilities by working well with other departments, and companies. Works tirelessly to expand capabilities, improve quality and ensure high customer satisfaction while driving our organization to meet and exceed all operational metrics and productivity measurements. Streamlines processes and creates automation to realize increased efficiency within our organization. Consistently exhibits a solid commitment to growth and excellence.
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Chris Busch, Chief Innovation Officer for Incognito Software Systems, is a 15-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, responsible for driving the development of innovative solutions that help service providers increase revenue and enhance subscriber experiences.
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Brad Bush is EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of GENBAND. Mr. Bush has held a number of positions within GENBAND, including serving as Chief Information Officer and Chief Integration Officer, SVP of sales operations, and most recently Chief-of-Staff running the office of the CEO. Before joining GENBAND, he was responsible for business unit operations in the Tekelec Switching Solutions Group, which was acquired by GENBAND in 2007. Prior to Tekelec, he spent eight years at Nortel Networks, where he held various strategic positions in wireless operations and information systems. Previously, Mr. Bush founded Sharpsite Interactive, a successful startup specializing in Internet application development, and has management experience in the structural engineering and construction industries. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in structural engineering from Rice University, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.
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Declan Byrne joined the WiMAX Forum in 2010 and was unanimously elected President and Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors in 2012. Byrne brings over 25 years of experience in the wireless industry and brings a strong background in corporate governance, strategic development and regulatory affairs to the WiMAX Forum. Prior to joining the WiMAX Forum, Byrne worked for a publicly listed company as chief marketing officer and was responsible for driving corporate strategy, business development, strategic partnerships, marketing and government relations. He has held senior executive positions at small and large corporations in the wireless industry, including a position at AT&T with global responsibility for developing and managing domestic and international partnerships. Byrne has also served as a US Diplomat abroad for the Foreign Service for more than 10 years. Prior to his Foreign Service, Byrne served for four years as a US Naval Officer deployed on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Byrne is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and speaks five languages, including English, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
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With LightRiver since 2003, Greg Byrne is responsible for all customer facing professional services business and related technology development, including the company’s Factory Built Network® solution, a proprietary turn-key process, serving as a predictable and proven methodology of deploying complex telecommunications networks.
Greg has 30-plus years of telecom industry experience including escalating roles of responsibility at AT&T, Verizon, and Tyco Electronics before joining LightRiver. Over that period of time, he has developed a deep understanding of networking technology including OSP systems, FTTH, WAN, and optical transport, along with the pro-services required to deploy them. This background provides Greg with an in-depth knowledge on the challenges faced by network operators as they seek to deploy new networks and new technology rapidly.
Greg holds a Bachelor of Physics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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As Avertium's Senior Vice President of Security and Compliance, Paul Caiazzo oversees technology alliances and strategic initiatives guiding Avertium clients through challenging security problems. He also leads Avertium’s internal security and compliance initiatives working to reduce risk across the organization and for clients. Most recently, Paul was the cofounder and CEO of TruShield Security Solutions, which earned a reputation as one of the fastest-growing companies in the cybersecurity industry. TruShield was one of three companies acquired by Sunstone Partners to forge Avertium. With more than two decades of experience, Paul has an extensive background in the federal government and financial sectors, where he supported the federal government’s cybersecurity needs in a variety of Department of Defense and civilian agency programs across a spectrum of critical missions. He credits his mission-focused background with giving him firsthand knowledge of not only how crippling cybersecurity issues can be, but also the perspective that good security supports the mission, be that through business objectives or government or military initiatives. This sparked his interest in building a career in which he could help clients not only understand the risks they face but also to combat them with effective mitigation strategies. Paul serves as the cybersecurity advisor to the Science and Technology Policy Center for Development, where he utilizes his expertise to help the nonprofit organization achieve their goal of advancing ICT in developing countries.
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Dean Campbell has been with LightRiver since 2004 as Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the development of LightRiver’s product and technology solutions portfolio, translating complex solutions into clear value propositions relevant to LightRiver markets. He leads the Pre-sales Engineering and the Project Management teams and maintains technical relationships with LightRiver’s vendor partners. Throughout his career, Dean’s focus on technology as an enabler has always been paired with the recognition that the human side of the equation is equally important. Dean brings over 20 years of IT management, software applications development, and large-scale data-networking experience to LightRiver, has held leadership roles across the technology value chain, and was a pioneer in the development of E-commerce infrastructures, working with established and start-up organizations.
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As Chief Strategy Officer, Steve Campbell has a passion for matching technology to business solutions and leading Catchpoint’s corporate strategy, Steve is responsible for development and implementation of Catchpoint’s overall corporate strategy, business development, partnerships, strategic investments and acquisitions. With a long career in technology, Steve spent 12 years at Riverbed through the acquisition of Mazu Networks, and as the VP, Innovation & Strategy, he developed and led major initiatives to drive strategic partnerships enabling exceptional business growth.
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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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Jonathan Candee is a technology and business executive with a proven track record of driving growth, scale, Go-To-Market success, and defining new quadrants globally in B2B markets. He's a hands on leader building teams with vision and a drive for execution as part of a culture of shared success. Technical acumen to strategize concepts with CTO, Engineering, and Product that result in business solutions to enable enterprises. Well-known in the industry after working with big companies such as Fastly and HYAS.
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Paul Cannon is Vice President of Network Development for Seaborn Networks. Paul previously served as Vice President of Planning and Design for Global Marine Systems as part of their joint venture business, and Huawei Marine Networks where he was based in Tianjin, PR China for 6 years. Prior to Huawei Marine, Paul led the solution design team at Global Marine Systems in the UK securing their first turnkey system installation project, and later Huawei Marines' first repeatered project. Paul began his submarine telecom career with Global Crossing as a Network Specialist on their Pan European network where he subsequently led the Network Operations team. Paul became responsible for Global Crossing’s Pacific Crossing 1 cable system and later became Global Implementation Manager, merging both the marine and terrestrial project teams as they planned, coordinated and executed in excess of 60 new build and upgrade projects during a period of 12 months. Paul studied Electrical Engineering and began his career in telecoms with British Telecom plc. before moving to Tele-west UK.
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As the Vice President of Business Development for ZenFi Networks, Walter Cannon leverages more than 30 years of technology sales and executive management experience. Walter’s expertise, which spans the wireless, wholesale and enterprise markets, has led sales teams in the efficient delivery of network solutions that enable customers to grow their businesses more effectively. Prior to ZenFi Networks, Walter served as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Metro|NS, where he effectively developed sales strategies and helped to forge strong relationships with both vendors and clients. Before Metro|NS, Walter was the Director of Enterprise Sales for Lexent Metro Connect, where he was responsible for growing Lexent’s core business. Walter has held senior management positions in sales, marketing and business development, focusing on start-ups and emerging technologies. He received a degree in liberal arts with a focus in engineering and mathematics from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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William T. (Bill) Cannon is the CEO of Monolith Software. Cannon has more than 25 years of experience in early stage and large companies, developing and executing on strategic initiatives and sales at EMC, Voyence, Micromuse, Ameritech, and AT&T. He joined Monolith in 2010 to lead the company’s global sales and strategic partner development, and he was appointed CEO in 2013 to lead the company in its growth phase.
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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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Miguel Carames is the Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Mobileum. In his current role, Miguel leads the company’s product strategy, product management, roadmap, and innovation. Prior to being appointed CPO, Miguel was responsible for the roaming and security business unit in Mobileum defining and executing the technical and commercial strategy. In addition, Miguel actively participates in multiple industry forums in organizations such as ITW, CTIA, and GSMA. Prior to Mobileum, Miguel worked for Verizon where he held various positions for 13 years including Executive Director of Cloud & Technology Planning, responsible for leading Verizon's technology strategy and planning for Wireless Core (4G and 5G), Cloud, Multi-Access Edge Compute (MEC) and Orchestration. Prior to joining Verizon, Miguel held several senior engineering positions at Motorola. During his career, Miguel has filed over 40 patents with the US Patent Office. Miguel holds a Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), postgraduate credentials from Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon) and an MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute.
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Andrea Carcano is cofounder and Chief Product Officer of Nozomi Networks. He is an expert and international leader in industrial network security, artificial intelligence and machine learning. He cofounded Nozomi Networks in 2013 with the goal of delivering a next generation cyber security and operational visibility solution for industrial control networks. As Chief Product Officer, Andrea defines the vision for Nozomi’s products and is the voice of the customer within the organization. In this role he draws on his real-world experience as a senior security engineer with Eni, a multinational oil and gas company, as well as his academic research. With a passion for cyber security that began in high school, Andrea went on to study the unique challenges of securing industrial control systems. His Ph.D. in Computer Science from Università degli Studi dell’Insubria focused on developing software that detected intrusions to critical infrastructure control systems. His Masters in Computer Science from the same institution involved creating malware designed to take advantage of the lack of security in some SCADA protocols and analyzing the consequences. Andrea has published a number of academic papers, including one describing an early example of malware targeting SCADA systems.
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Andrea is an expert and international leader in industrial network security, artificial intelligence and machine learning. He co-founded Nozomi Networks in 2013 with the goal of delivering a next generation cybersecurity and operational visibility solution for industrial control networks. As Chief Product Officer Andrea defines the vision for Nozomi Networks products and is the voice of the customer within the organization. In this role he draws on his real-world experience as a senior security engineer with Eni, a multinational oil and gas company, as well as his academic research. With a passion for cybersecurity that began in high school, Andrea went on to study the unique challenges of securing industrial control systems. His Ph.D. in Computer Science from Università degli Studi dell'Insubria focused on developing software that detected intrusions to critical infrastructure control systems. His Masters in Computer Science from the same institution involved creating malware designed to take advantage of the lack of security in some SCADA protocols and analyzing the consequences. Andrea has published a number of academic papers, including one describing an early example of malware targeting SCADA systems.
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Dan Carella is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in senior leadership roles across various sectors. Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Diversified Markets at TransUnion, Dan has previously held significant positions including Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at INVIDI Technologies. At Comcast, Dan excelled as SVP of Strategic Planning & Operations and held several other key roles focusing on advanced advertising and business development. Dan began a career in business development at Primedia and also worked in television syndication sales at Disney-BVTV. Dan holds an MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Villanova University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics from the University of Vermont.
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LeaAnn Carl is the product line manager responsible for CommScope's Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM) solution. LeaAnn has more than 15 years of experience in software product development and integration. Prior to joining CommScope, she spent nine years at Hewlett Packard in the Business Critical Systems division and held IT management positions at other Fortune 500 companies. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in finance from Texas A&M University.
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As Director of Actionable Customer Intelligence, Miguel Carrero is responsible for the strategy, creation and evolution of solutions and products, go to market, revenue generation and overall financial management of the Actionable Customer Intelligence domain within Communications and Media Solutions Business (CMS) at HP.
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Chantel Cary serves as the Director of Product Marketing, leading Oracle’s go-to-market strategy for its monetization portfolio. With nearly 15 years of experience within the telecoms media and technology industry, Chantel has worn many hats – from operations manager at DISH to trusted CSP advisor. Chantel is passionate about helping CSPs embrace technology in new ways to improve monetization and the customer experience. Prior to joining Oracle, she spent nearly 8 years at market research firm, Omdia, leading research on business support systems (BSS) and monetization.
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Brian Case has a BA in mathematics from Wabash College and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He has worked in industry in Silicon Valley since 1983. Notable achievements include the architecture and microarchitecture of the Am29000, one of the earliest commercial RISC microprocessors. He later became a consultant and contributing editor of the important industry newsletter The Microprocessor Report. He has worked for several prominent companies including AMD, Apple, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Intel, and Amazon. He has also worked for a few startups and is currently a co-founder at Esperanto Technologies. He has also done a considerable amount of IP-consulting for computer-related litigation. A notable IP-related accomplishment was unearthing a 1975 patent that was used to invalidate a RISC microprocessor patent on unaligned memory operations. His love of computer architecture and software began early and was cemented when he built an Altair 8800 kit while in high school. Case has three issued patents. Born in Indianapolis, he currently resides in San Francisco CA.
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David Casem is the CEO and co-founder of Telnyx. He oversees the strategy and execution of Telnyx services, making sure it's operating smoothly and its customers can reach the 8 billion devices currently connected to the internet.
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Paul Casinelli is Lead Marketer and Business Analyst for IneoQuest Technologies, Inc. He specializes in developing successful strategies and driving initiatives and campaigns for IneoQuest's HTTP adaptive streaming video solutions. He is recognized as a thought leader in the industry, works with leading industry analysts, and contributes papers on topics ranging from HTTP Video QoS metrics to the application of Program Availability statistics. In his role as Lead Marketer and Business Analyst, Paul collaborates with sales and engineering teams to round out IneoQuest's offering in the Internet and Mobile Video market. With 4+ years experience in marketing and communications, Paul holds a BA degree in Political Science from Boston College.
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Ross Cassan consults with leading service and network equipment providers around the world to help them understand network automation needs and share Spirent’s insights about how to addressing these needs with Lifecycle Service Assurance solutions. Ross joined Spirent in 1999 and has held positions in product management and product marketing for both hardware and software platforms focusing on broadband, 3G/4G/5G mobile and Wi-Fi testing and assurance. Prior to joining Spirent, Ross held positions at Newbridge Networks and Nortel. Ross has been a key contributor to many technical standards from the Wireless Broadband Alliance, Broadband Forum and TIA.
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Joris Castermans worked as an Innovation Consultant, Business Developer and Alliance Manager in IT and Telecom. In 2018 he became an entrepreneur and founded the Leiden (Netherlands) based assistive voice technology company Whispp. Joris stutters himself, therefore it’s his motivation to enable people who stutter severely and also people with voice disorders to speak freely and empower them in their daily lives and work
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As Head of Strategy & Execution, Claes Cegrell oversees Ericsson OSS/BSS portfolio strategy on a global basis for Ericsson Business Unit Support Solutions. His background is in the IT sector and since he joined Ericsson in 1991 he has held various positions on both global and local basis in the areas of IT, systems integration, delivery, sales, product management and strategy. For the past 16 years Claes focus has been on supporting the telecommunications industry in their transformation to achieve business growth and efficiency related to operational and business supporting solutions modernization, digital service ecosystem reach and innovation, media delivery, analytics monetization and M2M/Internet of Things.
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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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Sumit Chahaun is a seasoned expert in the automotive industry, with more than 24 years of experience in Automotive, IOT, Telecom and Healthcare Verticals. Sumit has always played the leadership role that allowed him to manage a P&L of close to US $ 0.5B across various organizations, such as Aricent, Nokia and Harman, enriching their domestic as well as international business verticals. Sumit also co-founded CerebrumX, a leader in the connected vehicle data domain that gave the auto industry its first AI-powered Augmented Deep Learning Platform (ADLP), and currently serves as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Thanks to his rich experience, Sumit is passionate about mentoring and guiding the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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Calvin Chai is the Head of Product Marketing for Pica8 Inc., the leader in open systems for software-defined networking. He is currently responsible for the GTM strategy and execution for the Pica8 portfolio of open switching systems and software. Prior to Pica8, Calvin has held numerous leadership roles in product, technical, solution, and corporate marketing. Most recently, he led the cloud product marketing team at Juniper Networks where he was responsible for the marketing strategy focused on the cloud and data center markets. Prior to Juniper, Calvin spent ten years at Cisco focused on various technology initiatives including integrated security, policy, and identity management solutions. Calvin holds a BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Ashwin Chalapathy is Global Head of Consulting, Solutions and Managed Services, for Subex. With an experience spanning almost 19 years in the IT industry, Ashwin brings a rich blend of diverse strengths and experience encompassing Engineering, Operations, business development and a strong people orientation. In his current role as Global Head - Consulting, Solutions and Managed Services, Ashwin is responsible for developing domain-led solutions, services and technology offerings. He also leads the Managed Services Operations at Subex, building operational capabilities and competencies across the business optimization portfolio. Ashwin joined the company in 2007 and during his 7 years association with the company, he was instrumental in setting up the fulfillment and assurance business unit and from 2010 he took over the responsibility of developing the Managed Services Portfolio. Prior to joining the company Ashwin was the Group head for engineering across several product lines at Siemens Public communication Networks Ltd. He holds a Master’s degree in computer Science from University of Mysore.
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Rob Chamberlin is the Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder at DataXoom. With over 20 years of experience in the wireless communications industry, Rob Chamberlin has founded both True Wireless, a Value Added Reseller (VAR) offering wireless voice and data services to large enterprises, in 2004 and DataXoom, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) targeting mid-market and enterprise business clients, in 2012. His companies have been awarded in CIO’s “20 Most Promising Wireless Solutions Providers”, Beka Publishing’s “2016 Visionary Spotlight Award Winner - Enterprise Mobility, Best Enabling Technology”, along with being recognized by The San Francisco Business Times as one of the “Top 100” fastest growing private companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and appeared on the Inc. 5000 list twice. He specializes in entrepreneurship, leadership, business development and B2B sales & marketing.
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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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Chris Chapman is Senior Methodologist for Spirent Communications and has over 20 years of experience with multiprotocol and cloud networking technologies. With emphasis on systems root cause analysis, Quality of Experience, performance, and scale realism testing for both IPv4 and IPv6, Chris has written and deployed industry leading test with major NEM, Service providers and standards’ bodies as well as wrote numerous test methodologies. Chris has a BSCE from Santa Clara University and has held key engineering positions at Apple Computer, Netscape/AOL, MCI/WorldCom/UUNET, and Spirent Communications.
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Carrie Charles is CEO of Broadstaff, a staffing firm with over 30 years combined telecom, technology and energy industry experience. Carrie is a thought leader on workforce development, diversity, women in tech and is a frequent keynote speaker at national industry conferences. She is the host of the Podcast, 5G Talent Talk, in partnership with RCR Wireless News, with an audience of 100k+. Broadstaff was named to the 2020 INC 5000: America’s fastest growing companies and was awarded the #15 Fastest Growing Company in Tampa Bay in 2019. Carrie was chosen as 2019 Businesswoman of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Carrie sits on the Board of Directors of Cable Runner International, NEDAS Technology Association and is also a Board Member of Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum, Executive Director of Industry Relations. As a mother of a childhood cancer survivor, Carrie aligned her personal mission with her role on the Board of Directors of the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. For over 30 years, Carrie has helped thousands of individuals grow personally and professionally. She has helped companies such as General Dynamics, Hewlett Packard and Eli Lilly attract, retain and develop their employees. She has been a featured expert on NBC, HSN, Clear Channel networks, Thrive Global, INC and Forbes. Carrie has a diverse background as a lifelong entrepreneur, Certified Financial Planner, Master Certified Life Coach and a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
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ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI's GPT-3 family of large language models and has been fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.
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Indranil Chatterjee has over 20 years of experience in product management, marketing, strategy and software development in the mobile communications and IT industries. He is SVP of Products, Openwave Mobility, an Enea company. Prior to joining Openwave Systems, Indranil was Director of Product Management at Syniverse Technologies, responsible for new product development for wireless applications and mobile analytics. Before joining Syniverse, he served as Director of Wireless Solutions for Alcatel-Lucent. Indranil was a member of the Board of Governors of 4G Americas. He holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – BHU, India.
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Avnish Chauhan is a cofounder of Roamware, which is now known as Mobileum. He serves as Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for setting the company’s technology direction. Avnish has a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in Computer Science.
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Chris Checco is President and Chief Analytics Officer at Razorsight. Christopher Checco brings more than 16 years of senior level experience in customer experience, communications, and advanced analytics to Razorsight. A respected industry thought leader, Chris has a range of expertise encompassing customer lifecycle, marketing optimization, fraud prevention & detection, and program integrity. While working with public sector agencies around the globe, as well as extensive private-sector experience in the telecommunications industry, Chris demonstrated prowess using advanced analytics to drive business and operational strategy and real-time decisions in the field. Previously, Chris held executive positions at Accenture, Agilex Technologies, DHSoft and SRA International. During his time at DHSoft, Chris led the development of advanced analytics that helped resolve customer experience challenges for telco clients. He also managed their Civilian P&L, aligning 40+ resources for major account development, business continuity, and labor management. Most recently he served as Lead Management Scientist at Accenture, where he helped design and launch their Public Sector Accenture Analytics practice. He was also instrumental in building the Analytics Innovation Center in Dublin, with a dedicated focus on fraud and program integrity. These helped provide major market differentiation, from analytical data methodologies to real-time risk identification. Chris also boasts extensive expertise in increasing marketing ROI as a subject matter expert. Chris has several patents in the area of advanced analytics that have been awarded or are pending. He holds a BBA from Pace University, and an International Executive MBA degree from Georgetown University
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Terence Chesire is the VP of Customer and Industry Workflows at ServiceNow, one of the major growth engines for the company. He is responsible for product launches and enablement, pricing and packaging, and technology ecosystem in addition to supporting overall product strategy. Before ServiceNow, Terence served as VP of Product Management and Marketing at BMC Software, where he led the multi-cloud transition and launch of the Helix portfolio of service management products. He was also a founding product manager and VP of Product Management for SAP’s Service Cloud customer service software product line. Terence holds a bachelor's in business administration with a focus on Information Systems from Oregon State University, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Cheng-Yuan Chin received the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 2014. Between 2012 and 2018, he was responsible for the design and commercialization of several base-station antenna products in the Sub-6 bands. He also spearheaded various government-funded projects centered around the advancement of next-generation antenna array design in Taiwan. From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Chin contributed his expertise to Intel Corp., where he concentrated on the development of millimeter-wave communication systems, specifically in 802.11ad/ay and 5G NR FR2. His notable achievements encompass groundbreaking work in mmWave window penetration, mmWave lens module design, mmWave wide-scanning arrays, WiFi over mmWave, and mmWave distributed relay systems. He excelled in project management and consistently delivered projects that not only met but exceeded performance expectations while providing substantial business value to clients. In 2021, he took on the role of Principal Scientist at Airgain Inc., where he currently holds a leadership position within the Advanced Development Department.
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Suresh Chintada Chief Technology Officer at Subex. He possesses deep experience and knowledge, gleaned from holding prominent positions such as Director of Engineering, Head of Software Operations, Head of Applied Research Projects, Program and Project Manager, Systems Engineer, and Software Product Architect. His career spans over 25 years in multiple technology domains including network convergence, smart homes, enterprise mobility, cloud, IoT, automation, security solutions and DRM in industries such as high tech software, wireless, mobile, telecom, cable, and networking. Suresh has authored over 15 patent applications and several peer-reviewed papers apart from chairing workshops at international IEEE conferences. His invention – an affordable communications product solution for emerging rural markets without reliable connectivity – was nominated for the Washington Post Innovation award. He has been honoured with the highly coveted SABA (Science Advisory Board Associate) membership, representing top 1 percent of technical talent at Motorola. As an renowned keynote speaker, mentor, advisor, and angel investor, Suresh is well-versed with leading and building teams, growing new businesses and CoEs, managing product turnarounds, creating product strategies and processes, and running large software operations, professional services teams, and fundraising and incubation activities. He helped build an incubation and research center for his Alma Mater and is a mentor and coach, versatile with diverse corporate cultures.
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Dr. Ivan Chochlekov is the CTO and Co-Founder of ConceptWave. His Systems Architecture experience spans some 25 years, including leadership and guidance roles for many large Telcos. He served as Director of Systems Architecture at Architel, while his leadership involvement at Objectel resulted in the development of the Objectel OSS Strategy. Dr. Chochlekov holds a Masters degree in Science and a PhD in Software Development.
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As Director of Product Marketing at Oracle, Mayank Choudhary is responsible for establishing and executing marketing strategy for Oracle’s Digital Experience for Communications portfolio. With more than 25 years of experience in the software industry, Mr. Choudhary has driven adoption of innovative technologies at a variety of large operators and enterprises worldwide. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Choudhary held various positions encompassing all aspects of software development with emphasis on portfolio strategy, thought leadership and bringing innovation to changing markets at various large companies. Mr. Choudhary holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Ohio State University.
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Nazim Choudhury joined iBwave in 2012 after spending several years working with Various OEM and integrators such as Ericsson and SNC-Lavalin. With Over a decade of experience in the telecommunication domain Nazim works closely with Network operators worldwide on refining, standardizing and optimizing their deployment lifecycles with the use of iBwave’s software suite of products. Based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Nazim’s current mandate revolves around new product integration and Market Development, with a specific focus on Converged Networks. His area of expertise extends to, Cloud Architecture, FTTX Networks, Radio Access networks, IOT, public safety, security, in-building wireless/wireline networks and Wi-Fi technology. Nazim has a B.Engineering. with a specialization in Computer Science from Concordia University.
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John M. Cioffi is a professor as well as a business and thought leader. Illinois-BSEE: 1978, Stanford-PhDEE: 1984; Prof. EE, Stanford, 1986-present, now recalled emeritus. Bell Labs 1978-84; IBM Research 84-86. Founder Amati 1991 (1997 purchased by TI); Chairman and CEO ASSIA Inc. Cioffi's specific interests are in the area of high-performance digital transmission. Awards include IEEE AG Bell (2010), Kirchmayer (2014) and Millennium Medals; Member Internet (2014) and Consumer-Electronics (2018) Halls of Fame; Marconi Fellow (2006); Member, US National (2001) and UK Royal (2009) Engineering Academies. Has served over a dozen boards of directors, presently PhyTunes (Chairman), Marconi Society (Vice-Chairman), & Tinoq. 800+ papers and 150+ heavily licensed patents.
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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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At BT, Don Clarke initiated and led the global telco collaboration on NFV and was editor and co-author of the joint-telco paper which launched the initiative (2012). At CableLabs he led the cable operator collaborative effort to develop a virtualization strategy for Cable (2014-2019). Co-founded the ETSI NFV Industry Specification Group and chaired the Network Operator Council (2013-2018). Co-founded the OPNFV open-source community (2014). Awarded the BT Gold Medal for contribution to achieving 100% UK broadband coverage (2004). Co-founded and chaired the Full Service-VDSL Committee (2000-2004). Awarded the IEE/UK National Physical Laboratory prize for measurement of high frequency cross-talk in the live UK telephony network (1998). Co-founded and chaired the FSAN VDSL Working Group which brokered the key international agreements on VDSL and developed the 'FSAN Noise Combination Method' which underpins DSL deployments world-wide (1996-2000). Numerous published papers and 11 patents relating to optical networks and cloud networking.
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Axel Clauberg is VP Aggregation, Transport & IP, CTO-ATI at Deutsche Telekom AG. Axel Clauberg joined Deutsche Telekom AG in September 2011. Within the Group CTO team, Axel is responsible for IP Architecture, Aggration and Transport. Since December 2011, he represents DT in the Open Networking Foundation Board of Directors. Axel has more than 30 years of experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry. From 1998 until August 2011, he had various international leadership roles at Cisco Systems, his last role was Sales CTO in Cisco’s Emerging Markets theatre.
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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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Don Claussenis Chief Executive Officer of ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications (satcom). Prior to joining ST Engineering iDirect, Claussen was a Vice President at Intelsat General Corporation responsible for strategy, business development, product management and service delivery. During his tenure at Intelsat General Corporation, he aligned the Product Development and Service Delivery teams to launch a Multi-Orbit SATCOM capability providing end users seamless access to GEO and LEO SATCOM services from a single user interface. With over 15 years of technology leadership positions, Claussen served as a general manager of portfolio businesses at Viasat and L3Harris Technologies where he successfully led business growth, organizational change, and business integration. He also has held technical positions in various technology companies and has designed and deployed SATCOM systems for commercial and government customers. A veteran of the U.S. Army with eight years of active service, Claussen holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Colorado Technical University in Business Administration & Management, and has attended Executive Leadership Courses at the University of Southern California and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Suzanne Clayton is Principal Product Marketing Manager at SAS, and is responsible for bringing emerging and innovative solutions to the Communications, Media, Entertainment, Travel and Hospitality industries. Suzanne’s achievements at SAS include bringing the SAS® Patron Value Optimization to the gaming, sports and hospitality industries. Additionally, she was a key driver in bringing to market SAS Revenue Management Price Optimization Analytics for companies seeking a revenue optimization solution that is different than the typical off the shelf systems. Prior to joining SAS, Suzanne held positions at DMB&B and JWT in New York City, both global marketing communications companies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Hofstra University.
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George Clement is Senior Solution Architect, Data Management Team at Intel. He has been with Intel for 18 years in various IT and commercial groups. George’s focus throughout his career at Intel has always been on data center implementations and efficient utilization using various sensor and telemetry information to assess capacity management, business continuity and other DC-centric processes. Most recently, George joined the Intel Data Center Manager team, which focuses on extracting power and thermal data from servers and supporting infrastructure so DC managers can assess real-time utilization from a single console or API.
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Georgia Clinton aka "the marketing angel" is an associate member of Pipeline's marketing team. Her goal is to provide you with excellent resources and information about Pipeline's clever and effective marketing services. Georgia can shine the light on hidden opportunities that will aid all marketers in their quests to build brand, educate customers and capture tangible sales interest.
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Tom Cloonan is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CommScope’s Broadband Networks. In this role, he is responsible for directing the architecture and future product planning of CommScope’s broadband network solutions. Mr. Cloonan joined CommScope through its acquisition of ARRIS, where Mr. Cloonan and his team designed and implemented the industry-leading ARRIS E6000 CER CCAP platform. His current focus is the design of highly-scalable next-generation networks for the cable and telco operators, with an emphasis on Distributed Access Architectures and Virtualization and DOCSIS 4.0. Mr. Cloonan joined ARRIS through its acquisition of Cadent, a company he co-founded and served as CTO, leading the architectural development of the C4 CMTS. Previously, he was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Lucent Bell Laboratories, working on various telecommunications platforms, including Toll Digital Switching and ATM Switching, as well as high-speed routing platforms. His research also included seminal work in Free-Space Photonics Switching that led to many inventions and patents. Mr. Cloonan holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and a PhD in Physics from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and his work has resulted in over 40 patents, 80 published papers, two books, and several book chapters.
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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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Nimrod Cohen is Senior Vice President of Customer Support & Operations, Qwilt. Nimrod leads global customer support and operations. He brings over fifteen years of experience in managing engineering development, quality assurance, operation and escalation teams in both corporate and start-up high tech companies.
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Ira Cohen is Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Anodot. He is experienced in leading advanced research and development teams, from new technological innovations all the way through business validation and actual implementation. Mr. Cohen has proven academic and industrial leadership in the areas of machine learning and statistical modeling and video analysis; classification, semi-supervised learning, Bayesian Network classifiers and adaptive temporal modeling. He is an expert in the application and development of statistical machine learning to real-world problems. His areas of contribution include: characterization and control of complex computer systems, text and semi-structured data analysis, Human Computer Intelligent Interaction, object detection, event detection, video and audio analysis, data mining and computer vision. Mr. Cohen's specialties are machine learning, computer vision, classification, clustering, text analysis, temporal analysis, Bayesian networks, semi-supervised learning methods, an automation methods for IT operations management.
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Andrew Colby is a member of the Guavus Office of the CTO, leading initiatives with customers to identify ways to apply analytics to improve and transform their operations and customer experience.
Andrew has worked in the areas of telecom and IP networking, operational support systems and data analytics for more than 30 years. His prior experience includes senior roles in Customer Solutions, Engineering and Product Management at big data appliance inventor Netezza (which was acquired by IBM), session border controller creator NexTone Communications; Lucent Technologies, where he led the architecture and design of the Advanced Services Operations System to provide triple-play services in the late 1990s; and Avaya Communications, where he helped form the team that created Avaya Hosted Solutions.
Andrew holds master’s degrees in Management from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and in Computer Science from the University of California at Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University.
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Todd Coleman is the President and CEO of eStruxture. Todd brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT, data center and telecommunications industries to his role. Most recently, Todd was the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Cologix. Todd has also held several senior positions at Level 3 Communications, a global telecommunications company, including Senior Vice President of Data Centers, Senior Vice President of Media Operations and President of Level 3 Communications Europe. Todd holds a juris doctorate and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.
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Alan Coleman is the founder and CEO of Brite:Bill. Before establishing the company he was Alliance Sales Director for the Products Operating Group in EMEA at Accenture. In this capacity he was responsible for €100m of hardware and software sales. Prior to joining Accenture in 2002, Alan held a senior business development role with Macalla Software, a technology startup. Alan began his career with Morgan Stanley investment bank in London and is a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) and Michael Smurfit School of Business with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Business Studies.
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Stewart Collier is Managing Director of Critical Environments at Stream Data Center and leads their Critical Environment Services operation, a cross-functional team responsible for operating all data center facilities across a combined portfolio of Stream-owned and managed facilities. Additionally, Stewart is developing the data center team’s Critical Environments Training Academy (CETA) which leverages industry leading educational resources in areas such as health and safety, cross functional discipline skillset development and human factors training.
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Stephen Collins is the vice president of product marketing and business development at Active Broadband Networks.
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Ian Collins is Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCare. Ian has spent the last 20 years founding technology ventures. Ian started his career as an engineer in the wireless industry working for Canada’s largest mobile operators. Ian founded his first company, Wyrex Communications Inc. in 1993, providing engineering services to wireless operators around the world during the 2G buildouts of the 90s. During that time Ian founded his second company, Wysdom Inc. with the mission to “take dotcoms wireless”. Wysdom grew during the boom years of 1998 to 2000 with over $80 million of venture capital to more than 300 employees and boasted many of the world's top dotcoms as customers. Ian also founded another company in 1999 called Web2Mobile, one of the world’s first wireless content portals. After a short retirement in 2001/2002, Ian founded Mobile Diagnostix in 2003. Mobile Diagnostix was focused on solving the problem of mobile data customer care facing the world’s wireless operators. After selling Mobile Diagnostix in 2004 Ian founded Storage Appliance Corporation (Clickfree) in 2005, with the intent of solving consumer’s backup nightmares. In 2012 Ian founded CrowdCare with the plan to revolutionize the way customer service is delivered to connected devices. CrowdCare’s Wysdom platform is a context-enhanced natural language self-care solution enabling service providers to deliver an exceptional customer experience while drastically reducing support costs. By using machine-read data from mobile devices and other sources combined with natural language processing, Wysdom allows customers to ask questions anywhere, anytime and get immediate, relevant answers that are unique to the customer’s device, thus providing real-time context-based self-care for the connected world. CrowdCare has initially deployed this platform to answer the more than 10 billion annual questions smartphone customers are asking today, with aggressive plans to expand support to all Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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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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Brian Coombs has been a telecom BSS/OSS specialist for over 25 years, working both for operators in 3 different countries as Head of IT and Billing, and on the vendor side. Since 2011 he has been at Cerillion, first as head of the global support operation, and then for the last 7 years as the Product Director with overall responsibility for the roadmap and development of the Cerillion suite of software. Brian lives in Hampshire and has a BSc in Computing Science from Aston University.
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Rick Corker oversees all operations of Nokia Siemens Networks in the North America region. Rick is a dynamic leader, with more than 20 years of international experience in the telecommunications industry, who is known for his commitment to customer satisfaction and team achievements. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Electronic Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.
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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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Adam Cousin is Senior IT Specialist, EMEA for Telit. He holds diverse and in-depth engineering and sales experience in M2M/IoT architectures and is a specialist in emerging LPWA standards and IoT infrastructures.
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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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Andrew Coward is a well-known telecoms executive with over thirty years’ experience working from start-ups to large vendors, including Xylogics, Bay Networks, Nortel, Unisphere, Juniper and Brocade. In his prior role as CEO of Lumina Networks, Andrew had a front-seat view of the challenges start-ups face working with telcos – from initial fundraising to raising a PO. More recently, Andrew joined IBM as General Manager of their Software Networking Business Unit. In the last year, Andrew has been working with the Telecoms Ecosystem Group, which was formed in 2019 to address the poor level of innovation and start-up participation in telecoms. The group has been working together with a number of telcos on a code of practice document which describes how best telcos can support start-ups, create a level playing field between small and large vendors and bring a higher level of innovation and participation to the industry.
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Randy Cox is Head of Product Management for Small Cells, responsible for the Small Cell strategy, product portfolio and driving business development for small cells at Nokia Networks. Prior to leading the Small Cell Product Management team, Randy’s product management responsibilities included leading 4G business development globally for Nokia Networks and previously at Motorola Networks prior to the acquisition by Nokia Siemens Networks in 2011. Before this, he served as Director, CDMA Program Management Office for the Motorola CDMA Systems Division. Prior to joining Motorola, he was part of the development team at Tellabs Inc. Randy has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and throughout his career has held various leadership roles, including software development, system integration, program management, business development and product management. Randy earned a BSEE from Marquette University.
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David Craig worked his way up through Unisys and IBM in global procurement roles, DHe was then hired to lead the commercial integration of Prudential Assurance and Scottish Amicable. Moving on from the merger to turnaround a leading British refrigeration company and start a consultancy which he sold three years later to Amey. He was invited to join (by its unhappy investors) a late 90's tech boom disaster which became Scotland's third largest software company. David has done a few turnarounds since but now primarily leads Iceotope and a life sciences business.
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Having worked his way up through Unisys and IBM in global procurement roles, David Craig was hired to lead the commercial integration of Prudential Assurance and Scottish Amicable. After the merger he moved on to turn around a leading British refrigeration company and start a consultancy (which he sold three years later to a leading global services company). He was invited to join a late 90's tech boom disaster which went on to become Scotland's third largest software company. David has done a few turnarounds since, but now primarily leads Iceotope and is non-executive director of a life sciences business, and founder and trustee of an educational charity focused on children in Kenya.
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Jim Crammond, PhD is President, MoCA, Multimedia over Coax Alliance. He is a senior technical manager with 20 years of experience in the cable industry from engineering and architecture to marketing and business development for TV platforms and broadband platforms. He has a very strong technical background with a customer-oriented marketing focus and is able to engage with customers at multiple levels of technical depth while at the same time take a strategic view with his breadth of system and architectural knowledge. In addition to his role as president, Dr. Crammond is Senior Director of Marketing at MaxLinear.
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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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Michael Crossey joined Aepona in June 2006 and is responsible for directing all of the company's marketing activities, including Corporate Marketing, Product Marketing, and Business Development. He has worked extensively with mobile operators, service providers and industry groups in the realization of new business models around Open Network APIs and Network as a Service, as well as with engaging with ISVs and app developers on the development of next-generation services that leverage mobile network and billing capabilities. Michael has 23 years experience in the communications industry, having previously served as VP Marketing and Business Development with Transmode, a Swedish pioneer of Optical Networking technology, and as Director of Market Development with Nortel. He is a regular speaker at communications industry events and frequently contributes written articles for trade publications. He holds BEng and MSc degrees from Queen's University, Belfast.
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Jesse Cryderman is a Senior Editor at Pipeline. Jesse has been a part of Pipeline Magazine for three years. His experience in both web and print journalism stretches fourteen years. Jesse is keenly interested in the evolution of modern communications networks, and the impact of wireless on the development of societies. He graduated from Western Michigan University with degrees in English and Philosophy, and is pursuing a master's degree at Northwestern University. When he isn’t covering telecom or editing books, Jesse can be seen performing music throughout the Midwest.
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Cam Cullen is vice president of Global Marketing at Procera Networks. Procera Networks is a California-based company that designs and sells deep packet inspection, policy and charging rules function, data analytics and reporting hardware, software, and services.
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Mark Cummings, Ph.D. is a contributing editor to Pipeline. He is the CTO of S2-D2 which closes the door on social engineering cyber attacks and mitigates other GenAI created negative side effects (web site: s2d2.ai), and the CTO of the Bace Cybersecurity Institute (BCI). He holds an extensive patent portfolio in Orchestration and Cyber Security. His Information Security background includes the system to secure the links between the US Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve Member Banks; the first security architecture for Chemical Bank; security for the first Shared ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) Network Plus; and top secret US security clearance while working on the commercial portion of TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System). At Stanford Research Institute (SRI) he was a member of the I4 (International Information Integrity Institute) Program. His telecommunications background includes the principal inventor on the first patent granted on SDR, and several successful SDR start-ups. He was the technical lead for the NGMN’s public demo of the UIM (Umbrella Information Model) developed by 3GPP SA5 and TMF. In the last few years, Mark has contributed to ETSI NFV ISG, 3GPP SA5, NGMN, TMF, and IEEE 802. His computing background includes roles in the early emergence of microprocessors and PC’s; the first integrated international architecture for Bank of America - similars for Mitsu, ANZ, Standard Chartered and US Federal Reserve banks; founding the Pocket Intelligence Program at SRI were he was the first to predict the emergence of the Smart Phone. He has worked in a broad range of roles in industry and universities; is widely published; and holds an MBA in Communications Management from Wharton, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Tohoku Imperial University in Japan.
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Joshua Currin is a solutions architect at Opengear. Prior to Opengear, Currin was a network planning engineer at L3Harris Technologies. Currin received his bachelor’s degree in management information systems at the University of Central Florida.
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Todd Cushing is a nationally recognized data center / IT / telecom executive with over 25 years of experience. As president of 1623 Farnam, Todd oversees design and oversight of the technology infrastructure of our data center, establishing and maintaining relationships with telecom carriers and providing technology direction and support for our customers. Prior to joining 1623 Farnam, Todd was a Tenant Representative Broker for CBRE Data Center Real Estate and Olsson Engineering focusing on site selection and design for data centers worldwide.
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Eric Dalessio has been with Telstra for the past 19 years, consistently playing a key role in driving Telstra America’s transformation and growth. His mission is to continually redefine the customer experience by identifying new ways to onboard and use Telstra’s digital tools, efficiently managing Service and Delivery teams, and collaborating with customers a s a true business partner for long-term growth.
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Mark Daley plays a leading role in identifying and developing Epsilon’s cutting-edge cloud and communication strategies, with a focus on market and customer needs. A veteran telecommunications professional, Mark served 14 years with Telstra and other high profile telecommunication companies such as NTT and eircom. Mark held leading Products and Marketing roles in Telstra’s move into the European market in the mid-1990s and wrote NTT’s European ICT strategy in the mid-2000s which they continue to deliver today.
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Jim Dalton is the Chief Executive Officer of TransNexus. He began his career at BellSouth in 1988. Recognizing the promise of Voice-over-IP (VoIP), Jim founded TransNexus in 1997 to develop software solutions for VoIP carriers. Over the following years, TransNexus has developed applications for Least Cost Routing, billing support, quality of service monitoring, analytics, and prevention of telecom fraud, unwanted robocalls, and telephony denial-of-service attacks. During this time, TransNexus has obtained 27 patents for various software innovations.
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Jagadeesh Dantuluri is Vice President of Marketing and PLM at Velocent Systems. He is responsible for all aspects of product strategy and evolution and promotion of the Velocent brand and solution worldwide with our Customers and Partners. Jagadeesh is one of the original members of the Velocent team, joining in 2005. Prior to his current role, Jagadeesh served as VP of Product Management and before that as Director of Engineering and was instrumental in the successful development and rollout of Velocent products to the commercial market. Jagadeesh has deep knowledge and experience in various Wireless and Telecommunications Technologies and Software Engineering. Earlier in his career, Jagadeesh spent 13 years in various engineering roles with Tellabs, CMC, NFCL and HAL in Packet Core, Digital Cross Connect, Cable Telephony, RF communications etc. Jagadeesh has a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from SMU, Dallas and a Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from JNT University, Hyderabad, India, and holds multiple US patents.
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Bryan Davies directs global marketing for Nokia’s Session Border Controller, focused on delivering secure solutions that help carriers and large enterprise deliver IP based voice and video communications in an environment of constant technology change and growing security threats. Bryan’s area of focus is the intersection of IT and Telecommunications and how it can benefit the large enterprise space as well as communication service providers. Over his 31 year career in telecommunications, Bryan has held a variety of leadership roles at Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent in product development, sales, and marketing of solutions for carriers and enterprises. Bryan holds a BSEE from the University of Texas El Paso, a MSEE from New Mexico State University, and holds four U.S. patents in the Telecom/Data Networking space.
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Brian Davis has 20+ years of experience in the wireless communication industry, holding various positions in engineering and management at Motorola, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Zyray Wireless, and Broadcom. Throughout his career he has worked in hardware and software development, systems and product deployment, and technical sales. In his current position as market development manager at Anritsu, Brian handles sales, business and market development for wireless test and measurement products for the Americas sales region. He specializes in product lines for mobile, IoT, and signal generators and analyzers. Brian holds a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from Colorado State University.
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Kevin Dean is Chief Marketing Officer for Interxion. Kevin is responsible for Interxion's marketing strategy, segment marketing and business development and is the driving force behind the company's segment-focused business development activity across Europe. Kevin joined Interxion in December 2009 from Colt Telecom where he held senior marketing roles for six years. Before that he was at Cable & Wireless, where he worked in a number of sales and marketing roles including Vice President, Marketing. Kevin spent ten years in the IT industry prior to moving into communications, giving him a unique perspective on the emerging cloud computing market. He has an MBA from the Open Business School, a qualification in management consultancy from the Henley Management College and a degree in Applied Physics. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. In driving Interxion's segment-focused business development, Kevin draws on his successful track record in developing and marketing services for data, voice, managed services, colocation and hosting in the global marketplace.
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Jim Deerman is director of cyber security engineering for ISC8, a company actively engaged in the development and sale of intelligent cyber security solutions for commercial and government environments worldwide. Jim has over 30 years of extensive experience in network architecture, design and implementation. In his position with ISC8, Jim is heavily involved with network/system security, enterprise data networks, and VoIP networks.
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Filip De Greve is based in Antwerp, Belgium and is Product Marketing Director for the Fixed Networks division at Nokia. In that role, he is focused on the go-to-market for innovative fixed access broadband solutions. Filip has over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry and held various roles on ICT provider and supplier side providing leadership in executing projects, technical consultancy and customer delivery. He holds a Ph.D. in the Telecommunications and Information Technology from the University of Ghent, Belgium.
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Frank DeJoy is a telecommunications, wireless, and IT growth executive with over 30 years of strategic expertise across broadband, fiber optics, wireless, IoT, and network management. Frank’s credentials include global business, network, and product development in executive roles at AT&T, Teleport Communications Group, General Dynamics, Dycom, & Quanta Services. With national and global accolades in FTTH, wireless, and IT network delivery, Frank will spearhead Render’s US market development strategy.
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Carlos de Lamadrid is the Business Development Director in Latin America for InfiNet Wireless. In this role at InfiNet Wireless since June of 2015, he is in charge of sales in the region, focused in vertical markets: CCTV, WISP, smart cities, oil & gas, education and government. De Lamadrid is also responsible for developing a distributors' chain strategy for LATAM and an integrators' base around the distributors to cover all the vertical markets. He has a solid sales and technical marketing background in telecommunications (wireless technologies, satellite and digital video), followed by 24 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, achieving different goals in every position during the carrier. Before working at InfiNet Wireless, Carlos de Lamadrid worked for more than four years at VT iDirect as the Channel Development Manager for Latin America. Previously, de Lamadrid has worked at Hispasat Mexico, IPTECH and Gilat Satelite Networks. Carlos de Lamadrid has a bachelors eegree in engineering from Mexico National University (UNAM).
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Mark Delaney has been the CMO at GCS since joining the company in 2009. An expert in the interconnect voice marketplace, he has authored several articles and white papers regarding the interconnect voice marketplace. Having spent his entire career in the telecommunications marketplace, Mark brings experience, domain expertise and insight into the dynamically evolving telecommunications marketplace. for more information contact Mark at GCS by clicking here.
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Andrew De La Torre is Group Vice President of Technology, Oracle Communications. He is responsible for making strategic decisions that increase the overall competitive position of Oracle Communications and defining direction for the best-in-class products and solutions that help customers compete in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. De La Torre also leads the technical sales, business development and acquisitions teams for the business unit. Prior to joining Oracle, De La Torre spent 21 years at Vodafone in roles as Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone Americas and Vodafone Malta, as well as Chief Technology Strategy Officer for Vodafone Group. During his tenure, he led multi-tiered, highly skilled teams in the delivery of consumer and enterprise solutions across mobility, fixed network, IoT, cloud, and security. He also oversaw project execution across IT, mobile and fixed network, data centers, and business systems. In addition to his telecom experience, De La Torre has consulted in other industries such as oil and gas and construction, and with Fortune 500 companies that have tapped his experience in corporate governance, finance, strategic planning, and technology transformation.
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Bill Dellara is VP Product at VOSS Solutions, with responsibility for the VOSS product roadmap and strategy. With over 20 years of industry experience, Bill joined the VOSS global services group in 2006, moving into architecture and design as part of the engineering group in 2008. Prior to VOSS, Bill specialized in telephony and technical architecture at IBM.
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Zvika Delman is CM Marketing Manager for Amdocs. With over 15 years of telecommunications industry experience at major operators and vendors in developing IT and telco B2B and B2C products, marketing specialist Zvika is an expert at bringing new, innovative products to market. Now holding a senior role at recognized industry leader Amdocs, he is responsible for defining the marketing and business strategy for Amdocs Customer Management’s “digital first” products and solutions, which range from operators’ self-service portals to the e-commerce of products and services. Zvika’s expertise in this area enables him to help operators to implement their digital care and sales initiatives, while improving their Net Promoter Score and reducing both their costs and time to market. With an MBA in International Marketing from the University of Sunderland, England, Zvika also successfully leverages his marketing skills to persuade his two children about the merits of going to sleep at the time they’re supposed to.
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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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David Deng is the Co-Founder and CTO of OSSera, Inc, a software company primarily focusing on developing operational support systems (OSS) software products for telecommunication service providers. David has over 25 years of software design, software development, and software deployment experience. Before founding OSSera in 2007, David had worked for Objective System Integrators and Agilent Technologies as Senior Software Architect for many years. David has a Master of Science in Computer Science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Bob DeSantisis an accomplished executive and entrepreneur who has held senior leadership positions in public and private, competitive and regulated companies within the communications, technology, and energy industries. He has been a leader in acquiring, building and growing businesses and arranging for their initial public offerings and other strategic events. Bob’s expertise spans strategy, operations, finance, corporate law, real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to becoming the CEO of 365 Data Centers, Bob was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Xand, which became the leading, privately owned, data center, managed services and cloud services operator in the Northeast prior to its sale to Tierpoint. His previous technology and communications experience includes serving as President and COO of cloud operator Flexisphere, CFO of DSL.net, a nationwide internet service provider, CFO of Electric Lightwave, a metro and long haul fiber business, Executive Vice President of core optical switch manufacturer Tellium, and CFO of Frontier Communications (f/k/a Citizens Communications) during that company’s transformation from a diversified utility to one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies.
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David DeSanto is a security expert with over 15 years of security testing and software development experience. At Spirent, he focuses on driving innovation by looking holistically at security testing and defining product requirements with the primary goal of making all results repeatable. Previously, David has held prominent roles at the industry’s top security research and testing labs.
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Federico Descalzo started his career in the Telecommunications industry more than 20 years ago, with experience on both the service provider side and the vendor side. After eight years at Telecom Italia (previously SIP) in technical roles, he joined Italtel in September 2000 as Technical Sales Support. At Italtel he has covered a wide variety of roles during the last ten years, and has even been involved in international activities abroad as project manager. He was assigned growing responsibilities within the company, leading several Project teams and R&D Units since 2010, when he was appointed Head of Product Unit.
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Vinay Devadatta has extensive experience in the telecom industry, working with equipment vendors, communication service providers, OSS product vendors, OSS solution providers and telco management standards bodies like TMF, ETSI NFV, NGMN NGCOR and more. He is responsible for leveraging external and internal innovation and creating new service lines at a premium software services company. He holds a master's of technology in Computer Science and Technology from IIT Roorkee.
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Dinesh Dhanasekharan is the CTO at Excelacom, a leading global consulting, professional services and products company that delivers solutions for multiple industries, from telecommunications to healthcare, e-commerce and government agencies, based in Reston, Virginia. As CTO, he helps drive the company’s technology strategy, leads the engineering team towards continued delivery of innovative products, and provides executive-level consulting services. Kelly LeBoeuf is Director of Marketing at Excelacom and is responsible for the global strategy, planning and execution of all aspects of Excelacom’s marketing and portfolio.
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Manjeet Dhariwal is co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at CloudSmartz, where he has built a strong global software engineering team focused in the telecommunications industry. Since 2012, Manjeet has focused and grown his team in the SDN/NFV space to produce revenue-generating products for some of the largest telecommunications providers around the world – who have in turn deployed the industry’s first network-on-demand platform. Prior to CloudSmartz, Manjeet spent the better part of 10 years building a global software services company with over 400 employees, which helped form the basis for CloudSmartz’s business model and developed the process, applications, and tools which CloudSmartz now embodies. Manjeet received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MBA from University of Rochester.
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Sunil Diaz , P.Eng, General Manager, Enghouse Networks Limited brings over 20 years of global technology experience in a number of industries including Telecommunications. Mr. Diaz is responsible for overseeing the company's activities, developing the product portfolio and services strategy, enabling key customer relationships, enhancing organic revenue performance and accelerating growth through acquisitions.
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Alan DiCicco is the Network Solutions Marketing Senior Director at Calix and is responsible for helping service providers create new services and deliver exceptional return on their investment by leveraging new optical networking technologies, Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Alan’s 20 years of networking and communications system experience includes senior roles in solutions marketing, product management, and business operations, during which time he defined product architectures and network strategies for business, wireless, and residential networks. Alan has engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford, and and MBA from UC Berkeley.
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Mark Dickey’s ability to be flexible, quick on his feet and stay calm under pressure only strengthens his ability to manage challenging situations. In his role as Chief Revenue Officer, Dickey manages Nitel’s wholesale, channel, and account management teams as well as its marketing organization. His primary responsibilities include building Nitel’s brand by fostering relationships with valued partners, continuing Nitel’s track record of consistent revenue growth and ensuring the company maintains high levels of customer service. Dickey started his career in telecommunications with Cincinnati Bell, Cable & Wireless and AT&T. Over the past 20 years, he has built and led channel organizations in the telecommunications, cloud, and IT spaces, most notably at Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. He has experience at both large public and entrepreneurial startups, having led sales organizations at three startups through their initial public offerings. If sailing has taught Dickey anything, it’s how to chart a successful course. Whether it’s a customer looking to navigate a digital transformation or Nitel’s own sales team’s strategic direction, Dickey is just the guy for the job.
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As Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications for NCTA - The Internet & Television Association, Brian Dietz directs a variety of external communications functions for NCTA including media relations, the organization’s web and online platforms, and the association’s social media and digital advocacy strategy. He also serves as the principal spokesperson for the organization. Dietz joined NCTA in January 2003. Prior to joining NCTA, Dietz was Executive Director of Communications for AT&T Broadband in Sacramento, CA and Director of Communications for MediaOne, in Minneapolis – St. Paul. He also was press secretary for then-Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, and Communications Director for the State of Minnesota’s Trade and Economic Development Agency. Dietz holds a B.A. in Broadcasting from the University of North Dakota, received a graduate certificate in Public Relations from the Masters of Business Communication program at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and completed an Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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Dr. Christoph Dietzel is Global Head of Products and Research at DE-CIX, responsible for Product Management, Research & Development, Global Network Design, and Project Management. Chris is also affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Informatics to combine practical IXP and computer network innovation with academic research. This challenging substrate of teams and tasks has one common thread: He is driving the technological and product future of the DE-CIX interconnection ecosystem, and thus, a part of "the" Internet.
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Dr. Cemal Dikmen has been with SS8 since 1995. As SS8’s Chief Technology Officer, he plays an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth in regards to its security, personnel, physical assets, and information. A renowned expert and thought leader in the legal compliance and communications analysis domain, he has been a frequent speaker at various industry conferences over the past 10 years. Prior to joining SS8, Cemal held software engineering and business development positions at NewNet, ADC Telecommunications and Telenity. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering.
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Slavko Djukic is Vice President, Product Line Management and Technology, of SOLiD Americas. He has more than twenty years of experience in telecommunications products and services. Prior to joining SOLiD, Slavko served as Zinwave's Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the company's wireless technology roadmap. He has also held leadership positions at Ericsson, Corning, and Powerwave. Slavko holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
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Slavko Djukic is CTO at Zinwave. He is an expert in DAS and small-cell systems, with 18 years of experience in indoor wireless technology development. He most recently served as Ericsson’s head of strategy and solutions for small cells, DAS, and Wi-Fi. Prior to Ericsson, he served in a global technical role for Corning, helping expand the company’s global indoor building solutions. He also served as the primary technical interface for indoor wireless experts around the world and the technical lead in Corning’s acquisition of Mobile Access. Slavko also held a leadership role with Powerwave, where he built and led the technical indoor and outdoor DAS solutions organizations for North, Central, and South America.
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Anita Döhler has extensive international experience in various business areas including senior management positions with mobile network operators, vendors and consulting firms. From 2016 until 2020, she held senior management positions at Accenture Industry X.0. Prior to joining Accenture, she worked at Vodafone Group for 16 years, before at E-Plus and Philips, among others. Anita holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Telecommunication Engineering as well as an Executive MBA degree. Furthermore, she is a Systemic Business Coach. Anita is passionate about driving technology innovation for the benefit of human and societies and supporting the world’s leading operators, vendors and research institutes as CEO of the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance.
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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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Rob Doucette is Vice President of Product Management, Martello Technologies. Rob has more than 15 years of experience building market-driven solutions with a focus on real-time diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics. He has assembled multiple software development teams from scratch, managed executive-level partnerships and relationships, and helped to secure funding from Microsoft. Prior to joining Martello, Rob was the CTO of Savision, now a subsidiary of Martello where he led software development teams and was responsible for building industry-leading products such as the BridgeWays Management Pack Suite, Quest Spotlight on Active Directory, and Quest Spotlight on Exchange.
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Steve Douglas is Head of 5G Practice for Spirent Communications, helping to define technical direction, new innovative solutions and market-leading disruptive technologies. With over 20 years’ experience in telecommunications, Steve has been at the cutting edge of next generation technologies and has worked across the industry with service providers, start-ups, and network equipment and device manufacturers, helping drive innovation and transformation across the 5G ecosystem. Steve is an ardent believer in connected technology and strives to challenge, blur and break down the silos that prevent innovation and business success.
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Cyril Doussau has 19 years of experience in the telecom and financial software industries. As the head of InfoVista’s service assurance product line, he leads service assurance products strategy, defines go-to-market plans and manages analyst relations. Previously, Cyril was responsible for InfoVista’s global product marketing, and has been managing InfoVista’s solutions consulting activities in EMEA and the Americas. During that time, he helped numerous Tier 1 and Tier 2 communications service providers and global enterprises architect enterprise-grade service level management and performance assurance solutions. Cyril is passionate about technology disruption and the ways in which global organizations can leverage innovative technologies to lead their markets. He holds a master’s degree in software engineering from ENSSAT in France, and is currently based in Washington, DC.
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Barry Dowd is SVP Managed Services, MDS. MDS is a leading provider of convergent real-time charging, billing and customer management solutions, enabling digital service providers to monetise and bill any product and service rapidly and accurately. Its managed service solutions support customers and deliver a low total cost of ownership, with a one view platform that enhances the customer experience. Headquartered in the UK, MDS managed service solutions support customers across Europe and North America, including ACN, BT Business Mobile, eircom Business, Gogo, TalkTalk Business and Telefónica UK. For more information, visit http://www.mdscem.com.
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Noah Drake is the President, Americas, for Telstra. He is responsible for sales and business operations, further expanding Telstra’s portfolio of technology solutions, continuing to accelerate strategic partnerships and leading the company’s future direction within the region. Drake has a diverse and successful background in telecommunications leadership. Most recently, he led Telstra’s Customer Solutions and Architecture group, directing a specialized team of professionals working with customers to harness the full capabilities of Telstra’s products and services. Drake has more than a decade of experience in the international communications space, building best-in-class performing teams and aggressively scaling in high growth environments. Prior to joining Telstra, Drake was Vice President of Product Management at Boulder (CO)-based Zayo Group, responsible for the Fiber and Infrastructure portfolio of services. He also served as Senior Director of Global Reach where he was tasked with launching the company’s new market expansion team. Outside of his telecommunications career, Drake displays a passion for early-stage venture and he holds advisory positions with two rapidly growing tech startups. He works as a career mentor to encourage STEM learning in Colorado’s underserved school districts and is active in both the Boulder and Denver startup ecosystem. Drake holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as a Master of Public Administration from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
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Cliff Duffey has served as Cybera's president since founding the company in February 2001. As president, he has been the architect of Cybera's growth and emergence as a leading security technology company. Prior to Cybera, Duffey served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Covad, managing the acquisition and integration of BlueStar Communications. Duffey was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at BlueStar Communications, where he managed technology strategy, business development, product marketing, and the rollout of BlueStar's network of 450 U.S. data centers. He also held management positions with Ascend Communications until its acquisition by Lucent, and Intermedia Communications. Duffey holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Clemson University.
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As Head of CSG’s Global Product Management team, Chad Dunavant develops the strategy and direction for CSG’s Global products and service portfolio, ensuring that the company’s solutions meet the current and future needs of a dynamic, global client base.
Chad has nearly 20 years of experience in developing products for the communications services industry and is helping shape CSG’s vision for the evolved Digital Service Provider landscape. He is a frequent author and speaker on best practices for driving profits in the digital content era.
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Kevin Dundonis the Chief Strategy Officer at Alianza, the communications cloud for service providers.
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Jim Dunlap is president and CEO of Cycle30, where he is responsible for strategic direction, operations and financial performance. He has 20 years of leadership experience in retail, consumer products, utility, and telecom. Prior to Cycle30, he held senior roles at GCI, Campbell Soup Company, and Nordstrom. Contact him at Jim.Dunlap@Cycle30.com.
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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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Adam Dunstan is the president and CEO of Active Broadband Networks. Prior to founding Active Broadband Networks, Adam led a consulting practice providing services to the cable industry, and served as vice president of business development and vice president of technology at Avici Systems, where he was instrumental in the development and deployment of the world's first terabit, carrier-class router. Earlier, Adam was at Bay Networks (now Nortel Networks), where he served in various positions in wide area and routing technologies. An acknowledged expert in the networking and telecommunications industries, Adam has invented patented routing technology, presided over the Optical Internetworking Forum, and served as an advisor to the FCC. He is a regular speaker at industry events and frequent contributor to industry publications.
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Jeana Durst is a nationally published writer in various consumer and trade publications who covers the data center and telecom industries.
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William Dykas, Senior Product Manager for Telit IoT Platforms, has over 15 years of business/market development experience in a broad cross-section of technology categories. His extensive career experience with RFID, Big Data analytics, Pervasive Computing and SaaS based software strategies supports his interests in the Internet of Things marketplace. As Product Manager for Telit IoT Platforms, Bill works with to develop products and services that connect and integrate machines with enterprise IT systems. This in combination with his experience as part of IBM’s Pervasive Computing Division developing and promoting its products and services for the wireless services marketplace, enabling him to support the needs in the growing Internet of Things marketplace. Bill formed Power.org, a collaborative organization with 11 founding companies and 41 members, which he brought from initial formation to launch in less than six months. He volunteers with the South Florida Technology Alliance on its Board and as Programs Chair. The Organization’s goal is to build and support the technology community in South Florida. Bill Dykas has over 15 years of business/market development experience in a broad cross section of technology categories. As Product Manager for Telit IoT Platforms, Bill works to develop products and services that connect and integrate machines with enterprise IT systems. With an extensive career experience with RFID, Big Data analytics, Pervasive Computing and SaaS based software strategies Bill has a deep interest in the Internet of Things marketplace and wants to extend that knowledge to other industry professionals. Along with over 15 years of business/market development experience, Bill has also formed Power.org, a collaborative organization with 11 founding companies and 41 members and volunteers with the South Florida Technology Alliance on its Board and as Programs Chair. This experience allows Bill to share valuable information to the ReadWrite community.
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Marc Dyman joined FiberLight as an executive sales leader who creates results through sustainable long-term relationships. As EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, he heads FiberLight’s sales, marketing, product, sales engineering, and business operations teams, which all focus on optimizing network infrastructure to support digital transformation and helping customers achieve long term business goals.
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Wojciech Dziunikowski leads Comarch's Intelligent Assurance and Analytics division which includes solutions covering Customer Experience Management, Service Quality Management, Service Assurance and Fault Management. In his role, he applies years of both academic and industrial experience. This allows him to analyze telecommunications market and specific customer needs in a wider scope. Before joining Comarch, Wojciech was an analyst and business consultant across several R&D and implementation projects for global Tier-1 and Tier-2 telecom operators.
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Mark Dzuban is president and CEO of SCTE®, a subsidiary of CableLabs®. SCTE is a global not-for-profit member organization driving the acceleration and deployment of technology in the cable industry. With a career spanning more than 50 years in cable telecommunications, Dzuban has been named a Cable TV Pioneer, Cable Center Innovation Laureate, Cablefax Top 100 industry executive, and has received the Vanguard Award for Cable Operations Management.
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Darren specializes in office tenant representation in Southern California. As a part of the JLL Global Law Firm Practice Group he brings a unique insight into lease transactions for professional service firms. Darren is also heavily involved in the technology industry and is part of the JLL Data Center Practice Group. His unique expertise with technology users offers a distinct advantage to clients who have complex requirements.
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Dr. Duncan Earl, physicist and founder of quantum networking company Qubitekk, spent nearly 20 years conducting energy and defense-related research and development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the fields of quantum sources, quantum computing and quantum cryptography. Today Earl’s focus lies squarely in applying his findings toward building quantum networks, critical precursors to the coming quantum-enabled internet. A nationally recognized pioneer in the field of practical quantum applications, Earl holds numerous patents, has served on steering committees for organizations including QED-C and NIST and frequently advises policymakers about quantum networking solutions to some of the country’s foremost challenges.
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David Eckard serves as the VP of Strategy and Technology for the Nokia North American region focused on solving the key challenges operators have in building and operating next generation networks. As the chief technical advocate of the customer, he is responsible for driving cost effective and accretive end-to-end network modernization activities utilizing the concepts of data driven networks for service orchestration, service assurance and network optimization. Previously Eckard was the VP of Business Strategy for the Optical Networking Business Unit of Nokia focused on the profitability of the optical transport portfolio and expansion into new market segments such as 5G transport and Network as a Service. He was the Chief Technology Officer for the Fixed Networks Division of Nokia for over seven years overseeing the technology development and investment for products relating to the xDSL, fixed wireless, Wi-Fi and the optical access markets. He has held other leadership roles in systems engineering and product development at Nokia. Eckard is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, holds many patents in optical access and has represented Nokia in standardization forums for next generation optical access networks.
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Matt Edic serves as the Chief eXperience Officer for IntelePeer. In this role, he and his team ensure the highest level of support in customer interactions. Previously, Matt served as Senior Vice President, Customer Experience and Vice President, Enterprise Sales and Business Development for IntelePeer. Matt brings to IntelePeer more than 20 years of leadership experience and a strong passion for serving customers, continuous improvement, and teamwork. Prior to IntelePeer, Matt worked for NexTone, JP Morgan Chase & Co., and Qwest Communications. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Ben Edmond is CEO and founder of Connected2Fiber. Previously he served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Global Capacity, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s customer go-to-market strategy and execution. He has 20 years of experience in the fiber, telecom and networking industries, encompassing broad expertise in the areas of executive leadership, strategy, customer experience, sales, marketing, and operations.
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John Egan is President of the HomeGrid Forum. John has a background in leading edge technologies and was a pioneer in PON (Passive Optical Networks) and VDSL silicon technologies. He has worked closely with service providers and end customers, giving him a unique perspective of the needs of all stakeholders in the telecoms market
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As Chief Strategy Officer at ProLabs, Jon J. Eikel has over 21 years of executive leadership experience in the service provider industry utilizing advanced optical transport technologies. Jon's roles have included GVP of network operations and engineering at Time Warner Cable, and SVP of Network Engineering at Wave Broadband. In his tenure at TWC, he oversaw rebuilds of their metro and regional optical networks – including a critical network refresh on the West Coast driving stability and scale into the region’s Internet and television offerings. Later at Wave Broadband, Jon led the operations of their multi-state optical and IP network, serving residential, commercial, and institutional customers. Jon's experience leading large-scale service provider and IT networks globally provides him with an intimate knowledge of the complex challenges facing cutting edge service providers. Under his guidance, his networks have helped serve over 16 million subscribers, and at ProLabs, he uses this expertise to help us continue making great strides in driving to resolve the fiber optic networking challenges of tomorrow and aligning our solutions and support with the needs of today.
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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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David Ellis is Account Executive, Enterprise Solutions, at Genetec. He has spent more than 28 years in the electronic physical security industry in a variety of roles as an end user, systems integrator, and manufacturer representative. David is also a retired member of the US Air Force with over 23 years of service.
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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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John English has more than 20 years of experience working with carriers around the world to improve a variety of network operations, including: implementation, administration, performance monitoring and service provisioning. His career includes senior level positions at companies such as Stratus Computer, Lucent, Tekelec and, for the last 10 years, at NETSCOUT.
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Shirin Esfandiari is Senior Director of product marketing at the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit, with special focus on best in class technology for 5G, IoT and networks built for cloud. She has over 15 years of telecommunications industry experience in marketing and sales enablement, customer program management and sales consulting with experience drawn from numerous strategic engagements with service providers and partners around the world. Prior to Oracle, Shirin held positions with Acme Packet as customer program manager helping Tier 1 operators in the EMEA region. Preceding that she was working for the Ericsson’s global service delivery center in a systems integrator and sales consulting role. Shirin holds an International MBA from the IE Business School, a Masters of Applied Sciences in telecommunications engineering and a Bachelor of electrical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is currently working at living in the Madrid, Spain.
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Andy Everest is Vice President, Procurement & Service Delivery at Arelion, based in the UK. He has ultimate responsibility for purchasing and supplier management, alongside running a Service Delivery unit. Andy has worked in the telecommunications industry for nearly twenty-two years and has worked for Global Crossing, NTT Communications, and euNetworks. Arelion has been his home for the last 8+ years. Andy holds a BA degree in German and a Master of Arts in Management.
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Ken Everett is founder and CEO of Digital Matter. Ken is an electronics engineer with a passion for embedded device and firmware/software design and development. Ken founded Digital Matter in 2001 with a focus on turning great product ideas into reality. He has helped grow the business rapidly, building on Digital Matter’s goal of delivering reliable quality products at competitive prices, and lives by the Digital Matter mantra of “engineered to outperform.”
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With LightRiver Software since 2018, as Chief Operating Officer, Travis Ewert is responsible for scaling the business while further enhancing the netFLEX application framework as well as overall customer experience. He leads business and strategy development, marketing, strategic sales, systems engineering, customer support, and operations for LightRiver Software. Travis brings a 20+ year history as a transformational champion of network programmability and control. A network technologist since 1994, Travis has focused on network architecture, technology strategy, and network software development exclusively since 2008, in executive positions at multiple Global Service Providers. Over this time period, Travis led the development of many industry firsts for network and service automation and on-demand or adaptive use cases as made available to the Operation or directly to End Customers. Travis holds a BS Construction Engineering Management from Oregon State University.
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Johan Fagerberg is the CEO and co-founder of Berg Insight. He is a respected IoT industry expert, with 25 years’ of experience in strategy consulting, operations management, and telecoms market research. His past research has covered automotive telematics, fleet management, location-based services, and industrial IoT topics. Prior to founding Berg Insight, Johan held various consulting, sales, and marketing roles at telecom companies such as Ericsson, Vodafone and France Telecom. Johan holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and a post graduate degree program in project management.
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Andrew Faiola is currently Head of Mobility at ST Engineering iDirect, where he leads a team responsible for the company’s strategy for aviation, maritime, and land mobile. Previously, Andrew spent over 15 years at Intelsat, the world’s leading satellite company, in a number of different direct account management and leadership positions, most recently leading the Mobility Solutions sales team for Europe, Middle East, and Asia. He also held various sales and marketing roles at New Skies Satellites, and at an independent teleport in the USA called ESATEL Communications. Earlier in his career he performed research and project development work at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, and at NASA, which involved the provision of Internet service and remote sensing for environmental purposes. Andrew holds a BA in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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Naim Falandino is a data scientist, software developer, and engineering manager with more than ten years of experience building analytical data pipelines and applications. As Chief Scientist of Nokia Deepfield his expertise in real-time analytics, machine learning, and information visualization is being applied to build products that solve the networking industry's most complex problems in security, performance, and management.
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Karl Falk is the Founder and CEO of Botdoc, a company that allows organizations to employ a secure and encrypted channel with consumers to exchange documents, signatures, payments and other capabilities without the traditional challenges of passwords, apps, logins or plugins
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Eran Farajun is Executive Vice President of Asigra where he is responsible for the company’s global expansion, marketing, business development and long-term strategic activities for the company's cloud backup and recovery software platform. Additionally, Eran oversees strategic relationships with Asigra’s technology and channel partners who have helped grow deployments of Asigra Cloud Backup to more than 1,000,000 sites worldwide.
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Brian Farrar is a partner and founder of the firm with over 25 years of consulting, technology, and investment banking experience. Prior to Maven Wave, Farrar spent 7 years in technology investment banking. Mr. Farrar has completed merger and capital raising transactions in excess of $2 billion. Farrar served as President/COO of Xpedior Incorporated (NASDAQ: XPDR) a technology consultancy with over $200 million in revenues and 1600 consultants. Farrar also served as President and CEO of Metamor Technologies, a systems integration and software consulting firm with revenues in excess of $80 million. Farrar’s consulting work has achieved recognition by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, CIO, and Wired magazine. Farrar is a published author with 6 books on technology related topics distributed in 6 languages worldwide.
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Ludovico Fassati joined Vodafone in August 2014 thanks to the acquisition of Cobra Automotive Technologies. Ludovico is now leading Vodafone's IoT business in the Americas based out of the New York City office. Before this he was heading Vodafone IoT Vertical Market Development with responsibility for driving new business, new technologies (as NB-IoT and IoT Satellite) and developing vertical industries such as smart metering, home automation, industrial equipment and m-health. Prior to joining Vodafone, Ludovico was the CEO of Cobra Telematics (now Vodafone Telematics) leading 450 employees in 7 different countries. Ludovico started his career in the Private Equity industry in Italy and in the UK leading investments in different sectors such as logistics, luxury goods, gaming, renewable energies and food. Ludovico holds a degree in economics and financial institutions from Università L. Bocconi of Milan (Italy). As well as his native Italian, he is fluent in English and French.
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Mark Feider is the National Director, Enterprise sector for Genetec in the USA. His passion is helping enterprises eliminate data silos so they can quickly assess wha t’s happening in their environment and focus on their mission of securing the flow of people and goods throughout their facilities. Prior to joining the company in 2007 he was a national account manager at a large Canadian security systems integrator.
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Robert Felgar is CEO of RAZ Mobility, a company dedicated to offering unique and disruptive mobile assistive technology to people with disabilities. RAZ Mobility primarily sells its solutions directly to consumers, as well as to state and federal government agencies. Prior to founding RAZ Mobility, Mr. Felgar was a telecommunications attorney and the general counsel of two telecommunications companies: Prepaid Wireless Group, and prior to that, Americatel Corporation. Mr. Felgar received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in Canada.
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Jennifer Fellows is Senior Vice President - Product Management & Marketing for MDS. Jennifer manages product evolution and marketing for MDS’ billing and real-time charging solutions. She has more than 20 years' experience in telecoms BSS, real-time charging, mediation and customer management systems. Prior to joining MDS, Jennifer held director and VP roles at major billing players, including bcgi, Argent Networks and CSG International, where she oversaw the global deployment of products and exceeded revenue targets.
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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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Ken Figueredo focuses on IoT ecosystem strategy and standardization initiatives for Convida Wireless, an innovation-focused joint venture between InterDigital Inc. and Sony Corporation. He contributes to the oneM2M Partnership Project, the global community that develops IoT standards to enable interoperable, secure and simple-to-deploy IoT systems. Ken's other activities include contributions to the ATIS/US Ignite Smart City Data Exchange initiative and the Industrial Internet Consortium. His prior market-development experience includes advising the GSMA in creating its industry strategy targeting the Connected Living/IoT market opportunities. He is an alumnus of INSEAD and holds an Engineering PhD in ‘digital-twin’ algorithms for self-adaptive control systems.
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Ken Figueredo focuses on IoT ecosystem strategy and standardization initiatives for Convida Wireless, an innovation-focused joint venture between InterDigital Inc. and Sony Corporation. He contributes to the oneM2M Partnership Project, the global community that develops IoT standards to enable interoperable, secure and simple-to-deploy IoT systems. Ken's other activities include contributions to the ATIS/US Ignite Smart City Data Exchange initiative and the Industrial Internet Consortium. His prior market-development experience includes advising the GSMA in creating its industry strategy targeting the Connected Living/IoT market opportunities. He is an alumnus of INSEAD and holds an Engineering PhD in ‘digital-twin’ algorithms for self-adaptive control systems.
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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 Director of Strategy for NetCracker Technology Corp. He is an expert in the Communications and Media industry and its OSS/BSS software sector. In more than 18 years he has been a software architect, consultant, analyst, author, reporter and frequent presenter at major industry events worldwide.
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Jaime Fink is Co-Founder and CPO at Mimosa.
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Mr. Fitz manages a nationwide team of over 600 sales engineers who are responsible for selling, designing, implementing, and supporting solutions for Sprint’s business customers. In addition, Mr. Fitz is responsible for Sprint’s wireline business unit profit and loss.
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Paul Florack is Vice President of Product Management for Tranaction Network Services. Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. TNS offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enable transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, TNS has grown steadily and now provides services in over 60 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. TNS has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods.
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Ross Flynn is Project Manager at MEF (Mobile Ecosystem Forum) a global trade body established in 2000 and headquartered in the UK with members across the world. As the voice of the mobile ecosystem, it focuses on cross-industry best practices, anti-fraud, and monetisation. The Forum provides its members with global and cross-sector platforms for networking, collaboration, and advancing industry solutions.
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Todd Foje is Chief Executive Officer of Great Plains Communications and Great Plains Underground Construction. He joined the company in 2013 after serving as an independent director for Omnium Worldwide, one of the ten largest payment collection firms. Todd earned his bachelor of business administration from Creighton University, his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University, and a Masters of Law in Taxation (LLM) degree from Georgetown University. He has experience as both a Certified Public Accountant and an attorney. In addition to serving Great Plains Communications as the CEO, Todd also serves key volunteer and board roles with organizations such as the American Red Cross, Creighton Prep High School, Duchesne Academy, and the TeamMates mentoring program. He is also on the board of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Educated at Loughborough University of Technology between 1977 and 1984, Ray Forbes joined Plessey Telecommunications where he worked on Software Engineering and Analysis. Since 1990 he has worked on network development in the area of Intelligent Networks and the standardization thereof. He has chaired the NGN Protocols in ETSI including the IMS adaptation to fixed networks and the Common IMS programme. He was elected as ETSI TC M2M Protocols Working Group Chair. He has also been actively involved in the ITU-T Smart Focus Group. He was appointed as the Chair of the M2M Protocols activity in oneM2M the global IoT standardization Partnership Project, where ETSI is a founding partner. He was also appointed as Leader of the M2M Service Enablement & Utilities Standardization. Currently, he is working for Huawei Technologies. He is the Chair of the ETSI ISG ENI (Experiential Networked intelligence) and the Vice-Chair of ETSI ISG PDL (Permissioned Distributed Ledger).
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Peter Ford is the Executive Vice President, Head of Information Solutions business for iconectiv. He is responsible for leading the platform portfolio for the company’s trusted communications, network and operations, numbering and registry businesses. He has responsibility for all business operations, including, product management and oversees the company’s sales efforts and expansion strategies across the globe.
Ford is an experienced senior executive in the consulting, technology and communications sectors, with more than 25 years of experience. He previously served as the Managing Director, EMEA, Service Provider Transformation Group at Cisco Systems, where he developed partnerships with some of the largest global telecommunications players on issues such as Big Data/Analytics and Network Convergence and Security.
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Toby Forman founded SmartCIC, a global managed services provider, in 2008. SmartCIC holds an operator’s license in France and delivers a range of connectivity and field services solutions for Tier 1 operators, national carriers, FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 enterprise customers in over 200 countries and territories globally. Forman started his career in sales and moved into marketing, working for customers such as Anheuser-Busch, Diageo, HSBC, and the NFL, possessing a wealth of experience an d a history of success in this field.
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As CTO, Ed Fox is responsible for the planning, deployment, and operations of MetTel’s global broadband, data, and VoIP network infrastructure. He has over 30 years of telecommunications and network experience managing massive organizational and customer growth at major telecommunications providers. Mr. Fox earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Ed Fox is VP of network services for MetTel, a leading provider of communications solutions. He is responsible for the planning, deployment and operation of MetTel’s broadband, data and VoIP network infrastructure. He has over 20 years of telecommunications and network experience giving him strong insights into future industry developments and innovations.
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Michael Frane is Chief product officer for Nitel, overseeing all product development, product roadmap and execution. He came to Nitel in 2023. Previous to coming to Nitel, Frane worked the past 14 years as Vice President of Product Management at Windstream, where he won a number of awards for the company’s digital experience and service portfolio. While there, he helped transform Windstream from a legacy CLEC into a managed services provider. Prior to Windstream, he was Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Development for Pacific Lightnet, where he led their effort to become the first provider in Hawaii to offer voice over IP services to customers. Frane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in genetics and cellular biology from the University of Minnesota.
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Mike Frayne joined VOSS in 2006 as chief executive officer, taking responsibility for the company’s strategic direction, sales, profitability, and aggressive growth plans. Mike brings to VOSS a background of managing high-growth companies and successfully taking them to IPO. Before joining VOSS, Mike was co-founder and Executive Chairman of Intec Telecom Systems PLC. Prior to founding the Intec Group he worked as a consultant for a number of years, following IT management roles in the investment banking industry. Mike holds an MBA from Wits Business School, Johannesburg, and a BSc in Information Technology and Psychology. Mike was named Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2001. Mike’s business interests are truly global, ranging from companies in the USA, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
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Avi Freedman is Co-Founder and CEO at Kentik. Avi Freedman has decades of experience as a leading technologist and networking executive. Prior to co-founding Kentik in 2014, he served in several roles for Akamai, including Chief Network Scientist and Vice President of Network Infrastructure. In 1992, Freedman launched Netaxs, the first ISP for Philadelphia, before going on to serve as the Network Director for AboveNet and the CTO for ServerCentral.
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Steve French currently is the Global Vice President of Product Management and Marketing of OpenMarket, a leading enterprise mobile engagement company. Prior to joining OpenMarket, Steve was the VP of Global Marketing at NewBay Software, a leading cloud services company. Steve was previously Director, Global Marketing, for Tekelec, a mobile data management vendor. He has also held a variety of product management, product marketing, marketing and finance positions at several communication companies, including Hatteras Networks, Global Crossing, Tellium and Nortel Networks. Before entering the communications industry, Steve spent eight years in the Navy after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a BS in Engineering. He completed his MBA degree at North Carolina State University while in the Navy.
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Mattias Fridström is the chief evangelist officer of Arelion, formerly called Telia Carrier. Over his 20-plus year tenure at Telia Carrier, Fridström has worked in a number of senior roles, most recently as CTO. Recognized as one of the one of the world’s leading authorities on the Internet, Mattias’ job is to ‘make the concept of internet connectivity come alive.’
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Mattias Fridström is the Chief Evangelist for Arelion, formerly called Telia Carrier. With over 20 years in the telecommunications industry, Mattias can be considered a veteran – but his enthusiasm hasn’t faded. Mattias combines expert knowledge with anecdotes from behind the scenes and deep insight into the networked economy: What are the challenges of tomorrow for network providers? How can we meet ever-increasing traffic demand and customer quality expectations within the same cost frame? Mattias holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Since joining Telia in 1996, he has worked in a number of senior roles within Telia Carrier and most recently as CTO. Since July 2016 he has been Telia Carrier's Chief Evangelist.
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Vlad Friedman, Chief Technology Officer at DataBank, is a seasoned IT veteran with over 25 years of mission-critical IT experience. Vlad joined the DataBank management team as CTO in September 2017 with the acquisition of Edge Hosting. In his role as DataBank’s Chief Technology Officer, Vlad guides the direction for development, implementation and management of the company’s overall technology strategies. Prior to DataBank, Vlad founded Edge Hosting, a compliance-driven IaaS and PaaS Managed Cloud Hosting service provider, in 1998 as a spin-off from his first IT venture ACS, which was started in 1991 while he was still a student at the University of Maryland. ACS was a software startup that created the only packaged solution for large scale automotive logistics processing that was widely adopted by auto manufacturers, port processors and transportation carriers around the globe. Under Vlad’s direction, the company flourished to thousands of servers in geographically diverse data centers, hosting highly secure, mission-critical hosting for web and line-of-business applications.
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Simon Frost is Head of TV Marketing, Ericsson, driving all aspects of communications and marketing for TV in Ericsson. He has more than 15 years TV experience spanning strategy, business development, pre-sales, solution design and technical selling for operators in all TV market segments, and a worldwide focus. Simon previously held the position of Head of IPTV Compression, Solution Area TV, Ericsson, driving the strategy and creation of business solutions, as well as technical evangelism to enable Telco operators to both deliver high quality linear TV services, as well as expand into multi-screen TV on all screens for the consumer. Prior to this role, Simon Frost was Business Development Director for TANDBERG Television. He led the company’s worldwide Mobile TV and Terrestrial TV (DVB-T) business development activities. Previously Simon was Head of Pre-Sales and Systems Architecture for Harmonic EMEA. Before this, Simon worked for Philips Digital Networks, Barco Communication Systems and RE. Simon holds a BEng Hons in Communication Systems from the University of Portsmouth and is long-term member of the IET.
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Don Fujiwara graduated from Columbia College Chicago with an undeclared B.A. and, somewhere along the way, managed to win a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Collegiate Gold Circle Award in the Magazine Essay category.
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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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John Gagliardo is Director, M2M Business Development at Iridium Communications.
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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 an academic program through 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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Marco Gatti is the head of 5G Product, Solutions, and Strategy at Anritsu, and is responsible for the strategy and evolution of the Anritsu Service Assurance portfolio for 5G. Marco has 20+ years of experience in the telecommunications industry with Compaq, HP, Ericsson, and Anritsu, delivering projects and presales worldwide for Tier 1 Service Providers. Marco began his career as a developer and solution architect and moved to enterprise architecture and business consultancy for OSS and BSS. His recent focus includes CEM, Orchestration, Network slicing, Cloudification, and Service Assurance with the related integrations using industry-standard guidelines. Marco enjoys leveraging IT and automation tooling to make operations easier while focusing on the value to the business. Marco holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Management and an M.Sc. in Trade Marketing and Commercial Strategies from the Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy. He started his developer journey on a Philips MSX in 1989.
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Fabio Gavioli is the Head of Marketing at SIAE Microelettronica, with 20 years’ experience in the telecommunication B2B market for hardware and software solutions focused on mobile operators. With over 12 years of marketing experience and over five in business office activities, Fabio is in charge of the global marketing planning and programs execution. In the past years he focused on digital transformation and digital marketing.
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Morgan Gebhardt is VP, Channel Relations for IPsoft. Morgan’s primary focus is developing and executing critical business strategies for IPsoft. This includes targeting and opening new markets and forming strategic partnerships on a global scale. Morgan maintains active governance over several of IPsoft’s global business regions and strategic partner relationships. Prior to joining IPsoft, Morgan worked for seven years as a divisional Head of IT for Macy’s/Federated Department Stores, where he was also an early IPsoft client.
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Sacha Gera is Senior Vice President, Cloud Products at Ribbon, a 2015 CNBC Disruptor 50 and global leader in real-time communications software solutions. Often described as a change agent with a cross-enterprise approach to leadership, Gera takes passion in striking the optimal balance between innovation, growth, profitability and operational excellence. In his current role, he leads product management for the company’s portfolio of cloud solutions, including Kandy Communications Platform as a Service, Over the Top Mobile Clients and Cloud Unified Communications.
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Johnny Ghibril is the VP of Technology Solutions at B.Yond.
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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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As Vice President of Systems for Rajant Corporation, Don Gilbreath focuses his 30+ years of product development, engineering project management, and specialized technical sales on extreme industrial IoT opportunities for Rajant’s industrial wireless communications technology. Mr. Gilbreath’s specialty in video, sensor, and computer-based products makes him a sought-after resource for such research organizations as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the Pennsylvania Drone Association. Much of Mr. Gilbreath’s work is documented on the Rajant Systems YouTube channel. There you will find international recognition for Mr. Gilbreath’s collaboration with UK’s Team Tao and their quest for the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to autonomously map the seafloor. Collectively in 2019, Team Tao was awarded the first-ever $200,000 “Moonshot Award” for their innovative approach using autonomous swarm system technology. Before Rajant, Mr. Gilbreath provided specialized R&D expertise to General Electric, Johnson Controls, TCI, Standard & Poor’s, and Commodore International. He developed and launched, or licensed over 30 computer-based products, including musical instruments, multimedia players, internet access devices, set-top boxes, and IP video and sensor systems. Mr. Gilbreath has broad experience in directing international engineering teams, vendor negotiations, licensing, patents, offshore manufacturing, and the launching of innovative products to world markets. He holds and has worked on many patented products worldwide. His board memberships include serving as ComCam International – Chairman/CTO (1998-2015) and VisCorp – Director/CTO (1994-1997).
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As Executive Director of GlobalPlatform, Kevin Gillick is responsible for driving awareness and accelerating adoption of the GlobalPlatform Specifications within worldwide markets. Mr. Gillick coordinates and manages the organization's strategic planning and oversees all marketing and business development initiatives within key vertical market sectors. He works closely with GlobalPlatform's Marketing Director, Technical Director, all three of the organization's technical committees - Card, Device and Systems - and the GlobalPlatform Task Forces.
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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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Jezzibell Gilmore is SVP, Business Development and co-founder of PacketFabric. Prior to co-founding PacketFabric, Jezzibell was an early stage employee of AboveNet Communications and Akamai Technologies and previously served as VP of Operations at RoamData as well as VP of Business Development for GTT.
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Dave Ginsburg is currently VP of Product and Solutions Marketing at Aryaka Networks. His background includes leading marketing and product management organizations spanning networking, the cloud, SaaS, security, and SDN at companies including Teridion, Pluribus, Extreme, Riverstone Networks, Nortel, and Cisco. He is a published author and thought leader focusing on the convergence of these different technologies in driving business outcomes. Dave holds an electrical engineering degree from RPI.
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Jason Gintert is Chief Solutions Officer at Nitel. In Jason's words, as a technologist, my expertise lies in driving innovative network solutions at Nitel, where we champion the future of managed services. My focus is on simplifying the complex technology challenges businesses face today, helping them stay agile and secure in a cloud-centric world. My role encompasses nurturing global managed services that deliver optimized network performance and comprehensive security, streamlined through a single hub of excellence. Nitel’s managed offerings highlight a commitment to superior network management and user experience. Our dedicated Managed Service Center, along with our end-to-end solutions are testament to our drive for operational excellence and customer-centric focus.
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Bart Giordano is senior vice president and president of the Networking, Intelligent Cellular and Security Solutions business at CommScope. He is responsible for the development, growth and transformation of CommScope’s enterprise networking, wireless mobility and security portfolio aligned to CommScope’s strategic transformation initiative. Prior to this role, Mr. Giordano was general manager of the RUCKUS business unit after previously leading its worldwide sales organization. His 20+ year career spans various technical and business roles in full-stack networking, wireless and cloud companies. Prior to RUCKUS, Bart served in roles of increasing responsibility at Egnyte, an enterprise SaaS company and Marvell Semiconductor. Early in his career, he was a software engineer in Cisco’s Security Technology Group. Mr. Giordano holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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As Chief Technology Officer, Chuck Girt is responsible for the development, growth and management of the Everstream network infrastructure. Previously, Chuck served as Chief Technology Officer for OneCommunity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming Northeast Ohio’s economy. He also has held engineering and technology positions throughout his career, including National Director of Engineering and Operations for Adelphia Commercial Services as well as Director of Midwest Operations and Core Developer for Northpoint DSL. Chuck holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics, a master’s degree in Quantum Physics and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Yuri Gittik's specific interests are in the area of carrier network infrastructure, in particular co-innovation partnership with leading carriers worldwide and international R&D collaboration. He was Chief Strategy Officer (2005-12), Head of Strategic Developments and Innovation (2012-20) in RAD and was instrumental in developing Carrier Ethernet access, Distributed NFV/vCPE and cloud access, the recent focus is 5G transport networks and edge computing solutions. Awarded “Israeli Innovations – Breakthrough Products that Changed the World” (2018). MSc Systems Engineering (1979), PhD Economics (1986).
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Christoph Glingener is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at ADVA Optical Networking. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Dortmund, Germany. Christoph Glingener joined ADVA Optical Networking in April 2006, assuming responsibility for all global research and development activities at sites in Europe, the United States and China. In 2007, Christoph was appointed CTO. Since that time, he also leads ADVA Optical Networking's product management and advanced technology teams. Christoph has focused on streamlining ADVA Optical Networking's innovative product portfolio, defining the product strategy and building the Company's standing as a global leader in optical networking. Christoph's activities at ADVA Optical Networking build on a long and successful industry career with experience gained in both academic and corporate roles. These include leading positions at Marconi Communications (now Ericsson) and Siemens Communications (now Nokia Networks).
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Gary Gluzman is the executive director of product development for MetTel, a leading provider of communications solutions. With technical roots in the information technology space, Gluzman has over 15 years of startup and enterprise experience developing and implementing internet telephony services.
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Ryan Gold is the CEO of Moflix with over 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications sector. He is a strategic and customer-focused executive with experience developing and deploying services, leading operations, and managing customer relationships in the US, Europe, and Latin America in his previous roles as COO (Qvantel) and Director of Engineering and Product Management (Nokia).
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Larry Goldman (Partner) leads Analysys Mason’s work in telecoms network and software research. His current focus is service provider digital transformation and the transition to 5G. He co-founded OSS Observer, now part of Analysys Mason. Larry has over 30 years’ experience in telecoms networks and software. Before founding OSS Observer in 2003, he was OSS Program Director at research firm RHK. Prior to joining RHK, he was Director of the Network Solutions Group at Tellabs (now Coriant), managed OSS development at GTE (now Verizon), and spent 12 years at Hewlett-Packard, where he was a manager responsible for telecoms-related software development. Larry is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
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Flavio Gomes is CEO at LogiSense and is focused on strategic direction and navigating the company to deliver real-time usage rating and billing solutions to the telecommunications, machine-to-machine, unified communications and enterprise service provider marketplace. Flavio is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of business building experience who understands the critical role accurate, real-time usage rating plays in the modern service provider's ability to monetize offerings, maximize revenue and control costs in the Usage Economy: The dynamic convergence of subscription- and usage-based billing models, allowing service providers to monetize in real-time any triggered event in the connected world to gain significant competitive advantages.
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Karen Gondoly combines executive leadership and technical skills to head up Leostream, a leading connection management platform for virtual desktop infrastructures, where she serves as both CEO and VP of Product Management. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical/astronautical engineering. When she isn’t ‘running’ the company, she can be found pounding the pavement training for her goal of running a marathon in every state. To date, she has completed marathons in 45 states and 3 countries.
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Daniel Gonzalez has 10+ years in application planning, development, training and testing. A member of IEEE, Daniel holds the position of Digital/Optical Field Application Engineer for Anritsu Company. In this role, he is responsible for providing technical support to customers in the central region of North America.
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Craig Goodwin has spent his career on a mission to transform cybersecurity technology--from product development to sales and deployment to services engagements--throughout the product lifecycle and the customer journey. He has focused his efforts on changing the ways people and organizations view security, up to and including the ways they consume and manage the cyber tech they buy. He approaches cybersecurity as fundamentally a people concern to enable businesses to drive down risk and leverage security as a competitive differentiator through cultural change and realignment of security outcomes. As co-founder and chief product and strategy officer at Cyvatar, Craig utilizes proven technologies, exceptional human talent, and process roadmaps to drive this revolutionary approach committed to customer success and business-based outcomes. Using his extensive industry expertise as an end user as well as a services provider, Craig can engineer solutions designed to disrupt the industry while providing customers the value and utility they need to protect their data and assets.
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Vishy Gopalakrishnan is currently the AVP, Product Marketing Management, Unified Communications & Collaboration for AT&T. Vishy leads the strategy and execution for the Unified Communications & Collaboration portfolio. Before taking on this role, Vishy was at SAP where he held the role of VP of Mobile Solutions, leading the global go-to-market plan for the SAP mobile portfolio. Prior to SAP, Vishy was with AT&T Business Solutions where he launched and scaled a nationwide sales force focused on mobile application platforms, mobile device management, and location-based services. He has held prior roles spanning technology and IT consulting, portfolio management, and alliances at Nokia, Capgemini, and Motorola. A frequent speaker at industry events, Vishy is also the co-author of “Work Goes Mobile” (Wiley, 2006).
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Ravikiran Gopalan is founder and CTO, Aira Technologies. He is an information theory and wireless communications expert and part of the core group that invented Bluetooth 5.0 with over 15 years of experience at Bell Labs, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm.
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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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Bartlomiej Gorny received his MS degree in Computer Science as well as his PhD degree from AGH University of Science and Technology. He is currently Head of AI/ML Competence Center in Telecommunication Sector in Comarch S.A. (Software House and IT Systems Integrator), Cracow, Poland.
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Andy Gottlieb leading expert in WAN/LAN switching and routing, Andy co-founded Talari Networks, now a part of Oracle, and served as its first CEO after previously serving in executive roles in both startups and public corporations. He was Vice President of Marketing at RouteScience, a route optimization startup, and before that led marketing at MMC Networks, the pioneering Network Processor developer, through its $4.5B acquisition by Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) in 2000. Andy also served on the board of LVL7 Systems, a network processing software company. Previously, he spent more than a dozen years at 3Com Corporation, highlighted by his leadership of the Switching Systems business unit through its development and introduction of the CoreBuilder 9000 enterprise switching platform. He also served as 3Com's Vice President of Marketing for Large Enterprise Markets and held a number of other senior marketing, product management, and engineering roles. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Master of Science degree in computer science from Stanford University.
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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 a regular Pipeline contributor, industry analyst and executive consultant who helps clients with their strategic initiatives; most recently for the Defense community via Soliel LLC.
Mr. Greene was the initiator of the TeleManagement Forum's (TMF) program of New Generation Operations Support Systems (NGOSS) and Fine Grain NGOSS. He was elected to the TMF board of directors and served as a board advisor to the TMF. He was CTO and founder of FineGrain Networks and CTO 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 was granted nine patents and is considered a world thought leader on Autonomic Communications, Self-* applications, Clouds, the Service Ecosystem, survivable systems, telecommunications, OSS, O&M, and collaboration systems. Prior articles are organized in the series TeleRenaissance [see wedgegreene.com]
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Alana Grelyak is 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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Georg Greve is a senior technologist with 20+ years of experience and a deep understanding of a wide range of technologies and how to apply them towards solving meaningful problems. Over the course of his career he has been entrepreneur, author, physicist and software developer. Today he is the Head of Product Development of Vereign ("Verifiable and Sovereign") with a mission to make Self Sovereign Identity useable and useful to everyone. The first product, Vereign SEAL, adds digital provenance to email on Outlook, Microsoft 365 and Gmail. For users aiming for a higher sovereignty score, it is available on VNClagoon.
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Phil Griston as VP of Business Development at Cariden Technologies is responsible for building successful and sustainable business partnerships with network equipment vendors, professional services organizations and Cariden’s channel partners. Prior to joining Cariden, Phil held a variety of business development and marketing positions within software and networking companies, including venture funded startups, Cisco Systems, BMC Software, and Cable & Wireless.
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Cliff Grossner, Ph.D. , is senior research director, data center, cloud and SDN, at IHS Technology.
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Sanjaya G S is a Senior Engineering and Analytics leader with experience in building and leading passionate engineering and analytics teams, driving product and solution innovation, transforming engineering processes and developing leadership talent. An Engineering graduate in computer science who is passionate about solving problems through Data Science and Big data solutions. In his current role as Head of Analytics at Subex, he is responsible for Business development, Analytics solution development and to build an excellent Data Science team.
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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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Darren Guccione is the CEO and co-founder of Keeper Security, Inc. creator of Keeper, the world’s most popular password manager and secure digital vault. Keeper is the first and only password management application to be preloaded with mobile operators and device manufacturers including, AT&T, Orange, America Movil and HTC. Keeper has more than 11 million consumer customers and the business solution protects more than 4,000 organizations worldwide. Darren is regularly featured as a cyber-security expert in major media outlets including CBS Evening News, Fox & Friends, USA Today, ABC and Mashable. Darren was a panelist at FamilyTech Summit at CES 2017 and keynote speaker at Techweek Chicago 2015. In 2014, Keeper won the Chicago Innovation Awards and in 2016 won the Global Telecoms Business Awards with Orange for Consumer Service Innovation. Darren was recently named in the Chicago Top Tech 50 by Crain’s Chicago Business. He started the company with extensive experience in product design, engineering and development. At Keeper, Darren leads product vision, global strategy, customer experience and business development.
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Yaron Gueta brings over a decade of research and development experience to Glassbox. Prior to cofounding the company, Yaron was a research and development manager at Hewlett-Packard/Mercury, where he led development of the Real User Monitor product line from initial design to multimillion-dollar annual sales. Before this, Yaron played a leading role in the research and development teams of successful start-ups Pixel Technologies and Cellular Magic.
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Ajay Gulati shares responsibility for driving ZeroStack’s product innovation, bringing to life his thought leadership in systems infrastructures and virtualization. Ajay was a senior architect and R&D lead at VMware where he designed flagship products including Storage I/O control, Storage DRS and DRS. He has been recognized as a prolific inventor by his peers and has more than a dozen patents to his name. Ajay has consulted with multiple startups including Nimble Storage and Velocloud Networks. Ajay has a Ph.D. from Rice University and a B.S. from IIT Kharagpur.
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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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Uri Gurevitz focuses primarily on customer experience thought leaderwhip as Director of Amdocs Market Insight & Strategy, and is responsible for analyzing market dynamics collected from both research and service providers’ senior management. Uri’s extensive communications experience includes leading roadmap planning, market strategy, and positioning for innovative business solutions, products and new markets such as SMBs. He also has extensive consulting experience working at Accenture in New York, and as part of Amdocs Consulting division, providing solutions to service providers' customer care and product lifecycle management challenges.
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Juta Gurinaviciute is the CTO at NordVPN Teams, a cloud-based VPN for business from the world’s most advanced VPN service provider, NordVPN. With over 20 years of experience in web development and system administration, Juta is now an expert in the VPN industry. She is also a certified RedHat Systems Engineer.
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Lt. Commander (Ret.) Israel Navy, Yotam Gutman has filled several operational, technical and business positions at defense, HLS, Intelligence and cybersecurity companies. Today Yotam works as VP Marketing at SecuriThings, an IoT security company.
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Horst Haag is the co-founder and CTO of FNT Software. In this role, he has over 20 years of experience in software based tools for managing IT-processes in medium and large scale enterprises. Prior to this, he worked as a software developer in the area of Computer-Aided Design and Data Management.
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Ron Haberman is Chief Product Officer for Mobileum, a leading provider of analytics solutions for the telecom industry. Ron leads global product strategy and the company’s Roaming Network & Security, Testing & Monitoring, Fraud & Risk, and Engagement & Experience Intelligence business groups. Prior to joining Mobileum, Ron was CTO of Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services and Software Business Groups. Ron has more than 25 years in business strategy, product planning, software engineering, and network design. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Drexel University as well as is a graduate of Stanford Executive Program (SEP) and a GSB alumni.
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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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Ray Hagen is the Global Product Line Manager at ProLabs and is responsible for leading the product portfolio and bringing new products to market. He is one of the ProLabs technology and solutions experts and leads on understanding technology and manufacturing capabilities as well as creating marketing content for ProLabs, trade media, and direct to customer channels. He is available to speak on 5G, 100G, data centres, and the benefits of compatible solutions.
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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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Cliff Halevi is the Project Director of the Telcordia Standards Knowledgebase (TSK). He has been with Telcordia since 1987 and has been active in standards for the past 20 years. Cliff is Telcordia's primary contact and voting representative to the standards committees of ATIS, ITU-T and ETSI. He created the concept and designed the interfaces and web tools featured in the Telcordia Standards Knowledgebase Web Site, and is the Senior Editor for all TSK reports and site content and is actively engaged in the TSK project. Cliff received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering in August 1987 from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. His area of specialization was Electromagnetics (i.e., microwave engineering, wave propagation, fiber optics, and telecommunications
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Matthew Halligan is CTO of Optiva, with more than 28 years of experience in developing and delivering software products. Previously, as CTO of Openwave Mobility, he led a world-class engineering team that developed and launched multiple award-winning, innovative products for many Tier 1 mobile operators worldwide.
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Sree Hameed is currently the Global Marketing Manager for Food, Beverage & Consumer Goods industry at AVEVA. In his 25-year career, he has helped companies adopt a variety of transformational technologies in the areas of production automation, manufacturing operations, supply chain management, product lifecycle management, and operational risk management. Sree also serves as an advisor to the Center for Intelligent Supply Networks at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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As technical compliance manager for TOA Technologies, Alex Hamerstone is responsible for ensuring the company meets and exceeds worldwide compliance standards, including information security standards. Because TOA Technologies is the only natively-built cloud-based field service management provider, Hamerstone’s work in establishing cloud compliance and security for some of the world’s largest service organizations is building the foundation for expectations in the telecom industry for powerful, reliable and secure SaaS applications for field workforce management and other mission critical software. Hamerstone is an RABQSA certified ISO 27001 auditor and author of Wireless Reconnaissance in Penetration Testing published by Syngress in 2012.
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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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Gregg Hara is the Vice-President of Business Development and Marketing for Centina Systems. Gregg Hara has over 20 years in the telecom and OSS software space and joined Centina Systems in 2009. He takes the initiative of defining new markets and establishing relationships with key service providers and vendors. Prior to Centina Systems, Gregg was Senior Director of Sales for Sigma Systems and earlier, with TeleGea Systems. Gregg started his career at GTE and was one of the original members of OSI, and then at Micromuse, in various roles of solution delivery, sales and business development of Network Management and Service Assurance solutions. Gregg holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT in Cambridge, MA.
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Barak Harlan is Senior Systems Engineer and joined CHR Solutions in 1998 as an intern and an engineer in Planning and Design. To broaden his experience, he joined Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative, Inc. as the Lead Engineer and Special Project Coordinator. After 5 years at Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative, he rejoined CHR Solutions in 2008 and has been involved in equipment engineering, planning and design and sales engineering. Barak has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University.
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James Harminson is Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at Red Hat with over a decade of IT and information security experience. James’ past experiences include IT infrastructure engineering, cyber security and traditional system administration. He built infrastructure as code and ran tooling in Linux containers for several years and spent two more years as an incident responder and threat hunter on DoD networks. With his love for tinkering with technology, you’ll usually find him thinking about how to operationalize bleeding edge technology in high-performing and secure ways.
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Ken Harper is a 20-year veteran of Ensono that has spanned Account Management, Business Continuity, Risk Management and Mainframe Technical Support all at a Senior Leadership level. In his current position, he is Ensono’s Product Leader for Mainframe Services and Products, a role that builds on his experiences in previous IT installations and internally at Ensono.
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Calvin Harrison is the President and Chief Executive Officer for IneoQuest. Calvin is responsible for overseeing the strategic development and execution of the company’s corporate and product initiatives. From 2010-2014, Calvin served as Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for leading IneoQuest’s daily operations. He also previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, where he oversaw the strategic positioning of IneoQuest and its growth into the global leader in Video Service Assurance solutions. Calvin brings over 22 years of experience in the technology industry and a wealth of leadership and business expertise to the IneoQuest management team. Calvin’s professional experience prior to IneoQuest ranges from the negotiation of mergers and acquisitions to advanced Research & Development engineering at companies such as Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor, Surgient, and Zilog Semiconductor. This experience includes closing multi-million dollar OEM and strategic partnership agreements, international business development and management, product marketing, program management, professional services, and holder of four design patents. Calvin holds a Bachelor’ degree in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) and Master of Business Administration (magna cum laude) from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Joe Harsch is currently focused on unified communications and business solutions innovation at BroadSoft. Previously at BroadSoft, Joseph served as Director of Unified Communications Solutions. He has spent more than 20 years in the telecommunications industry leading engineering, system engineering and release management teams. Prior to joining BroadSoft, Joe worked for Nortel where he was responsible for CS2K/A2E business solutions.
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Greg Hasse is the director of commercial voice product management at Consolidated Communications. Greg manages all aspects of Consolidated’s commercial voice services, including TDM and VoIP. With more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Greg has expertise in managing and developing multiple communication products and driving expansion of the Company’s VoIP portfolio.
Prior to joining Consolidated Communications, Greg was with HickoryTech/ Enventis Telecom as product manager of residential and commercial voice services, DSL, and IPTV.
Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology.
Outside of Consolidated Communications, he is active in the community, volunteering much of his time with the Boy Scouts of America, where he has held several leadership positions. Greg lives on a hobby farm in rural Mankato with his wife and has four adult children.
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Ann Hatchell is Head of Network Marketing at Amdocs. She is a strategic marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience in the high technology industry. Ann has extensive experience in global marketing and go to market strategy in network control and data plane software solutions, including AAA, Policy/PCRF, Subscriber Data Management, HSS, Diameter Routing, 3G-4G and Fixed/Wi-Fi networks, deep packet inspection and optimization, as well as Carrier Ethernet service orchestration, OSS, big data analytics, with a focus on next generation software-defined networking.
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Stephen Hateley is Head of Product Marketing, DigitalRoute and has been in OSS and BSS Product marketing roles for over 20 years, working at NOKIA, Comptel, InfoVista, NetNumber and Newbridge Networks. He has been an advocate of the importance of software to telco and the enterprise since 1998. Now as Head of Product Marketing for DigitalRoute he focuses on strategy and storytelling around the importance of a platform-based approach, for usage data in the subscription economy evolution, and helping enterprises to get there.
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Steve Hateley is the senior director of industry and partner marketing at Comptel. He previously was responsible for product marketing of Comptel’s FlowOne Fulfillment portfolio and Service Orchestration business unit. With fifteen years of broad OSS industry experience, Steve is a veteran of Newbridge Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and InfoVista. He is passionate about telco innovation, marketing, software and ICT in general. He has deep understanding of the impact that technology can have over business and has strong experience developing go-to-market and thought leadership strategy. Steve is a veteran of Newbridge Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and InfoVista, and is a strong advocate of using software as a means to improve customer and service delivery experience.
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Eric Hatton is the Senior Vice President of the Customer Activation & Network Services Business for Evolving Systems. Evolving Systems is a provider of real-time digital engagement solutions and services to more than 100 customers in over 65 countries worldwide. The company’s portfolio includes market-leading solutions and services for real-time analytics, customer acquisition, customer value management and loyalty for telecom, retail and financial services companies.
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Alexander Haväng is the CTO of Sandvine and is responsible for the company's strategic technology direction. Haväng is widely known and a respected authority in the open source community and is the lead architect for Sandvine's industry-recognized, active network intelligence solutions. Earlier in his career, Haväng was one of the chief architects for the open source streaming server software Icecast, along with the secure file transfer protocol GSTP. He spent the early part of his career at IDA systems, an IT solution provider for the Swedish government, along with a stint in the Swedish military. Haväng studied computer science at the Linköping University in Sweden.
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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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David Heard is the president of the JDSU communications test and measurement business unit that manufactures and sells equipment to all major network operators worldwide. Prior to JDSU, he held positions at AT&T, Lucent and Tekelec. He earned a Master's in Management Science degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Production and Operations Management from Ohio State University where he was recognized as entrepreneur of the year.
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Dustin Heath is Director of Operations, Technology and Contractor Resourcing for CHR Solutions. Dustin joined CHR Solutions in 2016 as a CAD Manager. Dustin has extensive GIS, Construction and Engineering experience with rural and urban OSP network deployments. In his current role, Dustin is responsible for new technology acquisition and deployment, training and contractor resourcing. Dustin has a Design Drafting degree from Montana State University-Northern.
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Paul Hendriks has a long standing career in telecommunications and cybersecurity. He started his career with the Dutch incumbent operator KPN where he primarily worked in senior executive positions in the areas of innovation and broadband. He joined the management board as CTO and CIO of Ziggo (later VodafoneZiggo), which grew from small challenger into a market leader. After this tenure, he co-founded a startup in Prague that designs fiber networks for operators across Europe. After a couple of successful years, he joined cybersecurity company AVG Technologies (later part of Avast) as CIO and CTO. A few years back, he decided to co-found his current company Gamgee, focused on empowering people to have the best digital experiences at home, at the office and on the move. Paul is the CEO of Gamgee and is based in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
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Wesley Hicks has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. During this time he has held numerous roles, with both equipment manufacturers and service providers, in software engineering, product development, product management, and business development.
With a background in fixed and wireless network topologies for voice and data delivery, Wesley has turned his focus to a variety of video technologies over the past 8 years as video has become one of the most pervasive methods of communication in the 21st century.
Within this domain Wesley drives product strategy for the EXFO Vision video assurance product line. The outcome of this strategy has helped service providers around the globe to ensure that their services meet carrier grade requirements and deliver the best possible Quality of Experience for their subscribers.
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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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Johnny Hill is the chief operating officer of Clearfield, Inc. Formerly the vice president of engineering and product management, Hill is considered a longstanding leader and a founding member of the company. Hill has approximately 15 years of strategic and hands-on experience in the telecommunications networking industry. He started his career at Americable Inc. in 1996. He was Americable’s national sales manager when the company was acquired by Clearfield’s precursor, APA Cables & Networks in 2003. Hill was promoted to Clearfield’s vice president of product management and development in 2006, and vice president of engineering and product management the following year. During his career, Hill has amassed a national reputation within the telecommunications industry on such issues as fiber management; harsh environments; network design and transport; fiber and copper assemblies; network security; premise network equipment; structured wiring; among others.
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As Vice President of Business Development, Roy Hilliard is responsible for developing and strengthening partnerships for NJFX in the enterprise, financial, gaming, service provider, and educational verticals. With over 20 years of multinational experience, Roy brings a wealth of telecom knowledge, helping clients leverage the latest in technology and embrace innovative ways to address networking and global communications. Noteworthy career projects include managing the AT&T team which designed, implemented and maintained the network for the Salt Lake City and Athens Olympic games. Roy was also responsible for securing the AT&T India licensing agreement for Tata and in establishing AT&T as a stand-alone operator in India. Roy is pleased to be at NJFX, promoting the concept of "Tier 3 by the Subsea", a purpose-built facility for high- and low-density data center space as well as colocation of subsea systems interconnecting global backbone networks to unique metro fiber assets providing safe, diverse and unique backhaul options. This is a paradigm shift from traditional backhaul to the nearest metro without consideration of potential bottlenecks found in congested areas such as New York and Northern New Jersey.
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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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Luke Hinds works in Red Hat's Office of the CTO as the security engineering lead. He is a long-term contributor to open source and manages the bug bounty program and vulnerabilities within Kubernetes. He is a member of the technical advisory council on the Open Source Security Foundation. Hinds is the co-founder of sigstore and developed Keylime, the open source trust system housed within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
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As Vice President of Marketing, Aviram Hinenzon oversees both the direction of ViryaNet’s leading product capabilities and extensive marketing programs. Previously, as Vice President of Product Management, Aviram worked closely with partners and customers to drive the vision for ViryaNet's next generation platform, G4. Prior to ViryaNet, Aviram served as the VP, Products for Wadago, Ltd., an Israeli-based privately held company. Aviram's extensive technical experience also includes positions of senior product management & system engineering positions at ECI Telecom (ECIL), TTI Telecom (TTIL) and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Aviram holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
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Robert Hingston is the Vice President of Products at Sigma Systems. With over 15 years of experience in large scale BSS and OSS solutions, Robert heads a team of product leads, encompassing Sigma’s entire Create-Sell-Deliver portfolio, and is responsible for spearheading product innovation and development within the organization.
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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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A technology pioneer and entrepreneur, Jon Hirschtick is passionate about empowering innovators so they can design products that positively impact society and the planet. He understands the challenges engineers face as they build products for the modern era, as well as the design platforms required to accelerate product innovation in today’s connected world.
This insight and market knowledge have allowed Hirschtick to successfully build and sell three companies. He is now executive vice president (EVP) at PTC and general manager (GM) of its Onshape and Atlas divisions, responsible for driving strategy and growth, while empowering global businesses to shape the future. In 2012, Hirschtick launched Onshape, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product development platform. It’s the only product development platform that’s architected for the cloud, enables engineers to design products on-demand, and lets them collaborate in real time without being tethered to a machine or device. Onshape was acquired in 2019 by PTC for $470 million.
Previously, Hirschtick created SOLIDWORKS, the first desktop 3D CAD (computer-aided design) solution that made 3D design technology accessible to the masses. SOLIDWORKS was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in 1997 for $310 million. When he is not building companies, Hirschtick entertains customers and peers with magic tricks. In fact, he was a member of the famed MIT Blackjack team, featured in the movies “21” and “The Last Casino.” In his spare time, Hirschtick enjoys playing golf and practicing yoga. Hirschtick holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT.
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Jonathan Hjembo is a Senior Research Manager for TeleGeography, a telecom data and analytics provider. He heads the company’s data center research services team and tracks capacity development and pricing trends in key global markets. He specializes in research on international transport and internet infrastructure development, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe, and maintains the dataset for TeleGeography’s Market Connectivity Score.
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As CTO, Karel Hodan is responsible for the vision, technical evolution and development of CNI’s products and solutions. His deep experience of the telecoms software industry provides the breadth of knowledge required to ensure consistent innovation. Prior to founding CNI, Karel held a number of technical and leadership positions in companies such as TietoEnator and SDC. He holds a Master of Engineering degree from the Technical University of Ostrava.
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Christina Hoefer is Vice President of OT & IoT Strategy at Forescout Technologies, leading the company's strategy and go-to-market for the industrial and healthcare verticals. Christina brings 15+ years of industrial cybersecurity experience through roles including Research Manager, Principal Systems Engineer, Strategic Account Manager and Head of global Pre- & Post-Sales, delivering cybersecurity solutions to industrial Fortune 100 organizations around the globe
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Alex Hoffman is VP of Management Platforms for Acme Packet, the industry leader in session delivery networks. Formerly, Alex was CEO and Founder of Germany-based IPTEGO which was acquired by Acme Packet in April 2012.
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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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Eduardo Holgado is Director of Product Management, Allot. Eduardo has worked his entire career in the cybersecurity arena, with education on IT, Telecommunications and Security. He started in technical support roles, after which he moved to Pre-Sales and worked in several multi-million security software vendors with users all over the world. During this time, he dealt with all types of customers, from SOHOs and SMBs to large Enterprises, and worked on security solutions ranging from the organization perimeter all the way to the core of the network. He joined Allot as Senior Product Manager in May 2018 and is now leading the SMB segment and 5G for our product line.
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Joel Holland is the CTO of Security On-Demand, a managed security service provider (MSSP) based in San Diego. Joel started his career as a nuclear engineer in the US Navy submarine corps. Before Security On-Demand, he founded a program trading company based on AI technology.
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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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A software engineer by birth, Geoffrey Hollingworth was fortunate to be involved in both mobile and the internet as they have started and grown. Geoff first worked at CERN as Tim Berners Lee invented the Internet and then joined Ericsson in 1991 as 2G was starting. Throughout his journey in telecom and cloud, he’s been a software engineer and led research and development, business development, network rollouts, consulting, marketing campaigns and strategic communications for his teams. Starting in 2012, Geoff was embedded in AT&T, helping to lead Silicon Valley innovation initiatives. Before this, he delivered the world’s first live global mobile sports channel with the Volvo Ocean Race Round the World race. Geoff also served as CMO for MobiledgeX, a startup founded by Deutsche Telekom focusing on the mobile edge computing space. He is CMO of Rakuten Symphony, which has proven Open RAN and fully virtualized cloud native networks are possible at scale in high density coverage areas.
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Rhonda Holloway leads software solutions for Fujitsu’s network automation teams. She is experienced in network automation and artificial intelligence for 5G, IT systems management, supply chains and customer relationship management. With more than 25 years in high-tech, Rhonda is a key strategist for on-premise and cloud software solutions.
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Jonathan Homa is Senior Director of IP Optical Solutions Marketing at Ribbon Communications, where he focuses on articulating the business and technical value propositions of optical networking and software defined networking solutions. In notable prior roles, Jonathan was Vice President, Network Architecture at Nortel Networks, where he aligned Nortel products and solutions with emerging architectures in service provider networks, and Vice President, Business Development at Xtellus, an optical switching startup. In this role, Jonathan’s efforts in business development, sales, product management, and marketing for Xtellus’s advanced fiber optic modules for reconfigurable optical networks played a critical role leading to the $45M acquisition by Oclaro. Jonathan also served on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, a standards organization that develops technical and operational standards and solutions for the information and communications technology industry, and the Multiservice Switching Forum, which promotes interoperability in next generation networking products and services. Jonathan received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from McGill University.
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Tom Homer is Head of EMEA and the Americas for Telstra Global based in London where he is responsible for developing and driving the overall business strategy for the region. Tom has over 20 years experience in IT and telecommunications, including 10 years managing relationships with multinational enterprises at AT&T combined with a range of senior roles at Energis. After Energis’ acquisition by Cable & Wireless, Tom became Director of the Major System Integrator channel. He then joined Reliance Globalcom (formerly Vanco) as Director of Client Management before taking up the post of Managing Director – UK and Nordics in 2009.
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As chief technologist, Ian Hood brings more than 35 years of engineering and technology leadership to Red Hat. Acting as a catalyst and trusted advisor, Ian brings together a wealth of industry and open source community insight to help customers flourish in the digital transformation era. Most recently, Ian was responsible for global service provider architecture at Cisco, leading their SDN/NFV vision and business transformation strategy. With his extensive background in system engineering, product management, and business, Ian has proven expertise in helping organizations navigate and succeed in today’s fast-paced competitive environment. Ian grew up in Own Sound, just a few miles north of Toronto in Canada and spent the first half of his career designing and building communications networks for operators and governments around the world such as MCI/Verizon, Canada Post, Bell Canada, Telus and others. Ian was also the chief communications engineer for the Canadian global embassy network (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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Matt Hooper is Chief Marketing Officer, MDS and is responsible for the company's global marketing operation. Previously Matt was CMO of Celona Technologies, and EVP Marketing at Colibria AS. Matt brings extensive experience to MDS, achieved through 16 years of working in enterprise software and communications marketing, product management and business development. Matt has also held senior marketing positions in the UK and overseas with Orange, BT Global, Hewlett Packard and Parametric Technology (PTC). Matt holds a Degree in business studies and is an MCIM member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is also a member of the CMO Council.
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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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John Hoover is a Marketing Director at Tellabs and Board Director of the Association for Passive Optical LAN (APOLAN). Over the past 20 years, John has influenced industry milestones such as early passive optical network deployments, video implementations, wireless and more recently enterprise Passive Optical LAN adoption.
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Joey Hougham CEO of Trangistics for over 15 years, embodies the spirit of innovation and integrity in the logistics industry. With a rich background in electrical and computer engineering and an MBA in international marketing, Joey has led the company with a dynamic and versatile leadership style. His expertise spans over 30 years across technology semiconductors, solar, and transportation industries, focusing on international business development, product development, marketing, and sales at organizations like Intel, Nepes, and Cadre Technologies . Under his guidance, Trangistics has not only launched and managed small companies and strategic partnerships but also played a crucial role in disaster relief efforts, including support for Hurricane Harvey and Irma relief and assistance to California wildfire and Oklahoma tornado responses. Joey's journey reflects a commitment to excellence and a belief that the best is yet to come.
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Russ Housley is chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Mr. Housley is the founder of Vigil Security, LLC, and he is coauthor of Planning for PKI and Implementing Email and Security Tokens, published by John Wiley & Sons. He has over 25 years of communications and computer security experience, and his expertise is in security protocols, system engineering, system security architectures and product definition.
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Daniel Howard brings more than 20 years of experience in cable technology innovation and standards leadership to his role as Director, Consulting Services; Energy Solutions at Hitachi Consulting. Howard was the first CTO of SCTE, the trade group for cable industry technical professionals. He was responsible for driving the technical leadership, innovation and increased focus on energy efficiency, IP delivery over cable and the integration of wireless technologies into the last-mile access network. He co-authored DOCSIS® 1.1 and 2.0 specifications and was a lead inventor on Broadcom Corp.’s primary DOCSIS 3.0 patent. He is also dedicated to educational leadership and co-founded a broadband telecommunications research center at Georgia Tech. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the university on such topics as cable access networks; and he developed a cable workforce management development course in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology. Since 1990 he has held technical management roles at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (Sr. Research Engineer); Digital Furnace Corp. (CTO); Broadcom (Technical Director); Quadrock Communications (president and CEO); Motorola Inc. (Systems Architect); VQLink, Inc. (CTO). He has authored more than 50 reports, refereed journal articles and international technical specifications; and is the lead author of the chapter on cable high-speed Internet access in Broadband Last Mile. Howard has a Bachelor’s of Science in theoretical physics, with honors; and a Master’s of Science in electrical engineering, with a focus on communications systems and signal processing. Both degrees were earned at Georgia Tech.
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Stan Hubbard is a communications professional with more than 20 years of experience in industry analysis, forecasting, strategic marketing, and event programming. In 2013, he joined the MEF, where he is directing program development for MEF global networking events, managing industry analyst relations, and developing research and other initiatives to help accelerate MEF 3.0 adoption and LSO development. Prior to the MEF, Stan was a Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading for 9 years where he focused on carrier Ethernet services and network equipment markets and SDN. He chaired ~20 major Light Reading technology events. Before Heavy Reading, Stan was the director of market intelligence at Ciena. Hubbard holds a B.S. in political science from Texas Christian University and a Master's in international diplomacy and security from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston, MA.
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Andy Huckridge is Director of Service Provider Solutions at Gigamon, spearheading the strategy for Gigamon's entire spectrum of global Service Provider Solutions. Huckridge joined Gigamon from VSS Monitoring, where he was Senior Director of Telecom Strategy and Marketing. Previously, he was Director of Marketing at Spirent Communications, and Director of Product Management at 8×8 Inc. Huckridge holds a patent in VoIP and was an inaugural member of the "Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" list.
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Craig K. Huffman is a veteran of real estate private equity with nearly two decades of experience as an entrepreneur. Most recently, he served as Co-Founder and Principal of Ascendance Partners, a Chicago-based real estate private equity firm established in 2006 and focused on commercial real estate investments in metropolitan Chicago. Ascendance was an early sponsor of institutional investment funds that acquired real estate in economically underserved communities of Chicago and has sponsored real estate funds for foundations, endowments, pension funds, family offices and high net worth individuals. Notable Ascendance investors have included Bank of America, PNC Community Development Company, LLC, the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees’ Trust and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to Ascendance, Huffman worked in diverse senior management roles in the sectors of entrepreneurship, education, non-profit and politics. Huffman serves on numerous philanthropic boards and is an advisor and investor for several emerging minority entrepreneurs. He holds a B.A. from Morehouse College and a master’s degree and MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Mark Hughes is president of Security for DXC Technology. He is responsible for DXC’s Security business, including cyberdefense, digital identity, secured infrastructure and security risk management. He previously led DXC’s offerings and strategic partners organization. A Royal Military Academy graduate and British Army veteran, Mark serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Board.
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Paul Hughes is Director of Strategy at Netcracker Technology. Paul is responsible for all aspects of Netcracker’s strategic initiatives across BSS/OSS and customer experience business lines, including customer, product and technology management, market direction and corporate communications. Before joining Netcracker, Paul was Program Director for IDC’s Storage and Data Management Services practice, where he provided research, consulting and marketing support to communications, media and cloud service providers in the areas of digital transformation, customer experience, business requirements for new revenue models, and new product strategy and development. Prior to IDC, Paul was Director of Marketing at Oracle Communications, responsible for marketing and business development activities for Oracle’s Billing and Revenue Management and Cloud Delivery Solutions.
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Mark Hurley is CEO of Spector Information Security. He is an experienced technologist and CEO with over 25 years of delivering world-class IT support, cyber security and risk management. Mark loves building great teams and developing people and thinks technology has the power to transform how we work and empower our people.
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Hy Huynh is the Vice President of Market Development, Fiber, at Harmonic, where he drives technical and commercial strategies enabling new growth opportunities in the fiber-to-the-home market. With over 15 years of experience in customer-facing roles, Hy’s expertise spans business development, sales, product management, program management, and operations. Prior to joining Harmonic, he was the Vice President of North America Sales at Vecima Networks. Hy holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
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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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Magnus Hyttsten is the chief technology officer of DigitalRoute. He has more than 19 years of experience designing and implementing mediation systems worldwide. After working for several years with its predecessor products, he cofounded DigitalRoute in 2000 to provide next-generation mediation technology to the communications market.
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Ivo Ivanov has been Chief Executive Officer at DE-CIX and Chair of the Board of the DE-CIX Group AG since 2022. Prior to this, Ivanov was Chief Operating Officer of DE-CIX and Chief Executive Officer of DE-CIX International, responsible for the global business activities of the leading Internet Exchange operator in the world. He has more than 20 years of experience in the regulatory, legal and commercial Internet environment. Ranked as one of the top 100 most influential professionals of the Telecom industry (Capacity Magazine’s Power 100 listing, 2021/2022), Ivo is regularly invited to share his vision and thought leadership in various industry-leading conferences around the globe. Having joined DE-CIX in 2007, he has been deeply involved in recent years in the establishment of DE-CIX sites in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, along with several DE-CIX consultancy projects in Africa, Asia, and Europe. His strategic vision has led to close to 60 DE-CIX locations globally, as well as the development of a range partnership models to sustain DE-CIX’s global expansion, bringing neutral, high-performance, low-latency interconnection services – including services for the enterprise sector – to as many regions of the globe as possible, helping to close the gaps in access to information and modern digital services. Ivo has also been instrumental in the establishment of the DE-CIX/UPF Global Interconnection Academy in Barcelona, to be rolled out globally as a hybrid training program together with local educational partners in each region. The creation of the Interconnection Academy seeks to provide a global standard certificate of excellence for interconnection experts. Ivo has an educational background focused on Law and Business. Fluent in German, English, Russian and Bulgarian, he attended a German business school and holds two Law degrees. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer, with a focus on e-commerce, IP, telecommunications, and data protection law.
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Ivo Ivanov is CEO of DE-CIX. He has more than 20 years of experience in the regulatory, legal and commercial Internet environment. Ranked as one of the top 100 most influential professionals of the telecom industry, Ivo is regularly invited to speak and share his vision and thought leadership in various industry-leading conferences around the globe.
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Kevin L. Jackson is SVP, Channel Sales for Total Network Services and serves on its Board of Directors. Mr. Jackson has significant senior management experience, including strategy development and plan execution in addition to being a globally recognized technologist, corporate advisor, thought leader and best-selling author. He has also been recognized as a “Top 5G Influencer” (5G Radar (2020), Onalytica, (2020)), a “Top Internet of Things Influencer” ( Insight.Tech (2020), IoT Community (2020)), digital transformation expert (Thinkers 360 (2020), IBM Smarter Business Review (2020)), and provides integrated social media services to AT&T, Bosch, Ericsson, and other leading companies.
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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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Ryan Jaeger is CIO and CISO for Flueid. He spearheads architecture, design, development, maintenance and support of all systems, applications and infrastructure, as well as system, cyber and data security and assurance for Flueid. With more than 20 years of extensive infrastructure, development, information security, data encryption, regulatory and compliance experience, he leads a team of more than 20 engineers in the design and development of Flueid’s solutions suite. Before his role at Flueid, Jaeger previously worked at Xome where he served as SVP, Systems Engineering and Information Security. He also played a key role in successfully integrating various acquired assets into core applications and infrastructure to maximize the value of acquisitions while serving in management positions at Fidelity National Financial (FNF) and Land American Financial Group (LFGRQ). Jaeger has contributed in developing information security and compliance enterprise reporting standards in alignment with major financial institutions data assurance guidelines. He has achieved the highest standard for enterprise system security, cloud security and risk management expertise with his certifications as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), a Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).
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Jan-Jaap Jager, CEO at Chainstack, is a seasoned executive and technology investor with over 20 years of experience in IT and cloud infrastructure. Before joining Chainstack, he led the global transformation of Acronis into cloud infrastructure services as CRO, growing the company to a $3.5B valuation with investment from major firms. He has held various positions, including CEO, CRO, board member, and advisor, with a focus on next-generation technologies. He has also served as CEO of Intergenia Group and has experience building emerging technologies and markets in various regions.
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As founder of RiPSIM, Chris Jahr has more than 30 years of telecom and SIM sales, marketing, and business development experience. Before starting RiPSIM, he spent over 20 years as a senior executive with global SIM vendor Giesecke+Devrient. Previously, Chris provided product management and business development for carriers and MVNOs.
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Pradeep Jain is the “Crazy Inventor,” Founder, and Chief Content Architect for Ictect, Inc. where he specializes in Intelligent Content, Semantic Technologies, High-quality XML, and Content Architectures.
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Peter Jakus is Vice President of Industry & Market Insights, Exponea. He is passionate about the ways businesses can leverage data to create customer love and positive business impact. In addition to his role with Exponea, he is a recognized speaker in the fields of e-commerce and digital analytics, an ex-Google trainer, and a co-founder of MeasureCamp Bratislava.
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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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Santiago Jaramillo manages the Voice and WAN Optimization products at Speedcast. With a deep background in system engineering and information security, Santiago brings more than 25 years of global experience with roles in IP Networking, Customer Service Support, Network Security, Project Management, and Product Management at companies including Schlumberger, Harris, and Harris CapRock.
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Mikko Jarva is CTO of the Intelligent Data business unit at Comptel Corporation. Based out of the company’s Kuala Lumpur office, he started his career with Comptel in 2000 as a trainer and product specialist. Since then, he has held positions in product marketing, sales, technical sales and business development before entering his current position at the company in 2015.
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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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Raj Jayawardena brings over 20 years of leadership in the telecommunications industry to his role as EVP of Business Development & Transformation at FiberSense. With more than a decade of experience in the submarine cable industry, Raj’s previous positions include senior roles within Australian carriers and management positions at Vocus Communications, Nextgen Networks and PowerTel. Raj is an electrical engineer with a passion for creating commercial outcomes for new technology.
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As Chief Executive Officer of STORDIS,Alexander Jeffries is responsible for the overall strategy and expansion of the company. Jeffries is actively engaged in STORDIS’ role to become Europe’s leading distributor of Open Networking Solutions. Acting as CFO, Jeffries is also in charge of accounting and operations. Jeffries has close to 20 years of working experience within the IT industry bringing a wealth of experience with him in bringing products and complex software solutions to market. Before founding STORDIS, Jeffries was Co-Founder and Director of Sales of an IP storage start-up company. Prior to that Jeffries held numerous positions in marketing, business development, sales and channel sales with several globally operating vendors focusing on multi-channel banking, payment and security solutions for the financial services industry.
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Ali Jemmali is a RAN Research Engineer with iBwave Solutions. He is an experienced research and development specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the wireless industry. He is skilled in MIMO, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), LTE, 4G, and RF Planning. He is a strong media and communication professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Electrical Engineering from Université de Montréal – École Polytechnique de Montréal.
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Vladan Jevremovic is Senior Director of Research, iBwave Solutions. He joined iBwave in 2009 as Director of Engineering Solutions and has been in the telecommunications industry for more than 17 years. He is responsible for developing custom solutions as a part of professional services portfolio. He’s also responsible for ideation and requirements specification in the new product development life cycle, and works closely with the development team on new product implementation. Vladan received his Diploma Ing. from University of Belgrade in Serbia, and his Masters and PhD from University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Nick Jewell is Technology Evangelist at Incorta. Nick has previously held roles across Product, Architecture and Delivery in a number of startups and leading Financial Services firms, acting as a technology evangelist with analytics communities, data leaders and the wider public. Nick holds a Ph.D in Information Science from the University of Sheffield, featured in dataIQ’s Top 100 list in 2018, 2020 and 2021, and was recognised as one of Corinium’s Top 50 Innovators in Data and Analytics in 2019.
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Helen Jiang is Head of Products at LotusFlare, leading the development and advancement of the LotusFlare Digital Network Operator Stack. Helen is a technologist who has specialized in data science, the application of growth methodologies for large enterprises and SaaS product management. A graduate of University of Waterloo (Canada), Helen has held key positions at SugarCRM, Capital One and Irving Consumer Products.
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Allan Johnson is General Manager of HelloSoft VoIP at Imagination Technologies. Mr. Johnson has 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry in VoIP, IP multimedia, mobile devices, and wireless communications including business development, product management, and engineering leadership in software and hardware telecommunications products. Contact Mr. Johnson at allan.johnson@imgtec.com.
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Kevin Johnson is the VP of Product Strategy for NFINIT. He grew up in Northern California and attended San Diego State University where he earned a degree in Business Accounting. His professional background includes successfully co-founding and growing cloud provider Fortitude Technology and global supply chain management company ecUtopia. He also held a variety of roles with Escalate Retail including Sr. VP of Support and Services. Kevin’s early career includes retail operations at both the store and corporate level. He then moved to a software company focused on solutions for retailers and helped the company achieve significant growth organically and through acquisition. His next move was as President/CEO of a startup cloud hosting company creating a vision and direction on customer satisfaction with the focus on small and medium-sized businesses. During this time, he also co-founded a startup cloud supply chain management company that allowed businesses of all sizes to participate in today’s connected world. Kevin has helped set the tone to ensure that delivery of solutions are focused on allowing businesses to be more efficient and competitive. His direction has helped keep the day-to-day activities of the company focused on being nimble, responsive, entrepreneurial and focused on positive customer experiences. Kevin is passionate about his family and enjoys traveling with them. They are in the process of visiting and seeing games at all of the Major League Baseball parks in the United States. He relaxes working on his classic pickup and spending time in his garden.
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Brandon Johnson is the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Automation at Assurant, a leading global business services company that supports, protects and connects major consumer purchases. Johnson oversees all engineering and automation initiatives related to the mobile device lifecycle across 20 locations worldwide. His primary responsibility is to lead a team that implements innovative software and robotics technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, quality, and device value. Under Johnson’s leadership, Assurant has developed transformational solutions, including patented AI/ML-driven platforms for device cosmetic grading, automated device diagnostics, and robotic repair technology. These advancements have significantly improved processes within Assurant as well as driven best practices of reuse in the mobile device industry. Before joining Assurant, Johnson served as the Vice President of Device Operations at Hyla Mobile. In this role, he was responsible for managing reverse logistics operations for leading mobile device retailers, carriers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In December 2020, Assurant acquired Hyla Mobile, when Johnson took on a new role driving device lifecycle innovation globally. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and resides in Nashville, TN.
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Jimmy Jones has worked in telecoms for over twenty years, developing a wide range of expertise through a variety of engineering roles within major operators such as WorldCom (now Verizon), and vendors including Nortel, Genband and now Positive Technologies. Jimmy began his career working extensively on legacy telecom exchanges, moving from maintenance to commissioning and integration, and then specializing in protocol interoperability testing. In 2005, he transitioned into telecom security, taking up a position with a vendor specializing in SIP and Session Boarder Controller equipment. Over the next 11 years, Jimmy was on the front lines as the customer base moved from Tier 3 and 4 wholesale carriers, to Tier 1 operators using SIP for peering and access, as part of the move to IMS and LTE networks. He joined Positive Technologies in 2017 to once again widen his horizons in information security while utilizing his extensive experience of telecom operations.
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Sam Jones is vice president of product management at Stellar Cyber, Inc. He is an experienced product development leader with a track record of building AI and security products that customers love. He has a strong background in AI/ML, data infrastructure, security, SaaS, product design, and defense. Sam has held product and engineering positions at companies including Palantir Technologies and Shield AI, and worked for the US Air Force on cyber defense strategy. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University.
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Drew Jordan is Senior Director, Products, Innovation Lab at Sigma Systems. With over 15 years of experience in software creation and development, Drew manages Sigma’s research team tasked with investigating strategic new technologies and their impacts on the industry and the company’s products. The Innovations Lab has the responsibility of researching and applying industry standards and new communications/networking technologies, determining how they may affect the strategic direction of the company and working with the product teams to develop strategies to support or adopt new standards and technologies.
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Eugina Jordan, a self-made immigrant woman, started her telecom career as a secretary and now has gone on to become VP of Marketing of the major telecom industry disrupter Parallel Wireless. She has over 20 years of strategic marketing experience, leading marketing and communications for small and large global technology companies, She has been instrumental in establishing Parallel Wireless as the #1 supplier of Open RAN solutions globally. At Cisco, she was responsible for fiscal planning, managing a $20M+ budget, and all integrated marketing activities for SP Mobility and IPNGN product and solutions portfolios globally. Prior to Cisco, she was the Marketing Manager for Starent, since nearly the company’s inception and developed and managed the marketing strategy for the launch of Cisco’s $2B Starent Networks acquisition at Mobile World Congress 2010. She is also an inventor, holding 6 patents that include 5G and Open RAN. Her passion is to help other women in telecom to realize their full potential through mentorships, communities’ engagement, and workshops. Her story is a positive example that if you work hard, play fair, continue to learn, and always believe in yourself, you can grow yourself, your career, and others. Eugina resides in Massachusetts with her husband, teenage son, and three rescue dogs. She loves theater and museums. She volunteers for dog rescues and programs that help underprivileged children and women. Eugina has a Master’s degree in Teaching from Moscow Pedagogical University, and studied computer undergrad at CDI College in Toronto, Canada.
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Bhushan Joshi is Head of Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility for Ericsson in Market Area North America. Bhushan is focused on understanding key sustainability challenges faced by telecom operators and leveraging Ericsson solutions to help operators achieve their sustainability goals. Bhushan advocates for the role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in helping other industries take exponential climate action. Bhushan has been in the energy management & corporate sustainability domain for the last 15 years. His experience includes business development, energy management, renewable energy, project management and sustainability strategy development. Bhushan has an MBA in Sustainable Business Practices from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Santeri Jussila heads the product management for Nokia’s telecom analytics software portfolio as Head of Analytics and Insights, Products. If you ask his family, he’s beyond passionate about analytics, despite their occasional pleas to leave his analytical hat at the office. As a proud member of the Nokia analytics team, Santeri has helped build solutions for domains such as Customer Experience Management, Real-time Network Analytics, Marketing Analytics and Analytics as a Services (aaS). And while he loves to write on the topic (his blogs may not be the shortest), he’s also keen to walk the talk, so don’t hesitate to reach out!
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Dmitry Kachan is the CEO of Dexor S&M GmbH. He was previously a Research Fellow, Lecturer and Visiting Researcher at Hochschule Anhalt in Germany. Dmitry has a Master's degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications and a Ph.D. in Networking and Systems of Telecommunications.
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Avi Kachlon is CEO of FTS (www.fts-soft.com). FTS provides convergent billing, charging, policy control and payment solutions that have greater flexibility and provide greater independence for communications, IoT and digital service providers, resulting in a dramatically lower total cost of ownership.
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Sudhir Kadam is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Partnerships for Mobileum
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Patrick Kalaher is Vice President of Strategy and Growth at frog, one of the world’s leading design and innovation firms and a company of Altran. He has extensive experience in customer experience (CX) design and digital technology. During his 10 years with frog, he has held a number of different roles spanning strategy, innovation, digital design and business development. Earlier in his career, he worked at Wipro, NerveWire, Tanning Technology and Cambridge Technology Partners (now Atos). He earned his bachelor of arts in physics from Dartmouth College.
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Parthiban Kandappan is Chief Technical Officer at Infinera, a role he has held since October 2018. In this role, he oversees systems design and is responsible for technology vision and industry leadership in systems architecture.
Mr. Kandappan has nearly 30 years of computing and communications technology and management experience. Prior to assuming his current role, he served as Infinera’s Senior Vice President and Head of Architecture from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Kandappan was General Manager, Transport Business Unit at Applied Micro from 2011 to 2013, and before that, he held a variety of technology and leadership roles at Infinera over the course of nearly a decade, including Vice President, Advanced Systems Design and Vice President, Systems Engineering. Earlier, he held leadership roles including Vice President, Hardware Engineering at Zaffire Inc. (now Centerpoint); Switch Architect and founding member at Berkeley Networks (now Fore Systems) and various senior engineering roles at 3Com and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Mr. Kandappan holds a B.E. with Honors from University of Madras, India, and an M.S.E.E. from Virginia Tech, where he also completed part of the Ph.D. program. He has eleven issued patents, with others filed.
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Rick Kapani is Apptium's Chief Executive Officer charged with aligning technology development and corporate strategy to enable Apptium to anticipate, shape, and lead major market transitions. He brings business acumen, people management skills and strategic vision in his leadership role. He has worked with service providers around the globe, gaining a deep understanding of the challenges facing the service provider industry. Rick carries over 20 years of Technology and Telecommunications experience which has been widely recognized for his creative mindset and visionary leadership.
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Juniman Kasman is chief technology officer for Nexusguard. As CTO, Juniman brings over 15 years of IT experience in developing and motivating highly focused technical teams. He is responsible for advanced technology aspects within Nexusguard, from the development of the company’s technology vision to research, architecture, and development for its solutions.
Prior to co-founding Nexusguard, Juniman served as a Network Security Specialist, Technical Specialist, Senior Security Consultant, and System Engineer at leading technology companies including Xuenn, AT&T, and Packet Systems.
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As Mobileum Senior Vice President - Head of the Engagement and Experience business unit, Petros Katimertzoglou manages the entire business unit globally. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in various capacities. Previously, Petros was a senior leader within Niometrics (a network analytics company acquired by Mobileum in 2021). As Niometrics Senior Director, Operations Engineering, he oversaw the teams and operations for project deployment and customer support. Prior to this, Petros was Niometrics’ Director, Data Science, where he led a team of data analysts and data scientists to ally sophisticated data science and adaptive analytical techniques to build advanced analytics solutions for telecom operators. Earlier in his career, Petros was a Research Associate and Business Consultant. Petros holds a Ph.D. in Business Modelling and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. As a researcher, he has co-authored publications on business process management and participated in multiple projects around business modelling, business process re-engineering, and operations improvement.
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Zach Kazanski is the SVP of Product & Software at Hivelocity, bringing over a decade of experience in the data center industry. With a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. from the University of South Florida, Zach combines technical expertise with strategic business acumen. Known for his enterprising and flexible approach, Zach has been pivotal in increasing Hivelocity's enterprise value tenfold through innovative product development and strategic growth initiatives. He currently leads the integration of Colohouse entities into Hivelocity's network, aiming to create a comprehensive, high-quality infrastructure solution. Zach's strengths lie in his technological proficiency, strategic thinking, and ability to communicate complex concepts effectively. His leadership philosophy emphasizes customer-first approaches, fostering innovation, and building high-performing teams. With his blend of skills and vision, Zach continues to drive excellence and innovation in the data center industry.
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Bruce Kelley, Jr. is NETSCOUT's Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Service Provider. Mr. Kelley has served in senior engineering roles at NETSCOUT since the Company's acquisition of NextPoint Networks, Inc., a company Mr. Kelley co-founded, in July 2000. Following the acquisition, Mr. Kelley assumed the position of NETSCOUT’s Chief Technology Officer in 2001 and has since helped lead the Company's development activity to address the needs of a growing number of leading service providers around the world.
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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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Ken Kennedy is Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Management and Software Development at CSG International. Mr. Kennedy is responsible for defining CSG’s technology roadmap and aligning the technical vision with CSG’s business strategy. Ken is responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives related to CSG’s product offerings.
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Edward H. Kennedy is President and CEO of Tollgrade Communications. As Ed is putting his experience transforming the telecommunications industry to work by helping utilities modernize their nation’s power grid. Ed is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Probably best known as the CEO and President of Ocular Networks, a company he co-founded and sold in less than three years for $355 million dollars to Tellabs, Ed was lauded by Forbes for executing one of 2002’s top high-tech deals. He was also selected as Ernst & Young’s 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and one of Telephony magazine’s top ten leaders of telecommunications transformation.
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Robin Kent is Director of European Operations at Adax Europe. For many years, Robin held senior positions within established equipment manufacturers, software houses and integrators in the telecom, wide area network, and office automation markets. He joined Adax in 1994 to establish the Adax business unit in Europe. He has overseen the company’s successful transition from an OEM technology supplier to a customer focused provider of high quality, high performance telecommunications products to network equipment providers and VAS companies throughout EMEA and India.
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Robert Kent is Director of European Operations at Adax Europe. For many years, Robin held senior positions within established equipment manufacturers, software houses and integrators in the telecom, wide area network, and office automation markets. He joined Adax in 1994 to establish the Adax business unit in Europe. He has overseen the company’s successful transition from an OEM technology supplier to a customer focused provider of high quality, high performance telecommunications products to network equipment providers and VAS companies throughout EMEA and India.
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Paul Kenyon is co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Avecto, responsible for driving the revenue and growing sales globally with a focus on North America & Europe. Paul is a successful business executive with an outstanding 20-year track record in building, growing and leading high-performing, multinational high-tech companies in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Prior to Avecto, Paul was CEO of Artificial Dynamics who pioneered browser virtualization technology similar to private browsing technology found in web browsers today. In 1999, he founded AppSense, the global leader in User Virtualization solutions. Leading sales and marketing globally within the business, Paul was responsible for driving sales from inception to profitability with revenues of over $30 million.
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Jara Kern leads Pipeline’s editorial team. A marketing and business writer with 15 years of experience, Jara has written for a variety of technical industries on B2B subjects and trends. She holds an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a bachelor’s degree in classical music performance from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, where she studied flute.
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Jade Kerr is Director of Network and Systems Architecture at Bluebird Network. Jade has a broad background of technical and management experience spanning 23 years in the telecommunications industry. Holding positions with remit over network and IT systems engineering, planning and architecture, Jade has performed both hands-on and management oversight of technology lifecycles, including TDM to Ethernet, DSL to xPON access, ROADM optical and IP/MPLS transport, L2/L3 VPN services, DDos protection and IT security to name several. A career focused on network evolution and transformation to support emerging customers' needs and resource optimization has allowed Jade to adapt and shape the future of many service provider networks he has been responsible for. Accomplishing postgraduate degrees in both technology and business, Jade is able to bridge the gap between the network and the business, enabling his team to make informed, strategic financial decisions that facilitate long term growth and sustainability. Extensive experience, higher education and author of 12 US Patents show Jade’s real-world understanding of today’s networking environment and highlight the continued vision and further potential for ushering technology forward.
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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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Sarwar Khan is Global Head of Digital Sustainability for BT Group, where he is responsible for integrating sustainability into the way BT designs, builds, sells, markets, and measures the performance of digital products and propositions.
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Sanjay Khatri is the Head of IoT Platform Product Marketing, Cisco Jasper. He is responsible for ensuring Cisco Jasper's partner operators and their enterprise customers understand and take advantage of Cisco Jasper's IoT Services Platform features to build and grow a successful connected devices business. Sanjay has spent over 15 years in the Information and Communications Technology industry working for Fortune 500 and Silicon Valley startups in various product management and marketing capacities.
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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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Aniket Khosla is the VP of Wireline Product Management at Spirent Communications. He has over 20 years of experience in the networking industry and is responsible for Spirent’s Ethernet and Security test business, with a focus on transformative technologies like SDN, 800G, Security and Automotive.
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As Vice President of Product Management, James Kimery leads the product management organization in Spirent Communications’ Connected Devices Business Unit encompassing wireless service experience, channel emulation and OTA testing, and mobile-based location testing. Prior to Spirent, James was a Director of Marketing for NI’s Wireless Research and SDR businesses which entailed leading NI’s advanced wireless research initiatives while also managing the company’s software defined radio business including the Ettus Research subsidiary. Before joining NI, James was the Director of Marketing for Silicon Laboratories' wireless division. As Director, the wireless division grew revenues exceeding $250M (from $5M) and produced several industry innovations including the first integrated CMOS RF synthesizer and transceiver for cellular communications, the first digitally controlled crystal oscillator, and the first integrated single chip phone, AeroFONE. AeroFONE was voted by the IEEE as one of the top 40 innovative ICs ever developed. James also worked at National Instruments before transitioning to Silicon Labs and led several successful programs including the concept and launch of the PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) platform. James has authored over 50 technical papers and articles covering a variety of wireless and test and measurement related topics. James holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (MBA) and Texas A&M University (BSEE).
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Casey Kindiger is the CEO and co-founder of generationE Technologies, and has served as an industry thought leader for the past decade. He sets the organization's strategic vision with a focus and commitment on empowering telecommunication service providers, financial services firms and large enterprises to serve their customers in the most cost-efficient manner and with the highest levels of quality. generationE's IT process automation (ITPA) software places human ingenuity at the forefront of workplace activity, and breaks down traditional organizational and process constraints through an innovative approach to automation. Leveraging its deep industry experience, generationE has partnered with leading vendors such as IBM to package solutions that combine Resolve with other compelling service offerings and best-in-class technologies. Kindiger earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and statistics, and graduated with honors from the University of Chicago.
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Ken King is the Director of Telco & Media Convergence for SAS. His responsibilities include management of the product lifecycle and marketing strategies for SAS’ Communications industry products. King has over twenty-five years experience in design, deployment, and support of voice and data networks for large corporations worldwide. He has extensive experience in migration of communication networks from circuit to packet switching. His background includes roles in Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, Testing, Training and Technical Support. As an active participant in the TeleManagement Forum, King’s views are helping to shape the evolution of Business Analytics within the communications industry. King has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Florida. He also has an MBA, with a concentration in Product Innovation Management from North Carolina State University. He has dual Australian and American citizenships.
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Shashi Kiran is the chief marketing officer at Aryaka. In this role he has led teams responsible for product management, marketing, strategy and technology partnerships for the company. Shashi brings 25+ years of experience in the hi-tech industry having owned marketing for multi-billion dollar portfolios for companies like Cisco, as well as leading change in multi-stage startups through transformative marketing practices. He lives in San Jose, California.
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As Research Vice President, Evan Kirchheimer is responsible for the breadth of Omdia’s research into service providers, their markets, and the vendors that support them. His team of industry specialists covers strategies and regulation, regional markets, networks, consumer, enterprise, and wholesale services. Evan’s primary focus is to help providers identify new opportunities and guide the communications ecosystem toward them. He provides insights, which enable providers to transform their own networks and operations, counter competitive risk, develop ecosystem strategies, and offer innovative services to consumers and businesses. B2B services remain as his core expertise. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum) in 2009, Evan worked at Datamonitor and Nortel Networks. He holds a degree in English and European studies from Amherst College and Master of Philosophy in European politics from the University of Oxford.
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Richard Kitney is a Senior Connectivity Specialist at Orange Business UK, focused on a wide range of technologies, including SD-WAN, Multi-cloud connectivity and SASE. He is responsible for helping organisations connect their end users and devices to their critical applications, in a performant and secure way, enabling businesses to focus on their own goals and aspirations. Having spent over 25 years in the industry, Richard has held technical architect, sales and specialist roles within several large organisations including BT Global Services and Colt and has been helping Orange customers and prospects realise their goals for nearly a decade. He holds a Degree in Computer Networking and Communications and is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT professional.
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Dave Kjendal is a senior executive with over 18 years of experience in high-tech innovation management and complex product development. He is a successful leader of large multi-site teams that have delivered dozens of leading-edge LAN/WLAN product lines, embedded and application software designs as well as ODM and OEM development models with responsibility for research and design, product management and product marketing. Prior to joining Senet, Kjendal has held leadership positions with industry-related technology companies – Extreme Networks as Senior Vice President Engineering, Siemens Enterprise Communications as Senior Vice President, General Manager, and as Engineering Architect for Enterasys Networks. Kjendal received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from University of New Hampshire and Master of Science, Electrical Engineering from the University of South Alabama.
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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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A mentor for technology-oriented startups and VoIP security and fraud specialist, Eric Klein oversees the day-to-day operations at Cloudonix so the developers can focus on turning caffeine into code. His experience in network and communication systems comes from his years at MCI Communications (Verizon) and Cellcom, and his activities as a fraud prevention expert at Humbug Telecom. Eric co-authored the RFC4864 Local Network Protection for IPv6, and he has published a number of chapters in books on disaster recovery and telecom security, as well as a science fiction book.
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Thierry E. Klein is the President of Bell Labs Solutions Research at Nokia Bell Labs. His global multidisciplinary team conducts fundamental and applied research focused on new Nokia value chains, business opportunities and ecosystems. Prior to his appointment as President of Bell Labs Solutions Research, Thierry was the Head of the Integrated Solutions and Experiences Research Lab at Nokia Bell Labs, leading a global research team dedicated to applied research, innovation and advanced technologies with the mission to design, develop and prototype massively disruptive solutions, systems and experiences for the next human-industrial revolution. Previously, he was the Head of Innovation Management for Vertical Industries with a focus on the transportation, automotive and connected industries sectors. He also served as the Founding Vice-Chair of the Board of the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), a cross-industry association bringing together the telecommunications and automotive industries that he helped found and launch in September 2016. Thierry earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Université de Nantes and the Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. He received a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He is an author on over 35 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications and an inventor on 36 patent applications. Thierry has dual US and Luxembourg citizenship and speaks four languages. He lives in Fanwood, New Jersey with his wife and son.
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Jay Klein is CTO and VP of Allot Communications, and has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications. Before joining Allot, he served as VP Strategic Business Development at DSPG (VoIP and multimedia silicon solutions) where he was responsible for strategic technology acquisitions. Prior to this, he co-founded and held the position of CTO at Ensemble Communications (wireless access systems) and was one of the founders and creators of WiMAX and IEEE 802.16. Jay was also CTO and VP of R&D at CTP Systems (cellular system manufacturer) which was acquired by DSP Communications and later by Intel. Jay holds numerous patents in the telecommunications field.
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As Vice President of Wired Technologies at CableLabs, Curtis Knittle and his team are responsible for specifying scalable deployment solutions in both HFC and all-fiber access networks for CableLabs member companies. DOCSIS® technologies, Full Duplex DOCSIS, Distributed CCAP Architectures, and point to point coherent optics are a few current high priority projects underway and lead by members of the Wired Technologies team. Prior to joining CableLabs, Curtis lead an engineering team at Harmonic, Inc. to develop the world’s first CMTS-in-a-node and Ethernet-switch-in-a-node, both solutions representing the first instantiation of what today is called deep fiber distributed architecture solutions for the cable industry. Currently, Curtis is also the Chair of the IEEE 802.3ca 100G-EPON Task Force, helping to usher in the first 100Gb/s PON solution.
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Pete Koat is COO, Incognito Software Systems Inc., where he drives Incognito’s product innovation to serve global customers. A seasoned telecom leader, Pete holds multiple patents related to IP video compression, delivery, and streaming. Prior to Incognito, Pete spent over 15 years as CTO at telecom software specialists including Libre Communications and Skitter, developing telecom solutions in video streaming, data compression and OTT real-time communications. Pete is responsible for defining the strategic direction, improve its operational execution and delivery and innovation path for Incognito.
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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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Ulla Koivukoski an energetic executive passionate about values and virtues, customer excellence, employee engagement, discovery of new ventures and adding value to society. Ulla has 35 years’ experience in international sales, marketing, R&D, head of the business region, new ventures and country management in IT & Telecommunications. She has lived and worked in Turkey, UK and India and is now based in Helsinki. Ulla's key projects at the moment include a research and business development partner of Caring Corporate Culture, mentoring individuals and advising startups.
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Jan Kolar is Passengera CEO. With his technical background and experience in the transportation market, Jan has been managing the growth and global expansion of Passengera since its beginning. With Passengera's solution he is exploring new markets for opportunities to enhance traveling experience in public transport. Jan is passionate about innovation and has been involved with communication and business solutions in transportation for years.
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Christos Kolias is Principal Research Scientist and an Orange Expert at Orange Silicon Valley. He is a cofounder of NFV and the ETSI group and led the formation of the ONF's Wireless & Mobile working group, of which he was its first chair. He has been a frequent speaker on NFV, SDN, SD-WAN, MEC and IoT. Christos holds a PhD in computer science from UCLA, where he studied under Prof. L. Kleinrock.
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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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Ron Konezny is President and CEO of Digi International. He has deep experience in the world of connected devices and is a leader in the IoT industry, working with a wide range of hardware, software, cloud and service solutions across many commercial and industrial verticals. Prior to joining Digi, Ron was Vice President of the Global Transportation and Logistics division of Trimble Navigation Ltd., a global provider of navigation and range-finding equipment and related solutions.
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Bartlomiej Kordas works as BSS Product Manager at Comarch. He graduated in Computer Science and Management at the Technical University in Wroclaw. He has over 12 years of experience in telecommunications gathered in implementations executed in various regions of the world. His roles in these projects have ranged from software developer, through business analyst to head architect. Currently, as BSS product manager, Bartlomiej is responsible for creating the vision for development of Comarch CRM for Telecoms, with special emphasis on omnichannel and customer experience.
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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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Antti Koskela is Comptel's Chief Technology Officer
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Joachim Koss is the founder of JK Consulting and Projects, a consulting firm that supports companies in the area of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. As a registered member of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and its partnership project oneM2M, he is contributing to oneM2M standards, currently with a focus on semantic interoperability. His previous professional positions include various management roles in several telecommunication companies comprising Siemens, Gemalto and others. During his work in standardisation he participated in the work of the international SDOs ETSI, oneM2M, ITU, the national SDO DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies), initiatives of the European Commission and several fora and industry alliances such as the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), and the German Association for the Automotive Industry (VDA). He held the role of ETSI Board member for six years, Vice Chairman of ETSI Technical Committee SmartM2M for four years and was a Vice Chairman of oneM2M’s Technical Plenary for two years. I also led two ETSI Specialist Task Forces on IoT standards, generating several ETSI Technical Reports.
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Amir Kotler is a highly respected CEO of both start-ups and established enterprises with multiple assets and holdings. He currently holds the post of CEO of Veego, Inc., a technology leader focused on bringing artificial intelligence and other breakthrough technologies to the automatic detection, analysis and resolution of connected home device problems. He holds an MBA in marketing from the University of Manchester.
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Alex Kozlov is an independent communications consultant with more than 30 years of experience writing about technology and business innovation. He began his career as a journalist, reporting on pioneering research in fields such as natural language processing and speech recognition, industrial robotics, and algorithms for complex logistics problems. As a marketing communications and media relations specialist with advisory firms and IT service providers, he has ghost-written hundreds of blogs, articles, and white papers on a wide range of topics. These have included the impact of automation on traditional outsourcing models, how hotels, transportation fleets, and hospitals benefit from the Internet of Things, and how banks, retailers, and insurance firms are applying artificial intelligence to boost profits and enhance customer experiences. Alex is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Bernhard Kraft, Director of Technical Product Management, has more than 15 years of experience in the telecom industry. Previously, he was a developer, solution architect, and chief architect of Redknee’s BSS portfolio. He guided the evolution of Optiva’s BSS product to cloud-native, open architecture, and private and public cloud deployment, considering carrier grade requirements.
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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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Erez Kreiner¸ co-founder and Senior Cyber Advisor of NanoLock¸ served as Director of Israel’s National Cyber Security Authority for more than five years. Erez was responsible for preventing cyber-attacks on Israel’s critical infrastructures and assets. Erez also led national teams to oversee Cyber and Data Security. Erez led the development of new methodologies and tools to defend power supply¸ finance¸ health¸ communications¸ and other essential services. Previously¸ Erez was the Director of Information Security at the ISA and the Director of Israeli Security in Europe. Erez is a senior research fellow at a number of academic institutions. Mr. Kreiner holds a B.Sc in engineering from the Technion¸ Haifa¸ and a Master’s in national security. Erez is currently an associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
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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.
Sanjay Kumar is the Industry Vice President for Communication & Media at Progress Software. He heads Progress Software's go-to-market strategy, activities and solutions for the global communications industry. Before Progress Software's acquisition of Savvion, Sanjay was the Vice President of Communications & Media Solutions at Savvion, where he lead the Savvion global communications industry practice. Prior to that, Sanjay was Vice President and Principle at The Management Network Group [NASDAQ: TMNG], a strategic and operational management consulting group for the communications industry. There, he was responsible for TMNG's North American business integration practice, leading the development and delivery of large carrier operations and IT Infrastructure initiatives. He has extensive experience in architecting and managing large-scale OSS/BSS solutions for global communication service providers and the vendors that support the communication industry.
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski is M2M & BSS Product Manager for Comarch SA, and has been working for Comarch for more than 10 years, evolving from a role of a software developer, through consulting to the position of a Product Manager which he currently holds. He is responsible for adding new products, such as the M2M Platform or the Central Product Manager to Comarch's portfolio as well as for the constant development of the Comarch BSS Suite according to customer requirements. Krzysztof holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow and is currently studying for an MBA at the Economic University in Krakow.
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Praful Krishna is the CEO at Coseer. He has helped scores of teams in Fortune 500 enterprises and Government agencies automate tedious, boring, repetitive tasks using cognitive computing (AI + NLP). He founded Coseer after a long career in hedge funds with the vision that humans should focus on creativity, judgment and strategy, while technology takes care of everything else. He is alum of Harvard Business School, McKinsey and Indian Institute of Technology, and have been a turnaround CEO in the past.
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Chia-Chee Kuan is CEO of Uila, Inc. He has a distinguished 20-plus year career developing unique intellectual property and building game-changing companies focused on computer networking technologies and industries. From early day pre-Internet TCP/IP stack and standards development, to IP multicast video streaming applications, to Wi-Fi security, Mr. Kuan is a pioneering technologist who has been granted 14 U.S. patents. After co-founding AirMagnet in 2001 and merging with Fluke Networks in 2009, Mr. Kuan was named General Manager for the Wireless Business Unit, doubling revenue during his four-year tenure at Fluke Networks. Prior to AirMagnet, he was a founding member at Precept Software, which was later acquired by Cisco Systems, where Mr. Kuan continued to lead the Cisco Video Internet Service Unit product development team. Mr. Kuan holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s in Information Engineering from National Taiwan University.
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Milind Kulkarni is the vice president of product management at Veriflow. Prior to joining Veriflow, Milind shaped networking and server products and go-to-market strategy for Oracle Cloud and Engineered Systems. Prior to Oracle, Milind held product management, product marketing, business development, and engineering roles at Brocade, Cisco, and Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
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Adhish Kulkarni is SVP Digital Engagement and Loyalty Solutions within Telco and part of the leadership team at Evolving Systems. Adhish is a globally experienced business executive with 20+ years in Digital (Mobile Tech, Digital Product Management and Marketing) and Customer Value Management (inc.CRM/ Big Data Analytics), having worked across consulting, start-ups and PE-backed portfolio companies. Adhish heads the Customer Value Management and Loyalty business unit organization for Evolving Systems, an end-to-end digital engagement software and services provider. With 100+ customers across 5 continents, Evolving’s solutions empower brands to increase revenue per user, reduce friction, improve retention, and maximize customer satisfaction. The company’s goal is to provide operators, brands and advertisers with the tools they need to manage their brand’s interaction with consumers over digital channels.
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Adhish Kulkarni is SVP and GM Digital Engagement and Loyalty Solutions for Evolving Systems, a real-time digital engagement accelerator. Evolving Systems has been working with CSPs for over twenty years in areas including OSS and BSS, ranging from activation to customer value management. With 100+ customers across five continents, Evolving Systems empower brands to increase revenue per user, reduce friction, improve retention and maximize customer satisfaction. The company’s goal is to provide operators, brands and advertisers with the tools they need to manage their brand’s interaction with consumers over mobile.
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Adhish Kulkarni is SVP and GM Digital Engagement and Loyalty Solutions for Evolving Systems, a real-time digital engagement accelerator. Evolving Systems has been working with CSPs for over twenty years in areas including OSS and BSS, ranging from activation to customer value management. With 100+ customers across 5 continents, Evolving Systems empower brands to increase revenue per user, reduce friction, improve retention and maximize customer satisfaction. The company’s goal is to provide operators, brands and advertisers with the tools they need to manage their brand’s interaction with consumers over mobile.
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Russ Kulpins is a communications industry veteran with over 30 years of experience guiding product direction in the cable television, telecommunication, and networking industries. He has an electrical engineering degree from University of Illinois and a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Russ has an extensive technical and business background, creating multi-national partnerships for product development, designing and implementing pricing methodology and channel plans, and planning, developing, and successfully launching new products into the telecom and enterprise markets. In Russ’s current role at Director of Product Line Management he oversees product planning, business management, and all aspects of product lifecycle management for both the Optical LAN line of business and the Broadband Telecommunications line of business.
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As CEO of Subex, Vinod Kumar is responsible for leading the strategic direction for the company and driving its execution by fostering the right culture of leadership and talent development. Prior to becoming the CEO and Managing Director, Vinod served as a COO of Subex where he spearheaded several initiatives that helped the company engage with its customer as a long term strategic partner. These initiatives, in turn, helped Subex emerge as a global leader in Revenue Management space.
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Sanjay Kumar is Head of Telecommunications Industry Solutions at VMware. Sanjay leads VMware’s strategy and solutions for the telecommunications industry to address the new challenges facing global communication service providers to help drive new revenue opportunities, streamline operations & costs and enhance the overall experience for their customers. He has previously lead the global telecommunications industry business practice for several enterprise software companies and management consulting firms to architect and delivery next generation solutions and worked extensively with global communication service providers to develop strategy, architect end-to-end OSS/BSS solutions, and drive new business initiative to help transform their business. He has been accredited for many industry solution firsts and is often quoted as a telecommunications industry thought leader.
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Rohit Kunjappa is Head of Product Management and Application Engineering for POLATIS, HUBER+SUHNER.
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Krish Kupathil is the founder and CEO of Mobiliya. With a track record of over 25 years in building and growing companies and new markets, he has carried out strategic exits, pioneered enterprise mobility, cross-OS communication and collaboration services. His professional CPA qualification gives him a clear understanding of finance, tax and regulatory issues. A veteran of the mobile engineering industry and a recognized influencer worldwide in telecommunication and mobile software, Kupathil has shared his insights at conferences and has been published and quoted in numerous renowned publications. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives of blue chip companies such as Google, Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm and Intel.
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Dmitry Kurbatov is Chief Technology Officer at telecoms cybersecurity company Positive Technologies. His career started in 2006 when he worked as a network engineer for system integrators. After developing an automated security analysis system, he switched to telecom security, researching a range of vulnerabilities in network equipment, including errors in data transfer network design, protection of signaling protocols (SS7, Diameter, GTP), through to IoT security and had responsibility over telecom and mobile networks security systems audits. Dmitry holds a degree in information security of telecommunications systems from Moscow Technological University (MIREA).
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Thomas Kürner (Fellow IEEE) received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990, and his Dr.-Ing. degree in 1993, both from University of Karlsruhe (Germany). From 1990 to 1994 he was with the Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik und Elektronik (IHE) at the University of Karlsruhe working on wave propagat ion modelling, radio channel characterization and radio network planning. From 1994 to 2003, he was with the radio network planning department at the headquarters of the GSM 1800 and UMTS operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG, Düsseldorf, where he was team manager radio network planning support responsible for radio network planning tools, algorithms, processes and parameters from 1999 to 2003. Since 2003 he is Full University Professor for Mobile Radio Systems at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. In 2012 he was a guest lecturer at Dublin City University within the Telecommunications Graduate Initiative in Ireland. Currently he is chairing the IEEE 802.15 Standing Committee THz. He was also the chair of IEEE 802.15.3d TG 100G, which developed the worldwide first wireless communications standard operating at 300 GHz. He was the project coordinator of the H2020-EU-Japan project ThoR (“TeraHertz end-to-end wireless systems supporting ultra-high data Rate applications”) an d is Coordinator of the German DFG-Research Unit FOR 2863 Meteracom (“Metrology for THz Communications”). In 2019 and 2022 he received the Neal-Shephard Award of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) and also in 2022 the Best Teacher Award of the European School on Antennas and Propagation (ESoA).
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Craig Labovitz, Nokia General Manager for the Deepfield Business Line. Previously, Labovitz was Co-Founder and CEO of Deepfield, for which he developed the core technology, key patents, architecture and commercial strategy behind more than $1 billion in sales of large enterprise and telecom security products. His technology is deployed in more than 700 Internet Service Providers, cable operators, content providers, and mission-critical networks around the globe. Dr. Labovitz is an expert on Internet infrastructure and cloud evolution.
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As cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of ZenFi Networks, Ray LaChance applies his leadership and proven industry expertise to build and deliver innovative communication infrastructure solutions to enterprise, carrier and wireless mobility providers in the New York and New Jersey metro markets. In this role, LaChance oversees all aspects of business operations for the company that recently merged with Cross River Fiber and effectively leads a team of nimble, forward thinking experts to solve clients’ network challenges created by the proliferation of mobile data. In addition to his role at ZenFi, LaChance is also a founding member of Metro Network Services, LLC, a company focused on fiber optic and mobile network planning, engineering, and deployment solutions for mobile network operators, tower owners and telecommunications service providers throughout the New York metro market. LaChance is a Network Technology industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience managing teams that design, build and operate complex, high-capacity communication networks for large enterprises, carriers and wireless mobility providers. Prior to ZenFi and Metro|NS, he served as President and CEO of Lexent Metro Connect, LLC from 2004 to its successful sale in December 2010 to Lightower Fiber Networks. LaChance was also the Co-Founder of Realtech Systems Corp., an enterprise network integration and professional services firm, where he served as President and CEO. He received a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Albany.
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As CTO at Mission Cloud, Jonathan LaCour guides the development of Mission’s product and platform, and shares his expertise on cloud trends and best practices. Jonathan is a Fellow in the Python Software Foundation and an advisor for several startups. Prior to joining Mission Cloud, Jonathan LaCour led Product & Technology teams at DreamHost, one of the largest web hosting and cloud computing providers.
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Martin Laesch joined Neural Technologies in October 2015 as Senior Vice President of Professional Services and is now the Chief Technology Officer. Martin is responsible for the global strategy and products, solutions development as well as the Consultancy Services to our customers. Martin has more than 20 years’ experience in telecommunications services and the software industry, filling roles from project manager to managing director. Martin joined Neural Technologies in October 2015 by acquisition of Enterest GmbH, which he co-founded in 2003. Martin holds a master of computer science degree.
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Francois Lafontaine is Vice President of the Software Business Unit at Fujitsu Network Communications. He leads a global team of software developers and product managers dedicated to helping network operators manage, automate, and monetize their networks.
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Jonas Lagerquist In his role as Director Product Management, Jonas plays an important role in forming Enea’s strategy and positioning of the Aptilo product portfolio. He holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Linköping, Sweden, and has studied finance and business economics at the University of Michigan and the University of Stockholm. Jonas brings 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and IT industries. Prior to Enea, Jonas was Director Business Development and co-founder of Aptilo Networks. Jonas started his career at Ericsson, where he held various roles and management positions within development, solution sales, and as an area manager in the APAC region.
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Michael Lahoud is responsible for the implementation of the company’s overall business strategies and go-to-market operations, including the expansion of Stream’s Hyperscale Solutions and Critical Environments practice. He has more than 13 years of experience in critical systems design and operations, with projects including avionics platforms for $100 million plus military aircraft, solutions architecture supporting a number of global power and cooling product manufacturers, and data center operations. Additionally, Lahoud has managed Stream’s critical facilities and technology practice since 2010, overseeing business strategy, with an emphasis on managing the data center portfolio and positioning leadership for growing areas of the organization. He is actively involved in the technology community, serving on the Partner Council of Infrastructure Masons (IM), an organization established to provide infrastructure executives and technical professionals, an independent forum to connect, grow and give back. Lahoud is also on the Board of Governors for the 7×24 Exchange Lone Star Chapter, an organization that is the leading knowledge exchange in North Texas among those who design, build, use and maintain mission critical enterprise information infrastructures aiming to improve end-to-end reliability.
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Rishit Lakhani is a Solutions Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience in networking, cloud technologies, and cybersecurity. His passion lies in designing and deploying cutting-edge network solutions that drive innovation and efficiency for enterprises, healthcare, and universities. He has led teams at VMware and Nile, focusing on SD-WAN, AI-driven networking, and cloud-based network services.
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Victoria (O’KANE) Lamberth co-founded ZenFi Networks in 2013 and currently serves as Chief Revenue Officer overseeing the company’s regional sales & marketing organization. Prior to ZenFi’s merger with Cross River Fiber, Lamberth served as Chief Operating Officer for the company. She has 10+ years of building, managing, and selling fiber infrastructure companies in the New York metro market. She relies on her proven array of experience in the telecommunications industry to drive growth and profitability at ZenFi Networks. In addition to Lamberth’s role at ZenFi, she is also a Founding Partner of Conexcity, a network integrator focused on fiber optic and mobile network planning, engineering, and deployment solutions for mobile network operators, tower owners and telecommunications service providers throughout the New York metro market. She is also a Partner and Board Member at Hugh O’Kane Electric Co., a New York City telecommunications and electrical contracting firm dating back to 1946. Lamberth worked as Director of Carrier Sales and Marketing for Lexent Metro Connect until it was sold to Lightower Fiber Networks in December 2010. Lamberth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from Boston College, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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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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Dennis Landscheidt is Global VP for telco solutions development at SAP. Based in Walldorf, Germany, Dennis holds the position “Head of Product Management and Development Telecoms”. Dennis has 12+ years SAP and Telco-industry experience and is an expert for BSS and Big Data solutions, frequently advising CxO’s on adoption and value realization of business support software across the globe. He is a valued expert for trends, challenges and best practices in the Telecommunications industries and has earned trust of strategic customers as an executive sponsor. Dennis and his team are globally responsible for the development of all solutions for the Telecommunications industry that help out customers run their business better. Prior to his current role, Dennis held various positions at SAP in development, consulting and solution management for Telecommunications.
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Dave Larson is Chief Operating Officer at Corero Network Security and is responsible for directing the Corero technology strategy as the company continues to invest in its next phase of growth; providing next generation DDoS attack and cyber threat defense solutions for the Service Provider and Hosting Provider segments. Larson brings over 20 years of experience in the network security, data communication, and data center infrastructure industries. Most recently, Larson served as Chief Technology Officer for HP Networking and Vice President of the HP Networking Advanced Technology Group. In this role he was responsible for creating the long-term technology vision and strategy for HP Networking across a variety of product divisions and geographies. Larson was instrumental in establishing HP’s leadership in SDN including driving the creation of the OpenDaylight open-source SDN controller initiative as one of the founding executive sponsors of that consortium, along with technology leaders that included Cisco, IBM, NEC, Citrix and the Linux Foundation. Under Larson’s leadership, HP created the category for SDN security applications for enterprises as evidenced by the HP Network Protector SDN Application, which combines IP-reputation DNS security with HP’s Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller to deliver botnet command-and-control and malware mitigation at the first touch point in the Ethernet access layer. Prior to that, he served as Chief Technologist for security and routing, and was a senior member of the Advanced Technology Group within HP Networking. Prior to HP, Larson was Vice-President of Integrated Product Strategy for TippingPoint, where he was instrumental in transitioning the business to develop a line of Next-Generation Firewalls and vice-president of Security Product Line Management for 3Com Corporation where he defined global security products strategy across R&D development facilities in the U.S., U.K., and China. Larson has also held senior marketing and product roles with Tizor Systems, Sandburst Corporation and Xedia Corporation. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Gordon College in Wenham, Mass.
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Christopher Laska is CEO at Telenor Hungary.
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Lawrence Latham is CEO of Everynet BV. He is a recognized thought leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, having helped build some of the world’s leading IoT companies. Lawrence has helped multiple companies build their brands, products, and services into IoT leaders by crafting visionary strategic positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies. His immersive approach includes rolling up his sleeves, personally landing beachhead accounts and developing powerful strategic partnerships. He brings extensive M&A experience to his role as Everynet CEO, having helped numerous IoT companies achieve successful exits. Connect with Lawrence on LinkedIn by clicking here.
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Telit’s Head of the Connectivity Business Unit Tomer Lavie started his professional career in telecommunications with the mobile phone division of Motorola. From there, he moved on to the machine-to-machine (M2M) division of the company. In 2010, he transferred from Motorola to Telit with the company’s acquisition of Motorola’s M2M business unit. Mr. Lavie climbed the ranks and became the VP of EMEA sales in 2015 and, in 2020, the head of the connectivity business unit. He holds degrees in mathematics and computer science from Haifa University and an MBA in global management from IDC (Herzelia), Israel.
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As director of product marketing, Jean Lawrence leads the development and execution of strategy, communications, and product launches for Oracle monetization solutions. She helps customers around the world realize the benefits of the digital economy by providing flexible subscription services, strengthening their customer relationships, and achieving recurring revenue streams compliant with financial requirements. In her 21 years of technology and communications industry experience, Jean has held marketing, strategy, and product development leadership positions at Computer Sciences Corporation, Motorola, Alliance Telecom Solutions, and Aerial Communications (now part of T-Mobile). She holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with concentrations in marketing and strategy, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.
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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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Kelly LeBoeuf is Director of Marketing at Excelacom. As Director of Marketing, Kelly is responsible for the global strategy, planning and execution of all aspects of Excelacom’s marketing and portfolio.
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Marc LeClerc is VP Strategy and Marketing for NoviFlow Inc. His background spans the areas of computing, telecoms, internet and cloud technologies with over 25 years of experience in product management, strategic marketing and business development. He has worked for Apple Computer, Matrox, and Ericsson. Marc is an active participant in standards groups and industry fora, and has been on the board of directors of the Parlay Group, participated in the OMA, chaired work groups in the GSMA, is a frequent speaker at industry events and has several dozen published articles in the global technology press including the Ericsson Business Review. In April 2016, Marc was appointed Market Area Director of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF.)
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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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Steve Legge CEO and President of netnumber Global Data Services. Steve is at the helm of the company’s strategic operations and ongoing evolution. He accomplishes this with keen leadership insights garnered across a career that spans more than two decades. Throughout these 20+ years, Steve has held senior executive management and technical positions in the telecommunications, broadcast, and satellite industries in both the U.S. and Australia.
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Bruce Lehrman, Involta's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is best known for his entrepreneurial spirit and ability to build world-class technology organizations. He has been involved in three greenfield business start-ups and has also worked with large, nationally recognized brands. In 2007 Bruce founded Involta LLC, a privately held Hybrid IT services company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Involta was named the second fastest growing IT Company in the country in 2010, according to Inc. Magazine 500 Fastest Growing Companies (#40 overall) and has remained on the Inc. 500/5000 list since. In 2016, Involta was selected Technology Company of the Year by the Technology Association of Iowa, and Bruce was named CEO of the Year at the same event. He has also been recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and as a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. Bruce sits on the Board of the Entrepreneurial Development Center, Technology Association of Iowa (as 2013 Chairman), Iowa Seed Fund, Geacom, Higher Learning Technology and Van Meter Industrial. Prior to Involta, he was CIO of RuffaloCODY and CEO of LIVEware5.
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Eran Leib, COO, Whitebox Security, and his colleagues, from the cyber-security division of the Israel Defense Forces, founded Whitebox Security to protect organizations’ information from internal and external threats. He previously was a senior security consultant and architect at CA Technologies. Mr. Leib served four years in the IDF’s technology division. He is a licensed CISSP and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.
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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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Rick Lievano is the Worldwide Director of Industry Technology Strategy for the Microsoft Telecommunications Sector. Rick works with customers and partners in developing telecommunications industry solutions and reference architectures to address the rapidly changing needs of service providers across the globe. Rick has been active in the telecommunications industry for over 15 years, having previously served as the Telco Industry Architect for Microsoft Latin America and Microsoft Consulting Services in the United States. He has led numerous application development projects in Tier-1 service providers across the Americas. He is an enthusiastic participant and speaker in many industry communities, is an advocate of industry frameworks and open standards, and holds a TM Forum Business Development Manager Career Certification.
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Jamie Lin, Director of Cloud Infrastructure & AI at CenturyLink, holds a strategic ‘IT Innovation’ leader role within the IT space, with more than 20 years of IT innovation experience and proven results. Since 2015, Jamie has driven IT innovations for CenturyLink’s Digital Transformation in NextGen Workspace and NextGen Hybrid IT while delivering DevSecOps architecture leadership, RPA Operation strategy, Digital ESS platform, Mobility strategy, and Workspace/Application Virtualization strategy, and enabling continuous growth for all business units. He also represents approximately 50,000 employees and contractors globally, ensuring CenturyLink’s business continuity. Prior to joining CenturyLink, Jamie’s work experience included 10 years in a university hospital environment, and three years in the healthcare insurance industry. Jamie has also orchestrated many speeches in user groups and conferences and is one of the few industry SMEs to create Citrix certification program exam questions since 2008. Jamie holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in Saint Louis and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Saint Louis University. He is also the recipient of various certifications from Microsoft, Citrix and VMware.
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Per Lindberg is the CEO at Ranplan Wireless, which has developed software tools for outdoor/indoor wireless network planning, design and optimization. He has 25+ years’ experience within the telecoms sector, both as a corporate director and in business development and strategic planning at Ericsson and as an investment analyst for UBS Warburg, Dresdner Kleinwort, MF Global and ABG Sundal Collier. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California.
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David Liu brings an extensive software and service provider background to the discussion. At Pica8, David's team has developed extensive intellectual property built into Pica8's SDN stack, resulting in three filed US patents. Before Pica8, David held software management positions previously with Cortina Systems, Ericsson and Lantern Communications. He holds a MS in Computer Science at the University of Michigan.
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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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John Locke serves as Federos’s Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the product management, development and roadmap of the Assure1 service assurance platform. John leads the commitment to design and delivery of network technology solutions for our customers’ ongoing business transformation and maturity of virtualized, unified service operations. As CTO, John also guides effective product strategy to increase our business performance surrounding capability, customer satisfaction and profitability. Prior to joining Federos, John held executive roles under the TATA brand; most recently, he served as IS CTO for UK and Europe for Tata Consultancy Services, and from 2008 to 2014 he was Group CIO for Tata Communications, part of the Tata Group. He has also served as CTO of Vanco and brings over 35 years of collective telecommunications knowledge and excellence in technical and operational management to Federos.
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Loren Long is Chief Development Officer and cofounder of DartPoints. He merges over 20 years of experience in technology, telecommunications and utilities with tactical and strategic skills honed as a former airborne infantry ranger. Having worked with several new technology introductions,such as the 3G/4G rollout and smart grid initiatives, he understands the importance of customer engagement during critical deployments. That deep knowledge, combined with his strength in strategy development, underlies his dramatic achievements leading teams across multiple industries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Loren earned his BS in Physics and Nuclear Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Tiago Lopes has been a BSS/OSS specialist in the telecoms industry for over 25 years, with multiple roles in Delivery, Program Management and Product Management. In 2023, Tiago joined Cerillion as Product Manager, responsible for the Digital Channels component of the Cerillion Product Suite. Tiago lives in Lisbon, and has a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico at the University of Lisbon, and a certification in Corporate Innovation from Tecnico Mais, an Instituto Superior Tecnico Advanced Training School For Professionals.
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Diego Lopez joined Telefonica Research in 2011 and is currently part of the GCTIO team. Before this, he worked in academia, researching on network services, and was appointed member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission. Diego is currently focused on applied research in network infrastructures, with special emphasis on data-driven management, new architectures, and security. Diego chairs the ETSI ISG on Permissioned Distributed Ledgers and the NOC of ETSI ISG NFV.
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Milton Lopez is the Chief Designer at SparkCognition. In this role, he designs products and understands their requirements, develops user experience workflows and moves low-fidelity diagrams to high-fidelity prototypes. Additionally, Lopez has experience in the field of project management and design requirements for products. Lopez earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas, where he studied arts and sciences with a focus on psychology, marketing and learning technologies.
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Dennis Lottero lead Global Business Development M2M Solutions for Vodafone. With extensive professional background in both healthcare and M2M/IoT systems, he is currently responsible for Global M2M Business Development specializing in adapting mobile services within the IoT. Prior to joining Vodafone Dennis served as the co-founder and EVP of Corporate Development at Global Telematic Solutions (GTS), while concurrently serving as VP of M2M Solutions at Walsh Vision.
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Feifei Lou received a master 's degree in mobile telecommunications from Rice University, Houston, US in 2006. Since then she has worked for China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing, China in program management and standardization roles. She supported the NGMN Alliance from the very beginning and was an NGMN Alternate Board Member for CMCC. Feifei Lou has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with PMI since 2007. She joined NGMN in 2019 and is now an executive program manager for 6G and others.
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Feifei Lou received a master 's degree in mobile telecommunications from Rice University, Houston, US in 2006. Since then she has worked for China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing, China in program management and standardization roles. She supported the NGMN Alliance from the very beginning and was an NGMN Alternate Board Member for CMCC. Feifei Lou has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with PMI since 2007. She joined NGMN in 2019 and is now an executive program manager for 6G and others.
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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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Dmitry Lubnevsky is a CIO for A1QA, software QA and testing company. Dmitry holds a degree in Computer Systems and Networks. He joined A1QA in 2007, and now has 10 years of experience in QA and testing industry. Under his supervision, the mobile apps testing department and A1QA Mobile Testing Center of Excellence were founded. As CIO, Dmitry focuses on the development of systems that support enterprise goals and internal corporative systems such as KPI system, system for hiring employees, etc. He’s a constant speaker for local and international events.
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As Director of Innovation at Vodafone Global Enterprise Shannon Lucas manages the global Customer Innovation Program, which empowers global Fortune 500 businesses to stay agile, competitive and sustainable. She is continually refining customer engagement models, tools, and processes to support a culture of change. In her role as facilitator of Innovation Workshops across the globe, she helps enterprise customers level-up by exploring how mobile and ICT solutions enable new business models, consumer insights and streamlined operations. She manages a matrixed team of Innovation Champions throughout the business, accelerating the pace of innovation throughout Vodafone.
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Bernardo Lucas, is the Chief Marketing Officer of Mobileum. Prior to his current role, Bernardo worked at US based Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led technology, media, telecommunications, retail and financial services consulting projects. He holds an MBA from INSEAD with distinction. Bernardo leads a team of skilled and knowledgeable marketing professionals as they work together to grow the business by sharing the value of its roaming, network security, revenue assurance and fraud management solutions.
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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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Vito Mabrucco is Chief Marketing Officer of NTT. He is a Global Executive leader helping technology companies accelerate their sales growth through focus, execution and empowered teams. Vito helps drive growth by executing a life cycle approach of strategic market assessment, business model development, market awareness, demand generation and sales enablement programs. All tied together by driving high employee engagement and a clear focus on accountability and progress measurement.
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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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Robert Machin is Director of Product Marketing (EMEA) for CSG International. Robert has been part of the telecoms industry for over 20 years, working with software vendors, systems integrators and communication service providers (CSPs) in a variety of technical and business-focused roles. He is a regular contributor to business conferences and industry journals, most commonly on subjects related to the impact and management of next generation technologies. Robert spent four years as Head of Billing Solutions at Logica before heading up product marketing at mediation vendor Openet Telecom in Ireland, then moving into strategic marketing with Finnish OSS specialists Comptel Corporation. Robert has been with CSG since the start of 2012, and is part of the global Product Marketing team.
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Pipeline magazine is a global media platform and the world's leading communications and enterprise technology publication. Pipeline connects the most innovative technology developers with those that adopt technology to advance the way we connect and communicate as a global society.
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Rohit Maheshwari serves as the Head of Strategy and Products, driving business growth by fostering innovation and devising product strategies. His profound knowledge in Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics, and digital services significantly enhances Subex's offerings. Before his current role, he led Subex’s Business and Solutions Consulting Group (BSCG), amassing over 20 years of extensive experience in providing solutions and consultancy to global telecom operators. Rohit's career prior to Subex includes significant positions at renowned firms such as Crompton Greaves and Kirloskar Electric Company.
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Nabeel Mahmoodis a visionary leader in the data infrastructure industry, recognized for his thought leadership and commitment to driving the future of technology. He co-founded Nomad Futurist, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to bridging the human capital gap by making education and career opportunities accessible to the next generation. In addition to his leadership at Nomad Futurist, Nabeel serves on several boards for companies globally, including publicly traded firms and organizations involved in AI, NLP, ML, robotics, automation, and data centers. His experience spans over two decades in technology, with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and industry advancement. Nabeel frequently speaks to global audiences about the future of technology, addressing key topics such as Industry 5.0+, quantum computing, AI, and the environmental impact of the digital sector. His presentations are disruptive, inspirational, and data-driven, emphasizing the importance of sustainable growth and technology evolution.
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Ihab Mahna is a seasoned telecom and IT executive with over 20 years of global experience turning ideas into winning strategies, solutions and successful product launches. He is currently vice president of product management at Zeetta Networks.
Ihab has an accomplished track record in the leadership of several start-ups and taking their innovations to market, resulting in successful exits. In the past five years, Ihab has been particularly active in several 5G and digital transformation industry ecosystems. The article is based on Ihab’s experience in contributing and leading related collaborative projects.
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Alec Main, CEO of Graphite Software, is an experienced business leader who develops and executes strategic business plans to drive company growth. Alec has been influential in the security industry, shaping the security models and technology that are used by many of the largest OEMs and service providers in the world. While with Nagra, he managed a large, cross-functional and international development and delivery team providing OTT streaming video solutions to a broad range of service providers and CE devices. As the CTO of Cloakware, Alec guided the product strategy and led engagements with key customers until the acquisition of the company in late 2007 for US$72.5 million.
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Brandon Malatest is the Chief Operating Officer of Per Vices Corporation. Mr. Malatest trains and leads the teams responsible for marketing, sales, PCB manufacturing and assembly, quality assurance, mechanical design, customer support, documentation, hiring, administration and general operations associated with developing high performance, flexible, wireless platforms. The platforms are built for a variety of applications with the ability to develop custom solutions to meet and exceed requirements for defense, public safety, and infrastructure providers. Previously, he was a research analyst and statistician at one of the largest market research firms in Canada. Mr. Malatest holds an Honours Physics degree from the University of Waterloo.
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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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Regis Malloy is Vice President of Sales and Strategic Alliances at Sabey Data Centers, one of the largest privately held data center builders/owners/operators in the United States. Regis has spent nearly 30 years in the technology, software, and data center space (beginning in 2010), where he has successfully led direct and indirect sales teams focused on key growth verticals including Cloud providers, Enterprise, Service Providers, and the Public Sector. Additionally, Regis also helps chart corporate development and market expansion, strategy, and leads partnership strategy with innovators in emerging areas such as edge/IoT, high performance compute, AI/ML, and AR/VR. Regis and his family live in Denver and he's a graduate of the University of Colorado, with a double major in International Affairs and Political Science with an emphasis in French.
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As Head of CHR’s Software and IT portfolios, Jason is responsible for overseeing the adoption of technology, development, business processes and workflows, software implementation, and the continuing support for software and IT clients. With over 25 years of telecommunications and sales leadership experience, Jason is committed to driving client satisfaction and fostering a partnership culture. Jason joined CHR Solutions (formerly Martin Group) in 2005 as a Regional Sales Manager, later advancing to Head of Sales and ultimately to his current role. Prior to that, Jason held sales and sales leadership roles at Eftia OSS Solutions, Simplified Development, and Aerotek’s Telecommunications Division. Jason holds a Business degree from Stephen F. Austin, majoring in Marketing and Accounting.
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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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Patrick Mambo is the founder of Arium Stream and has more than 25 years in the telecommunication industry. During his professional career, he has had the opportunity of working for major mobile operators and manufacturers of microwave radios and cellular equipment such as Harris and Ericsson.
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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 outdoingâ„¢ on behalf of its clients every day.
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Lars Månsson is Chief Technology Officer at DigitalRoute. Previously, Månsson has served as Head of Product Management and Head of Strategy at DigitalRoute and has thus been heavily involved in the development of its flagship technology, MediationZone. Prior to joining DigitalRoute, Lars worked for communications industry market leaders including Sema Group, Atos Origin, Logica and Tele2 in roles focused variously on technology, engineering, IT and support.
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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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Phillip Marangella has over 20 years of international marketing, strategy, and business development experience working in the Data Center, Telecom and Technology sectors for leading service providers. Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Phillip most recently worked for Equinix in various capacities in both marketing and business development. In addition, Phillip had stints at Coresite, Verizon, MCI, Nortel and Globalstar. Phillip was also a partner and founder of a tech consulting firm focused on international technology transfer and venture funding of university developed technology. Currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at EdgeConneX, Phillip is focused on developing, evangelizing and executing the marketing strategy and ecosystem development for the company. Phillip also serves on the advisory boards for Apomaya and Infrastructure Masons. Phillip holds a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of California San Diego, and a Masters in Multinational Commerce from Boston University.
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Mark Marinelli is Chief Technology Officer at Navi. He has been building data-centric enterprise solutions for the telecoms market for 25 years, at companies including Kenan Systems, Lucent Technologies, and Lavastorm Analytics.
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Gary Marks has led Opengear since 2014 in the role of CEO, and was appointed President of Opengear upon the acquisition by Digi International in December of 2019. During his tenure, the company was named to the Deloitte Fast 500 list, recognizing the five year track record of extremely high growth, strong profitability and market share leadership. Prior to joining Opengear, Gary was the SVP Global Sales and Marketing for Raritan, a power and infrastructure management provider for data centers and remote sites. His leadership enabled a successful turnaround that expanded Raritan’s portfolio of new products, technologies and customers.
Gary is a 30-year veteran of the technology, storage and telecommunications industries, with a track record of successfully guiding major expansion efforts, turnarounds and strategic partnerships at both public and private companies. In addition, he has held senior leadership positions with Dialogic (acquired by Intel), Conner Peripherals (acquired by Seagate), Western Digital and AT&T. Gary holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Rob Marson is Vice President of Global Marketing at Nakina. In this role, Rob is responsible for directing Nakina’s strategic value proposition. He has authored a number articles and publications about various technology and market inflections and the associated impacts on the communications industry. Rob has held management, business development, and strategic marketing roles at a number of companies including JDSU, LSI and Nortel. Some of Rob's current focus areas include the network security, management and orchestration transformations created by SDN and NFV.
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Joseph Martin is Director, Solution Engineering within Enterprise Solutions at Sprint. His team provides advanced solution engineering sales support for wireline and wireless products and services across all business sales channels and segments, including general business, mid-market, enterprise, public sector, federal, wholesale, and alternate channels for stand-alone and integrated solutions. Mr. Martin has been with Sprint since 1988, and has extensive experience in the “inter-connect” business, customer premise equipment, cable television consulting for municipal & county government, plus market research. He started his career with the Department of Energy in Washington, DC.
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Tony Martino is CEO at Tollring. Having joined Tollring in 1994 as a graduate in Computer Systems Engineering, Tony led a management buyout in 2002 to become CEO. Over the past 30 years, the communications arena has changed considerably and under Tony’s leadership, the Company has transformed from a niche software vendor to a market leading provider of cloud business analytics, call recording and fraud protection solutions and services with over 110 staff globally. Tollring evolved from on-premise applications to cloud-native solutions, now serving over 6.5 million endpoints across the portfolio of services. Tollring cloud business customers now total over 21,000 in 21 countries. Tony’s experience and technical understanding of the communications and managed services sectors have provided the springboard to Tollring’s success. Tony remains passionate about the continued success of the Company and its people and looks forward to Tollring’s new era in partnership with Amity Solutions, which will enable the Company to accelerate AI innovation and capabilities across the portfolio.
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Klaus Martiny was a Senior Consultant at Deutsche Telekom ORBIT (2021); Senior Program Manager at Deutsche Telekom 2010-2021; Chair of the ETSI ISG ZSM (Zero Touch Service and Network Management) 2018-2021; Vice Chair of ETSI ISG NFV Network Operator Council 2014-2021; Project Lead of the NWMO (MANO Requirements for 5G) project in NGMN; Project Lead of NGCOR I and II (Definition of Operations Requirements for Converged networks) in NGMN; Coordinator of the industry initiative on Network and Service Management (NSM); Vice President Continuous Improvement for Operations of T-Mobile International 2001-2010; Senior Vice President Head of Operations E-PLUS 1992-2001; GSM Radio Validation and Specification;. Published articles concerning Outsourcing, International Project Management (mergers and optimization of international organizations); Organizational Change Management; Disaster and Business Continuity; and Network Management of Future Networks.
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Wojciech Martyniak has been the M2M product manager at Comarch for the last 10 years. He has also worked as senior solution manager for the company's entire IoT area and was a leading architect for Comarch M2M project in Europe and the Middle East. He is focused on new technologies and new services in the IoT world, creating a convergent approach to M2M services which are composed not only of connectivity, but also devices and applications. Martyniak is also responsible for Comarch partnerships in the IoT sector.
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Tim Masse is Vice President Sales & Support Engineering for LightRiver. A previous netFLEX® customer, he joined LightRiver in 2008. Tim has been working with the netFLEX automation platform since 2004. He has over 20 years of optical network experience focused on network assurance, sales engineering, process development, and product management. Today, Tim has responsibility for netFLEX sales engineering, test and quality assurance of the product, and customer support engineering, as well as strategic development and product roadmap.
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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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Michael Matthews is the Chairman, Founder, and CEO of AwareX, Inc. Michael has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including stints as the Head of Strategy and Business Development for Nokia Siemens Networks, the Chief Marketing Officer for Amdocs Inc, and the Executive Vice President for Groove Networks Inc. Under Matthews’ leadership, AwareX’s technology is used by major corporations around the world to connect and manage their devices and data. MIchael is passionate about using technology to anticipate and assist humanity, rather than the reverse. Spurred on by a profound disappointment in the effectiveness of many of today’s customer service systems, Michael has long been a pioneer in creating and championing the category of Customer Experience Management. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications. Michael Matthews' educational career includes completing a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland.
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Dennis Mattoon is a Principal Software Development Engineer for Microsoft Research and Co-Chair of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG)’s Marketing Work Group. As one of the founding members of the Security and Privacy Research and Engineering team in MSR, he and his team have spent the last 12+ years focused on advances in trusted computing and system security. His most recent work has been on the Device Identifier Composition Engine Specifications (DICE), Robust and Resilient IoT (RIoT), and the Cyber-Resilient Platform Initiative. (https://aka.ms/CyRes). In addition to chairing the Attestation, Supply Chain Security, and DICE workgroups, Dennis has previously represented Microsoft on TCG efforts including the D-RTM specification, development of the TPM 2.0 reference implementation, and was responsible for Microsoft partner enablement/adoption of TPM 2.0.
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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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Nick Maynard is a Research Analyst at Juniper Research, authoring titles on subjects such as Insurtech, Regtech and Consumer Robotics. Nick previously worked as a Business Lead Risk Analyst at SSE Business Energy, providing high level financial analysis for a leading FTSE 100 energy company. Nick’s focus has been on providing detailed analysis to key decision makers. Nick graduated from the University of Reading in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in History.
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Nick Maynard is a Lead Analyst at Juniper Research. His key area of focus is providing expert market sizing and trend analysis, with experience throughout the digital ecosystem. His recent research reports include B2B Payments, Instant Payments and Online Payment Fraud. Nick has led several previous consultancy projects as well as the Fintech team. Nick has a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Reading.
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Claudio Mazzuca is Vice-President, Systems and Services for EXFO. Prior to this appointment, he held the role of Director of EXFO's Transport and Datacom business unit since 2006. In this role, he was responsible for the development and execution of business and product strategy for this business unit, which now is a leading player in the Ethernet and next-generation packet transport test market segments. Mr. Mazzuca began his career as a systems engineer for Nortel Networks, where he worked on the launch of the highly successful 10G High-Speed Transport and DWDM product line, and later on Nortel's Preside Network Management solution. He then moved to technology startup Hyperchip Systems as Senior Product Manager, focusing on the development of large-scale metro and core IP routers and switches, and associated OEM components. In 2004, he joined EXFO's Transport and Datacom business unit as Product Line Manager for the next-generation SONET/SDH products, and in 2005, was promoted to Group Manager for the entire Transport and Datacom product line. Claudio Mazzuca holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University and a master's degree in business from McGill University in Montreal.
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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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Mike McCamon is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the tech industry. He is currently the Executive Director of NFC Forum, an industry association dedicated to advancing NFC, standards and use cases. Demonstrating a wide range of skills and passions, he has been both the inaugural executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and later on, part of the executive team that launched Water.org. He also led high-growth teams at Apple, Iomega, Intel and several startups.
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Brian McCann is the Chief Technology Officer for the Applications & Analytics Business Group at Nokia, having previously worked at Alcatel-Lucent, which he joined in April of 2015. His role encompasses portfolio & technology strategy and management, common software foundations, DevOps, and central engineering services such as Performance/Reliability for A&A.
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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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Cathal Mc Daid is one of the world’s foremost experts in Mobile Network security, and his pivotal work in the industry has been recognized by the GSM Association. As CTO, his role is to define the technology strategy and long-term technical vision, as well as to lead the team responsible for applied research in the fields of cybersecurity & mobile networks.
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Mike McDaniel is president of Modern Workplace for DXC Technology. He is responsible for leading innovation and growth and achieving customers’ expectations. Mike has substantial experience in general management, technology, engineering and business operations. He holds an MBA from Bowling Green State University and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. Mike has a passion for serving in the communities where he lives. He sits on the Board of Directors for both the Valley of the Sun YMCA and ICAN.
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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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Tim McElligott is a contributing editor to Pipeline and the former Editor-in-chief of Billing & OSS World (B/OSS) where he managed the editorial content of B/OSS and its associated conferences. He led the publication since 2008. Prior to that he was senior editor at award-winning Telephony magazine. His primary focus has been business and operations support systems and other cool communications stuff. McElligott has been a telecom journalist since 1999 when he left the sweet embrace of the carrier community after 14 years. He was a wireless data engineer for Ameritech and worked as a technician for both Ameritech’s wireline business and AT&T.
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Steve McIntosh was one of the co-founders of BeQuick Software in 2002 and joined the company as Chief Operations Officer in December, 2003. Prior to BeQuick Software, Steve was Vice President of E-Commerce Development for World Choice Travel, which he co-founded in 1996 and sold to Travel Services International, Inc. in 2001. At World Choice Travel, in addition to leading the information technology department of 18 programmers and operations personnel, Steve was the original visionary behind many of the company’s core strategies such as private labeling. As a result, the company achieved an annual growth rate in excess of 125% for 7 consecutive years and grew to over $400 million in annual sales and 200 employees. World Choice Travel is regarded as the world leader in private label travel solutions. In November 2003, Steve played a key role in the sale of the company to the world’s second largest online travel seller, Travelocity, a division of Sabre, for $50 million. In 2000, Steve was awarded the Soloman Smith Barney award for Outstanding Sales Growth by Northwood University’s Excellence in Entrepreneurship awards program. Steve graduated in 2000 with highest honors from the University of Florida with a BA in Finance and minors in statistics and economics. In 2008, Steve was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
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Craig McKesson is Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at T5 Data Centers. A former U.S. Air Force officer who helped launch GPS satellites into orbit, Craig leads the cross-functional management of T5’s customer engagement and success programs along with the development and execution of all corporate marketing and communications strategies. Craig holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami and a Master of Business Administration with concentrations in finance and marketing from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Michael McLaughlin, VP cloud alliances & channel at SS&C Blue Prism, is a thought leader, industry speaker and mentor for all things related to IA, AI and RPA. He consistently collaborates with the industry’s top players to deliver the latest and greatest automation strategies that drive business growth, accelerate innovation and empower digital transformation success.
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Freddie McMahon is the co-founder of Df2020 and a pioneer of no-code tools and methods to encode, interact and measure complex rule-based knowledge. He is Director of Strategy and Innovation and has held similar roles within early-stage big data firms and major financial institutions.
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Tom McQuade directs the CellEngine and Trillium Software division of Radisys, having previously served as the company's Senior Director of Business Development and Worldwide Sales. Tom joined Radisys in 2012, after holding a number of senior sales and business development positions in the semiconductor industry. Prior to Radisys, Tom ran the Quality Control team at Signetics, worked in sales at Toshiba America and Brooktree, and then landed at Picochip where he became intimately involved in the maturing small cell market. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Combined Sciences from Santa Clara University and a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.
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Corey McReynolds is Managing Consultant for Enterprise Solutions at Avertium. Corey is the primary point of contact and consultant for Avertium’s largest enterprise security customers and he directs a team of highly skilled consultants providing a full stack of expertise to security and compliance projects.
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Ian Meakin is head of marketing and responsible for leading the marketing function globally for MYCOM OSI. Ian joined MYCOM in August 2012 from 8 years as head of marketing at several mobile start-up companies and prior to that 5 years at Sun Microsystems where he led UK Product Marketing & Industry Marketing. He started his career as a programmer at Accenture before moving into high-tech product marketing roles within large IT companies. Ian has almost 25 years business-to-business software marketing experience in the IT/Telco industry spanning all aspect of marketing. Ian has a BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering degree from the University of Bristol, holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from – and is a member of – the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Dean Mechlowitz leads Nakina’s global sales organization. Dean is responsible for driving the company’s global sales strategy for its portfolio of software products, platforms, services and partner initiatives. He is focused on developing and leading a best-in-class sales organization and increasing the company’s customer base while driving new business. Dean is an industry veteran within the OSS/BSS segment, bringing extensive previous experience from senior positions at ADC Metrica, Granite Systems (acquired by Telcordia), Telcordia (acquired by Ericsson), and AceComm. Dean is a graduate from Lehigh University, and possess a degree in Electrical Engineering.
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Michal Medrala leads OSS Consulting & Product Management at Comarch, a global supplier of software and services. During his career, Michal has worked as a consultant, an analyst, a business process analyst and a network optimization engineer. He worked for several years in the T-Mobile Group and was trained at the AGH University of Science and Technology.
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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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Amir Mehmood is the Director of Solution Engineering at Optiva. Amir has 20 years of diverse experience in the telecom industry, specializing in the BSS and monetization software domain. He has worked for leading vendors and has a proven track record of sales, solutions design and services delivery to a wide range of CSPs across the globe. He is a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on cloud-native BSS/OSS solutions. He is a keen advocate for telcos to embrace modern cloud technologies to accelerate the digital transformation journeys of CSPs. Amir is an Electrical Engineer, and he also holds an Executive MBA degree. He and his family currently reside in the UK.
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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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Patrick MeLampy is Chief Technology Officer at Acme Packet. Patrick brings over 24 years of communications engineering experience to his role as chief technology officer. Prior to founding Acme Packet, Patrick served as the vice president of engineering for Priority Call Management (PCM) from its inception in 1989 through its acquisition by the LHS Group a decade later. At PCM, Patrick developed and supported the company's network telecommunications products and grew the engineering team from two to 75 members. Prior to PCM, he was employed at Boston Technology. Patrick has developed intellectual property portfolios for PCM, LHS PCM, and Acme Packet. He has accumulated 49 patents of which 30 have been issued and 19 are pending. Patrick holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Boston University.
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Timothy Menard is the Founder and CEO of LYT, provider of cloud-based open-architecture smart traffic solutions. LYT makes traffic lights smart by enabling them to see and respond to traffic. By doing so LYT can prioritize first responders and public transportation vehicles so they can get to their destinations faster and safer. The additional benefit is that it streamlines overall traffic flow helping to reduce congestion and emissions in high traffic areas.
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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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Pascal Menezes is a proven technology thought leader, sales evangelist, product manager and seasoned IP architect with decades of experience in internetworking, next-generation information systems, and communication architectures. Pascal currently serves as MEF's Chief Technology Officer. He is focused on cloud scale architectures, real-time media networks, Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO). He is a former Principal from Microsoft Skype for Business Global Carrier Group where he spent close to 10 years working on many real-time media and network technologies. As one of the leading industry experts in Unified Communication (UC) and SDN he is a UCStrategies Expert, pioneer of Unified Communications (UC) and Software Defined Networks (SDN), Chair of UC SDN Task Group at International Multimedia Telecommunication Consortium (IMTC), Vice-Chair of Open Network Foundation (ONF) NBI Working Group and Co-Founder and former Vice-Chair of Wi-Fi Alliance Task Group Mobile Multimedia Over Wi-Fi. Pascal has done five startups with multiple successes, has received numerous industry awards and has presented extensively in numerous events globally. Pascal holds 4 patents with 25 additional patents pending and has co-authored many standards in the IETF, MEF, IMTC and Broadband Forum (MPLS).
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Ivanka Menken is a serial entrepreneur and the owner and Co-Founder of The Art of Service since 2000. Ivanka specialises in creating organisations that manage their services in a sustainable and customer driven manner. With 20+ years of management consultancy experience and an education degree, Ivanka has been instrumental in many organisational change management projects in The Netherlands, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia for both government agencies and private corporations. Ivanka beliefs that education and training is at the foundation of every successful enterprise. Ivanka has been a guest lecturer for a number of Queensland universities on the subject of IT Service Management and Organisational Change Management and proudly featured as one of “Australia’s 50 Influential Women Entrepreneurs” in 2016. While running The Art of Service, Ivanka authored a number of publications on IT Service Management, Cloud Computing and Customer Service. She also completed her Entrepreneurial Masters Program at MIT and served on the board as the second ever female President of the local Entrepreneur’s Organization chapter.
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As a resident of Austin, Texas, Shane Menking serves as Element Critical’s Chief Operating Officer. He brings over 20 years of experience to this role where he will continue to solve IT barriers for Element Critical’s customers while making the company’s high-performance data centers a valued choice for enterprise and hyperscale clients. Prior to joining Element Critical, Shane served as President and Chief Financial Officer for Data Foundry Inc., a data center provider acquired by Switch in May 2021. Working closely with Data Foundry’s owners, a group of Internet pioneers, Shane led the executive team where he helped build the premier data center platform in South and Central Texas from the ground up. In this role, for two decades, Shane’s contributions brought invaluable growth from both a business and a cultural standpoint. Shane is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from the University of Texas at San Antonio where he received a Bachelor degree in Business Administration.
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Jay Meranchik, CTO/President & Cofounder of GCS, has been in the VoIP telecommunications industry since its inception in the late 1990s. Jay worked with the early pioneering technology providers such as VocalTec, Clarent and Cisco as well as Excel, Nextone & Sonus. At ITXC, where Jay served as SVP of Engineering, he led the company's deployment of a global dedicated VoIP network. As the technology architect at GCS, his vision of a real-time call routing and call processing engine led to the development of the company's flagship product (Interconnect Command Platform) which is deployed at carriers all over the world and collectively processes on average 12 billion unique call attempts every month.
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Tony Merenda is the VP of Engineering at Opengear, a company that builds next generation intelligent solutions for managing critical IT and communications infrastructure.
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Robin Mersh joined the Broadband Forum as Chief Operating Officer in July 2006, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in July 2010. Robin has authored many articles and has spoken at and chaired many broadband industry conferences and exhibitions. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 18 years, starting at Cable & Wireless and then moving on to BT before meeting his wife and moving to the US in 1999. Robin has worked in business development and alliance management for various OSS software companies in the United States, mainly in network and service provisioning and activation, where he negotiated and managed several large OEM agreements. He is originally from Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London in 1992.
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James Messer is founder and CEO at goTranvserse. James has spent the past 25 years focused on the telecommunications and IT industries. He served as Vice President of Sales for LHS Group, one of the largest implementation and support networks in the global customer care and billing marketplace with more than 300 customer sites worldwide and 18 global and regional partners. James later served as Vice President of Sales for Sema Group plc, which became the world leader in communications software and solutions after the acquisition of LHS for $4.75 billion. Sema then surpassed all global competitors in revenue, subscribers, sites and solutions. Related to B/OSS, James also served in senior management positions for CSG Systems, US Telecom Advanced Telecom Service (sold to CSG) and TechnoCom Wireless – a leader in wireless location-based services. Additionally, James also served as Vice President of Federal Programs for Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), and served on the staff of U.S. Senate Leader Bob Dole focusing on telecommunications, IT and foreign policy. James also participates as a partner in Spectrum Five LLC, the largest holder of DBS spectrum with full U.S. coverage.
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Franco Messori is Chief Strategy Officer for Empirix, and a leading authority on network protocols. His extensive experience includes building strong design teams, creating innovative test equipment, and bringing new technologies to market. In 2009, Franco took on leadership of Mutina Technologies, providing quality assurance technologies for mobile, next-gen IPTV, and IP core networks. He grew the company until it was acquired by Empirix. During his tenure, Mutina also launched a groundbreaking handheld device for advanced, real-time testing in the field.
Prior to Mutina, Franco founded Pro.tel Srl, one of the first companies to offer VoIP monitoring solutions. It was acquired by Sunrise Telecom in 2000 and Franco served as CEO of the Sunrise Telecom Pro.tel Division for six years. He then consulted with international telecommunications companies on network architecture, security, management, and troubleshooting issues. Before his entrepreneurial work, Franco served as managing director of Ascom Italia from 1991-1996 and became Chief Technology Officer of Tele Communication Systems (TCS) in 1981. Prior to that, he served Telecom Italia former SIP in the Data Transmission Department.
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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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Dr. Ishaq Mian is VP of Sales & Support Engineering for Redline Communications. He has over two decades of industrial telecom experience with manufacturers and direct end-users. Mian leads Redline’s customer-facing engineering and project management teams to align Redline’s products and services solutions to customers’ unique needs and challenges.
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Catherine Michel is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Sigma Systems, responsible for the company's entire product portfolio and technology strategy. Previously, she was Sigma's Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and VP of Products, following their acquisition of Tribold in 2013. Catherine was founder and CTO of Tribold and the principle architect of the company's products and solutions portfolio. Prior to co-founding Tribold, Catherine was a senior executive in Accenture's Communications & High Tech practice, devising and delivering business strategy and large-scale BSS / OSS solutions globally. Catherine also sits on the TM Forum Executive Committee, is named as one of the top most powerful people in the telecoms industry by Global Telecoms Business, and is a public advocate and mentor for women in telco and IT. Catherine regularly advises service provider CxO’s and industry analysts on how to transform into digital savvy businesses for the digital economy, frequently appearing on stage and in written publications.
Catherine regularly advises service provider CxO’s and industry analysts on how to transform into digital savvy businesses for the digital economy, frequently appearing on stage and in written publications.
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Paul Mikkelsen is Chief Operating Officer at Aptilo Networks. Paul has more than 20 years of experience in international telecommunication and IT and was part of Aptilo Networks’ founding team in 2001. Prior to Aptilo he was Director of Business Development at Axis, responsible for the European market for the Mobile Internet Division. Paul held different executive positions in marketing and business during 10+ years at Ericsson. While there, based in Kuala Lumpur, he was responsible for fixed public operator business for the region. Paul holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics from the University of Örebro, Sweden.
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Chad Milam is President and CEO of PacketFabric. Prior to joining PacketFabric, Chad served as CTO at NantWorks, LLC and Mox Networks. Chad also led the Technical Infrastructure and Systems team at Teza Technologies and the Global Infrastructure organization at Publicis Groupe S.A.
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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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Jeff Miller serves as interim President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & as well as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Synchronoss Technologies. Jeff previously served as President for IDEAL Industries Technology Group, focusing on designing and delivering solutions for smart commercial buildings and spaces. Jeff also serves on the Board of 1871, Chicago’s largest start-up incubator, and on the nonprofit boards of Aspire Chicago and Junior Achievement. Jeff also had a 16-year career with Motorola, most recently as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Operations in North America for Motorola Mobility, LLC. Previously, Jeff was Vice President of Sales for Motorola’s business with AT&T, T-Mobile, and 23-global wireless customers across North America, Latin America, EMEA and the Asia Pacific.
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As Vice President of Technology Solutions, Todd Miller provides thought leadership evangelizing Nitel’s capabilities and helping customers and agents understand how the use of technology can assist them with their digital transformation and overall objectives. In addition, Miller leads Nitel’s team of Solution Architects, whose mission is to work consultatively with the customer to develop the right solution. Prior to his current role, Miller served as Vice President of Product where key accomplishments included the creation of Nitel-Connect, a comprehensive strategy for designing an optimized and integrated end-to-end WAN. Integrating flexible access, SD-WAN, and security with Nitel’s nationwide MPLS network and private, direct cloud connectivity, Nitel-Connect provides customers with a secure, high-performance, and predictable framework on which to run their business. Before Nitel, Miller spent over twenty years in the Information Technology consulting space where he provided technology architecture and deployment assistance in the areas of networking, security, and cloud solutions while co-founding and serving as CTO of a mid-size Managed Services Provider (MSP); building a hybrid multi-tenant cloud architecture including one of the first desktop as a service (DaaS) offerings. Todd served three years in the Army as a Military Policeman in Germany as part of the 204th MP Company, 14th MP Brigade.
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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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Hakan Millroth is CTO for Tail-f Systems. Before co-founding Tail-f Systems, Mr. Millroth held an executive management position at Interpeak, an embedded software vendor that was acquired by Wind River in 2006. Previously, he was a co-founder and CTO of Bluetail, a software company that was acquired by Alteon Websystems in 2000. Mr. Millroth’s career also includes several management roles at Ericsson and Nortel Networks. He holds a PhD in computer science and has served as a faculty member in the computer science department at Uppsala University.
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Steve Mills is the president of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) where he has actively contributed to the governance of standards activities since 2001. Mr. Mills is retired from Hewlett-Packard Company, where he worked for 30 years in the research and development of products for the computer and telecommunications industries. As a strategist in the Industry Standards Program Office, he led HP’s participation in industry consortia and standards development organizations.
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Michael Mills is Senior Vice President of Global Contact Center Sales and Solutions. In this role, he leads the global sales and solutions team in the fostering and development of client relationships, the development and implementation of sales strategies, the design and implementation of global and domestic contact center solutions, and the growth of revenue and profitability in the BPO and contact center outsourcing division. Prior to joining CGS, he had very successful tenures at both the IBM Corporation (14 years) and at Northrop Grumman (10 years); where he held executive level sales management, technical solution design and development, and project/transition management delivery roles. Mr. Mills brings a very unique and diverse perspective in his approach to sales strategies by integrating his project transition and management expertise into developing every deliverable client solution. He is a 1985 graduate from the University of South Florida, and subsequently earned his MS degree in Technical Management from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1999. He is also a proud military veteran having served in the United States Air Force as an Imagery Interpretation Specialist for the 544th Imagery Intelligence Wing at Strategic Air Command HQ.
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Michael Minchin has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and started his career working in studio/on-location/live TV production and post-production environments in his early teens. He later transitioned into IT/IP networks/datacoms consultancy and has a degree in computing in business. Michael then found his passion for satellite communication industry in 2003, where he leveraged his previous experience to deliver remot e connectivity solutions using Inmarsat products for oil, gas, and banking customers. Over the years, Michael has worked with companies such as Thuraya, Iridium, Inmarsat, Nera, Hughes, Thrane and Thrane / Seatel (Cobham Satcom), STM, iDirect, BT, AP, Rio Tinto, Cisco, MoD (UK) and Thales. He worked at Arqiva in their satellite & media division on projects with London Underground, Odeon, Vue and BAFTA. This was followed by a 10-year tenure at Sky UK Ltd, integral to delivering products and projects such as Sky Glass, Sky Q, STB apps, broadband, satellite and live event content delivery transmission leading delivery with Amazon Prime. In 2022, Michael joined ST Engineering iDirect to lead and drive product for their IoT portfolio. This portfolio offers a robust, cost-effective, and highly scalable solution, which provides connectivity with a range of compact, lightweight fixed and COTM terminals featuring satellite modems and antennas in both Ku- and Ka-band variants. The technology incorporates a proprietary IoT-optimized waveform and a cloud-based NMS/OSS management framework, built to integrate with existing scalable iDirect infrastructure platforms. Michael is excited about the future and the possibilities it holds for his work in the telecommunications industry.
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Xabier Miqueo is Principal, Customer Strategy at Evolving Systems. He has over fifteen years’ experience in customer marketing and extensive experience in driving forward digital roadmaps and loyalty strategies. Xabier specializes in designing market-leading propositions to achieve customer engagement and brand objectives.
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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 (Ales).
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Shamik Mishra is Assistant Vice President of Research and Innovation at Altran, the global leader in engineering and R&D services. He also serves as Chief Architect for the company’s Communications business and global head of its Future of Networks program, leading all research and innovation on 5G and edge computing. He has more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications and software industries, providing engineering R&D, frameworks and solutions to telecom operators, network equipment providers and software firms worldwide. Shamik has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
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Shamik Mishra is Assistant Vice President (AVP), Technology and Innovation at Altran. Shamik is a practice leader for product architectures at Altran, and has extensive experience and contributions in software development in cloud, wireless technologies, edge computing and platform software. His research interests are Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Cloud and edge computing and Machine Learning (ML). Shamik has spoken in several conferences and his work is regularly covered in the media. Shamik has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
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Arnab Mishra is Transera’s SVP of Products and Solutions. With over a decade in senior product leadership roles, Arnab has responsibility for Transera’s product management, product marketing, program management, and strategic alliances functions. Prior to joining Transera, Arnab held senior positions at Alcatel, where he led the team responsible for the definition and positioning of Genesys’ core communications platform offerings. Arnab holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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As Ribbons Communication’s Executive Vice President of Packet Optical Product Strategy, Jimmy Mizrahi is responsible strategic planning for the Packet Optical Networking business unit and leading the Packet Optical Portfolio team.
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Carl Moberg is VP Marketing at Tail-f Systems. Before joining Tail-f Systems, Mr. Moberg held several management positions at ServiceFactory, a company that he co-founded in 1999. Prior to ServiceFactory, Mr. Moberg was one of the principal architects of Telia’s Internet service platform. This platform was an industry first, supporting a wide variety of access types and application services in an integrated fashion to millions of subscribers.
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Priyank Mohan is the Head of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics at Excelacom. A senior strategist, thought leader and program/product manager, Mohan has worked in artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, cognitive technologies, digital transformation, marketing technologies, CRM, data science, search, EDW and BI. He has also held roles as head of product management and head of strategic solutions for Silicon Valley product companies in the artificial intelligence, cognitive, and machine learning spaces.
Prior to joining Excelacom, Mohan held senior technology management positions at and consulted with large Wall Street firms, telecom, pharma, and hi-tech companies. He has assisted organizations from Fortune 500s to startups in all areas including strategy, innovation, product management and strategy, program management, digital transformation, developing roadmaps, managing complex programs, growth acceleration, business strategy, ideation sessions, business planning, market research, product marketing, and business development.
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Philip Molter is CIO of Data Foundry. He joined the company in 1996 and led the development and integration of core information systems that enable Data Foundry’s operations. Additionally, Philip’s knowledge from managing large deployments in data centers around the world provides valuable customer perspective for service initiatives.
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Dennis Monner is the Chief Commercial Officer at Aryaka. He joined the Aryaka team through the acquisition of Secucloud where he was the founder and CEO, helping Aryaka leapfrog to become the leader in converged network and security solutions. Prior to Secucloud, Dennis was the founder and CEO of Gateprotect, a next generation firewal l solution that was acquired by Rohde & Schwarz. A serial entrepreneur and security industry thought leader, Dennis brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to an already incredible team.
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Jason Moore, CEO of RouteThis, has more than 10 years of experience in all facets of the industry, from silicon engineering to software development to SaaS sales. RouteThis is a leading Wi-Fi in-home connectivity platform provider that is transforming the way Internet service providers (ISP) and smart home brands deploy, manage, and support the connected home. The company’s platform is used by ISPs and smart home brands in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The company recently raised $25 million to expand in suite of products and accelerate global growth.
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Jason Moore, CEO of RouteThis, has more than 10 years of experience in all facets of the industry, from silicon engineering to software development to SaaS sales. RouteThis is a leading Wi-Fi in-home connectivity platform provider that is transforming the way Internet service providers (ISP) and smart home brands deploy, manage, and support the connected home. The company’s platform is used by ISPs and smart home brands in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The company recently raised $25 million to expand in suite of products and accelerate global growth.
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Hitesh Morar, Chief Product Officer at Tecnotree, heads up Tecnotree’s product division as well as its solution consulting practice. He has over 23 years experience within within digital solutions with a proven track record to successfully deliver on complex transformative projects in difficult environments and across different lines of business. Prior to joining Tecnotree he worked for 14 years at MTN and before then for four years at Telkom SA.
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Andrew Morawski joined Vodafone in 2013 as its head of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) in the Americas.
Andrew is responsible for leading Vodafone’s M2M sales, strategy and operational initiatives in North and South America. His key area of focus for the region is the application of M2M technologies which enable creative new business models to drive growth in both established and emerging markets. "The Americas region is a distinct combination of markets which Vodafone is uniquely positioned to serve. The expertise Vodafone brings as the true leader in M2M solutions carries significant advantage to enterprises looking to develop new revenue streams from solutions in this space".
Andrew brings a wealth of experience in the global telecommunications industry to the role. He joins from Cable&Wireless Worldwide where he was the Managing Director for the Americas for three years. In this role, Andrew had overall commercial and strategic responsibility for the company’s enterprise and carrier sales, marketing, HR and service delivery operations in the region. Prior to joining Cable&Wireless Worldwide, Andrew worked for Telstra for over a decade in multiple roles including President and CEO of Telstra Inc, leading the Americas region for Telstra International.
Andrew has also held senior management roles with organisations such as Nortel where he managed the relationship between Nortel and SBC through the acquisition of Pacific Bell and SNET. He has also worked as Director of Sales Operations and Regional Vice President of Sales for Prism Communications as well as holding sales and management positions with Nynex Meridian Systems.
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Michael Morey has served as President and CEO of Bluebird Network since 2012. With more than 34 years of telecommunications experience, Morey has served as President & CEO of Voxitas, Senior Vice President at NuVox, Regional Vice President of Electric Lightwave, Inc. and held various management positions within his 13 years at AT&T. During his tenure at Bluebird Network, the company has more than doubled in size and was named as one of the fastest growing companies in Missouri in 2015. Morey’s experience and strong management skills proved successful when Bluebird Network received INC 5000 in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest growing private companies nationally. Voxitas also received INC 5000 recognition in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He also serves on the Board of Directors of INDATEL and the Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association. Morey earned a BS and MBA while attending the University of Southern California.
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Siân Morgan joined Dell’Oro Group in 2022 and is responsible for the Wireless LAN, Campus NaaS, and Public-Cloud Managed LAN market research program. She's known for delivering comprehensive, quantitative insights into the Enterprise Wireless LAN market and cloud platform adoption, including AI. With over 25 years of senior management experience in telecom and network technologies, such as 5G, OpenStack, LTE, IMS, and Wi-Fi, Ms. Morgan has held various roles in pre-sales, R&D, and post-sales support. Fluent in both French and English from a decade in Europe, her research is widely cited in industry publications. Ms. Morgan is also a frequent industry conference speaker.
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Kevin Morgan leads the marketing efforts for Clearfield as Chief Marketing Officer and joined the company in 2016. He currently serves as the 2019 Fiber Broadband Association's Chairman of the Board and has led the association as a board member since 2010. Prior to joining Clearfield, he spent two decades serving in various senior marketing positions at ADTRAN, Inc. where he gained extensive experience in advanced communications technology, fiber optic systems, and business product marketing. Before that, he spent a decade at telephone operating company BellSouth, now a part of AT&T, where he worked as the lead product evaluations resource of broadband technologies in the Science & Technology department. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from the University of Alabama.
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Martin Morgan is VP Marketing at Openet. With over 25 years’ experience in mobile BSS, Martin has worked in telecoms software since the early days of the industry. He’s ran the marketing departments of four BSS firms and has served on the boards of software companies and trade associations. A recognised industry thought leader Martin has spoken at over 50 telecoms conferences, written more than 40 white papers and has had over 80 articles published.
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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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César Morillas Arcos is a MSc Telecommunication Engineer (University of Malaga) working as global AI automation expert at Tupl Inc. He has more than seventeen years of international experience in the Telco sector in Spain, USA and the UK. César has actively participated in the evolution of the Telco sector involved since the first deployments of EGPRS in T-Mobile US (2005); 3.5G (2009-10) and LTE (2013) in Orange Spain; and LTE-Advance in UK (2016-17). Part of this journey was as a member of engineering teams of mobile operators such as Orange Spain and Vodafone UK for around ten years, mainly focus on the design and optimisation aspects of the Radio Access Network. In the recent years, he has accumulated extensive experience in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science and software development. As part of his Tupl experience, more than four years, he designs and delivers added-value use cases for mobile operators in North America, Japan and Europe and participate in technology outreach programs.
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Crystal Morin is a cybersecurity strategist at Sysdig. She moved to Sysdig's new "Office of Cybersecurity Strategy" from her role as a threat research analyst where she was tasked with discovering and analyzing cyber threat actors in cloud and container environments. Crystal started her career as a linguist and intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force. Prior to joining Sysdig, she spent four years as a contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, researching and reporting on terrorism and cyber threats. Crystal was responsible for helping to develop and mature Booz Allen's cyber threat intelligence community and threat-hunting capabilities.
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Since joining MaxBill in 2002, Valentyn Morozov has worked as a Senior Developer, Project and Team Leader, Project Manager and Director, Product Manager; had been in R&D, support, and even pre-sales roles, validating business cases via proof of concepts. His current position is a Vice President of Product Management. The variety of positions he has filled gave Val a deep understanding of the company, product, and all the industries MaxBill has ever worked with.
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Darin Morrow is Chief Information Officer at Cricket. In his role, he leads a team of hundreds who work to continuously improve customers experience and prepare the IT structure for future competition. Darin joined BellSouth Applied Technologies as a lead project engineer in April 1997. Over the past 20 years, he has led IT architecture in other AT&T business units including U-verse and the Unified Platform. He also established the end-to-end architecture for Aio Wireless, which later became Cricket Wireless. Darin was engaged in the merger integration efforts of Aio/Cricket and led the technical solutions integration for the DTV merger. Before joining AT&T, Darin served in the US Air Force from 1983 to 1992 and worked as Department of Defense contractor. He retired as a Lt. Colonel from the US Air Force Reserves in 2012. He holds a Master's of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University.
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Dr. Mark Mortensen is principal analyst, ACG Research and works with communications service providers and the vendors who provide them with software products and services.
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Klaus Moschner is Executive Programme Manager of NGMN. He was born in Germany and holds a University degree in telecommunications from the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany. In 2000, he started working at Motorola in the UMTS network division. He first took responsibility for RF planning, pre-sales support in Germany, and, based in UK, for new product introduction of UMTS RAN and core technologies to European operators. In 2004, he joined Motorola’s Customer Support Management being in charge of software upgrades, issue handling and escalation management. Klaus Moschner got certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with PMI. He joined NGMN in September 2011.
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Ritesh Mukherjee is an accomplished leader with a focus on global communications and technology. Ritesh leads enterprise networking as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Inseego. He is responsible for transforming networks and services with 5G, SDN/NFV, SASE, SD-WAN, cloud, and IoT technologies. Before joining Inseego, he was Vice President at Reliance Jio managing a global portfolio of market-leading innovative enterprise solutions. He previously served as Vice President, Product Management at 128 Technology (acquired by Juniper Networks), a leading SD-WAN company. Before that, he held a key product management role at Cisco. Ritesh has engineered some of the largest deployments of enterprise networks for leading businesses globally. Ritesh holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Concordia University, Montreal.
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Kelley Mullick, PhD, Iceotope's Vice President of Technology Advancement and Alliances has extensive work experience in various roles within the technology industry. She is currently serving as the Vice President of Technology Advancement and Alliances at Iceotope Technologies Limited, where she focuses on business development activities with OEM/ODM partners and technology alliances across the IT industry. In addition, she serves as an industry expert, board member, keynote speaker, and panelist, highlighting the importance of Precision Liquid Cooling in the edge/cloud markets for data center sustainability and delivering better TCO to end customers. Prior to her current role, Kelley worked at Intel Corporation, starting in 2012. Kelley held multiple positions during their tenure, including Product Management and Strategy Leader, where she delivered proof points showcasing the optimization of the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processor for microservices workloads. Kelley also conceived and patented the idea of pairing Application Device Queues and Dynamic load balancer to achieve significant CPU cycle savings. She was recognized for her expertise in conferences and internal Intel events.
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Ultan Mulligan is Director of ETSI’s Centre for Testing and Interoperability, leading the team which provides support to ETSI technical committees on test specification development, interoperability, validation of standards, use of formal specification methods and open source software development. ETSI’s CTI team manages ETSI’s PlugtestsTM series of interoperability events. Having started at ETSI as a Permanent Expert (PEX) in ETSI’s Protocol and Testing Competence Centre where he has managed specification and testing projects on numerous technologies, he later became responsible for strategy and new initiatives, developing new standardization activities at ETSI including establishing ETSI’s first Industry Specification Groups. Until recently he held the positions of Director of Innovation and before that Director of Communications and was also vice-chairman of the Marketing and Communications committee in the oneM2M Partnership Project – a joint collaboration on IoT standards between ETSI and seven other ICT standards bodies across the globe. Besides ETSI, he has participated in many standards bodies including oneM2M, 3GPP, ITU-T, CEN, and groups such as Bluetooth SIG and Parlay. Mr. Mulligan has a B. Eng. from Dublin City University and an Executive MBA from the ESCP-EAP in Paris.
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Mike Murphy is an international technology expert with extensive experience in running technology development programs on a global scale for some of the top companies in the telecommunications industry. He has an extensive background in both Research & Development and P&L ownership globally. As CTO for North America for Nokia Networks, Mike is responsible for supporting senior customer engagements and influencing corporate strategy in both product direction and roadmaps. Previously Mike worked as Head of Technology for the Asia-Pacific region, managing activities in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In this role, his focus was roadmap planning for the region, LTE entry and development, as well as communicating the telecom vision with a focus on broadband profitability. Mike has a master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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General Manager of Bluebird Underground LLC Todd Murren has been actively participating in technology since before it was called technology. He has a bachelor’s degree from Missouri State University and a master’s from Southern Methodist University. He started at Union Pacific Railroad involved in the development of fiber networks along its North American railroad rights-of-way. After deregulation of the telecommunications industry, he focused the knowledge and experience on starting up a fiber broadband business for a Midwestern regional utility. In 2000, he successfully initiated another start-up – an 80,000-square-foot underground colocation data center. In 2014, the utility sold the data center to Bluebird Network and he humbly accepted the opportunity and responsibilities to be General Manager for Bluebird Underground and the data center business.
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General Manager of Bluebird Underground LLC Todd Murren has been actively participating in technology since before it was called technology. He has a bachelor’s degree from Missouri State University and a master’s from Southern Methodist University. He started at Union Pacific Railroad involved in the development of fiber networks along its North American railroad rights-of-way. After deregulation of the telecommunications industry, he focused the knowledge and experience on starting up a fiber broadband business for a Midwestern regional utility. In 2000, he successfully initiated another start-up – an 80,000-square-foot underground colocation data center. In 2014, the utility sold the data center to Bluebird Network and he humbly accepted the opportunity and responsibilities to be General Manager for Bluebird Underground and the data center business.
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Renuka Nadkarni is a security veteran with 20 years of experience building new businesses startups or new businesses at large, publicly traded companies. Before joining Aryaka, she held CTO, Security position at F5 Inc. where she was instrumental in driving F5’s foray into the security market. Previously, she has held various positions and built cutting-edge cloud and security products and launched new businesses at F5, VMware, Infoblox and launching startups. She holds an MS in Electric Engineering from the University of Houston and a BS in Electric Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
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As part of the founding team, Ashwath Nagaraj has been responsible for building Aryaka’s vision and technology since its inception in 2009. Ashwath has previously been part of three successful San Francisco Bay Area companies. He was Founder, CTO and VP of Engineering at Allegro Systems, a security startup. Allegro Systems was acquired by Cisco Systems in September 2001 for $185M. At Cisco, Ashwath held senior management positions in the Security Technology Group, and the Internet Switching Business Unit. Prior to Allegro, Ashwath was part of the founding team at Assured Access Technologies, which developed WAN access and aggregation products. Assured Access was acquired by Alcatel in 1999 for $350M. Before Assured Access, Ashwath was one of the principal architects and Director (Engineering) at Mylex, a leading RAID/storage company in the SF Bay Area. He has also held management positions at Schlumberger, Tata Elxsi and PSI Data Systems. He holds 17 patents in storage, security, architecture and networking. Ashwath received his undergraduate degree in electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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Karthik Nathillvar is the Head of Data, SaaS, and AI/ML at Nile. With a rare mix of product development expertise across AI, analytics, networking, and the industrial Internet of Things, Karthik has extensive experience in bringing new AI and networking innovations to market. His current role at Nile is focused on leveraging LLMs and other AI technologies to deliver new operational efficiencies for enterprise networks through Nile's AI Networking service. While at Juniper Networks, he led several engineering teams in building leading enterprise and service provider networking products. Karthik also has extensive experience as a product leader focused on AI, having brought multiple platforms and solutions to market (spanning all data categories - time series, images, and natural language) with Honeywell, Petuum, and Landing AI.
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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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An industry veteran specializing in CPaaS and Communications Workflow Automation services, Pete Neal has worked at LCI, Qwest and Centurylink prior to joining Intelepeer in March 2013. He was awarded as a member of the Circle of Excellence by Centurylink and is a two-time member of IntelePeer’s Presidents Club.
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Mike Nguyen is CEO of Inflect, Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that is building an open and neutral online platform to enable buyers and sellers of internet infrastructure services to connect, collaborate and transact. Mike has 15 years experience in internet infrastructure consulting, successfully helping companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Twilio procure their infrastructure and grow. He saw the light, and went all in on building the online platform everyone wants and needs.
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Tim Nice joined the LightRiver Software team as Senior Director of Product Design in 2019. Tim’s focus is always the customer experience; not just the visual aspects of products but also looking further ahead at ways to innovate and create the user experience of the future. He also contributes to ‘all things visual’ across LightRiver and on finding ways to improve and streamline LightRiver products and processes. Tim’s background is rooted in innovation and bringing industry first products to market. Starting his career in video games with next-gen visual effects at LucasArts to top-rated mobile games and more recently his 7+ years in telecom creating experiences on every device imaginable. Tim holds a BFA in 3D Animation from the University of Colorado at Denver.
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Scott Nichols leads Arelion’s global data Sales and Sales Operations teams. Based in Richardson, TX, Scott is a seasoned technology solutions sales executive and brings more than 25 years of data, technology, and sales enablement experience to this role. His specialty is building and managing high-performance sales organizations in an extremely competitive marketplace. Scott believes that the combination of Arelion’s global network assets, solution portfolio, and a history of delighting our customers, coupled with a dynamic marketplace, makes this an ideal environment to leverage his skill set and experience. Outside of the office, when Scott is not spending time with his wife and three children, he enjoys fly-fishing and seeing live music of all types.
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A 20-year veteran of the telecom industry, Art Nichols has been with Windstream since 2010 through the acquisition of NuVox Communications. While at Windstream, Nichols has been instrumental in developing numerous products including Video, Cloud Security, and SD-WAN as well as advancing the evolution of the company’s broadband, packet, optical, and SDN-enabled network. He is active in numerous industry communities including the Metro Ethernet Forum and has held Governing Board membership with the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) as well as the Technical Advisory Committee with the FCC. Recently selected by Fierce Telecom as a Rising Star, Nichols considers himself a forward-leaning technologist and takes pride in helping others understand and develop a well-informed and technology-centered vision.
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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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Sasa Nijemcevic is vice president and general manager, Network and Service Management for Nokia's IP and Optical business.
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Sasa Nijemcevic is currently the Vice President and General Manager, Network and Service Management Business Unit at Nokia, Drawing on 20 years of experience in the network management domain, Sasa Nijemcevic is currently the Vice President and General Manager, Network and Service Management Business Unit at Nokia. Previously, Sasa has led R&D teams for IP/MPLS network management, wireless network management, and fixed/wireless policy management as well as Subscriber Data Management and Messaging products. He was instrumental in driving the success of Alcatel-Lucent's network management portfolio across the IP, Optical, microwave and wireless domains. Sasa has a Master's degree in Telecommunications and Computer Science from the University of Zagreb.
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Mari Nilsson Björkman Since joining SAS in 2013, Mari has been advising clients strategically and tactically outlining how to leverage their data and analytics to address specific market and business challenges in domains like customer intelligence and network. She currently works as a Global Industry Lead supporting communication customers in all markets.
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John Nishimoto is Vice President Product Management and Marketing for Windstream Wholesale. His team is responsible for driving Windstream Wholesale’s product development and life cycle management, marketing strategies, portal initiatives, and other sales support functions including pricing and contracts. He was previously VP of Transport and Access Products for Windstream Enterprise. Nishimoto joined Windstream through the company’s acquisition of McLeod and Paetec, where he held various responsibilities as VP of Business Development. His previous roles responsibilities included Director of Product Development for XO Communications, and account management and sales engineering for MCI Telecom. Nishimoto is holds a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Georgetown University.
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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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Gabby Nizri is the CEO of Ayehu, Inc. Ayehu provides IT Process Automation and Orchestration solutions for IT and Security professionals to identify and resolve critical incidents and enable rapid containment, eradication and recovery from cyber security breaches. www.ayehu.com.
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Mark Noonan is Chief Revenue Officer at Data Foundry. He joined Data Foundry's team as sales manager in early 2000, bringing his prior experience in the data center industry at Dell’s enterprise sales group. He later became Data Foundry's first vice president of sales, overseeing the sales team for all locations. Mark graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in psychology.
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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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Israel Nov, Gilat's Director of Cellular Solutions, has over 25 years' experience in the cellular industry. He has managed and developed cellular projects worldwide, and has been instrumental in the creation of cellular networks now used by thousands of consumers.
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Pavel Novik manages the Mobile testing department and the Center of Excellence at A1QA. With more than seven years of experience in the SQA industry, Pavel focuses on technologies and approaches that enable seamless and efficient testing of mobile applications, wearable technologies and IoT objects.
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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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Bill O'Brien is Director of the Adaptive Platforms Strategy & Development team in the CTO organization at Centurylink. Formerly the co-architect of Centurylink's international & industry leading NFV platform, the Programmable Services Backbone. He moved into the director position in 2014 to lead an innovative multi-disciplinary team to carry deliver on the vision he set forth in 2012 as the platform's Principal Architect. Bill's professional background includes over 16 years in telecommunications, designing IaaS architectures, carrier network management and analytic systems design.
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James O’Brien is an independent consultant with 25 years of experience. He has worked for British Telecom, IBM, Juniper, and Oracle as a consultant for Tech Mahindra, Wipro, and Atos. James is an Open Group Distinguished Certified Architect & Board Member and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
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Michael O’Brien is Executive Vice President of Business Development at iconectiv. He is responsible for executing on the company’s strategy and driving new pathways of sustainable growth for the company. An experienced industry veteran, O’Brien has more than 30 years of experience in the mobile communications industry. He most recently served as Group Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Syniverse, where he focused on product and geographic expansion to support the company’s strategic priorities. O’Brien was recently named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Roaming and Interconnect Industry by Rocco Research. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science Degree from the University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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David Ohrn is the Assistant Vice President-Product Management for Cloud at AT&T.
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Dmitry Okorokov became CEO at InfiNet Wireless at the age of just 25 and has held the position since 2007. Before his time at InfiNet, Mr Okorokov graduated from the Ural State Technical University, the largest technical institute in Russia, and specialized in Radio Engineering. After internships in France and the United States as an IT specialist, he joined InfiNet Wireless in 2004 initially as head of technical support before moving to head of the sales department in Southeast Asia and then ultimately chief operating officer. Also, in 2008 he joined InfiNet’s board of directors. In his spare time, he loves nothing more than spending time with his son, traveling the world, watching the latest blockbusters, and reading.
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Mary O'Neill is responsible for Security Products in Nokia Software. Mary is responsible for determining the security product strategy, partners and execution. Under her leadership, Nokia is delivering best in class security software solutions for critical networks. Mary’s team develops the end to end security blueprints for network deployments such as 5G. Mary joined Nokia in 2016 via the Nokia security acquisition of Nakina Systems where she was CEO. She held numerous positions in Nakina prior to becoming CEO including VP Sales and Bus Dev, VP Marketing and VP of PLM. Prior to Nakina – Mary was VP of Optera Metro including both optical systems and network management at Nortel including responsibility for business and R&D. Mary is also an experienced BOD member having served on both business and charitable boards.
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Doreet Oren is Senior Director, Solutions at Gilat Satellite Networks. Doreet Oren has been with Gilat since 2012 and is responsible for defining product positioning, solution messaging, go-to-market strategies, market research, and analyst relations. Ms.Oren has over 20 years of industry experience, and has held management positions in R&D, roduct Management, Product Marketing and Solution Marketing for international high-tech companies. In this capacity Ms. Oren contributed to product and solution definitions and was responsible for delivering the company’s vision to the media and analyst community. Oren has published thought leadership articles in renowned international journals and has spoken at numerous industry conferences worldwide. Oren received a BSc in Computer Science from George Washington University and graduated from the Modern Marketing Program at the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University.
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Josh Orender is the Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Partner or Fortress Solutions and has served in this capacity since 2008. With more than 22 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Orender has extensive knowledge of supply chain economics and telecommunication service activation and support. Prior to joining Fortress Solutions, Mr Orender held leadership positions at several leading service providers including Williams Communications, WilTel, Level 3, Citynet, and Zayo Bandwidth. Mr. Orender has led cross functional teams to facilitate successful post-merger integrations and has been recognized for continued success in strategic analysis of product portfolios and development of support programs for diverse customer bases including enterprise, utilities, manufacturers and device providers. Mr. Orender is an active member of the Plano Business Alliance, Texas Telephone association, Global Telecommunication Carriers Association, and the CEO & C-Level Executive Network. Mr. Orender holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science/Communications from Oklahoma State University.
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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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Patrick Ostiguy founded Accedian Networks in 2004 and serves as president, chief executive officer and sits on the board of directors. With over a decade of pertinent telecom industry experience, Patrick is responsible for filing of several Patent Applications and has published dozens of industry conference proceedings and technology articles. Prior to founding Accedian, Patrick was co-founder Avantas Networks and launched the industry's first portable Ethernet and SONET field-services test-set. Avantas Networks was acquired for $100M by EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering and Patrick continued his role in product management and participated in several M&A activities at the executive level. Prior to Avantas, Patrick was part of the initial Positron Fiber Systems (PFS) team that commercialized the industry's first Ethernet over SONET Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP). PFS was acquired by Reltec in 1997 for $200M, and subsequently by Marconi. Patrick is the recipient of the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in Quebec for recognition of his technology solutions, his exceptional leadership in driving growth, development and innovation in the industry. Patrick holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke.
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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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Dominik Pacewicz is Chief Product Manager, Comarch BSS Suite. His chief passion is searching for opportunities to simplify and automate all kinds of day-to-day activities of a telecom operator. Being customer-focused, he builds the vision behind the whole Comarch BSS stack and supervises its realization. As an experienced architect, he also actively supports the most complex transformation projects for some of Comarch’s key BSS customers. With his capability to seamlessly switch between the language of business and IT, he bridges the gaps and finds great compromises combining the interests of all levels of a telecom organization.
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Scott Packard manages Defense and Government Programs and lead capture management for Qubitekk. After 20 years as a Marine Corps Infantry Officer, he transitioned to program management with BAE Systems and Booz-Allen Hamilton for various Department of Defense and NATO organizations. In that capacity, he led a major update to urban operations doctrine for the Marine Corps, Army, and NATO. Scott holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.
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Srinivas Padmanabharao is an communications industry professional with over 18 years of experience working with service providers in Asia, Europe and North America. He is currently focused on evangelizing the value Amdocs Digital solutions can bring to service providers across the world.
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Srinivas Padmanabharao is a senior telecommunications sector professional with significant international experience across North America, Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe over the past 17 years. As director, marketing with Oracle Communications, he currently focuses on sales force enablement, pipeline generation, thought leadership, and industry awareness for products and solutions across the globe, with a specific focus on the order management and service fulfillment domains. His prior experiences include leading sales consulting teams and as a certified consulting professional prior to that, he has managed all aspects of multi-million dollar programs with people, financial, and client relationship responsibilities. He has a graduate degree in engineering from IIT Bombay and an post graduate MBA from IIM Calcutta.
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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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Rui Paiva is currently Chief of Fraud & Risk at Mobileum Inc. He was Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of WeDo Technologies for two decades, as well as Executive and Advisory Board Member of some of the most forward-thinking and leading tech organizations. Prior to founding WeDo Technologies in 2001, Rui Paiva was System Information Director and Deputy of Optimus Communications’ Executive Committee. Before that, Rui was the Consultancy Director at HP Portugal, following a career at Telecel, which then became Vodafone Portugal, heading up their Infrastructure, Operations and Help Desk Department.
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Subhankar Pal is Senior Director and Global Innovation Leader for Intelligent Networks program in Capgemini Engineering. He has 21+ years of experience in telecommunication & IT industry. Subhankar also leads the service assurance development group in Open-Source MANO. As global lead for innovation in Capgemini Engineering, Subhankar drives innovation in areas of machine learning and cloud native technologies for 5G and beyond networks. Prior to joining Capgemini, he worked at Nokia Networks and C-DOT.
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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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Shrihari Pandit is the President and CEO of Stealth Communications, the NYC-based ISP he co-founded in 1995. Before creating Stealth, Mr. Pandit was a network-security consultant to various software and telecom companies, including MCI, Sprint and Sun Microsystems. He also was an independent consultant to several U.S. agencies, including NASA and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), now part of the Department of Homeland Security. Stealth Communications is now one of New York City's preeminent Internet-gateways. It provides connectivity services to a broad roster of customers in telecom, finance, real estate, education, and government. These services include Internet transit, transparent LAN, optical wavelength, dark fiber, and Internet-protocol traffic-exchange services. In February of 2013, Stealth became the first company to receive an informational franchise from the City of New York. With that and its telecommunications franchise, it began building its own fiber-optic network in June 2013.
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Dinesh Pandurangan is Apptium’s Chief Technology Officer and an accomplished motivator of technical and professional staff, with fifteen years of experience in telecommunications networking, services, and management. Prior to Apptium, his progressive responsibilities covered leadership of software design, product verification, and solutions engineering functions across various initiatives in the Fulfilment and Assurance domains for major Telecommunication and MSOs around the world. In his current role, Dinesh is responsible for driving design and engineering teams to develop innovative and breakthrough solutions addressing an increasingly tech savvy and mobile audience. He has vast experience with agile development and has successfully managed multi-site projects including work in India, Canada, Brazil, Australia and the U.K. Dinesh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Madras University in Chennai, India.
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Dijam Panigrahi is cofounder and COO of GridRaster Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based AR/VR platforms that power compelling high-quality AR/VR experiences on mobile devices for enterprises.
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Bejoy Pankajakshan is SVP, Technology and Strategy of Mavenir, and is responsible for the development and communication of Mavenir technology and product strategy. Bejoy is also responsible for orchestrating across R&D, Sales and new business for strategic alignment on the entire Mavenir portfolio. Previously he led the Product Line Management and Solution Architecture teams at Mitel Mobile. Bejoy has extensive mobile and telecommunications experience with leadership positions in Technology Development, Network Strategy, Network Engineering and Design. Bejoy had led multiple industry first innovations including spearheading the world's 1st launch of VoLTE service by MetroPCS in August 2012 and the 1st North American RCS launch in October 2012. Bejoy is backed by solid credentials including MS, MBA, CCIE and 22 granted patents. Prior to joining Mitel, he held positions at MetroPCS and Sprint.
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Kim Papakos is Principal-Optical Strategist at Windstream. His mission is focused on the big picture of evolving optical networks. Kim has covered all aspects of optical networking from R&D photonic design, system-level design to network architectural work. He has also focused on the economics of evolving technology for a broad range of market segments including data communications, telecom networks and data centers infrastructure. Kim's clear vision has helped solve big challenges, enabling many new technologies and creating successful industry changing products. Achieving many industry "firsts," Kim currently holds 50 U.S. Patents (granted) and has 7 U.S. Patents pending.
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Stephen Pappas has built a career transforming customer experiences. By taking a 360-degree view of the customer, Steve makes sure each employee has the actionable knowledge necessary to make better decisions and serve customers in a way that increases loyalty, referrals, sales and satisfaction. In his role with Panviva, the omnichannel knowledge cloud company, Steve consults with hundreds of companies annually on their CX strategies. Industry associations, publications, and Fortune 500 companies invite him to speak and write about CX best practices in healthcare, finance, utilities, insurance and telecommunications. A successful entrepreneur in his own right, Steve has built and sold six companies. Each company has held to the mantra of “the customer is at the center of the universe.” When he is not driving CX strategy, Steve plays the guitar and mentors young entrepreneurs. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and sons.
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Ben Parker is CTO of Guavus, a Thales company and pioneer in AI-based analytics for CSPs. He is responsible for Guavus’ strategy and expansion into new markets, including IoT industry verticals. Prior to Guavus, Ben was the Director of Network Planning with Verizon, where he led a team responsible for long-term network planning for the Verizon Wireless network. In 1997, Benjamin joined Sprint and began his career as a Network Systems Specialist. He quickly earned promotions to more visible positions, which include Test Engineer, Principal Network Design Engineer, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, and Sr. Manager of Technical Staff. Following his tenure at Sprint, he held the position of Vice President of Engineering at Oakley Networks. In addition to his extensive professional experience, Ben holds a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Nevada at Reno and a Master of Business Administration from Benedictine College. His post-graduate training includes Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from UC Berkeley, and Project Management from George Washington University. Additionally, he has authored or contributed to more than 75 patents all in the area of telecommunications.
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Michelle Parreno is Solutions Engineer at Expereo. She has over 18 years of network solutioning experience and has held several senior network engineer roles in various industries, including logistics and supply chain, SME, outsourcing, education, healthcare and Internet. Michelle is a solutions architect focusing on global Internet, iVPN, SD-WAN and cloud acceleration.
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Akshai Parthasarathy is Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) focused on driving adoption of OCI’s services, including AI infrastructure and compute. He has over fifteen years of experience in technology companies and startups. Akshai earned his MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and BS/MS from Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. When not working, he enjoys keeping up with the latest in technology and business. Sanjay Basu Ph.D. Sanjay is a Senior Director of AI/ML with Oracle Cloud Engineering and an industry-recognized Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Quantum Computing subject matter expert. He has led solution architecture and strategy for complex global projects with extensive experience designing and implementing public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure and platform services.
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Arun Pasrija is CEO of the CHR Solutions, which provides software, engineering, and managed IT/NOC services to communications service providers across the United States. Prior to leading CHR, he co-founded Global 1 Source Group, was the chief operating officer for L-3’s Communications fixed-wireless business unit and worked for AT&T/Lucent. He earned a doctorate and master's in control system engineering from Drexel University and a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from BITS, Pilani.
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Claudio Passera is Head of Software Products Development at SIAE Microelettronica, where he is responsible for planning, development and product optimization. He has over 20 years of product, engineering and software management in different global companies (Alcatel Lucent, Motorola, Marconi). Claudio holds a master in engineering from “Politecnico di Torino,” Turin, Italy and attended George Washington University and MIT'seExecutive development programs for Project Management and Artificial Intelligence Business Applications. In the last four years Claudio's team has been focusing on the study, development and field deployment of AI/ML applications related to the 5G backhaul network.
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Prayson Pate is an industry veteran with 40 years of experience in telecom and datacom, including product development, intellectual property, marketing, and thought leadership. Prayson is a frequent speaker and contributor to industry magazines and websites, including over 100 articles on LinkedIn. Prayson holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University and North Carolina State University, and is a named inventor on 9 US patents.
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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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Neeraj Patel heads the Solutions business for Radisys. He has held numerous management positions within the company, including sales, business development and product line management. He brings 20 years of telecom experience with expertise in various Wireless RAN (Mobility, LTE Advance, 5G, Fixed and CBRS) as well as deep packet inspection, switching and access technologies. He joined Radisys in 2011 as part of the acquisition of Continuous Computing. Prior to this, he was with Intel and Trillium, where he was involved in company strategy, product management, corporate marketing and sales development in highly competitive as well as greenfield markets. Neeraj holds a masters in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.
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Chet Patel is the Managing Director, Portfolio, Business & Service for BT Business. Chet was previously President, Global Portfolio and Marketing and was responsible for the products and services which support the company’s global growth plans and played an influential role with BT's largest global customers. Chet has more than 20 years of experience in the telecoms and IT sectors.
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Dr. Charles Patti is the James M. Cox Professor of Customer Experience Management, Senior Fellow at The Cable Center (Denver, Colorado) and Professor Emeritus at the University of Denver and Queensland University of Technology (Australia). His role at The Cable Center (TCC) is to advance the practice of CX and the use of design thinking within the cable and telecommunications sector. In this role, Dr. Patti leads TCC’s Cable Center Customer Centric Consortium (C5) and runs its semi-annual conferences for senior CX executives in the cable industry. Dr. Patti has deep international experience through consulting and academic appointments throughout Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. He is the former Interim Dean at the University of Denver, the Head of the School of Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations at Queensland University of Technology, and the Executive Director of the Distance Learning Institute at the University of Hartford. Among his consulting clients are: Texas Instruments, Siemens, Aetna Insurance, McDonald’s, and Otis Elevator. His research covers marketing communication and CXM, and his work includes journal articles, book chapters, and books on various aspects of marketing.
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With over 15 years of experience, Hein Pattyn is the Product Officer of SD-WAN, SASE and Security and is responsible to globally present Expereo’s complete managed SD-WAN, SASE and Security solutions. Hein has exemplary skills in business development, sales and marketing exclusive to managed services.
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Justin Paul is a veteran of the telecommunications industry and a regular commentator of the industry, and its developments gained in the vendor communities, service providers and a policy advisor to government. Mr. Paul has a broad knowledge of the communications sector, technology and challenges – working with innovative technology providers such as Ericsson and Amdocs. As a Pipeline contributor, he covers the industry and technical transformation that are necessary to compete with new players and avoid commoditization.
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Alexander Paulus is Managing Director of CNT Management Consulting Inc and is based in Atlanta, GA. He is a Senior SAP Professional with 15+ years of experience in various project roles, mainly in global SAP Implementation projects and in Solution Architecture, Delivery and Operations Management.
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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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Andy Peers is the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at MDS and possesses 25 years of experience in the telecoms industry with a broad background in IT, finance, revenue assurance and service management. He is responsible for defining the company strategy and future direction. Through his work in Australia, the US and Europe, he has extensive international telecoms experience, working on major projects with operators, service providers and MVNOs.
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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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Kamesh Pemmaraju leads product management, product marketing, and technology partnerships at ZeroStack. Kamesh is a seasoned product management/marketing leader with a strong engineering and consulting background. In his most recent product roles at Mirantis and Dell, he focused on delivering private and hybrid cloud solutions to enterprises. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science.
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Andy Penley, as Vice President of Wireless Solutions for ZenFi Networks, oversees all aspects of wireless solutions sales and customer management for the Company. In this role, Penley applies his leadership and proven industry expertise to design and deliver innovative communications infrastructure solutions for customers seeking to deploy wireless applications in the New York and New Jersey metro market. As a regional leader in fronthaul fiber infrastructure, Penley spearheads continuous innovation and product design within the wireless market. Penley is a mobile technology industry veteran with over 23 years of experience managing teams that design, build and operate complex, constantly evolving mobile communications networks for large mobile network operators and neutral host infrastructure providers. Prior to ZenFi, he served as Director of Operations for Amirit Technologies; Director of Operations, Southeastern US for CCI; and Program Manager for Alcatel Lucent Contractor. Penley holds a degree in accounting and finance from The C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.
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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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Sergio Pessoa is EVP Operations and Strategy for Federos. An accomplished global executive and management consultant, Sergio has developed deep practical experience leveraging technology to create business value, from strategy formulation to implementation and operation. He has proven leadership creating business technology solutions for a broad range of industries and companies, from startups to Fortune 100 organizations.
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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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Reed Peterson is SVP Telecoms Strategy at DataStax. Previously, he was Head of Americas for the GSMA, where he spent 13 years leading the organization's development in America with telecoms operators and technology suppliers. He has also held roles with Deloitte, Alexander Group, Payfone (now Prove) and Addaline.
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Brandon Peyton is the Chief Network Officer for FirstLight. He joined FirstLight in 2017 and is responsible for all Network Engineering & Planning, Core Operations, Data Center, IT, Outside Plant Engineering & Construction and Project Management. Previously, Mr. Peyton held senior management positions with Sovernet Communications, MCI WorldCom and UUNET. Through more than 20 years working in the United States, Australia, and across the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Peyton has held senior management positions in Network Engineering, Network Operations, Service Delivery/Provisioning, Planning, Corporate IT&T, Carrier Management, and Vendor Relations. In these roles, he has developed strong teams locally and regionally, to work with him in delivering solid, reliable, scalable network infrastructure and the ability to implement significant structural change to the organizations, resulting in measurable financial improvements, service quality availability, and realization of company objectives.
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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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Chip Pickering is the CEO of INCOMPAS, the internet and competitive networks association. Chip was also a six-term Republican Member of Congress representing Mississippi's Third District. During his time in the House, he served on the Energy & Commerce Committee, where he was vice chairman from 2002 to 2006, as well as the Science Committee. While chair of the Basic Research Subcommittee he oversaw the transition to the commercial internet, and the establishment of domain names, registries, and internet governance. He also successfully led a bipartisan legislative effort to codify net neutrality principles through the House in 2006. Before serving in the House, Chip was a key Republican Senate staffer in developing the 1996 Telecommunications Act. In addition to his work with INCOMPAS, Chip teaches at Ole Miss.
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Chris Piedmonte is the Senior Editorial at Pipeline and the CEO of Suvola Corporation, a company providing enterprise software solutions on ARM-based microserver platforms.
Chris is a serial entrepreneur with a 30-year track record of successfully creating innovative state-of-the-art solutions to a wide variety of problems in complex information technology systems. From 2005 to 2012, he was cofounder and CTO of Algebraix Data Corporation where he pioneered the invention and development of algebraic data processing for Big Data. In 1990, he founded Eagle Creek Systems, Inc. as its sole employee and grew it into a multimillion-dollar software-engineering business providing product development services for a wide variety of industries.
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Ben Pietrabella is Vice President, Americas Network Equipment Providers Business. Prior to his current role, Ben led Altran’s Advanced Network Technology and IoT Global Service Lines. He is a global technology leader with more than 30 years of experience in driving success in complex enterprise applications and telecommunications products. He has significant knowledge and experience in enterprise architecture, product management, product development and integration services for multi-vertical enterprise application products as well as carrier-grade telecommunications software products. At Comverse, he drove the company's product portfolio architecture, technology selection and roadmaps, including transition to new deployment models using network function virtualization. His experience in enterprise and carrier architecture and products, including SaaS design and operations, provides a highly relevant business and technical bridge into driving new software into cloud-based deployment. Ben has also held leadership roles as vice president of deployment architecture at Pitney Bowes, where he drove architectural design and led operations for its on-demand SaaS-based solutions. Additionally, he has led successful solution integration and development teams at Alcatel-Lucent and AT&T Bell Labs across a large portfolio of telecommunications products. He holds a master's degree in Computer Engineering and has completed The Wharton School's Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Rajiv Pimplaskar is the President and CEO of Dispersive Holdings, Inc. A Zero Trust industry leader in the military and government space, Rajiv is passionate about growth, driving innovation and scaling Software as a Service (SaaS) cybersecurity companies. Rajiv has two decades of experience across product, go-to-market, and sales and until recently was the chief revenue officer for Veridium US, LLC. Prior to joining Veridium, he held sales, corporate development, and technical roles at Cloudmark (acquired by Proofpoint), Atlantis Computing (acquired by HiveIO) and Verizon. He has an MBA and master’s degree in computer science from Widener University in Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pune in India.
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Simon Pincus is responsible for the Opengear Engineering team, developing, releasing and maintaining all Opengear software and hardware products. He has over 28 years of experience in product management and product development roles. Prior to joining Opengear, Simon held senior management roles at CSG, Intec and ADC. He has worked in technology companies serving a variety of industries including Telecommunications and Customer Communication Centers. His passion is building engineering teams that develop products that delight customers, with the highest quality, usability and responsiveness to changing business needs. Simon holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from the University of Queensland.
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Jean-Michel Planche, President and founder of Witbe, has over 20 years’ experience in the Internet and digital technology fields. In the early 90’s, he founded Oleane the first Internet Operator in France. In 7 years, Oleane became the second largest ISP in France and was acquired by France Telecom. Planche became France Telecom’s Senior VP of Business Internet services. He then founded Trancred Venture to invest in digital breakthrough projects and left France Telecom in 2000 to create Witbe, building on his vision that all services would soon be based on IP and that the industry was lacking solutions to control content usability and monitor cloud services. Witbe has over 400 clients in 5 continents, with offices and centres of excellence in New York, Montreal, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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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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Mark Pohto is a distinguished cybersecurity visionary and Field CTO for Dispersive Holdings, Inc., renowned for his expertise in Zero Trust architectures and advocate for preemptive security. With a career that spans military intelligence, strategic roles at Microsoft, analyst at Gartner, and innovative cybersecurity solutions, Mark has a rich history of transforming security paradigms. His work emphasizes the importance of Automated Moving Target Defenses (AMTD) and the integration of AI, hyper-automation, and post-quantum computing to bolster defense mechanisms against evolving threats. Mark’s military background, including his service as a Russian linguist and intelligence analyst, complements his technical acumen, enabling him to address complex security challenges with strategic depth. His two decades of tenure at Microsoft, leading critical security initiatives, and his role at Dispersive highlight his commitment to advancing the industry and shaping the future of cybersecurity. Follow Mark on LinkedIn by clicking here, or email Mark by clicking here
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Malla Poikela is Senior Product Marketing Manager for Comptel. Malla joined Comptel in May 2012 and works in the field of product marketing concentrating on mediation, charging and policy control. She has over 15 years of experience in the telecom industry, in particularly in BSS domain working with companies including Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Telia.
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Chuck Pol oversees Vodafone’s Global Enterprise accounts based in North and Latin America. Chuck serves a dual role as the President of the Americas region, as well as the Country Chairperson for Vodafone U.S. responsible for the compliance, governance and integration of all Vodafone entities that operate in America. Chuck joined Vodafone Global Enterprise in 2010 from British Telecom, where he held various senior executive positions in the U.S. and U.K. spanning over 20 years in varying industry sectors, from Mobile Markets in BT Wholesale to the Global Financial Services sector. Chuck has served as a Non-Executive Director of Project Renewal, a charity which devotes time, resource and finances to the homeless of New York City. He is a graduate of Belmont Abbey College.
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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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David Pollington is an experienced technologist with 26+ years pioneering in the mobile industry starting at Vodafone R&D where he led teams across four geographies and more recently at GSMA where as a Senior Technical Director he led strategic programmes with mobile operators and industry partners on a worldwide basis. During this time David established a strong reputation across the mobile industry for thought leadership, strategic analysis, mobile technical knowledge, clear communication and effective development of new business opportunities with partners using existing and emerging technologies. David is now the Head of Research for Bloc Ventures, using his extensive knowledge and expertise to advise Bloc on its Dealflow as well as helping Bloc's portfolio companies to succeed. David is a Chartered engineer (IET) with a Masters degree (MEng) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, London and has 7 patents.
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Roark Pollock is the Vice President of Marketing for Ixia’s Network Visibility Solutions business unit which includes the newly acquired Net Optics business. In this role he leads Ixia’s overall marketing strategy and execution for the network visibility business.
Prior to Ixia, Roark served as Director of Product Management in Dell’s networking business unit. In this role he was responsible for Dell’s campus networking product portfolio and development strategy including all product development programs.
Prior to Dell, Roark led security product marketing for HP TippingPoint. In this role, he was responsible for all of HP TippingPoint’s Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) products and go-to-market strategies. He also served as Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for TippingPoint prior to its acquisition by HP.
Roark joined TippingPoint after serving as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for MegaPath Inc., a national managed service provider in North America. In this role he was responsible for all product development efforts and go-to-market strategies. He also worked in product marketing with Covad Communications and as a management consultant with the Towers Perrin Strategy and Organization consulting practice.
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Stefan Pongratz joined Dell’Oro Group in 2010 and is responsible for the firm’s Mobile RAN market and Telecom Capex research programs. While at the firm, Mr. Pongratz has expanded the RAN research and authored multiple Advanced Research Reports to ensure the program is evolving to address new RAN technologies and opportunities including small cells, 5G, Open RAN, Massive MIMO, mmWave, IoT, private wireless, and CBRS. He built the Telecom Capex coverage detailing revenues and investments of over 50 carriers worldwide. Prior to joining Dell’Oro Group, Mr. Pongratz was with Anritsu Company for 10 years, where he was most recently a Senior Product Manager responsible for portable spectrum analyzers and cable and antenna analyzers used to verify base station quality. During his tenure at Anritsu, Mr. Pongratz also held positions in engineering and manufacturing management. Mr. Pongratz's research and analysis have been cited with the suppliers and publications including Barron’s, Bloomberg, Fierce Wireless, EE Times, Financial Times, Lightreading, Pipeline Magazine, RCR Wireless, Telecom Asia and the Wall Street Journal. He has hosted webinars and speaks at industry conferences, including Brooklyn 5G Summit, OFC, Small Cell World, RAN USA, RAN World, and the Telecom Industry Association. Mr. Pongratz graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Irvine. He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Davis.
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Jim Poole, General Manager, Global Networks & Mobility, Equinix, is uniquely positioned to provide insight into the ecosystem of carriers, CDNs, ISPs, MSOs, cable operators, cloud, and web content and applications. With a background in telecommunications (wireless and wire line environments), broadcast communications and device manufacturers, Jim's team is focused on strategies that support all varieties of network connectivity to accelerate the monetization of services. Jim joined Equinix in January 2010. Previously he was vice president of Business Development at Roundbox. Over the last 18 years, Jim has held a variety of senior level positions in product management, sales management, and systems engineering with Savvis, Cable & Wireless America, DynamicSoft, and UUNET Worldcom.
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Maria Popo is president and CEO of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE®), a subsidiary of CableLabs®. From customer service representative to senior executive of Global Fortune 50 Foxconn, CEO/president of Ubee Interactive Americas, leadership roles at 3Com (HP)/Ambit Microsystems/3M, and now as a technology education innovator, Maria has shown a profound ability to drive transformative growth. Maria has received recognition such as: 20 Female Founders to Watch, Cablefax Most Powerful Women in Cable, Multichannel News Women in Technology, and 8th Fastest Growing Woman-Led Company. Popo graduated from Stanford University in 2023 with a Master of Science in Education - Learning Design and Technology.
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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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Edward Popow has more than 20 years of experience in hybrid, SaaS and on-premises e-commerce and billing. As a co-founder at Aria Systems, Popow was responsible for market analysis, business development and product management for the company’s first seven years. Following Aria, he served as Global SaaS and Cloud Solution Designer for Comverse Technology, a leading enterprise billing company that covered over 500 communication service providers globally. Popow led the design, development and prototyping of a new, highly responsive SaaS-based service offering. As a pioneer, domain expert and thought leader in the cloud billing industry, he has a proven track record building stable, compelling and agile billing platforms in the IoT and OTT sectors.
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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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Rafael Possamai is the Data Center Facility Manager at Bluebird Quad Cities Data Center, owned and operated by Bluebird Network. Previously, Rafael worked as an Engineering Analyst at Exelon Nuclear in a 24x7 mission critical facility. Rafael also has previous experience in data centers and IT as a systems administrator in the logistics industry. As a hobby, Rafael operates a small network (AS394414) and is passionate about the fields of data centers, networks and internet exchanges.
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Luis de Potestad is Director for Media and Special Projects for GigNet. Luis worked for the Quintana Roo State government in Mexico from 2016 to 2022. During his first three years he was Under Secretary for Planning and Development of Tourism for the State, then served as an Advisor to the Governor of Quintana Roo in two very important infrastructure projects in the Cancun region: the Tren Maya and the Nichupté Lagoon bridge. In 2022 he was the Liaison for International Media for the state government.
Luis graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and has been living in the Mexican Caribbean for the past 22 years. He first worked in Quintana Roo as the Executive Director for Caribe Mexicano Life, then as VP Latinamerica for eGroup Communications before joining serving in the Quintana Roo state government.
Luis has worked as an active member of several important local, national, and international organizations such as the Quintana Roo State Security Council (MCSJ), Business Coordinating Council (CCE), SKAL (an international organization for tourism professionals), Technological University of Cancun (UT), and the Fire Department Patronage among others.
He joined GigNet Mexico in late December 2022 to assist in government relations, business development, and media to assist in the development of the Company’s digital transformation strategy for the Yucatan Peninsula and the Mexican Caribbean.
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Brad Poulin has worked in the industrial IoT for more than 20 years. He specializes in the design and development of new IoT products and services, having successfully launched more than a dozen to the IoT market. Brad brings a wealth of experience to his role as Director, Product Management at ORBCOMM, with a background as an IoT engineer and in sales and marketing. He currently leads the deployment of ORBCOMM’s next-generation lineup of satellite and cellular products and services.
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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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Orla Power heads up Marketing for Brite:Bill, the leading telecoms billing communications platform provider, recently acquired by Amdocs. With 20 years of experience, Orla is a seasoned business and marketing strategist with award-winning experience leading marketing for tech and high-growth companies. Her current role at Brite:Bill is to build and grow their global footprint through bringing together teams, vision and expertise to drive all aspects of the marketing function (demand gen, content, digital, CX, PR, events). Orla previously held senior roles at Bentley Systems, Microsoft and Ericsson.
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Krishna Prasadis the Director of Software Delivery at Tecnotree.
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Mate Prgin is President and CEO at Avvasi. With over 15 years of experience pioneering technology to deliver video content across wired and mobile networks, Mate Prgin has a track record of identifying unmet demands and opportunities for operators and service providers. He was co-founder and CEO of Video Locus (acquired by LSI Corporation), and held several engineering roles at PixStream, a video networking systems company acquired by Cisco Systems. Prgin also played a key role in the early development of the Telco industry's first IPTV headends, including AT&T's U-verse. Coming into his current role as the president and CEO of leading mobile video optimization provider Avvasi, Prgin foresaw the impact of video on network capacity. With operators facing a do-or-die crossroads in the challenge to meet tremendous consumer demand for high-quality mobile video, Prgin set out to make Avvasi the top provider of solutions to enable operators to turn network strain caused by mobile video into a future-proof revenue stream. Prgin is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the company, and he has steered Avvasi to recent successes including winning Deloitte's Companies to Watch Award and the coveted Brahnam300 Award.
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As Global Chief Technology Officer for MATRIXX Software, Marc Price accelerates MATRIXX Software’s worldwide growth through key software and solutions delivery initiatives. He works closely with the MATRIXX executive leadership, engineering and product management teams to drive industry-leading technology into the market and spearheads strategic engagement with key customers and partners. With almost thirty years of experience in the telecommunications market, Marc has held pivotal roles during the establishment of the real-time charging model, the changing landscape of digital transformation and the move to hybrid clouds and IoT. Prior to joining MATRIXX, he worked for Openet serving as CTO for the Americas where he led initiatives for software development, systems consulting and business development.
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Jesse Price, Senior Telecommunication Professional with 25 years experience in all aspects of building and marketing telecom solutions for the global service provider market place. Background includes over 15 years experience at the executive level, setting strategic vision, developing annual operating plans and budgets, providing hands on management of marketing, business development, and product management organizations. Prior to leading NetQuest, Price served as co-founder of Eastern Research. Specialties: Demonstrated abilities as a thought leader and problem solver, capable of building motivated teams in both high growth and turn-around environments.
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Bernd Pruessing, Senior Solutions Consultant at FNT Software, has 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and over 12 years of experience in resource management, planning, and SDN and NFV orchestration. With a strong technical background, Bernd drives new ideas to valuable products and solutions and brings them to customers and partners.
Bernd started his career with Siemens in 1992, where he worked in R&D on embedded and server-based software solutions. Later positions included project management and systems engineering for SDH, DWDM, OSS, BSS and home entertainment systems, network planning, business development, product management and solution consultancy. Bernd has a degree in electrical engineering and studied business administration. He holds several patents and holds an award from the Professor-Doehrer-Foundation.
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Max Pruger currently serves as CSO for CloudJumper, a Workspace as a Service (WaaS) platform innovator for agile business IT.
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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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Omar Qaise is the founder and CEO of OQ Technology as well as the chief architect of the company’s 5G SatIot concept. Prior to OQ Technology, Omar worked for SES Satellites, where he was responsible for Satcom sales and business development, especially in the M2M and oil and gas sector, in regions such as the Middle East and Africa. During this time, he became fascinated with the possibilities of IoT technology as a low-cost product filling a market gap. Omar brings tremendous experience from working in various organizations and enterprises in the satellite and telecommunication industry including the European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), O3b, OHB SYSTEMS, and EUMETSAT. His extensive knowledge and heritage ranges from Low-Earth Orbit observation and telecommunication missions to GEO giant satellites and far deep space missions such as the spacecrafts Herschel and Planck. Omar received a Master of Science from the University of Bremen (Germany), a Master of Business Administration from Strathclyde Business School (Scotland), and a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Nahrain University (Baghdad, Iraq).
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Davide Quadrini, is CTO and cofounder of Cloud4Wi, an industry leader in location-based marketing over WiFi solutions. He is a well-known and respected telecommunications expert with more than fifteen years of experience in the industry. Davide has extensive experience specializing in the development and modernization of OSS/BSS business support network systems both wired and unwired. Previously, Davide worked at WiTech as CTO and led advanced Research & Development activities on numerous projects, working closely with his team and other research laboratories as needed to develop innovative solutions tailored for customer requirements. Davide holds a Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Pisa.
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Carolyn Raab is a networking and security expert focused on successfully bringing innovative products to market. Her proven track record is built on the ability to predict intercept points in the market where an important shift is taking place and a new solution offering will be most relevant. She is Chief Product Officer for Corsa Security.
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Michaela Radman is the VP, Marketing at CENX. Michaela’s 15+ year career spans the world of technology & communications having led marketing efforts at Redknee & Nortel Networks. Michaela is a brand, strategy & business accelerator and also provides guidance to various tech/IoT start-ups in advisory roles. Her work has been recognized with both business growth, along with national and international industry recognition. Michaela is an alumni of Harvard Business School where she has completed studies focused on Strategic Marketing Management and is currently a member of the Forbes Communications Council.
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Rishi Raj Maulick serves as a product line manager for Radisys, focusing on the company’s Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter (CORD) initiatives. He joined Radisys in 2013 after holding engineering positions with Continuous Computing and WiPro Technologies. Rishi holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the Siddaganga Institute of Technology–Tumkur.
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With over 14 years of experience delivering service provider software solutions, Prabhu Ramachandran directs WebNMS, the service provider division of Zoho Corporation. Prabhu leads strategic marketing, product management, customer support, partnerships and professional services for WebNMS. Leveraging the technology of the corporation’s flagship WebNMS Framework, Prabhu has expanded the business from its longstanding leadership position in multi-vendor network and element management software into vertical solutions for Carrier Ethernet, MPLS, broadband, LTE and satellite networks. In 2012, Prabhu began driving WebNMS into network orchestration, SDN, NFV and IoT/M2M platforms, all critical enablers for service providers to grow profitable businesses. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication from Madras University, Chennai, India.
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Michael Ramsey is VP of product management for ServiceNow’s Customer Workflow products, which enable organizations to create seamless customer experiences and drive fierce customer loyalty. He's responsible for strategy and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including managing strategic partnerships, investments, and mergers and acquisitions. With more than 20 years of experience as a product manager, solution architect, and software consultant, Michael brings with him deep expertise of the SaaS business model and enterprise software, as well as in-depth knowledge of cloud and mobile software development with hands-on experience running billion-dollar product lines.
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Stephen Randall is the Director of Product Development for MDS. Stephen has twenty years of telecoms experience helping define and implement BSS systems. He is an expert at helping MVNOs get maximum benefit from their customer management and real-time charging platforms. At MDS, Stephen focuses specifically on transforming traditional BSS to address the Digital Experience.
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Arvind Rangarajan is Director, Product Marketing at BroadSoft. Arvind has over 19 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in various roles that include Software Development, Product Management and Product Marketing, applied across Wireless, Unified Communications and in Cloud based communications. Prior to joining BroadSoft, Arvind led product marketing efforts for ShoreTel SKY, a Cloud Based UCaaS solution. He has held several Senior Product Management and Product Marketing roles with Cisco Systems and Philips Electronics, as well as Software Development positions for Nortel Networks and Ericsson. Arvind holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from UT Arlington, Texas and also an MBA degree from University of Dallas and a BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from India.
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Dr. Suprana Augusta 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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Anil Rao is Director of Product Management at Oracle, with a specific focus on OSS and orchestration product lines. Prior to joining Oracle, Anil was a Research Director at Analysys Mason responsible for driving market research and advisory for telecoms business and operational software applications.
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Asim Rasheed is the Senior Product Manager for Spirent High-Speed Ethernet products. In his current role, he is responsible for managing the next-generation network and infrastructure testing product lines and building partnerships within the Ethernet ecosystem to support its continued expansion by providing vendor-neutral test solutions. Prior to Spirent, Asim worked at multiple network equipment manufacturing and test & measurement companies, managing software and hardware product lines across Routing/Switching, Security, Broadband Access, and hardware products.
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Mark Rasmussen leads Intelsat’s Mobility Services business. As Senior Vice President, he is responsible for the development of Intelsat’s mobility strategy, product development, sales, and execution of Intelsat’s mobility initiatives worldwide. He has a broad range of telecommunications, business management and information technology experience. During most of his career in the satellite industry, Rasmussen has worked with enterprise and media customers building domestic and global IP networks for mobility, financial services, disaster recovery and global content distribution. Rasmussen’s previous roles at Intelsat include Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Vice President Sales, Americas, and Vice President Sales, North America. Prior to joining Intelsat, Rasmussen held executive management positions at Spacenet in enterprise sales, product development and channel management. He also served in a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions at IBM. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
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Matthew Ray is Chief Marketing Officer at CloudSmartz and is responsible for product and sales, global strategy, planning and execution of all aspects of the product portfolio and customer success. His entrepreneurial mentality and aptitude brings a unique mix of talents to the team at CloudSmartz, with over 15 years’ experience in digital experience technology and SaaS software sales & marketing – working for companies such as Level 3, Global Crossing, and Earthlink, including advising a stealth start-up company. Working with directly with the end-user and analyst community, Matthew is able to position not only our solutions, but also assist our clients in digital transformation strategies that make teams more efficient and profitable. Matthew holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Khalid Raza CEO and Founder of Graphiant, was the co-founder and CTO of Viptela and is widely regarded as the “Father” of SD-WAN. He is a visionary in routing protocols and large-scale network architectures. In the past 25 years, he has redefined expectations and delivered innovative solutions across all industries for the Tier-1 carriers and Fortune.
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Margaret Rea is the Director of Marketing for Lotus Innovations, a private equity fund that invests in innovative technology companies.
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Patti A. Reali is a contributing editor to Pipeline Magazine with more than 30 years of experience in the telecom, media and technology. She is a strategic marketing consultant for TMT companies and was a Research Director and Analyst covering carrier network infrastructure and telecom services for Gartner and other research firms for more than 16 years. Patti has also worked in industry for cable and satellite gear manufacturers in marketing and public relations. She authored a blog "The Reali-ty Check" for SNL Media and Communications (now S&P Intelligence) and was also an editor and reporter for Satellite Week/Communications Daily in Washington, D.C. Patti is a graduate of Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences with a B.A. in American Government and Economics and has done advanced graduate studies at Rutgers University in Public Policy,
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Ian Reither is COO and co-founder of Telnyx. Ian oversees Telnyx's day-to-day operations, and he creates forward-looking strategies to keep Telnyx as a main competitor in the VoIP industry. Before Telnyx, Reither worked in business technology consulting at Aon and Trexin.
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Dheeraj Remella is the Chief Technologist at VoltDB, where he is responsible for technical OEM partnerships and enabling customers to take their next step in data-driven decision-making. Remella has been instrumental in each of VoltDB’s significant customer acquisitions. He brings 22 years of experience in creating enterprise solutions in a variety of industries. Remella is a strong believer in cross-pollination of ideas and innovation between industries and technologies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Madras University.
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João Resende has over 15 years’ experience in Software development and in the Telecom industry. He joined WeDo Technologies in 2001, where he is now VP of Product Development. Prior to joining WeDo, João spent four years at American Management Systems (AMS) in various development and program management roles. João holds a MBA from INSEAD and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Universidade do Porto.
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João Resende has over 15 years’ experience in software development and in the telecom industry. He joined WeDo Technologies in 2001, where he is now VP of Product Development. Prior to joining WeDo, João spent four years at American Management Systems (AMS) in various development and program management roles. João holds a MBA from INSEAD and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Universidade do Porto.
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Joao Resende has more than 15 years of experience in software development and in the telecom industry. Prior to joining WeDo, he spent four years at American Management Systems in various development and program management roles. He holds a MBA from INSEAD and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Universidade do Porto.
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Koby Reshef is CEO of PacketLight and has more than 25 years of experience in both the technical and marketing aspects of the telecommunication industry. He brings extensive knowledge of a variety of technologies such as storage networking, optical networking, ASICs, and wireless communication solutions. Before being appointed as CEO, Koby managed PacketLight's HW design team. Prior to joining PacketLight, he served as a senior R&D Manager at Teledata (ADC). Koby has an MBA from Netanya Academic College and a BSc in Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University.
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Ori Reshef is Vice President of Products at Varada. For the past 15 years, he has created data-driven business solutions and cutting-edge technologies in speech, text and big data analytics.
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Patrick Rhude is Nakina’s Chief Technology Officer and head of product management, responsible for guiding all aspects of product evolution. Prior to Nakina, Patrick has held senior leadership positions with Syndesis (acquired by Subex), Atreus Systems, CrossKeys, and Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent).
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Ramy Riad is Director of Product Management and Partner Channels at 3Cinteractive, a mobile technology company based in Boca Raton, FL. In his role, Ramy is responsible for the definition, development, and management of the product portfolio that supports MVNOs, MNOs and RCS technology. With over ten years of experience, Ramy has worked with global operator groups and vendors to undertake major projects with new technologies within the telco space—including policy management, deep packet inspection, prepaid charging and other core platforms. Ramy is heavily involved in the global RCS ecosystem and sits on several GSMA Global Requirements and Specifications Groups that actively develop the Universal Profile for RCS. Additionally, he is a regular participant and speaker at RCS-focused mobile events across the globe.
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As an Account & Research Department Director for Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA), Jaclyn (Jackie) Riback Levy is responsible for overall quality control, driving PR and marketing strategy for her clients, and ensuring KPIs are hit or exceeded. Her passion for writing is seen in her press releases, byline articles, website content, written collateral, and media outreach initiatives. Jackie also advises JSA’s Research Department, ensuring clients are presented with relevant speaking, event, award and editorial opportunities.
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Monica Ricci is CSG International’s Director of Product Marketing, focused on synergies and value propositions across all elements of CSG International’s BSS portfolio. Monica has over 20 years of experience in the communications industry, 16 of which have been working with BSS vendors delivering billing solutions and consulting with service provider customers to evolve their billing-related processes for wireline, wireless and next-generation services. With a B.S. in Physics and a MBA from the University of Chicago, Monica’s current focus is understanding the drivers for new telecommunications business models, incorporating both customers and the growing assortment of partners in the operator value chain.
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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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Jim Rice is Director, Communications, Mobile and Media, for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In this role, Rice combines knowledge of the retail market and understanding of risk management solutions to shape the company's strategic approach within the retail and communications markets. His responsibilities include strategy development, product direction, and market assessment to address retailer needs. A veteran of the information solutions industry, Rice has worked in other fields, including accounting, education, financial, legal, tax, and knowledge management. His diverse career experience enables him to affect successful data-based solutions that promote effective business-decision processes. In addition to LexisNexis, Rice has held key positions in such companies as CCH Inc. and Thomson Publishing. Rice earned bachelor degrees from Miami University before completing his law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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Jim Ricotta is an experienced start-up CEO, board member, and Fortune 500 division GM. Prior to Aliro, he was the CEO of five venture-backed companies that produced exits exceeding $1 Billion. Jim has raised venture funding at a variety of stages, recruited and led management teams, brought products and services to market, acquired customers and grown revenue. He has launched companies and product lines in new spaces, and successfully sold emerging networking businesses to Cisco and IBM for $1 Billion. Jim won an Emmy Award for outstanding engineering achievement in developing Avid Technology's digital video editing system. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell, and an MBA from Harvard.
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As Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Advanced Research and Development, Kevin Riley drives Ribbon Communication’s innovation and development activities, with a particular focus on enabling SDN and NFV Cloud-based architectures of the future. Prior to his current role, he served as CTO and SVP of Engineering and Operations for Sonus. Kevin has more than 20 years of software development and engineering experience and previously was instrumental in Sonus’ efforts to drive an industry -eading technology roadmap, including the award winning Sonus SBC SWe (software edition) and SBC 7000, the two most successful new product introductions in Sonus’ history. Before this role at Sonus, he served as Vice President of Platform Engineering and Director of Core Software. Prior to Sonus, he held Software Development Director positions at Verivue, Sentito Network, Cisco and Telebit.
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N. Harrison Ripps is a Director of Engineering with Red Hat, working in the Office of the CTO. Harrison is a veteran engineering leader who specializes in running small teams that make an outsized impact, both through the development of custom software solutions and through the explor ation of new technologies that help set the company's strategic course. Since joining Red Hat, Harrison has led product teams, DevOps teams, and most recently the Emerging Technologies team, where he manages most of the technical staff and oversees OKR tracking and technology transfers. Harrison is passionate about building and enabling highly creative software development teams that solve human problems in the real world.
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Nadja Risse is Global Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences at BT. Nadja has more than 25 years' experience in various leadership functions in the telecommunications and IT industries. Before joining BT in 2018, she was responsible for the cloud and hosting business in Europe at Vodafone Group Enterprise, which she successfully built and strengthened through strategic partnerships over several years. Prior to that, she worked as a global account director managing clients in the finance and pharmaceutical industries and has held senior management roles in Germany, Austria, and Egypt.
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Manuel F. Rivelo is Executive Vice President of Security and Strategic Solutions at F5 Networks. Prior to joining F5, Rivelo served as Senior Vice President – Engineering Operations and Systems for Cisco Systems, Inc. During his 19-year career at Cisco, Rivelo was a member of the Cisco Development Counsel, the senior leadership team of the Cisco Development Organization. While at Cisco, he also served as head of the worldwide systems engineering organization. His managerial career spans over 25 years in product engineering, strategic planning, business operations, field engineering sales and IT. Rivelo serves on the board of directors of Apollo Group, Inc., one of the world's largest private education providers. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Matthew Roberts is the Director of Product Marketing for Amdocs BDSI based in London, UK. BDSI is responsible for Big Data initiatives and a number of different Amdocs solutions that embrace new innovations in the market place and help Service Providers embrace these challenges from virtualization, the connected home and unified communications Matthew has nearly 18 years of experience in Telecommunications and has held management positions at Vodafone Group, Motorola and Nokia. Prior to joining Amdocs Matthew was part of the European Product Marketing team at LG responsible for new Content and Services in their Mobile Division for Europe. Matt holds an honors Degree in Economics from the University of Reading.
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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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Thomas Rockmann is Vice President of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom’s white label smart home portfolio and joint-CEO of the group-wide smart home project. Thomas is responsible for all aspects of the Connected Home business and has been instrumental in growing the business and delivering the white label solution with different partners across Europe. Thomas joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000 as the group’s senior innovation manager for product lifecycle management, where he conceptualized and launched Deutsche Telekom’s product lifecycle management process and SAP tool, which today enables Deutsche Telekom to deliver products in a standardized way for all consumer customers. He also undertook the role as the commissioner for quality management in marketing and sales of T-Com. In addition, he served as vice president of business portfolio strategy T-Home. Furthermore, Thomas was vice president for the market leadership team, managing product innovation projects for consumer, business and wholesale customers. In his last role, as a vice president for the group IP migration program, he was in charge of all consumer and business customers in Germany, the consumer product portfolio strategy and building up the new portfolio category smart home, based on the open platform Qivicon for the German market. Prior to Deutsche Telekom, Thomas spent three years at Deutsche Bank AG in various responsible IT development and leading quality management roles. An entrepreneurial leader with 20 years of experience in product development and execution, strategy, marketing, innovation management and business operations, Thomas has a deep understanding of the development of customer centric technology-enabled services.
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Drew Rockwell is the Chief Executive Officer of both MDS and MDA. Mr. Rockwell joined MDA (then Lavastorm) in 2002 to lead its transformation to a global analytic software and services company. He has 31 years of executive and management experience in the communications and software industries. Prior to Martin Dawes Analytics, Mr. Rockwell served as Chief Operating Officer of MCK Communications, and he began his career at now Verizon, where he held executive positions in general management, sales, marketing, operations, and corporate strategy and development. He led strategic business units in Vermont and Massachusetts, and was CEO of a Verizon backed "e-telco" start-up in 1999-2000. Mr. Rockwell is an Honors graduate of Dartmouth College.
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Mike Roddy brings three decades of telecom and broadband leadership experience - primarily from a variety of service providers - to his leadership role as CEO of GOCare. Mike’s prior roles span regulatory, finance, operations, marketing, and product development with leading organizations like RCN, Knology, Everest, and TDS Telecom. Mike holds a bachelor's degree from Villanova University and MBA from University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Tiago Rodrigues is the CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Tiago is responsible for leading the overall strategy, together with the WBA Board, and the operatio nal planning for the WBA. As well as overseeing the day to day management, Tiago takes a leadership role in understanding industry challenges and working with membership to agree the key focus areas and programs that need to be developed to ensure the wireless industry optimises market opportunities for Wi-Fi and works to resolve any business issues that impede the success of the industry overall. Before he joined the WBA, Tiago spent 15 years at the Portugal Telecom Group. In his previous role as Head of Business Innovation, he collaborated with various departments within the company to identify and develop new business opportunities. Prior to this, he managed the Public Wi-Fi sector of Portugal Telecom Group where he was responsible for service management, development, strategy and internationalisation of the Wi-Fi service. He was also involved in strategic marketing, regulatory affairs, pricing, product development and roaming. Tiago holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Management of Science and Technology, and a degree in Business Administration from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management at The Technical University of Lisbon He also has a BA. Honors Degree in Business Administration from Humberside University, UK.
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Alexis Rodrguez Lorenzo currently leads IBM EMEA's Digital Transformation Solutions business development, targeting the main telecoms, media and entertainment groups in Europe. Alexis has worked as a business and system integration consultant, program manager and solutions professional, devoted to the telecommunications industry, for 25 years, mostly at IBM. He has participated in a number of relevant CRM, BSS, OSS, marketing and services innovation transformations and system integration initiatives, in some of the most visible IBM Telco customers in Europe, hence covering the most significant telco service provider business models (mobile, fix-line, data, wholesale, cable, n-play). Alexis holds a Master degree in telecommunications engineering (ETSIT-Vigo) and a post-grade in 'telecommunications companies strategic management' (UPM-Madrid).
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With over 18 years of experience in wireless industry at large technology companies such as Texas Instruments and Kyocera as well as multiple technology start-ups, Elizabeth Rose currently serves as Communications Director at the Open Mobile Alliance where she oversees all communications activities. Ms. Rose holds a Masters Degree from the University of California, San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
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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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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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Holger Rosier is a Technology Manager with Rohde & Schwarz in Munich. His focus is on wireless communication technologies for vertical industries, in particular for connected cars. Prior to joining Rohde & Schwarz, Holger was a Senior Technology Lead for IoT with Huawei Technologies in Germany. In this position, he led joint 5G V2X research industry projects. Holger holds a University degree in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology from the RWTH Aachen University. He combined post-graduate studies on 3GPP technologies and ultra-wideband communication with consultancy for Intelligent Transportations Systems.
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Livia Rosu was appointed as President of the HomeGrid Forum in April 2021. Previously, she was the Chair of the Marketing Working Group and Member of the Board of Directors for HomeGrid Forum for over six years. The Forum supports the deployment and innovation of G.hn, the world-renowned Gigabit networking technology based on ITU-T standard and design, providing an essent ial backbone for smart home connectivity and bandwidth-intensive applications. Livia is a qualified Computer Science engineer (MSc, MBA) with more than 18 years’ experience of business development within the telecommunications sector, dedicated to standardizing revolutionary technologies necessary for next-generation applications such as Li-Fi, Smart Grids and Smart Cities.
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Jean-Michel Rouylou is Head of Enterprise and Broadband at ST Engineering iDirect, where he is responsible for the company’s enterprise strategy with a focus on energy, banking and consumer broadband. Previously, Jean-Michel spent three years at ITC Global as the Executive Vice President for the maritime market, where he helped the company to establish a worldwide maritime Ku-band network. Jean-Michel spent 20 years at Schlumberger where he held various roles in engineering, marketing and sales, including head of VSAT services in Aberdeen. Jean-Michel holds an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts & Métiers in Paris.
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Todd Rowan is President, Telecom Management Practice, for Vodafone. Todd has been with Vodafone since 2008, and is currently leading a team with direct reports in U.S. Germany, and UK across 105 accounts generating $150 million. He provides strategic focus and drive revenues and sales for Enterprise Mobility solutions and consulting. Mr. Rowan's career in telecom includes tenures with Verizon, BellSouth, and Level 3.
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Ian Roy joined Comverse in May 2014 as VP, Product Management for Comverse, where he guides product and go-to-market strategies for billing and policy management solutions which help communications service providers monetize today’s digital lifestyle services. Prior to Comverse, Roy held senior positions with Amdocs, NetCracker Technology and BearingPoint – amassing over 25 years of experience within the telecommunications market. Roy is considered an industry expert in Business Support Systems (BSS), and has been quoted in many industry publications.
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Danielle Royston is CEO of Optiva. As an operating executive in the enterprise software industry, she has focused on turning around technology companies and brings deep experience transforming cost structures, growing revenues, building teams, and building loyal customers. Her background includes recruiting, training, compensation, and software development.
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Sue Rudd is Director of Service Provider Analytics for Strategy Analytics. Sue is responsible for forecasting broadband network capacity, OPEX, CAPEX and service profitability for fixed and mobile service providers as prices, features and service bundles change and as broadband traffic explodes. She has consulted to multiple wireless operators and regulated Incumbent U.S. Telcos on business and regulatory cases.
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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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Lydia Runnels, VP of Product Strategy for Bandwidth, has spent more than 25 years in the telecom sector, leading product development, product management, and IT including software initiatives for innovative voice, video and 911 communication solutions. She was formerly Vice President of Product Development and IT for Z Video Relay Service which provides videphone services to the deaf-and-hard-of-hearing. She has led the FCC Disability Advisory Council Quality of Service Work Group focused on 911 improvements and was a member of the MITRE Center of Expertise for Telecommunications Relay Services. In addition, she was formerly Vice President Research and Development at Paradyne Networks and a member of AT&T Bell Labs.
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Brad Russell is a Big Data Senior Analyst at Parks Associates, where he explores data privacy and security, and data-driven applications. He has a background in marketing communications, technology startups, and online media. Brad balances the art and science of market research to generate insights that lead to more astute business decision making and value-generating practices. Brad received his BS degree in advertising and marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. He also earned MDiv and DMin degrees from two leading seminaries with concentrations in ethics and cross-cultural leadership. INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Consumer Electronics, Smart Home Devices and Platforms, IoT Data Privacy and Security
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Keith Russell is responsible for global FTTx and Fixed Wireless Access marketing within Nokia’s Fixed Networks business. He has 25 years of experience in fixed access and the telecommunications industry and has held positions in applications engineering, business development and marketing.
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Travis Russell has been in telecommunications more than 35 years, with experience in radio, voice and data networking. As a cyber security professional and technologist, Mr. Russell has a long career focused in telecommunications cyber security and fraud, with expertise in SIP, SS7, and Diameter technologies. He participates in a number of standards bodies and trade associations, including the GSMA, IETF, CTIA, ATIS, and is currently the chair for the FCC Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) working group 3, focused on security. Mr. Russell has authored several technical books, including “Signaling System #7,” “Session Initiation Protocol,” “IP Multimedia Subsystem,” and “LTE Signaling With Diameter,” all published through McGraw-Hill. His book, “Telecommunications Protocols” is still used in colleges and universities today for teaching the fundamentals of telecommunications, and is printed in four languages. Mr. Russell holds several patents and patents pending focusing on cyber security and fraud solutions, and has lectured at colleges, universities, and industry events all over the world. He is currently Director of Cyber Security at Oracle Communications.
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Nancee Ruzicka is President & Founder of ICT intuition. With 25+ years experience in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) engineering and operations, Ms. Ruzicka is a trusted advisor to executives in the areas of ICT strategy and planning, market research, product development, communications, and ICT solution integration. She has defined and delivered strategic and tactical planning, technical and operational due diligence, process optimization, technology evaluation, and operational transformation in a variety of industries including: • Telecommunications • OSS/BSS • Power and utilities • Defense and government • Software development As the founder of ICT intuition, Ms. Ruzicka is pursuing a new model of customized strategy consulting and research across connected industries.
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Todd Rychecky is VP of Americas for Opengear, responsible for developing and executing sales strategies, multiple business initiatives, hiring and talent development, setting performance goals and growing the business. He joined the company in 2008 and was the first sales and marketing hire. Rychecky earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
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Ilan Sade is general manager of Digital, Amdocs Technology. He spearheads the strategic vision, product roadmap, innovation center and go-to-market activities of the division, which includes BSS, digital experience and intelligence offerings. Ilan has nearly 20 years of experience in the global communications sector and the BSS domain in particular. Prior to his current role, Ilan held various leadership roles in the Amdocs Delivery and Technology groups. Most recently, he was general manager of the Revenue and Customer Management business unit. A graduate of the Amdocs Excellent Leaders program, Ilan joined Amdocs as a student and today leads the company’s student internship program. Ilan is active in the community, where he shares his leadership insights with youth in the public school system. He holds a B.Sc. in information systems management from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
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Praful Saklani, CEO of Pramata, has deep expertise in the artificial intelligence technologies core to Pramata and experience in delivering enterprise process solutions to large corporate customers. Prior to cofounding Pramata, he founded and served as CEO of Yatra Corporation, which leveraged artificial intelligence and Internet technologies to optimize travel management processes. Previously, he was cofounder and managing partner of consulting firm Invotech Systems, and a key executive of Waterhealth International, a social start-up focused on bringing affordable drinking water purification solutions to developing countries. Praful holds patents in AI technology, practices meditation daily, and is a trained meditation instructor. He attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated with high honors in Economics and Political Science.
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Fabrizio Salanitri has over 25 years of experience in the telco sector, with messaging technology as his primary focus. Back in the 2000s, as a young man with Italian charisma and Swiss precision, he founded HORISEN with a simple, but powerful idea: to make it possible for users to send SMS via an application that they could access through a browser. Following his passion for software engineering, striving for innovative and disruptive solutions, and sensing the new market that is coming, the company started the development of SMS trading solutions along with software development and marketing projects.
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Xavier Salinas is the Chief Technology Officer at Blackpoint Cyber. Xavier has a decade of experience in Security and IT Operations, focusing on securing OT/IoT networks, embedded systems, and endpoints. Prior to joining Blackpoint Cyber, Xavier worked at Tenable Network Security helping them launch a cloud security offering and securing the internal systems. At Blackpoint, he has spearheaded innovations like SNAP-Defense—a tool adept at detecting early-stage lateral movement. He started his Blackpoint journey in 2015 as a Security Researcher and Network Engineer, Xavier's rapid ascent through roles including Director and VP of Threat Operations exemplifies his deep technical acumen and unwavering commitment to cybersecurity. Under Xavier’s leadership, Blackpoint has consistently fortified its capabilities, especially in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, detecting and stopping numerous criminal cyberattacks and nation-state cyberattacks against our customers.
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Scott Sampson is an experienced executive with extensive knowledge in all aspects of telecommunications and IT and is one of the industry’s leading experts on fiber to the home. He has worked with companies such as Arrow Electronics, ULA, and Rio Tinto, as well as a successful sale of a company he co-founded. Sampson is known for building high-achieving teams.
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Brink Sanders is responsible for helping customers shift to a digital-ready network and capture the market transitions that need to be delivered in Cisco’s Networking portfolio. This includes software-defined networking, security and cloud solutions. Previously, Brink led Sales Enablement and Operations for Cisco APJ, where he was responsible for enabling Cisco’s APJ business to run effectively and efficiently in support of the overall business strategies and objectives. Brink has also held a variety of other leadership roles at Cisco, including Strategy & Planning for WW Sales Operations and Operations for the US Enterprise, Commercial & Canada Theater. Before joining Cisco, Brink worked in various roles in technology consulting, where he partnered closely with customers throughout the lifecycle of their critical business initiatives, from determining strategy to delivering on their business outcomes through business process, software and technology architecture. Brink holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Chicago
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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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Gil Santaliz is the Founder and CEO of NJFX, as well as the visionary behind developing NJFX as North America’s preeminent international hub for subsea communications, interconnecting many international carriers across three continents with multiple predictable, private backhaul and U.S. termination options. In order to satisfy the market, Mr. Santaliz developed the concept of "Tier 3 by the Subsea," a purpose-built facility for high- and low-density data center space as well as colocation of subsea systems interconnecting global backbone networks to unique metro fiber assets providing safe, diverse and unique backhaul options. This is a paradigm shift from traditional backhaul to the nearest metro without consideration of potential bottlenecks found in congested areas such as New York and northern New Jersey. Mr. Santaliz was previously the CEO, Founder and Managing Member of 4Connections LLC, a metro fiber network provider he founded in 2001. Under Mr. Santaliz's leadership, 4Connections pioneered the deployment of carrier-neutral dark fiber services for both New Jersey and New York City. In 2008, Mr. Santaliz successfully exited the business in a preemptive transaction with Optimum Lightpath, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cablevision. Prior to founding 4Connections, Mr. Santaliz, who has over two decades in the communications industry, was General Manager of a joint venture company between GPU Telecom and Telergy, which leased dark fiber network. During his early career, Mr. Santaliz held several management positions at the Williams Company and PSE&G. He began his career at MCI in New York, Atlanta and Mexico City. Today, Mr. Santaliz serves as a member of the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center Board of Trustees as well as the Morristown-Beard School Executive Board. He has also recently led as Interim CEO of fiber companies such as 24/7 Fiber Network, and supported private equity groups such as Spire Capital through acquisition strategies. Mr. Santaliz received his bachelor of science from Cornell University.
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Simone Santarelli is a communication professional with additional many years of experience as a Project Manager and Senior Technical Project Specialist for the IT sector, working on systems implementation and process improvement as a certified Lean Six Sigma green belt. Over the past few years, he has produced technical content focusing on IoT, AI, Digital Transformation, Marketing automation, Cloud services, and new technologies for both, international corporations and start-ups all over the world. Recently, Simone took over a new challenge that has finally connected him with the digital transformation for the transportation industry. Simone studied at the University of Bologna obtaining a Master's degree in Law and he is currently completing his second Master's degree in Neuroscience.
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Jonathan Sapir has over 30 years of experience helping clients leverage information technology to build their businesses. He is the founder and CEO of SilverTree Systems, Inc., a mid-sized global software development company. SilverTree clients include Adobe, Docusign, CNA, LifeFitness, and Taco Bell. Jonathan started his career as a systems engineer for IBM South Africa where he was responsible for implementing emerging technologies. Jonathan is also the founder of Work-Relay, a powerful business process management (BPM) system built on the Salesforce platform that has been implemented across a wide range of industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies.
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Koroush Saraf is VP of Product Management & Marketing at ZPE Systems and was VP of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet. Koroush brings over 20 years of networking and network security experience and has built revenue leading SD-WAN, SD-Branch, cloud security and SASE products.
Koroush’s innovations in security is the use of user and application context using deep packet inspection processor technology which later was coined as the next-generation firewall. He is a firm believer in open multi-vendor solution ecosystems that customers can tailor to their needs. Koroush holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Maryland; a Computer Networking degree from the University of Southern California; and a Computer Architecture degree from Stanford University.
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John Sasser, Chief Technology Officer of Sabey Data Centers, is responsible for engineering, delivering and operating Sabey’s wholesale colocation data centers. Mr. Sasser has over 30 years of operations and engineering experience and has been with Sabey Data Centers for 20 years. Prior to employment with Sabey, he served in various facility operations and management roles for Capital One, Disney and the U.S. Navy. Mr. Sasser graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.
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Martin Saunders is Chief Operating Officer at Highlight and has a proven record in the high-tech sector leading and delivering strategic programmes. Martin defines, plans and executes Highlight's product roadmap, ensuring continuous enhancement and growth of Highlight in the marketplace. He brings over 15 years of expertise.
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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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Jim Schakenbach is Pipeline's News Editor and has over 30 years of writing experience for broadcast, advertising agencies, and technology marketing communications. With a degree in journalism from Washington & Lee University and a career as a journalist, copywriter, and agency principal, Jim brings both real life experience and a depth and breadth of knowledge that enables him to write effectively and confidently about a wide range of subjects and industries.
Over the past three decades, Jim has written for a remarkable range of local, national, and international clients -- from US technology companies, business publications, and content marketing agencies to European manufacturers and a Middle Eastern media resources company. Jim has turned complex, often highly technical content into clear, concise and compelling stories, creating understanding for the reader and valuable brand identity for the client.
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Ulrich Schälling is VP Market Strategy, Head of Business Line Management at FNT Software. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy and business for FNT’s innovative software products in the telecommunications market. Before joining FNT, he worked in various roles at Alcatel-Lucent in the OSS and system integration business. Schälling holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications market.
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Alec Schibanoff is an experience executive in the intellectual property community serving as a Vice President at both General Patent Corporation (the leading patent licensing and enforcement firm) and IPOfferings LLC (the leading patent brokerage and IP consulting and patent valuation. Alec currently writes a regular feature for Electric Light & Power, "Follow the Patents," that covers the newest technologies in electric power generation and distribution. He is the author of dozens of trade magazine articles on patent and IP-related topics.
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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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Charlie Schrier is the Director of Marketing for SmartAction, a top-rated AI-powered virtual agent solution provider for call centers. He is passionate about identifying market trends and competitive advantages that help organizations stay ahead of the curve. Charlie completed his MBA from Loyola Marymount University, where he helped launch two small businesses and performed user experience consulting work for a top visual effects company.
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Louis C. Schwartz has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, operating executive and attorney in the digital media space. In 2000, Lou co-founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of Multicast Media Technologies, Inc. (“Multicast”), one of the first global online video platform companies, to reshape the way organizations create, manage and leverage video to communicate with their target audiences. Lou's latest venture, UUX, is the result of two merged companies (Totalmovie and OTT Networks) to create one of the first white-labeled Pay TV-as-a-service offerings for mobile carriers around the world. Lou has won several entrepreneurship awards, and is an internationally recognized expert in new media and IP video convergence.
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Susana Schwartz Managing Editor of Pipeline, has been writing about emerging technologies for 20 years. Previously she was Technology Editor of Telestrategies' Billing World & OSS Today, as well as Connected Planet Online's OSS/BSS, Data Center and Cloud Computing beats. She also helped spearhead TM Forum's Research & Publications and served as a Marketing Manager in its Collaboration Programs.
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Sam Sciacca is an IEEE Smart Grid subject matter expert, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Smart Grid consultant in the utilities industry. He has over 25 years of experience in the U.S. and international electric utility industries.
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Kim Scott is a business and cutting edge technology launch leader. Orchestrating revenue growth from $0 to half a billion, she has participated in numerous startups and acquisitions. She's currently the CEO of S2-D2, an early-stage startup focused on automating cyber defense. She started her career at Bell Laboratories, and embarked on her nearly ten-year cyber security journey at a mix of large companies (including General Dynamics), and small companies (including Security on Demand), all pioneering the next generation of cyber.
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Michael Scott is General Manager of Wolfe, which provides high-performance, all-optical Ethernet and VPN solutions to help meet business and residential connectivity needs. Scott has spent the last 25 years in the telecommunications industry with companies like PG&E, Cascade Communications, Lucent Technologies, EDS, Microsoft Xbox Live, Fisher Communications and Whidbey Telecom.
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Adrian Scrase played a central role in the creation of the “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP) and is responsible for the operations of the 3GPP Project Co-ordination Group. He heads 3GPPs’ Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) which is an International team of 20 experts who provide comprehensive support to the Project. He was also principally involved in the formation of the recently created “oneM2M” Partnership Project and oversees ETSI’s support to that initiative. He is CTO within ETSI with operational responsibility for all of ETSI’s standards production activities. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications field, which includes 25 years of experience in standardization.
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Currently responsible for SaaS revenue management and cloud strategy for Amdocs Optima, Lewis Sears has spent the better part of 20 years evangelizing customer centricity. His background in customer relationship and revenue management has informed his symbiotic view of companies, brands, and consumers. He has observed the evolution of omnipresent user experiences, and the revolutionary impacts on business. A rabid lacrosse fan, he is well-stocked with spring raingear.
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Mike Seidler leads product management for NetQuest Corporation where he directs development of the company’s automated intercept access and cyber intelligence solutions. Prior to his current position, he was product manager at ARRIS covering the EQAM Access product portfolio. Mike also worked as a principal hardware engineer for Motorola, Sycamore Networks and Raytheon. Mike is a recognized technology leader in the cyber intelligence space and has actively participated in industry events lead by AFCEA and ISS. Mike has written guest blogs for Gigamon and has lead recent technology forums at ISS events including “100G+ Coherent Signaling Technology and its Impact on Optical Network Intercept” and “100G Network Expansion and its Effect on Signals Intelligence.
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Chandra Sekhar Kondapi has more than 22 Years of experience in Telecom Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management. He was part of various telecom operators before joining the consulting services. Chandra is currently heading Subex Consulting and Advisory services as Director. He is responsible for providing Business Assurance solutions to global telecom operators and takes care of group of Subject Matter expert & Business Solution Consultants as part of his current role.
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Hubert Selvanathan is a Principal with Waterstone Management Group, a boutique management consulting firm that helps technology companies and investors create measurable value by identifying and capitalizing on disruptive growth opportunities and by driving excellence in Services, Cloud and Customer Success performance. Hubert has extensive advisory and operating experience in the technology industry. He has worked on a range of business issues, including development of organic and acquisition-driven growth strategies, transformation of perpetual license-based business models to subscription-based models, launch of cloud and managed services offerings, and improvement of professional services and customer support operating models. His work with technology providers spans enterprise and consumer software, equipment, devices, information services, and technology services companies ranging in size from early-stage startups to Fortune 50 firms.
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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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Nitin Serro is the founder and CEO of Serro. He began a career with Juniper Networks in which he facilitated large-scale proof of concepts for service providers. Nitin worked as an architect for Google and other enterprise service providers as the industry started to incorporate software-defined solutions utilizing open source technologies. Nitin anticipated the shift from end-user to end-resource networking technologies and identified the need for a specialized skillset in network engineering combined with workflow automation. This industry demand drove the inception of Serro in 2008. Today, the company serves as a resource for NFV/SDN system design, workflow automation, and core code development.
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Shane Sexton is Executive Corporate Technical Consultant for EPB’s Technical Operations group. With more than 30 years of experience in the internet service industry, Shane has worked with access technologies from the dial-up era to modern Passive Optical Network systems. Shane joined EPB in 2005 and currently leads EPB’s technology steering team that guides EPB’s networks and systems into the future by pursuing cutting edge innovation and facilitating transitions between technologies. He was a member of EPB’s Smart Grid deployment team that created the nation’s most reliable and resilient electric system and launched the nation’s first Gig Speed community-wide internet in 2010. He also played integral roles in the subsequent launches of community-wide 10 Gig and 25 Gig internet service in 2015 and 2022, respectively, as well as EPB Quantum Network in 2022. Prior to joining EPB, Shane served in leadership roles at several Chattanooga-based internet service start-ups.
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Rajeev Shah is the visionary Co-founder and CEO of Celona, leading the charge in revolutionizing wireless connectivity for enterprise customers. With an impressive industry track record spanning nearly two decades, Rajeev leveraged his business and technology expertise in the enterprise Wi-Fi and service provider domains to help establish the new category of private wireless by launching Celona five years ago.
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Jim Shanahan leads data center operations as COO for ServerFarm. He served as Global Head of Data Centers in ABB’s software business, and worked as Managing Director for the international business of Lee Technologies (acquired by Schneider Electric) in data center operations. A frequent speaker at industry events, Shanahan has extensive experience in mission-critical automation and a deep understanding of operational efficiency drivers.
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Ankur Sharma is Radisys' Associate Vice President, Product Management and Strategy. In this role, Ankur leads cross-functional strategic alignment of wireless products from both architecture and design perspective with focus on business-critical imperatives. Ankur also engages with multiple operators, technical forums, external business and industry experts on technology strategies to accelerate innovation across Radisys. Previously Ankur has led the end-to-end wireless network architecture and product line management at MNOs like AT&T Labs, Verizon, Sprint, Telefonica, and Vodafone along with OEMs like Ericsson and Mavenir. Ankur has a BE (Hons.) and an MS from Imperial College, London.
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Ashish Sharma was appointed president and CEO of Inseego Corp., in March 2022. He was appointed CEO after having served as the company’s president since June 2021, and in other leadership roles prior to that since joining the company in 2017. Ashish is a technology industry senior executive with vast experience driving major innovation for IoT and mobile solutions and SaaS companies. With a diverse background in sales, marketing, strategy, product management and engineering, he has brought numerous highly innovative products to market and helped build multi-billion dollar brands in the mobile industry for companies such as Qualcomm, Ericsson, Alvarion, FreeWave and Spectralink.
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Michael Sharratt is CEO of TerOpta. He has held many senior engineering management roles in major companies and has frequently been at the forefront in the commercial development of new, formerly unproven, technology and techniques. With three patents to his name, Mike has wide experience of leading large multidisciplinary teams to bring complex product developments to a successful conclusion.
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Leonard Sheahan is Senior Director, Oracle Communications Applications. Leonard is responsible for the global market positioning of Oracle’s business and operations solutions into communications service providers and large enterprises to deliver optimal business outcomes. This includes Oracle’s Unified Operations portfolio of cloud-native solutions supporting automated service design, delivery, and lifecycle management of fixed, pre-5G, and 5G-era mobile and digital services delivered over physical and cloud-based networks. Prior to Oracle, Leonard led product management, consulting, and engineering teams in MetaSolv Software, Nortel Networks and Architel Systems.
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Ganesh Shenbagaraman is Vice President Engineering at Radisys driving 4G and 5G wireless product development and Open RAN ecosystem partnership. He represents Radisys in industry forums like O-RAN, Small Cell Forum and TIP. Ganesh is a co-chair of the O-RAN working group focusing on base station stack reference design.
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Arun Shenoy is responsible for developing the success of ServerFarm’s data center colocation and InCommand Services business globally. He joined ServerFarm from Schneider Electric, where he was vice president of the IT and Data Center business in the UK and Ireland. Shenoy has also worked for major companies including Intel, ABB, IBM and Romonet in general management, sales and marketing roles with over 20 years in the software, services and technology markets.
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Brian Shepard is Executive Vice President and President, Global Broadband, Cable and Satellite Business at CSG. Mr. Shepherd joined CSG in 2016 to focus on accelerating the growth and strategic direction of CSG’s global broadband, cable and direct broadcast satellite business, where CSG has served as a trusted partner to the largest companies in the industry for more than 30 years. Mr. Shepherd is an international business expert with strong management, customer relationship, global sales, strategy and corporate growth experience. In previous executive roles at companies such as TeleTech, Amdocs, DST Innovis, and McKinsey & Company, Shepherd built a successful history of helping companies drive and achieve their strategic growth initiatives. With more than 15 years in the cable and communications industries, he has built wide and deep relationships with C-Suite leaders, decision-makers and policy influencers who have shaped these industries globally. Mr. Shepherd graduated Magna cum laude in Economics from Wabash College and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
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Prashanth Shetty is the chief marketing executive at Ayla Networks, and is responsible for key aspects of growth strategy including awareness creation and demand generation. He has held various executive leadership roles in general management, marketing and product management in companies such as CA Technologies, NICE, EMC (Dell Technologies) and SAP, and serves on advisory boards of several technology startups. Prashanth graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA at The Wharton Business School.
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Andy Shields serves as Vice President of Data Center Solutions for Rosenberger Site Solutions. Andy is a uniquely qualified Business Development Executive with global data center, cloud and telecommunications solutions experience. He has been an effective communicator to C-level executives as the result of cross-cultural experiences from living abroad for 15 years and doing business internationally in more than 50 countries. Andy maintains long-lasting relationships with senior level leaders in the international data center and telecom industries and possesses a high level of energy which generates positive influences with the ability to “open doors”. His previous positions include Vice President of Global Strategic Business at Data Center Speak Consultants LTD. Prior to that he was Global Strategic Vice President of Data Center & Network Service Providers at Panduit.
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Vance Shipley is CEO & Founder of SigScale and was Wavenet CTO 2011-2015. He was also VP Engineering for Classix and for Harmony Mobile and served as Motivity Telecom President 1994-2005. He was a TM Forum Outstanding Contributor 2020 and is an open-source author.
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Dr. Arman Shojaeifard is Chair of the ETSI Industry Specification Group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. He has nearly a decade of post-PhD experience in R&D of 3GPP transmission technologies and architectures. He is currently with InterDigital Europe where he leads the Next Generation RAN Group in London (UK). He is the Technical Manager of the Innovate-UK/CELTIC-NEXT collaborative European project on AIMM (AI-enabled Massive MIMO) and the Chair of the ETSI Industry Specification Group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (ISG RIS). Prior to InterDigital, he was a Wireless Research Manager and 3GPP RAN1 WG Delegate at British Telecommunications plc. He received his PhD degree in Wireless Communications from King’s College London in 2013.
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Carlie Shooner is an experienced professional in the telecommunications and technology industry. She currently serves as the Carrier Relations Manager at Sabey Data Centers, where she oversees relationships with telecommunication carriers to ensure optimal network connectivity and performance for data center customers across all Sabey campus locations. Prior to her role at Sabey, Carlie worked as an Account Executive for Salesforce, supporting SBE customers in the AMERWEST Region. She also spent nearly four years at Zayo Group, progressing from Account Manager to Senior Account Executive, where she managed enterprise customers and data center accounts. Carlie's career began with roles in social media management and marketing, including positions at Morgans Grind and Northwest Strategies. She holds a degree from Colorado State University College of Business and is based in the Denver area.
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Huzaifa Sidhpurwala serves as a Senior Principal Security Engineer on the Red Hat Product Security team, bringing over 15 years of extensive experience in open-source security. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with the community to address significant security incidents, including Heartbleed and Shellshock. With more than two decades of contributions to various open-source projects, Huzaifa is dedicated to advancing the field. He is currently active in prominent AI forums, such as the AI Alliance and MLCommons, where he works to establish secure standards for the responsible and ethical application of artificial intelligence.
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Stefanie Siegel is a Product Manager at FNT Software. She has extensive professional experience with fiber optic projects and a passion for using maps to make content and context more accessible through the visualization and analysis of geospatial data. Since bringing that passion to FNT over 10 years ago, she has focused on simplifying network infrastructure management through the innovative use of geoinformation.
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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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Max Silber, MetTel Vice President, Mobility & IoT, is responsible for its mobile division’s operations and business development initiatives. With 20 years of experience, he has served in a variety of product, sales, and business development positions with some of the world’s most innovative technology and telecommunications companies. Prior to joining MetTel, he served as senior vice president of business development for IDT Corporation, where he led the company’s managed services and mobility business unit. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Silber was vice president of business development at Net2Phone Inc. and held similar management positions at Amtel and GTE Spacenet, Inc.
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Andrew Silberstein is Senior Vice President and General Manager at Globecomm Network Services. Mr. Silberstein leads the company’s operations, planning and execution of strategic business development, as well as sales and management of ongoing services. A 30-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Mr. Silberstein most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Schema Inc., a global wireless optimization software company, with operations in the United States, Israel and Latin America. Prior to his tenure with Schema, Mr. Silberstein served as GSI’s Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong.
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Eliezer Silveira Filho is the Chief Marketing Officer at Stefanini for Latin America. With fifteen years of experience in marketing, Eliezer built his career working in large technology companies. At Stefanini, he has been active in the process of global brand repositioning since in 2011 and continues to develop strategies to expand innovation. Stafanini has been recognized by Fast Company magazine as the fourth most innovative company in Brazil.
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Scott Singer M.B.A., CAPT, USN (retired) - As co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Scott brings over 30 years of military and industry experience including active duty and reserve roles in the Navy. Prior to CyberNINES, he served as chief information officer at PaR Systems, where he had responsibility for information systems, global quality, export control, security, and continuous process improvement. Previously, he spent 16 years with Medtronic in various leadership positions; he was a member of their ISPE GAMP 5 Risk Special Interest Group and led the development of their software development and validation life cycle. Scott has extensive experience with regulatory frameworks and government contracting including FAR, DFARS, and NIST SP 800-171. He currently chairs the CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization Stakeholder Forum (C3PAOForum.org). In 2021, he testified before Congress on the costs to small business to comply with the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). He was recently recognized as a Visionary Governance Champion by the Cybersecurity Summit, a globally recognized organization that convenes cybersecurity experts, thought leaders and innovators to address the most critical challenges i02n the field. Scott led the CyberNINES team to be recognized as the 26th authorized C3PAOs in the nation in 2022. Scott is also qualified as a CMMC Assessor. Visit CyberNINES online at https://info.cybernines.com/cmmc-services.
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With more than 30 years of experience in the telecom industry, Braham Singh has been instrumental in the strategic development of Big Data Exchange (BDx). As CEO of BDx, Braham has led the development of the carrier-neutral, Pan Asian data center cluster. Braham’s knowledge of data centers, content delivery networks and cloud services across global markets has helped him lead the development of BDx’s customized suite of offerings. Prior to joining BDx, Braham served as CEO of IDC & Associated Business, where he worked with HGC to develop BDx. Braham was senior vice president for Global Product Management of Reliance Communications & Global Cloud Xchange. He was also the CEO of Red Snapper, a Malaysian government funded initiative to promote the growth of wireless broadband in the country.
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Mr. Raj Singh has been the Chief Executive Officer of Velankani Communications Technologies, Inc., since July 2005 and its President since July 2005. Mr. Singh joined Velankani in 1991 in a business development role, where he provided the vision, entrepreneurial zeal and leadership to evolve it from an organization focused on providing professional services and staffing to a full-service, world-class solutions firm that provides a wide range of engineering and management.
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Kerry Singleton is Managing Director of Cybersecurity for Asia Pacific, Japan and China (APJC) at Cisco. He is responsible for the strategy and growth of Cisco’s security business in the region, and driving Cisco as the No. 1 security partner and advisor to customers and partners. With two decades of expertise in the Security and IT industry, both within and outside of Cisco, Kerry’s role is focused on developing and positioning cybersecurity as an integral foundation for all businesses. Prior to his current role, Kerry was Director of Cybersecurity for ASEAN, and before that, Regional Director for Advanced Threat Solutions in APJC at Cisco, where he worked on interfacing new technologies into Sales and Technical Teams, Business Unit, Marketing, Sales and Channel to grow the business within the region. Kerry joined Cisco following the acquisition of Lancope in 2015, where he was the Director for MEAR and APJC managing the Sales and Systems Engineering teams for the region. Before joining Cisco, Kerry worked as an SE Manager for DDI company Infobox. Prior to that, he held various roles on the customer side at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and British Airports Authority (BAA). Kerry holds a Master’s Degree from The University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Bachelors in Science from Massey University, New Zealand. He is married and has a two-year old son, Ethan.
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Prakash Siva brings over 20 years of experience in sales, product and engineering development of optical, mobile, IP/Ethernet networks to his role at Radisys. His primary focus is on enabling large Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to adopt and deploy cloud, SDN and NFV solutions using Open-source technologies. His earlier roles at Radisys included CTO/sales, product manager and lead architect for LTE and wireline networks. Prior to joining Radisys, Prakash held management and engineering positions at HP/Agilent, Turin Networks/Dell and Infinera. Prakash has a diverse background in software engineering that complements his current work to enable rapid deployment of virtualized and container based cloud technologies at CSP scale. Prakash holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas (UTA).
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Prakash Siva brings over 20 years of experience in sales, product and engineering development of optical, mobile, IP/Ethernet networks to his role at Radisys. His primary focus is on enabling large Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to adopt and deploy cloud, SDN and NFV solutions using Open-source technologies. His earlier roles at Radisys included CTO/sales, product manager and lead architect for LTE and wireline networks. Prior to joining Radisys, Prakash held management and engineering positions at HP/Agilent, Turin Networks/Dell and Infinera. Prakash has a diverse background in software engineering that complements his current work to enable rapid deployment of virtualized and container based cloud technologies at CSP scale. Prakash holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas (UTA).
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Eren Sivasli is responsible for the Sales and Business Development of Neural Technologies' Digital Integration Unit, across EMEA, and has been with the company since 2019.
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Lucas Skoczkowski is the Chief Executive Officer of Redknee. As the company's founder and first employee, has been directing the execution of Redknee's business activities and corporate operations since 1999. He leads the development of the company's product portfolio and a global organization. Prior to Redknee, Lucas gained considerable experience in sales, operations, business and product development with a variety of international companies including Nortel Networks (USA, UK, Canada) and Clearnet Communications Inc. Lucas has been honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Information Technology sector for Ontario as well as a Top 40 Under 40 Award for Canada. Lucas serves on the Board of Directors for Redknee and has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, where he was a Loran scholar.
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Zoya Slavina has a interdisciplinary background includes Crossmedia for Film and Television, Sociology of Technology, and Philosophy and Ethics. She recently completed a highly acclaimed thesis on "AI ETHICS: CHOSEN CHALLENGES FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES And TECHNOLOGICAL POLICYMAKING." Actively engaged in scientific and cultural initiatives, Zoya presents on the topic of AI ethics and technology at conferences and workshops. In addition to her work in technology ethics, she leverages her creative expertise to design and produce diverse media. With cum laude BA degrees from Tallinn University in Estonia and Bialystok University in Poland, Zoya Slavina has been honing a holistic understanding of the intricate relationship between technology, media, and society.
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Geoff Smith has over 25 years of experience designing, managing, marketing, and selling innovative communication solutions. He started his career at AT&T Bell Labs developing high-speed modem technologies before landing management roles at Agere Systems and Lucent Technologies, where he led the Modem, DSL, and Wireless R&D teams to achieve 350 million dollars in revenue in six years. Mr. Smith continued to excel in his career by holding several senior executive positions at Proxim Wireless. During his tenure, he significantly increased global sales by identifying value-added resellers, integrators, and distributors, as well as uncovering end-use opportunities. In 2015, Mr. Smith founded Wave Mobile Solutions, a pioneer in outdoor wireless communications specializing in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) radios for autonomous vehicles and served as the Managing Director. Mr. Smith joined Rajant as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing in 2017 with a focus on growing Rajant’s V2X sales in IIoT markets and driving the company’s global expansion. He oversees multiple teams to ensure partners and end-user companies understand how the breadth of Rajant solutions can help achieve strategic advantages in their respective markets. Mr. Smith received a B.S. degree in Business Analysis from Miami University.
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Christopher Smith is Chief Operating Officer for Clarity. Mr. Smith brings 15 years of business experience in the telecommunications sector to Clarity, and possesses the full range of development skills including engineering, fulfillment, pre-sales, sales, product management and strategy. Prior to joining Clarity, Christopher served as Vice President, Product Management at Telcordia Technologies, where he was responsible for their next generation OSS product line and managed a customer portfolio of more than 130 customers. Christopher developed his engineering and business skills at Alcatel in Australia, working in a number of roles including design and systems engineering. Christopher holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering (Elec.) (Hons) from the University of New South Wales.
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Aron Smith manages Interconnection Product Management for EdgeConneX and is responsible for the continuing development and expansion of the EdgeConneX interconnection product portfolio. Aron brings over 15 years of combined data center and telecommunications experience to the company and is based out of the EdgeConneX Denver office. Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Aron spent almost four years with CoreSite, a U.S. based data center and colocation provider operating 17 facilities in eight key North American markets. His areas of concentration included carrier connectivity, intra-building and inter-building interconnection, and the company’s Internet Exchange and Cloud Exchange products. Prior to CoreSite, Aron spent 13 years with Level 3 Communications, where he primarily focused on network planning and product management roles supporting the company’s large, strategic network opportunities. Aron earned his B.S. in engineering at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, and completed his M.B.A. from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
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Steve Smith has held senior customer-focused leadership positions at several companies, including Qwest Communications, Swiftreach Networks, General Telecom, and as founder of Apex Networks, an early-stage data lifecycle management company. He has deep experience building and leading performance-driven teams across several functional areas including sales, marketing, sales operations, product development, and corporate development. Through these experiences, Steve has built a tremendous network of contacts throughout multiple industries and markets.
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Melissa Smith holds a B.A. in English and a B.S. in News-Editorial journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ms. Smith is currently an English graduate student at Depaul University and a recent addition to the Pipeline team.
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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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Steffen Sorrell is a Principal Analyst with Juniper Research. His area of focus includes digital networks and enabling technologies, and is particularly interested in the Internet of Things, Contextual Awareness and Ambient Computing. He has previous experience as an in-house FMCG analyst, tasked with marrying large volumes of data across disparate systems and reporting trend analysis to the business. Steffen holds a BA Hons degree in Modern French and German Languages from the University of Bath.
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Philip Sorrells is vice president of strategic marketing for CommScope, responsible for market strategy, linking key trends in the industry into marketing strategies for telecommunications networks. Mr. Sorrells has over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry with Allen Telecom, Andrew Corporation and CommScope, having spent 10 years prior with Texas Instruments. He has led the wireless industry in adopting many antenna system innovations—including remote electrical tilt (RET) technology for network optimization—and pioneering the concept of “agile networks,” which formed the basis for current initiatives in self-organizing networks. Mr. Sorrells has three patents related to antenna systems and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Texas Tech University. Philip has presented and/or joined panels at CTIA Super Mobility Week, LTE North America, LTE Middle East North Africa and other industry conferences.
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Barry Spielman is the Director of Security Product Marketing at Allot. Prior to joining the Allot team, Barry held marketing management positions at networking and cybersecurity companies including Sixgill, Verint and Gilat Satellite Networks. He holds a BA in Political Science from Bar Ilan University, an MA in International Relations from George Washington University and an MSM in Business Administration from Boston University.
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Rob Spiger is a Principal Security Strategist at Microsoft on the Digital Diplomacy team inside the Customer Security and Trust organization. Previously Rob was a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, responsible for technical program management of Windows security features as a part of the Security and Identity Team in the Windows Division. Rob is an industry security expert with in-depth understanding of the trusted computing technology and standard development. He has participated for over a decade in the Trusted Computing Group, a global standards organization. He enjoys collaboration with global technologists from industry, government and academic institutions who are devoted to advancing security technology research and innovation. Rob’s substantial industry experience also include his contributions at Avanade, Advanced Technical Resources, and Lockheed Martin. He has degrees in Computer Science with Honors and Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington.
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Nurit Sprecher leads Nokia’s standardization strategy and activities in the areas of management and automation, virtualization and application enablement. She is also a distinguished member of the Nokia technical committee. Nurit initiated and drove the industry effort to set up the ETSI ISG MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) and successfully chaired the ISG during its first two-year term. She played an instrumental role in the creation of the ETSI ISG ZSM (Zero-touch network and Service Management) and serves as the vice chair of the group.
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Niko Spyridonos is CEO and Founder of Autoagent Data Solutions, the market leading escrow tax processor with modernized service-focused solutions that eliminates refunds and provides up-to-the-minute accurate tax files and payments for local governments. The company's customer-focused approach results in simplifying the revenue process for its government partners.
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Joe Spytek joined Speedcast in February 2020 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in January 2021. He has more than 25 years of experience in leadership and international business. Prior to joining Speedcast, Joe served as the Founder and CEO of ITC Global, providing end-to-end satellite communications to energy, mining and maritime companies operating in remote and harsh environments; prior to the business being sold to Panasonic’s mobility communications division. Joe has previously built several successful international telecommunications companies and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University.
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Bobby Srinivasan is the Chief Executive Officer of Mobileum. His earlier assignments with the company (known earlier as Roamware) include Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President - Global Sales. Bobby has been instrumental in transforming the company from a startup into a global leader in roaming and big data analytics. During his previous tenure as CEO, the company received several industry recognitions. Most recently, as Roamware, Mobileum was named a Top 50 Startup in the 2011 Tie50 Awards. Earlier recognitions include the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award, Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2006. In 2007, Mobileum, as Roamware won the Red Herring 100 Most Promising Private North American Technology Companies in 2007. Mobileum also won the Deloitte's 2007 Wireless Fast 50. Bobby was named Award Finalist for Northern California, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010. Prior to Roamware, Bobby served as Vice President - Sales and Business Development for SoftPlus (acquired by US Interactive in February 2000 for $358 million), where he was responsible for developing the worldwide field operations. Before SoftPlus, he was Vice President - International Operations of Objectivity, Inc., an object database and applications company and was responsible for all aspects of its international business activities. Prior to Objectivity, Inc., Bobby held management positions with Hewlett-Packard and Apollo Computers. Additionally, he also worked as a consultant at the World Bank and at Shearson-Lehman Brothers. Bobby earned his Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University, India.
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Srinath Srinivasan, or Sri as he is fondly called in his professional circle, is the head of business for analytics at Subex. With over a decade experience in the business optimization space in the Telecommunications industry, Sri has worked with several operators globally in addressing areas of assurance, business risk and compliance. At Subex, Sri’s mandate is to expand the analytics business globally to its 200+ customer install base.
Prior to his current role, Sri has held several roles in client acquisitions, consulting and professional services giving him a well-rounded experience. He is a regular attendee and speaker at several regional telecommunication conferences in the area of digital transformation.
As a frequent traveler, he takes interest in understanding the local culture. Sri hopes to run a marathon very soon and plans to trek the Himalayas one day.
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Bobby Srinivasan is the CEO of Mobileum (formerly Roamware) and has been instrumental in transforming the company from a startup into a global leader in roaming and big data analytics.
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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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Mary Stanhope , SVP of Strategy at Unitas Global, has over 25 years of experience developing and executing multi-channel go-to market, customer acquisition, and product strategies. She has held product and marketing positions at Global Capacity, Sidera Networks, Atos Origin and SchlumbergerSema. Mary is recognized as a CRN Top Women in the Channel and GTB 50 Women to Watch in Communications. She holds a BA from Syracuse University and professional graduate certificates from Harvard and MIT.
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Shawn Stapleton, Founder and CTO of Dali Wireless, is a luminary in wireless communications. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University. Shawn founded PulseWave RF, TRL Microwave Technology and Seron Technologies. He has acted as an external partner for Hewlett Packard and later Agilent Technologies where he developed the majority of the ADS software design guides and the ADS Digital Predistorter Connected Solution. In addition, he delivered seminars on Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers around the globe. Shawn has held positions at Scientific Atlanta, GigaOptix (iTerra Communications), and Canadian Astronautics Limited. Shawn received his B.Eng, M.Eng. and Ph.D. from Carleton/Ottawa University. He has over 200 international patents, and has published approximately 200 scholarly publications in the areas of RFICs, Digital Signal Processing, Mobile Communications and Power Amplifications.
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Donald St. Denis is Product Marketing Manager for TransNexus. His career in product marketing and management encompasses software products in supply chain, financial analytics and telecommunications.
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Kent Steffen is President, CSG Digital Services, CSG International. Kent leads CSG’s digital services initiatives, helping communications service providers (CSPs), content producers and retailers to develop and implement digital content monetization, marketing, and management strategies. He is an authority on UltraViolet™ integrations, multi-device content offerings, digital lockers, and how direct-to-consumer providers are overcoming the challenges presented by today’s disparate marketplace. Prior to CSG, Kent was the co-founder and CEO of Telution, a software company serving leading communication and cable providers. He also led enterprise-level programs in the communications, healthcare, and financial services industries at Andersen Consulting. While at Andersen, Kent served as lead architect in the communications industry practice and worked with long distance and local providers to create customer care solutions.
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Cosmin Stejerean is the Chief Technology Officer at Fulcrum. Cosmin Stejerean studied Supply Chain from MIT, is the CTO of a solution group in Seattle that focuses on bringing Asset Lifecycle Management and Supply Chain Solutions to Communication Service Providers, Utilities, and Oil and Gas companies around the globe. For over 18 years, Fulcrum has been the leader for Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), closely integrating Supply Chain flows with all major back-end ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, and Salesforce. CATS empowers enterprises in their digital transformation to get visibility, gain insight, and take control of their assets, while working across a variety of devices and platforms to enable the IoT.
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Morgan Stern is a VP of Automation Strategy at Itential. For the majority of his career, Morgan has focused on assisting organizations in maximizing the business impact of new technologies as an architect, consultant, writer, and presenter. In his current role at Itential, he works with its global customer base in developing and implementing the company's automation strategies.
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Scott St. John is the Managing Editor and Publisher at Pipeline magazine. Mr. St. John was the original founding member of Pipeline, and has been deeply ingrained in the communications industry for well over a decade. Mr. St. John provides a sharp perspective on the state of today's industry, technologies, trends, operators, and support systems. Mr. St. John is an accomplished author and a featured speaker pertaining to the issues and topics that are confronting communications information technology today. Mr. St. John's academic background encompasses the areas of Business and Law.
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David Stokes is Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing at Ribbon where he focuses on Ribbon’s packet transport portfolio and packet-enabled solutions for 4G and 5G Mobile Transport, mission-critical industries and defense, homeland security and government.
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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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Nicolas St-Pierre is Vice President in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Sandvine, and currently focuses on thought leadership as well as Sandvine’s forthcoming products and solutions strategy in the Service Provider space, including virtualization and software-defined networking. Nick has over 15 years of industry experience. In his previous role at Sandvine, Nicolas was the Director of Sales Engineering. Previously, Nick has worked as Chief Technology Officer and founder of Bering Media, a hyperlocal advertising data company, and has also worked at various networking firms including Shasta Networks and Nortel Networks after attending Montreal’s École Polytechnique.
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Nicolas St. Pierre is Vice President in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Sandvine, and currently focuses on thought leadership as well as Sandvine’s forthcoming products and solutions strategy in the Service Provider space, including virtualization and software-defined networking. Nick has more than 15 years of industry experience. In his previous role at Sandvine, Nicolas was the Director of Sales Engineering. Previously, Nick has worked as Chief Technology Officer and founder of Bering Media, a hyperlocal advertising data company, and has also worked at various networking firms including Shasta Networks and Nortel Networks after attending Montreal’s École Polytechnique.
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Marco Stracuzzi is the head of product management, responsible for working with product leadership and sales teams to execute on go-to-market strategies that drive global awareness and adoption of Telit Cinterion’s products and solutions. Marco identifies customer use cases, generates product specifications and builds business cases for new products. He also synthesizes and analyzes the competitive landscape to drive Telit’s future product strategy and roadmap. Marco started at Telit in 2012, during this time he has held various positions in project and product management. Before Telit, Marco was a technical trainer and professional services engineer with K Labs. K Labs specializes in information technology and telecommunications technical training with a focus on cloud computing, LTE, mobile networks, performance testing and more. Marco graduated with honors from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in telecommunications and engineering.
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Nery Strasman is chief technology officer of Vasona Networks, which works with operators globally to reduce cell congestion on 3G and 4G networks, and deliver better subscriber experiences. Before joining Vasona, Strasman was vice president of core technologies for BigBand Networks, where he led development of new capabilities for how media is best delivered in networked environments. He has also been a technologist and manager for Optibase and ELOP. Nery holds 26 patents and has participated in multiple international standards bodies, including DVB, SCTE and SMPTE.
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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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Thorsten Stremlau is a Senior Engineering Staff Member and CTO within Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group PC & Smart Devices business. He is responsible for technical strategies for devices, software and cloud services globally. In this role, Thorsten identifies and drives integration of current and future technologies, integrating them into the product development processes, and specifically drives innovation into the security capabilities of Lenovo’s commercial portfolio. Thorsten has been part of TCG (Trusted Computing Group) from its inception and has helped drive acceptance of the TPM products for security in EMEA and many parts of AP. Thorsten’s career has been dedicated to identifying solutions and strategic implementations for Lenovo’s customers in all aspects of IT. As an engineer in both IBM and Lenovo for nearly 25 years, his broad experience enabled him to assist thousands of our customers to digitally transform their environments using Lenovo technology. Thorsten holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Manufacturing/Finance and Electrical Engineering and lives in Morrisville, North Carolina with his family.
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Renee Stromberg is VP Marketing, Service Providers at Tail-f Systems.
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Martha Suarez joined the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance as President in May 2019. Prior to her appointment, she was the General Director of the National Spectrum Agency (ANE) in Colombia for over three years, where she promoted the efficient use of spectrum and mobile broadband connectivity. Due to her leadership of the ANE, in 2016 the Government of the Republic of Colombia received the Global Mobile Award for ‘Spectrum for Mobile Broadband’ from the GSMA. She originally joined the NAE in 2013, where she worked as Senior Advisor to the General Director. Suarez previously worked in the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. Suarez has international experience actively participating at multi-stakeholder’s mechanisms like the Inter American Telecommunication Commission CITEL of the Organization of American States OAS and the International Telecommunications Union ITU. She received her degree as an electronics engineer from the Universidad Industral de Santander in 2004, her master's degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee in 2006 and her Ph.D degree from the University of Paris-Est in 2009.
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Vinodkumar Subramanian is Head of Analytics and Insights, Products at Nokia. Vinod is passionate about building great products, having 20+ years’ experience in telecom product development and 6+ years in designing and delivering world-class products in customer centric, experiment-driven, analytics led, iterative development environments. Previously, Vinod worked in customer-facing roles as a solution architect for British Telecom, a solution manager for insight services and various technical roles such software engineer and technical leader. Vinod holds an MBA degree from IIM Bangalore, and a BE from Bangalore University.
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Joseph Sulistyo is Director and Head of FlowEngine Product Management and Marketing at Radisys. He has held similar positions at Cisco Systems and most recently at Brocade Communications. He holds a BS degree in Computer Science from University of Texas, San Antonio.
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Dritan Suljoti is cofounder of Catchpoint Systems and leads the Product, Engineering, and IT Operations teams as Chief Product and Technology Officer. During his 14+ years at Catchpoint, Drit has been deeply involved in the ideation, development, and delivery of Catchpoint products. Before Catchpoint, Drit worked at DoubleClick/Google for over a decade in various roles. There, he played a significant role leading innovations in online advertising, including in-stream ads, behavioral targeting, ad exchange, and rich media (for which he holds several patents). Drit is passionate about a free and open Internet that is reliable and accessible to all.
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Yaniv Sulkes is a telecommunications professional engaged in designing, developing, productizing and marketing industry leading solutions for over 14 years. Sulkes currently serves as the AVP of marketing for Allot Communications. Prior to Allot, Sulkes managed a large-scale telecom engineering project and served in different software engineering capacities. Sulkes has an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and B.Sc. in industrial engineering and management from Tel-Aviv University.
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Shane Sura is Vice President (VP), Network Operations at Colt Technology Services. Shane is responsible for the operation and management of Colt’s award-winning IQ Network and technology platforms across the globe. His teams cover all elements of network service and support, ranging from incident management to networking monitoring to advanced technical support for Colt customers. Shane joined Colt in 2019 from Verizon, where he spent over 19 years in various leadership roles. Most recently, he held the position Executive Director, International Network Operations, Engineering and Delivery with responsibility for network strategy, implementation, delivery and assurance of services in over 80 countries in the world. Shane is based in London, UK.
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Douglas A. Suriano is chief technology officer (CTO) of Tekelec, responsible for product innovation, leadership in standards bodies and industry forums, and advocacy for mobile data solutions across Tekelec’s global customer base.
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Douglas Suriano is VP of Products, Oracle® Communications Global Business Unit. Doug joined Oracle Communications from Oracle’s acquisition of Tekelec. Doug was appointed as Tekelec’s chief technology officer in August 2011, expanding on his vice president of engineering role to further develop Tekelec’s solutions for the mobile broadband era. Doug is responsible for product innovation and advocacy for innovative mobile data solutions. In his ten-year tenure at Tekelec, Doug led the company’s initiatives to transition from hardware-centric products to software-centric solutions and expand the market share of Tekelec’s text and voice solutions. He also headed the development of Tekelec’s Diameter Signaling Router (DSR), the first product of its kind sold to multiple LTE networks.
Doug joined Tekelec from dynamicsoft, Inc. where he was vice president of engineering as well as serving as chief information officer for QAD Inc., Before QAD, Doug managed the information technology division for the United States Marine Corps. Doug earned his Master of Science in Information Technology at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Rajesh Suseelan has over 20 years of experience in developing profitable products and services for telecommunications and technology companies. He currently leads on the market development and strategic partner management at ST Engineering iDirect. His focus is on creating value for satellite operator and service provider customers in various industries, such as industrial IoT, maritime, energy, utilities, transportation, agriculture, and 5G.
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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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Patrick Sweeney has over 20 years experience in high tech product management, product marketing, corporate marketing and sales development. Mr. Sweeney is Dell SonicWALL’s Executive Director, Product Management, Dell SonicWALL where he oversees its Network Security, Content Security, Business Continuity and Policy & Management product lines. Previous positions include Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Minerva Networks, Senior Manager of Product Marketing & Solutions Marketing for Silicon Graphics Inc, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for Articulate Systems, and Senior Product Line Manager for Apple Computer. Mr. Sweeney holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA.
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Wes Swenson is a founder, investor, and the CEO of Novva, as well as the former CEO and founder of Utah-based C7 Data Centers (acquired by DataBank in 2017). With 35 years of experience working in the tech industry — including 15 years in the data center industry — Wes has a deep bench of tech knowledge including semi-conductors, desktop software, network software and hardware, web security, consumer products, and data centers.
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Douglas Tait, Oracle's Director of Product Marketing, is driving the market strategy and tactics for Security, Edge, Networks, Cloud, and AI in Communications. Prior to Oracle, Mr Tait was the director for Global Telecom Markets at BEA and founded the JAIN initiative defining Java™ technology for communications at Sun. He organized international standards, community, and user group meetings for creating standards and driving the communications market toward standard based interfaces, platforms, and protocols.
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Goce Talaganov is Mobileum’s Head of Testing & Monitoring, where he is responsible for driving the complete product portfolio and solutions within the Testing & Monitoring Business Unit. Throughout his career at Mobileum, Goce Talaganov has covered technical sales and senior product management positions within the company. Prior to joining Mobileum, Goce Talaganov worked in various engineering roles in both telecommunication sector as well as large enterprises specifically designing and dimensioning robust fixed and wireless networks that can facilitate mission critical services such as voice, voice conferencing, video, video conferencing, unified communication suits and payment.
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R.J. Talyor is the founder and CEO of Pattern89. R.J. has nearly two decades of experience in marketing, social media and analytics. Before founding Pattern89, he was an integral part of the ExactTarget team and helped grow the business to be ultimately acquired by Salesforce for $2.5 billion. Now, his AI software helps more than 700 customers launch campaigns in less than nine minutes with an ROI as high as 65% in as little as 15 days.
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Natasha Tamaskar heads corporate and product marketing, business strategy, as well as the digital endpoints business for Radisys. She has over 20 years of global telecom expertise in business strategy, product management and marketing and business development in cloud platforms, CPaaS, network intelligence, wireless core, and voice and data network security solutions. Prior to Radisys, as the VP of Cloud Strategy, she was responsible for GENBAND's Kandy.io PaaS strategy and business development. Natasha also spearheaded and launched several of GENBAND’s key strategic solutions including Wireless Gateway, Network Security and WebRTC as the VP of Strategic Marketing. She also launched and chaired the Small Cell Forum's first interoperability charter and group. Prior to GENBAND, Natasha held various senior leadership positions in Product Management, Product Development, Product Marketing and Technology for NextPoint Networks, Reef Point and Nortel. Natasha holds a Ph.D. in Computational Physics from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University. Analytics Insights named Natasha one of the 10 Most Influential Women in Technology in August 2020 and Global Telecoms Business added her to its 50 Women to Watch industry list in 2016.
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Rajeev Tankha is Senior Director, Solutions and Product Marketing at Oracle Communications. Mr. Tankha develops and markets BSS and OSS solutions for the communications sector, including Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery, Unified BRM and CRM, Convergent Service Fulfillment Solutions for Consumer and Business Services.
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Luigi Tarlazzi is director of product line management, Small Cells, for the Distributed Coverage and Capacity Solutions (DCCS) group of CommScope. In this role, Luigi manages the ONECELL product line, especially in regards to integration with CommScope’s distributed antenna system (DAS) solutions. Prior to this role, Luigi served as product line manager, ION-U DAS, Americas, and 4G networks engineer in the DCCS R&D department, where he oversaw all scientific aspects of next generation mobile communication networks. He previously worked on the DCCS Future Technologies team, providing LTE technical training to business operations teams globally, designing MIMO-based LTE DAS and supervising LTE MIMO DAS trials across the world. Prior to CommScope, Luigi worked for Siemens COM S.p.A. in Milan, Italy as a UTRAN entity integration testing engineer. He received a master of science degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Bologna.
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April Taylor serves as the Senior Vice President of Blockchain for Sage Management and has over 20 years of telecom experience. As SVP of Blockchain, Ms. Taylor has helped clients create an accurate rated inventory, execute real time rated ordering, develop smart contracts for blockchain, and implement optimal pricing resulting in over $2.5B in realized savings. She is a subject matter expert on telecommunications ordering, billing, network inventory, contracts, and blockchain subjects. Ms. Taylor double majored in Finance and Accounting at Virginia Tech and started her career as a Systems Analyst for the Department of Defense. During her time at Sage, she has held telecom financial analyst and director of blockchain positions, where she successfully identified and negotiated over $250M in telecommunications disputes across all global products and services and has implemented blockchain solutions for global telecommunications carriers.
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James D. Taylor is Vice President - Carrier and Strategic Sales for Bluebird Network. He is a 30-year telecommunications industry veteran with extensive experience in customer service, engineering, project management and sales.
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James D. Taylor is a 30-year telecommunications industry veteran, with experience in sales, operations, business development, and industry relations for Lincoln Telephone Company, Aliant Communications, ALLTEL, Windstream, and his current company Bluebird Network, where he is the Vice President of Carrier and Strategic Sales.
Bluebird Network, headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, was formed by integrating Bluebird Media, Missouri Network Alliance, and Illinois Network Alliance. In 2014, an underground data center was acquired and created Bluebird Underground, adding data center operations to the Bluebird suite of services. Today, Bluebird Network has over 6,000 fiber route miles of high-speed broadband and fiber-optic connections. James earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Management from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE.
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Paul Teich is a Principal Analyst with TIRIAS Research, an independent high-tech industry research and advisory firm. Paul provides primary coverage for data center and network technologies, architectures, markets and ecosystems, and shared coverage of Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. He has over 30 years of industry experience spanning software, processor, system-on-chip (SoC), systems and web services. Most recently, Paul bootstrapped Moor Insights & Strategy's data center industry analyst practice, with the titles of both Chief Technology Officer and Senior Analyst. Earlier, he was Marketing Fellow in AMD's corporate strategy group. Paul has spoken and moderated panels at many industry events, including Dell World, TiEcon Silicon Valley and SXSW Interactive, and has been quoted in a diverse set of industry press, including: USA Today, SiliconANGLE, and Processor.com. Paul holds a BS in Computer Science from Texas A&M, an MS in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business and 11 US patents. He is a senior member of the ACM and the IEEE.
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As Senior Business Solutions Manager, Sundeep Tengur helps lead the telco fraud strategy in the global Fraud and Security Intelligence division at SAS. Bringing to bear more than a decade’s experience mitigating fraud in banking, financial services and telecommunications, he provides strategic guidance on industry best practice, educating senior industry stakeholders on various fraud modus operandi and designing solutions to help them proactively mitigate fraud risks. He is a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), certified in retail banking conduct of business (CertRBCB) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
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Michael Tessler brings over 20 years of business strategy and technology experience to his role as co-founder. As CEO and president of BroadSoft, Michael is focused on delivering advanced carrier-grade communications systems to service providers worldwide. Earlier in his career at Alcatel USA, as Vice President of Engineering in the Celcore organization, Michael was responsible for all product development activities for several product lines. A member of the senior staff, Michael participated in business strategy, helped manage the day-to-day, business activities, and led the business development activities in China. Michael has two patents in the area of local switching, AIN, and advanced call management services and was a recent winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Chris Thatcher , CISSP, is National Practice Director, Enterprise Security, for Dimension Data North America.
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Jitendra Thethi is AVP of Technology, Innovation at Aricent. He heads security and blockchain technology at Aricent. Prior to Aricent, Jitendra was a Principal Architect with the Microsoft Technology Center based in Bellevue at Infosys. He handled the presales activities on the Infosys-Microsoft joint IT transformational program Catalytic IT. Jitendra holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering and an MBA in finance from the Institute of Management Studies.
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Wolfgang Thieme is a cofounder and the Chief Product Officer at BehrTech, an enabler of next-gen wireless connectivity for Industrial IoT. He has more than 12 years of experience in academic research and development; successfully innovating and implementing new technologies with commercial partners and managing development and product teams. He worked for over 10 years at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, where he led the advancement of early stage technology development and technology transfer processes with a specific focus on integrated circuits, Internet ofTthings (IoT), and communication and sensor technologies. Wolfgang holds a degree in electrical engineering. While based in Nuremberg, he can often be found in Toronto, headquarters for BehrTech.
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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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Charlie Thomas is CEO of Razorsight, www.razorsight.com, the leader in cloud-based analytics solutions for communications companies. Charlie has led the transformation of Razorsight from a services based business process outsourcing company to a Big Data Cloud Analytics industry leader. In 2013, Razorsight was ranked #1 globally by Frost & Sullivan for Cloud Analytics in the communications industry. Charlie has led Razorsight to a #8 ranking on Deloitte's Virginia Fast 50 and a #114 ranking on Deloitte's National Fast 500 list. He's also established strategic partnerships with IBM and Xerox. Charlie has secured over $30 million in growth capital for Razorsight from leading institutional investors Sierra Ventures and Georgian Partners. Prior to Razorsight, Charlie co-founded, grew and sold 4 companies, and negotiated over $1 Billion in capital financings. He has successfully closed over 15 M&A transactions. Prior to Razorsight, Charlie founded and grew Claris Capital, a boutique investment bank, from 2002 to 2005. Charlie co-founded one of the nation's first Internet Service Providers which was acquired by Verio. He also founded an IT Services firm that was acquired by Private Equity firm GTCR, and a data center hosting company that was acquired. Charlie founded Net2000 Communications, a broadband communications provider, and led the company as CEO for nine years from start-up to an IPO led by Goldman Sachs in March 2000 with a market cap over $1.5 billion. Net2000 grew to $150 million in revenue and over 1,000 employees before being acquired in 2002. Charlie has also held sales and marketing positions with IBM and Verizon. He has invested in numerous early stage companies and has served on over 10 corporate boards including Cvent (IPO 2013), Base Technologies (acquired by CA in 2011), mindSHIFT (acquired by Best Buy in 2011), Reliacast (acquired by Comcast in 2009), True North Solutions (acquired by ASC in 2007), and Capstone Turbine (IPO 2000). He presently serves on the boards of Potomac Officers Club, CFN Services, GuidePoint Security, Waterfall Software, Ostendio and is Vice Chairman of MindShare (Alumni). He is author of the book "Entrepreneur: A CEO's Lessons in American Capitalism" which was published in May 2005 (www.ceolessons.com). He was named a Top 50 statewide Entrepreneur by the Governor of Virginia in 2012 and a Top 10 Trendsetter by Pipeline Magazine. Charlie graduated from the University of Virginia where he played baseball.
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Craig Thomas Craig’s role within the Broadband Forum is to own and drive the marketing strategy from focus to delivery. Supporting our vision, key principles and meeting the needs of our members and industry education as a whole. An accomplished public speaker he brings over 25 years’ experience of telecoms marketing to the Broadband Forum. Having International product, field and strategic marketing roles from dial-up to the latest PON technologies as well as IP MPLS, SDN/NFV and mobile backhaul. Previously he has held senior strategy, product and marketing positions at Calix, Tellabs, Talk Talk, Cosine Communications, Ericsson, Alcatel and Newbridge Networks.
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Amit Thombre is a Senior Data Scientist at Tech Mahindra with more than 15 years of experience in IT. He has worked for Tech Mahindra in various research and development roles since 2005. Also an active and published academic, Amit was recently a reviewer for 9th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining 2013. Prior to his tenure with Tech Mahindra, Amit worked for Tata Consultancy Services. Amit holds a Master of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology.
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Charles Thompson is Vice President of Product Line Management covering the live portfolio within Spirent Communications’ Lifecycle Service Assurance business unit. Charles has over 20 years of experience within various product strategy and business leadership roles.
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Larry Thompson is Co-founder of Rampart CIO with over 20 years of experience in IT infrastructure design, deployment and support. He is passionate about helping cities get the most out of their IT budgets, and improving their security. Understanding the unique challenges of local governments, he delivers secure solutions while helping clients maximize available entitlements. As a smartcard carrying member of the MFA mafia, he can even help eliminate pesky password problems. He'd love to hear from you if you manage a city, or just live in one.
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Roger Thompson is Technology Advisor, Wireline Solutions, at Nortel.
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Dr Andy Tiller is the VP of Product Marketing at AsiaInfo. Prior to joining AsiaInfo in 2012, Andy was SVP of Product Marketing and Strategy for ip.access, a Board member and Director of the Small Cell Forum, the CTO and VP Product Marketing for ShoZu (a GSM Award-winning mobile service for sharing videos, photos and other user generated content), and VP of Product Marketing with Geneva Technology (a provider of telecoms billing software). Andy holds a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Cambridge University, UK.
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Andy Tiller joined AsiaInfo in 2012 to create a global Product Marketing function and establish a European presence for the company. His responsibilities include all aspects of the marketing mix for AsiaInfo’s international business. Prior to joining AsiaInfo, Andy was SVP of Product Marketing and Strategy for ip.access, where he was also a board member and director of the Small Cell Forum. Previously, Andy was CTO and VP Product Marketing for ShoZu, a GSM Award-winning mobile service for sharing user generated content. From 1998 to 2002, Andy was VP of Product Marketing with Geneva Technology, a provider of telecoms billing software, where he helped to create a successful strategy for the company's entry into the mobile billing market. Andy holds a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Cambridge University, UK.
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Havish Timmaraju is a consulting manager at Excelacom. As one of Excelacom’s Consulting Managers, Havish is highly-regarded with Excelaom clients and is responsible for managing a team of business and technical consultants both in the U.S. and in Excelacom’s offshore office in Chennai, India. Havish earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Networks and Telecommunications from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications in India.
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Nicolas Timothee is the Director of Business Strategy at Anritsu, responsible for setting and executing on the strategy for Anritsu Service Assurance solutions with responsibility over Product, Marketing and Business Development functions. Including his role at Anritsu, Nicolas has nearly 20 years’ of experience in the telecommunications industry with Agilent, Alstom, Arantech and Tektronix Communications. Nicolas began his career in technical roles and moved on to customer-facing sales consultancy in Service Assurance, CEM and Analytics which cultivated a passion for understanding client needs and turning those needs into long-term strategic successes. Nicolas holds a MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Grande Ecole ISEP in Paris, France.
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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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As Intraway’s Global Chief Technology Officer, Matt Torchinsky is part of Intraway’s executive leadership team and board and is a founding member. As a technology leader, he leads the Product, Development, and Architecture initiatives within the company. His contributions and experience as a founder of various startups have taken him to live in places such as Israel, Spain and Brazil and have played a major role in the growth of Intraway, increasing the company’s prominence in the industry and ensuring that the entire organization is aligned with the latest technology trends. Matt has been a speaker in various international events such as PyCon (US, UK and AR), PHPConf, MegaTech and CableLabs and TM Forum Digital Transformation World Series, among others. His current areas of interest include leadership, innovation, networking and crypto. He has a Ph.D. in Parallel Computing from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and a B.S. in Computer Science from the Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas.
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As Ribbon’s Executive Vice President of IP Optical Networking R&D, Irit Touitou leads the global IP Optical R&D team and is responsible for the development and delivery of the full IP Optical product portfolio including 5G. Irit previously served as EVP Global Technologies at ECI Telecom and has nearly 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to her tenure at ECI, she held leadership positions at Philips, Amdocs and Comverse, leading large, innovative R&D teams in diverse domains and technologies including networking, NMS, and CRM for telecom operators. She also led interdisciplinary groups of engineering, service, sales and marketing teams across different markets and geographies at both Philips and Amdocs, where she held positions as VP and General Manager for global business units.
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As Director of Marketing and Human Resources, Lisa Tovar is an integral part of the management team for Telarix, Inc., the market leader in OSS/BSS software. In charge of setting and implementing the Marketing and HR strategies, her unique and diverse background gives her a comprehensive understanding of both the company and market. Her education includes a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A from American University in Washington DC.
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Dr. Foad Towfiq holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Grenoble in France. He founded Promptlink Communications after working for McDonnell-Douglas as a lead engineer and then collaborating in an entrepreneurial ventore called Intellinet in the mid-90's. Dr. Towfiq has helped Promptlink set the industry standard in broadband CPE testing technology, with innovative solutions and several notable patents.
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Sasa Trajkoik is an engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in project management and RF/Microwave design, from component to system level. He is skilled at project concept development, planning, costing, budgeting, design, development, compliance verification and utilizes new approaches with new technologies and materials. He has held key positions at MDA, Norsat, Scientific Atlanta, and Imtel Microwaves. Sasa received his Master of Engineering in Digital Communication from Simon Fraser University and his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Belgrade in Serbia. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia. He holds several U.S. patents in satellite communications and high-speed data.
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Finbarr Travers is Principal Technologist at Guavus, a pioneer in AI-based analytics for communications service provider. He has more than 18 years of experience working with service providers globally to architect data analytics solutions, including Fraud Management, Customer Experience Management and Big Data Analytics. At Guavus, he is the lead solution architect for all CSP customers in Canada and oversees all partner activities globally. Prior to joining Guavus, Finbarr was APAC Technical Director at Tektronix Communications and held senior solution consultant/architect positions at Arantech and at Ericsson. He holds a bachelor of science degree in applied physics and a master of engineering in electronic systems from Dublin City University.
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Vikas Trehan is responsible for the design and execution of InfoVista’s product strategy, delivery and technical alliances. With over 19 years of telecom industry experience in diverse roles including product management, marketing and business development, Vikas’s career spans telecom equipment vendors as well as OSS suppliers, providing him with a unique perspective for both networks and operations. His areas of expertise include various OSS domains and networking technologies including Carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS and optical transport. Vikas’s previous experience encompasses several senior product management and business development roles in the Ethernet switching business unit of ADVA Optical Networking. He also worked with top companies such as Siemens, DSET, Fujitsu and Alcatel. Vikas holds a Masters in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.
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Vikas Trehan is responsible for the design and execution of InfoVista’s product strategy, delivery and technical alliances. With over 19 years of telecom industry experience in diverse roles including product management, marketing and business development, Vikas’s career spans telecom equipment vendors as well as OSS suppliers, providing him with a unique perspective for both networks and operations. His areas of expertise include various OSS domains and networking technologies including Carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS and optical transport. Vikas’s previous experience encompasses several senior product management and business development roles in the Ethernet switching business unit of ADVA Optical Networking. He also worked with top companies such as Siemens, DSET, Fujitsu and Alcatel. Vikas holds a Masters in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.
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Vikas Trehan is responsible for the design and execution of InfoVista’s product strategy, delivery and technical alliances. With over 19 years of telecom industry experience in diverse roles including product management, marketing and business development, Vikas’s career spans telecom equipment vendors as well as OSS suppliers, providing him with a unique perspective for both networks and operations. His areas of expertise include various OSS domains and networking technologies including Carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS and optical transport. Vikas’s previous experience encompasses several senior product management and business development roles in the Ethernet switching business unit of ADVA Optical Networking. He also worked with top companies such as Siemens, DSET, Fujitsu and Alcatel. Vikas holds a Masters in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.
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Dr. Marty Trevino is a Cognitive Neuroscientist & Technologist specializing in Advanced Analytics and next-generation Human/AI models. He is the 2023 Brainz Group International Who’s Who’ selection for AI in the United States, Chief Scientific Advisor to several firms, visiting professor at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington DC, and Senior Technical Officer to the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) advising the 27 countries of the Americas on strategic technology challenges. Dr. Trevino is a published author, frequent speaker, and consultant. Before his commercial sector work, Dr. Trevino was a senior technical director for the National Security Agency (NSA of the United States.
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As Chief Operating Officer of UJET, Vasili Triant oversees all go-to-market activities including Sales, Channel, Alliances and Customer Success. He is passionate about empowering our customers by providing innovative tools and technology that deliver one-of-a-kind customer experiences. Prior to UJET, Vasili held key roles at Cisco, ShoreTel, LiveOps, and Serenova where he served as CEO leading the company through significant growth and recognition.
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Eric Troup is CTO, Microsoft Telecommunications Industry. His first career was with the U.S. Army before joining NYNEX (Verizon). He held various leadership positions at Unisys, Beechwood, CG&EY, and Cap Gemini before joining Microsoft in 2004. Mr. Troup earned a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point and Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Utah. He is a TM Forum Distinguished Fellow.
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Jean Turgeon (JT) is vice president and Chief Technologist of Software Defined Architecture within the Worldwide Sales organization at Avaya. JT joined Avaya in 2009 through its acquisition of Nortel’s Enterprise assets, and played a pivotal role in integrating the Nortel Networking business, team and products into the Avaya portfolio. In his current role, JT is responsible for driving and delivering the strategy for Software Defined Architecture, and accelerating adoption of vertical industry solutions in the Enterprise and Midmarket across UC, CC and Networking. His team works closely with customers to advocate and drive strategic investments and initiatives, promoting an end-to-end architecture solution that delivers business value while focusing on public safety, IOT, Cyber security and Smart Cities initiatives.
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Phil Twist is head of Portfolio Marketing for Nokia Siemens Networks. He and his team work closely with the business lines to provide content and collateral for marketing, analyst relations, competitor intelligence, press and media relations, messaging and materials to help enable the sales teams for the Nokia Siemens Networks portfolio. The scope of the portfolio covers radio and core infrastructure for GSM, WCDMA, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, as well packet core, subscriber data management, packet networks, industry-leading OSS and Customer Experience Management software, and Global Services. Phil has been active in the telecoms industry since 1984 and has extensive experience working with operators to implement innovative solutions and achieve business success. In his earlier positions at Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia Networks, which he joined in 1999, he was global Sales Director for Vodafone, head of the Customer Team responsible for Hutchison's business in the UK, and head of a Business Development team. Phil has a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering from Cambridge University and an MBA. He is married, has three daughters and lives in Hampshire, UK.
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Jim Tyrrell is Senior Director of Product Marketing at Transaction Network Services. Tyrrell is an innovative strategist who specializes in delivering results, creating alignment and driving positive outcomes in both start-up environments and large organizations. Prior to his work at TNS, Tyrrell led a number of organizations through major product and market shifts in the telecom industry. Tyrrell brings this experience to TNS, where he works alongside the leading U.S. telecom providers to deploy cutting-edge solutions for their customers.
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Anna Tyschenko has been immersed in the IT industry for over a decade. Her journey began in customer service at a major telecom operator, but her curiosity and passion led her towards the fascinating world of IT. She delved into software engineering approaches, exploring the intricate technical details of every solution she encountered. Her path eventually led her to JEVERA, where she'sdedicated more than eight years of her career, with the past five years as the CEO. IT is more than just an industry to Anna; it's a dynamic world where innovation thrives. It's a realm of intricate processes and unique approaches. Here, challenges are embraced with enthusiasm, as each bug or request becomes an opportunity to excel and overcome. Throughout her 15 years of experience, she has accumulated valuable insights and knowledge.
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Volkmar Uhlig Volkmar Uhlig is the VP AI Infrastructure, Portfolio Lead at IBM. Prior to IBM, Volkmar founded an autonomous vehicle and an AdTech startup in Silicon Valley. He served as an architect in a proprietary high-frequency trading firm and worked at IBM Research. Volkmar holds a PhD in Computer Science from KIT in Germany.
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Jacob Ukelson as the CTO of Orchestra Group is responsible for their AI driven cyber risk resilience and reduction platforms. A former executive at a number of large public companies (IBM, Informatica, CA) and startups (ActionBase, ConicIT, Dapper, eXeedTechnologies, Itemfie ld), Jacob is a seasoned multidisciplinary executive, CTO, VP Products, focusing on the technology market. Jacob has a D.Sc. in CS that provides the background necessary to evaluate innovative cybersecurity technologies.
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Jan Ulc is a cofounder of CROSS Network Intelligence and is responsible for strategic and organizational development. He is an experienced entrepreneur and business executive who has held leadership roles in several global organizations, such as GE Energy and Smallworld. His expertise spans sales, business development, and executive leadership. Jan specializes in corporate growth and has a BSEE degree from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and an MBA from California State University Hayward in the United States.
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Richard Ullenius is Vice President, International Managed Services at CSG International. Richard joined CSG in 2008 and is responsible for building and managing CSG’s managed services business globally. Prior to CSG, he held leadership roles at Amdocs, British Telecom and a number of innovation startups. Richard has significant sales, business development, partnership, managed services / outsourcing, and strategy expertise in the telecommunications and software space. He is a frequent speaker at various conferences and events and has been a leading spokesperson as one of the early entrepreneurs in the mobile segment.
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Michael Underdown, President & CEO of Crosstown Fiber, is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years in the telecommunications infrastructure industry. Prior to his current role, Michael enriched his expertise as the COO of Comdesco Group, Inc., focusing on construction management and consulting for fiber networks and data centers. He also founded and presided over Chicago Fiber Systems, reflecting his dedication to the technological advancement of the industry. Michael’s career is a blend of strategic leadership roles, from operations engineering to new market development in the data center and telecommunications sectors. His acumen extends to real estate, financial consulting, and venture capital, with a keen interest in nurturing early-stage startups and companies navigating pivotal growth phases. Specializing in new market development, real estate, network construction, and channel sales development, Michael melds his broad experience and innovative approach to steer companies toward success.
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Mike Underdown brings nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications infrastructure industry, primarily in Chicago, to his role as CEO of Crosstown Fiber. Prior to Crosstown Fiber (formerly known as Netsync Fiber), Mike served as the COO of Comdesco Group, Inc., a construction management and consulting firm focused on fiber networks and data centers, serving carriers, cable operators, enterprise businesses, and municipalities. In addition to his role as the CEO of Crosstown Fiber, Mike is the founder and serves as President of Chicago Fiber Systems.
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Jeff Uphues leads DC BLOX as a proven C-Level executive with deep expertise in hybrid cloud services, data center infrastructure and operations of communication networks. He is responsible for setting and leading the company’s strategy in building and operating a fabric of edge connected, cloud-enabled data centers and driving the growth and profitability of best-in-class infrastructure for digital services. Prior to joining DC BLOX, Jeff was Executive Vice President for Liquid Web, a global managed hosting and data center operator that serves over 30,000 customers in more than 150 countries. Jeff is a 25-year veteran of the communications industry, is a tireless tech-savvy executive and business strategist having held numerous C-suite leadership positions in sales, marketing and operations working for Cbeyond, Bandwidth, ACSI Network Technologies and MCI.
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Elise Vadnais is a business development analyst for CommScope. Being a “millennial,” Ms. Vadnais has purposed herself to analyze the significant implications of her generation’s technological trends and constantly connected mindsets on broadband networks. Ms. Vadnais has three years of experience in the industry, researching broadband network infrastructures across the Americas and Europe.
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Reza Vaez-Ghaemi Ph.D., is the Emerging Markets, Alliances, and Technology Research Manager at JDSU. He leads the Americas Market Development organization at JDSU, and conducts research in Carrier Ethernet technologies. Reza has held positions in research, engineering, marketing, and management in telecommunications testing in Germany and the United States. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Berlin (Germany).
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Omar Valdez-de-Leon is Director of Digital Transformation at Valcon Consulting, based in Copenhagen. Additionally, he is member of IoT Council, a think-tank for the internet-of-things and provides independent advisory services and lectures on digital transformation. Over the years Omar has worked across IT, telecom and industry in companies such as Ericsson, Bosch, Logica-CGI, Elster and Vodafone, with a focus on new business initiatives grounded in emerging technologies. His experience in digitalisation ranges from advising utility companies on smart grid strategies to devising IoT plans for large telecom operators and smaller start-ups. He has also built, launched and managed IoT solution portfolios in utilities, transportation and retail. Omar holds an MSc in Technology & Innovation Management from the University of Sussex in the UK, and an MBA from Manchester Business School.
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Ildiko Vancsa works with companies, organizations and individuals in the open source ecosystem to help them to succeed with OpenStack Foundation projects, both from software and community perspectives. An open source advocate, Vancsa strongly believes in the power of community and open collaboration to build infrastructure from open source components to support innovation, efficiency, robustness and flexibility. Her focus areas are telecom, NFV and edge computing. She is a co-leader of the OSF Edge Computing Group, a working group focusing on edge use cases, requirements and reference architectures. The group has been working with OSF projects and other adjacent communities in the open source ecosystem. Vancsa is a community manager for StarlingX, which is an OSF pilot project providing a fully integrated open source platform that is optimized for edge and IoT use cases. She also is involved in Airship, an open source project focusing on deployment and lifecycle management.
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Ildiko Vancsa works with companies, organizations and individuals in the open source ecosystem to help them to succeed with OpenStack Foundation projects, both from software and community perspectives. An open source advocate, Vancsa strongly believes in the power of community and open collaboration to build infrastructure from open source components to support innovation, efficiency, robustness and flexibility. Her focus areas are telecom, NFV and edge computing. She is a co-leader of the OSF Edge Computing Group, a working group focusing on edge use cases, requirements and reference architectures. The group has been working with OSF projects and other adjacent communities in the open source ecosystem. Vancsa is a community manager for StarlingX, which is an OSF pilot project providing a fully integrated open source platform that is optimized for edge and IoT use cases. She also is involved in Airship, an open source project focusing on deployment and lifecycle management.
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Stephen Vandegriff is Getronics’ Global Head of Smart Works responsible for thought leadership, development and delivery around Getronics’ digital workplace solutions; executing go-to-market strategies and programs to provide innovative solutions to clients.
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Rob van den Dam is the Telecommunications Leader for the IBM Institute for Business Value. In this role, he develops industry outlooks and business value realization studies for telecommunications. Rob has 20 years of experience working in telecommunications.
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Thomas Van den Driessche is the CEO of Newtec, where he has also held a variety of other roles in his 11 years with the company. Thomas started his career as a product manager in the broadcast and AV market and was awarded several times by leading organizations such as NAB, Infocomm and Vanguard. Over the past 18 years he has been active in the broadcast and satellite markets. He holds a master’s degree in electronics and marketing from the University of Ghent.
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Patrick is Marketing Chair at oneM2M and InterDigital’s Chief Communications Officer, responsible for overseeing all activities pertaining to communications, investor relations, marketing and market intelligence.
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Stefaan Vanhastel has more than 20 years of experience in telecoms. He has a PhD in telecoms engineering and spent nearly a decade in research before taking the lead for Fixed Networks marketing in Nokia. He recently returned to his technology roots, and is currently the CTO for Nokia Fixed Networks.
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Michael Vannest heads CloudSmartz' software solutions arm, providing strategic guidance, operational oversight and delivery assurance for Software Development as a Service (SDaaS) product lines. Having 25 years of software solution leadership, he leads initiatives ensuring resources and solutions are applied correctly and efficiently to meet the needs of our clients.
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Ari Vänttinen oversees all marketing activity for Comptel. He previously held various marketing executive and management roles at McAfee and Stonesoft since 2010. Prior to that, he was a management consultant at Talent Partners from 2007 to 2010.
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Anurag Vardhan Sinha is Senior Vice President and Industry Head Americas – Communications Service Providers, and Media & Entertainment, Infosys. Anurag has been helping the world’s leading Communications Service Providers, and Media conglomerates leverage technology, and outsourcing partnerships to create sustainable differentiation. His focus areas include digitization of core processes, transformation of sales, ordering and customer service functions, and new product innovation. In his 24+ year career with the company, Anurag has been held senior leadership positions across Communication Service Providers, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services and Insurance industries. Anurag is a Vice President and Industry Head of Communications Service Providers, and Media & Entertainment in the Americas for Infosys. In this role, he is responsible for P&L for the industry, defining and implementing the business and operational strategy, client relationship management, and driving growth. He is also responsible for cultivating partnerships with ISVs, analysts and academia. Anurag holds a Bachelors in Engineering in Computer Science from Bangalore University and is currently pursuing his Executive Education on Global Leadership from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Thomas Vasen is Subscriber Experience Evangelist at Procera Networks, revolutionizing the way operators and vendors monitor, manage and monetize their network traffic. He has over 18 years operational experience with product and service development in the telecoms industry and, most recently, headed Product Management, Strategy and Marketing at DigitalRoute. Before that, he focused on solution development at service assurance pioneer Polystar OSIX, Thomas started as an entrepreneur in a series of Voice over IP start-ups at operators in Europe. At B2 Bredband AB, the largest ETTH broadband operator in Sweden, he was responsible for the setup and operations of the 1st primary line local-loop replacement service launched on the SIP technology in the world. Thomas studied at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and at the London School of Economics.
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As Principal Data Scientist, Dr. Michael Vedomske bridges the gap between the company’s engineering and marketing teams to make challenging technical concepts consumable by a range of audiences. He also drives Ingenu’s marketing automation initiatives to provide data-centric market response. Dr. Vedomske’s experience includes developing large scale analytics systems for city, state and federal customers, and he has been involved in implementation of big data systems for IoT verticals such as healthcare, cyber security, and infrastructure management. Dr. Vedomske holds a Ph.D. in Analytics and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University – Idaho. He is also a recipient of the prestigious NSF Fellowship.
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Richard Ventura is vice president Business Development and Solutions, NEC Display Solutions. He is responsible for managing the business development in key vertical markets and solutions strategies at NEC Display Solutions of America. Richard has spent 14 years within the NEC sales organization focusing on display solutions, display technologies and projectors. During that time he has helped numerous client relationships flourish and spearheaded campaigns, earning him over one dozen internal awards from NEC. Richard also sits on the Board of Directors for the Digital Signage Federation (DSF). Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Minnesota-Morris and a master’s of business administration from Hamline University. He is also a retired member of the Minnesota National Guard after 10 years of service in the military.
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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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Serge Verba is a seasoned product management leader with over 20 years of experience in the technology and telecommunications space. At Synchronoss, Serge has responsibility for the Synchronoss Personal Cloud product, which generates millions in annual revenue. With an extensive background in SaaS and the delivery and development of cloud-based mobile and desktop-based applications, Serge manages product strategy as well as the customer agnostic partner program and innovation program at Synchronoss. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Serge was Senior Manager of Product Development at New Asurion where he designed unique and innovated connected home solutions for customers. He also served as Product Marketing Manager for Virgin Mobile USA. He is a graduate of the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York with a BS in Finance and a minor in Marketing.
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Maria C. Villar brings over 25 years of experience as a Chief Data Officer responsible for building enterprise data management organizations from the ground up and leading the culture change across the enterprise. She has held this position in both the technology and financial sectors, most recently at SAP where she was the CDO from 2009–2017. Today, Maria is Head of Enterprise Data Strategy and Transformation for SAP NA. She advises SAP customers on the crucial role of data management in their digital transformation, leveraging her practical, operational experience as CDO. In 2017, Maria was honored with the “Transformation of Collaboration from Inwards to Outwards” award from the International Society of Chief Data Officers (isCDO) where she serves as a board member. This award recognizes outstanding CDO leadership in driving business outcomes and business collaboration. In addition to her operational experience, Maria publishes and speaks regularly. Among her many accomplishments, she has: • Co-authored a book with Theresa Kushner, “Managing Your Business Data from Chaos to Confidence” • Developed 2 online classes • Written numerous articles, including “Data Voices Unite: Why One Enterprise Data Strategy Is The Answer” • Most recently, she published a data strategy master class available on YouTube.
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Vish Vishwanathan is Vice President of Wholesale and Satellite, Telstra, Americas. He is responsible for Telstra’s existing business that serves telecom and satellite providers across North America and is focused on plans to extend the company’s reach across Latin America and expand its services capabilities to satellite operators. Vishwanathan’s career includes 30-plus years of experience in the telecommunications industry, successfully launching new technologies and services, leading sales organizations and developing new markets across the Americas, Europe and Asia. He previously led global IP network sales for NTT and has also held senior sales and market development roles at CenturyLink, MCI International and Motorola.
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Alexandru Voica is Technology Executive for Imagination Technologies Group plc.
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Albrecht von der Recke is cofounder of fonYou, with more than 20 years' experience working with mobile carriers. As an employee, he participated in the successful service launches of mobile network operators One (Austria) and Orange (Switzerland) and, as an entrepreneur, in several launches of MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators). Albrecht’s in-depth understanding of mobile carriers' needs makes him the ideal contact point for acquiring new business for fonYou and executing client projects. Prior to fonYou, he cofounded NextGen, a consultancy specializing in telecoms advising carriers around the world. As part of fonYou’s management team, Albrecht has grown the organization to become a global technology company with teams and offices across Europe, Latin America and Asia, serving some of the biggest carriers in the world. Albrecht holds a degree in economics and international business management from the University of Vienna, University of California, Los Angeles and the Ecole Superieure du Commerce Marseille.
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Marc Vontobel is the co-founder and CEO at Starmind. He is a computer scientist turned serial entrepreneur with a passion for building high tech companies. Marc is dedicated to driving forward Starmind’s vision of making collective human intelligence accessible to everyone with the power of AI.
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Katarzyna Wac, Ph.D. is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Invited Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests revolve around the fundamental and algorithmic problems of mobile telecommunications and cybersecurity systems, with particular emphasis on their impact on quality of life. Her research appears in more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. She is a PI/co-PI in several European, national and institutional projects. She contributes to the ITU European Regional Initiative for mHealth. She is also a Senior Member of ACM and of IEEE.
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David Wade is president and CEO of EPB of Chattanooga, which is known for launching America’s first community-wide Gig-speed internet service while also utilizing its 100% fiber-to-the-home network to deploy one of the most advanced smart grid electric distribution systems in the U.S. More recently, EPB has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Qubitekk by providing real-world, fiber optic proving grounds for the development of a quantum cryptographic technology which earned recognition as a R&D 100 winner in 2021. Wade serves on U.S. Department of Energy’s Electric Advisory Board and is also a board member of the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA).
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Dan Wagner is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at CloudSmartz and brings over 25 years of telecom executive leadership focused on helping Communications Service Providers (CSPs) transform their business to become digital-first service providers. As an award-winning CIO at Global Crossing, Dan is a proven results-oriented Management Executive with experience building high-performance businesses that drive significant enterprise value. His three previous GM assignments were with leading telecommunications firms with increasing scale approaching $1B, resulted in industry-leading revenue growth rates, and dramatic profit improvement. This has allowed him to produce a strong mix of local, regional, national, and global market experience to bring to his CSP customers. Dan is equally strong at integrating, focusing and transforming technology businesses to unleash their inherent value.
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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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Jonathan Wagner spearheads Alianza’s go-to-market strategy and customer relationships with a results-driven approach. As Chief Commercial Officer, Jonathan brings extensive experience driving complex sales engagements with telecommunications service providers and is laser-focused on achieving mutual success. Jonathan joined Alianza from Cisco, where he led the Cisco Collaboration team responsible for working with strategic service providers in the Americas. Prior to its acquisition by Cisco, he spent nearly 12 years at BroadSoft in strategic sales, where he specialized in selling cutting-edge UC solutions to network operators.
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Lars Wahlstrom is Group Vice President, Communications, Media, and Utilities; Oracle. Lars Wahlstrom 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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Divya Wakankar is a technology and business leader with 20 years of experience in communications and wireless. She has been managing diverse leadership roles in product, program management and strategic business development. At BICS Divya is leading the product management of Cloud Communication services. She is responsible for the Go-To-Market strategy, product life cycle and profitability of Cloud Communication products. She is leading a team of high performing Product Managers and evangelizing new products and services for multi-national businesses and digital service providers.
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Damian Wallace is Vice President of Product Management at CounterPath Corporation. He brings 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, product management, product marketing, business development, and R&D to his role. He has in-depth knowledge and experience working with leading cellular and wireless network operators globally. Prior to joining CounterPath, Damian held executive roles at several public companies and founded several companies. Damian is a Founding Director of the BC Product Management Association. He is also a Mentor member of the ProductBC Mentor Program and has served as an organizer for ProductCamp Vancouver since 2013.
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David A. Walsh is President, CEO and Chairman of GENBAND, a leading developer of multimedia networking and software communications solutions.During his 30-year career in telecom and technology, Mr. Walsh has run five global companies as Executive Chairman, CEO or President, three of them public, and held senior positions in three others. He's been the Chairman of the Board of five companies and served on an additional five boards. As a principal, he managed all aspects associated with the purchase, sale or merger of more than 25 companies with a total transaction value in excess of $5B.
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David Walsh is President, CEO and Chairman of GENBAND, and joined the GENBAND board upon the merger of NextPoint (an OEP portfolio company) with GENBAND in 2008. He assumed the position of GENBAND Chairman in 2010 following the acquisition of the Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business, with OEP providing the investment capital. During his 30-year career in telecom and technology, David has run five global companies as Executive Chairman, CEO or President, three of them public, and held senior positions in three others. He's been the Chairman of the Board of five companies and served on an additional five boards. As a principal, he managed all aspects associated with the purchase, sale or merger of more than 25 companies with a total transaction value in excess of $5B. David served on the Board of Telwares, which was sold to Alsbridge, Inc., in November 2012; was Executive Chairman of Moneyline Telerate, a One Equity Partners investment sold to Reuters in 2005; and served on the board of SAVVIS, the Industry leading Web Hosting and Managed Services business sold to Century Link in 2011. Mr. Walsh was also the Chairman of WestCom, a global network services company that operated the Industry's leading Financial Trading Network, sold to IPC Communications in 2008. Early in his career, David founded two successful start-up companies, Voyager Networks and IXnet. In 1997, he sold Voyager Networks to Global Center, which subsequently merged with Frontier Communications. In 1999, he took IXnet public before selling the company to Global Crossing in 2000.
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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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David Walters is currently Senior Director of Product Marketing at BroadSoft. He has also served in other various capacities at BroadSoft for the past 15 years, with a focus on partnering with telcos and service providers to develop innovation unified communications and business communications services; lead worldwide offer development team efforts; lead worldwide GTM support program, and help drive efforts around BroadSoft's cloud service, BroadCloud. Prior to BroadSoft, David held product, business development and marketing positions at Sansay and Nextwave Wireless.
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Angus Ward is the CEO of Beyond Now, a rapidly growing SaaS based BSS and digital platform solution provider. Angus brings 30 years of consulting and solutions experience to his role, supporting organizations across multiple industries in shaping strategies and adopting platform-based business and operating models with differentiating partner ecosystems. Key clients have included BP, BT, Boeing, Ministry of Defence, NTT and Tata Communications as well as key ecosystem partners like Amazon Web Services. Angus’s extensive experience and knowledge over a range of fields has established him as a thought leader, quoted often by newspapers and prominent industry publications, on the topics of business model reinvention, digital platform business models and the role of the ecosystem in the evolving digital economy. Working closely and collaborating with industry bodies such as TM Forum, analysts, research firms and academic organizations such as MIT and Wharton, he regularly presents on the key trends and issues affecting telecoms and technology. Angus Ward is also a chartered accountant and has published research within the BearingPoint Institute.
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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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Eric Watko is vice president, innovation product line management at American Tower. He is a highly accomplished satellite and terrestrial telecommunications business and technology visionary, with a demonstrated executive track record in delivering customer-focused outcomes resulting in increased customer satisfaction and revenue growth. Eric has more than 15 years of achievements in delivering and improving new product and operations performance, functionality and processes, while developing strategic relationships with national and international customers and partners. As vice president, innovation product line management at American Tower, Eric is a dynamic innovator in go-to-market strategies across carrier, enterprise, mobility, data center, cloud and government markets. Eric’s previous experience includes positions at Cisco Systems, iDirect and SES Networks.
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Ray Watson is VP of Innovation at Masergy. He brings over 17 years of expertise in IT strategy, application solution design and next-generation network architectures to his role. Ray has enabled numerous global enterprises in transforming their IT infrastructures to guarantee business outcomes. Ray is an industry thought-leader in IT transformation and is a frequent speaker on topics such as hybrid networking, SDN, NFV, cloud connectivity and advanced security. Prior to joining Masergy, Ray worked at Airband Communications and Broadwing Communications. He holds a BS from Purdue University.
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Stephen Watt is a Distinguished Engineer and leads the Red Hat Office of the CTO, which includes the Research, Emerging Technologies,Open Source Program Office and Distinguished Engineer Vitality organizations. Prior to joining Red Hat, Steve was the founder of the Hadoop Business and Hadoop Chief Technologist at HP and a Software Architect and Master Inventor at IBM Emerging Technologies. Prior to IBM, Steve worked for a number of consumer facing software startups in the USA and his native South Africa.
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Johannes Watzl studied Technical Mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is working as a Product Manager for Zimory. Before joining Zimory he worked for EU funded projects in the field of standards and interoperability in grid and cloud computing and and held positions in working groups of the Open Grid Forum.
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Stephanie Weagle , Vice President, Corero Network Security, brings more than 12 years of experience to Corero Network Security. As Vice President for the Corero DDoS protection solutions, Stephanie strives to accelerate market penetration of the award winning Corero real-time DDoS mitigation product portfolio. Stephanie has been instrumental in establishing Corero as a category creator for automatic, scalable DDoS protection that is architected to meet the needs of any Internet dependent organization, including, mid-tier hosting and service providers, on-line gaming entities, tier-1 carriers and large online enterprises.
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Steve Weaver serves as the Chief Revenue Officer of Element Critical, with a proven track record of success and over 20 years of sales and business development leadership in the telecommunications and technology industries. As Element Critical’s Chief Revenue Officer, he is responsible for the entire revenue organization, including direct sales, channel sales, solutions engineering, customer success, and marketing. Steve’s expertise is best summarized as a leader who consistently builds high-performance sales and marketing teams and his proven methods and practices have been honed through years of leadership experience.
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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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Francisco Webber is co-founder and CEO of Cortical.io and inventor of the company’s proprietary Retina technology, which applies the principles of cerebral processing to machine learning and natural language understanding (NLU) to solve real-world use cases related to big text data. Cortical.io solutions are based on the actual meaning of text, rather than on statistical occurrences. Francisco recognized that the brain was the only existing reference system when it came to processing natural language. While closely following developments in neuroscience, he formulated his theory of Semantic Folding, which models how the brain represents language data.
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Wolfgang Weber is Vice President of Business Development at Dali Wireless. Wolfgang joined the Dali Wireless team to develop the business with service providers, both on the market with a focus on Europe as well as on the solution side. Wolfgang brings with him more than 30 years of senior executive experience in the ICT industry. Most recently, he held a global role in business as well as corporate development for Cisco. Prior to Cisco, he led network and IT organizations of mobile and converged operators turning technology into business. Within Alcatel, Wolfgang was SVP responsible for the service provider business in the central and eastern part of Europe both in sales as well as in delivery. Wolfgang's IT background covers hardware and software development, running large data centers and software development organizations and consultancy businesses. He holds PhDs in physics and in computer science and finished an education in strategic management at INSEAD. Additionally, he received a degree in bioenergetics and organizational psychology.
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Helen Weedon is Managing Director of the Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) which is dedicated to promoting innovation within the satellite industry. Helen has been involved with SIG since 2011, previously supporting the group with marketing, PR, and admin activities. Helen has over 20 years’ experience within the satellite and broadcast industries. She is the founder of Radical Moves, a specialist PR and Marketing agency. Helen is fluent in French, German, and Welsh, with a basic knowledge of Dutch and Spanish. Helen regularly addresses the industry on the challenges faced by the satellite industry and the innovative approaches needed to resolve them.
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Cameron Weeks began his entrepreneurial journey at an early age. He started multiple businesses before the age of 25, including a factory automation software company, and a web application and hosting company for premier brands such as Audi, VW, BMW, Terex Mining, and Harley Davidson. In 2007 he co-founded Sharpen, a fast-growing team whose goal is to help companies improve customer service by improving the experience of their frontline agents. Cameron is an influencer in the vibrant Indianapolis tech community. He also volunteers with several youth organizations and higher ed groups to promote the practical use and understanding of technology within the classroom.
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Aimei Wei has over 20+ years of experience building successful products and leading teams in data networking and telecommunications. She has extensive working experience for both early stage startups including Nuera, SS8 Networks and Kineto Wireless as well as well-established companies like Nortel, Ciena and Cisco. Prior to founding Stellar Cyber, she was actively developing Software Defined Networks solutions at Cisco. Aimei enjoys building a product from its initial design to its final launch. Aimei has an M.S. in Computer Science from the Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada and an Undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Tsinghua University of China.
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Adam Weinberg, cofounder and CTO, FirstPoint Mobile Guard, applies his extensive executive R&D experience in communications intelligence and cyber technologies in shaping FirstPoint solutions, which secure any SIM device, anywhere, against cellular network-specific attacks, without integration or user intervention.
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Adam Weinberg, Founder & CTO, FirstPoint Mobile Guard, applies his extensive executive R&D experience in communications intelligence and cyber technologies in shaping FirstPoint solutions, which secure any SIM device, anywhere, against cellular network-specific attacks, without integration or user intervention.
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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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Corey White is CEO of Cyvatar. He is a proven security industry veteran backed by more than 25 years of success managing security practices and consulting teams and delivering on strategic projects as well as tactical assessments, penetration tests, and incident response engagements. His work encompasses virtually every industry sector, including defense, technology, government, critical infrastructure, automotive, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Corey has a deep technical background, which has allowed him to deliver and oversee technical assessments, incident response engagements, strategic planning, and risk assessments. Corey served as the senior vice president of worldwide consulting and chief experience officer at Cylance managing a team of 150+ globally, culminating in the acquisition of Cylance by Blackberry for $1.5 billion. Also at Cylance, Corey created the first outcomes-based service, evolving traditional implementations to continue engagements with prevention experts until every client reached its goal, giving customers measurable, sustainable prevention. He managed seven practice areas led by distinguished experts in industrial control systems, red team services, incident containment and forensics, IoT and embedded systems security, ThreatZERO, strategic services, and education. Prior to joining Cylance in 2012, Corey was the director of consulting for Foundstone & McAfee/Intel professional services with responsibilities for all aspects of the business for the Southwest region.
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Joe White is the Chief Technology Officer and has been with Brightlink IP since inception in 2009. Joe built the original network and his organization is responsible for sales and network engineering, product design and development and product marketing. Prior to joining Brightlink IP, Joe spent 10 years in other lead technology roles including Commvault where he led the team of sales engineers in the Southeast designing complex data protection solutions, CTS/Agilysis where he was a lead sales and service engineer for storage and data retention solutions for Dell EMC customers and also Troutman Sanders where he was a senior systems engineer and a Microsoft certified consultant.
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Hamish White is the founder and CEO of Mobilise and based in London. Hamish has day-to-day operational responsibility of Mobilise but also participates in product development and sales. Hamish is a hands-on telecoms entrepreneur with 19 years’ experience supporting Tier 1 & Tier 2 international telecommunications operators. Before founding Mobilise, he worked as a consultant launching and growing start-up telecoms companies primarily in the MVNO domain. This included the launch of 8 MVNOs across 5 countries.His background is in technology, however his management experience spans the end to end telecoms value chain, including in-depth knowledge of sales & marketing, commercial, finance, operations and technology functions. Hamish specialises in helping companies with digital transformation and establishing mobile app strategies.
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Paul Whitelam has more than 20 years’ experience leading multinational marketing and product teams. Paul has worked on both the technical and business aspects of many areas that are fundamental to field service. These includes senior-level positions at Nokia (mobility and sensor technology), HERE (mapping and GIS), and Endeca (data management and analytics). Prior to his current role, he served as Group VP of Product Marketing, working with field service management leaders across a variety of industries. Paul has a B.A. in Management Studies and French from The University of Reading.
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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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Jason Wickam is the Vice President of WCI Technologies and the General Manager for the WCI Technologies - Enterprise and 5G Products division. Located in the Houston Hill Country, Jason is responsible for the development and management of strategic partnerships within both the Telecom and Mobility ecosystems of WCI Technologies. Jason’s team is composed of industry experts specializing in Telecom Systems and Private Enterprise 5G Mobility within the Global Strategic Enterprise Business Segment of WCI Technologies. A senior-level leader with 15+ years of demonstrated experience in Technology & Services, Jason has been with WCI Technologies since mid-2020. His contributions to World Cinema are extensive, including the accumulation of multiple partnerships with high-profile (fortune 75) accounts in our Global Strategic Enterprise Business Segment. Jason’s strong background in leadership and account management designates him as an asset within the World Cinema organization.
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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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Piotr Wierzcholski is the Head of the OSS Inventory Subdivision at Comarch. He is responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting Comarch's OSS applications, working with customers across the globe to introduce innovative solutions and enhancements. His aim is to deliver cutting-edge products and top-quality professional services in the telecommunications sector. Piotr has been involved in the development and deployment of new technologies such as 5G, cloud, and software-defined networking in OSS applications. He has been working at Comarch for nearly a decade, leading multimillion-dollar projects in the Americas, Europe, and Asia for tier 1 telco operators. Prior to joining Comarch, Piotr was part of T-Mobile, where he was responsible for delivering services to B2B customers.
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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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Craig Williams is Senior Technical Leader and Manager of the Cisco Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group (Talos). He has always had a passion for learning how things operate - and how to circumvent security measures. His deep interest in security technology led to a career at Cisco, which began with research into vulnerabilities, threats, and network detection techniques. New areas of network protection, including the utilization of new evasion techniques and threats, have emerged directly from Mr. Williams' work. In his current role, Mr. Williams is focused on building next-generation security products covering web and email security, threat defense systems, and security management systems. Through his work and involvement with Talos, he looks to give back to the Internet and security community by helping to bring attention to the breadth and depth of Cisco's threat research. As Manager of the Outreach team, Craig helps to guide some of the most experienced and knowledgeable threat researchers and analysts at Cisco - and in the industry. Their collaborative research and analysis work is intended not only to continually enhance the quality and efficacy of Cisco's security products, but also, provide actionable intelligence that helps all Internet users defend against both known and emerging network threats. Among Mr. Williams' significant contributions to Cisco is an issued patent, which involves obfuscated traffic inspection. He is also the proud recipient of two Google bug bounties.
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Graham Williams is the Chief Operating Officer for Cologix, responsible for Operations, Construction, Commercial Management, Marketing and Strategy. In his time at Cologix, Graham has also led the Development and Sales Organizations. He has more than 15 years of experience in the data center, communications, Internet, content delivery and video industries. Prior to Cologix, Graham held Product Management and Strategy positions at Charter and Level 3. Graham holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in political science.
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Peter Willis worked at BT from 1988 to 2021 in which time he did research on distributed computer networks, designed, installed and operated BT’s first Internet Service and contributed to BT’s 21st Century Network architecture. Peter invented the term “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)” and led research on NFV at BT from 2011.
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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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Mike Wolfe is the Vice President of Wireless Network Engineering for CommScope, where he oversees the team troubleshooting and solving customers’ most challenging technical problems. Mike previously worked for CommScope as a regional sales manager and has served in a variety of management and engineering roles in both the commercial and defense communications sectors. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University.
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Ted Woodbery is Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Product Management at Synchronoss. Ted joined Synchronoss in 2014 and is responsible for leading the direction and execution of Synchronoss’ White Label Product Management Team, Consumer product strategy, product planning and product marketing supporting global clients. Additionally, Ted leads the direction and oversees the execution of Synchronoss corporate marketing including branding, messaging and communications. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Ted was Vice President Consumer Wireless Product and Cloud Product at AT&T (Mobile division). Ted held multiple executive positions at AT&T including Converged Product and Mobile web product planning and Web marketing. Ted has also held creative and strategy leadership and positions at mobile startups and creative agencies including MarchFIRST. Ted holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Advertising from the University of Washington and a Visual Design degree from the Art Institute.
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Oren Wool is committed to driving data center decarbonization. He’s inspired by innovations that enable Quantum Loophole customers to meet their business goals while lowering their environmental impact. Oren is gratified working in the solutions economy, where the power of business is directed at addressing critical challenges like GHG mitigation, water scarcity, zero waste, and climate adaptation while building strong local economies. Oren is an integrator for One Planet Living, a sustainability framework that aims to make big issues approachable enough to solve. Oren has a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Investment Management from the University of Alabama. He serves as the Board Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council Redwood Empire Chapter, which promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and operation. Oren is based in the Russian River watershed in Sonoma County, California.
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Chun-Ling Woon is Chief Executive Officer of Etiya International, leading product management and driving business and innovation globally. He has more than 20 years of technical and management experience in the telecom industry and is a dynamic public speaker and thought leader. Mr. Woon has extensive experience with every aspect of the business, from systems architecture and implementation to driving products to the market and brokering deals. He was VP of Marketing and Business Development at ConceptWave (acquired by Ericsson), VP of Marketing at Nortel Networks, and also held management positions at Ericsson, Architel Systems (acquired by Oracle) and Siemens.
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Andrea Wörrlein is VNC Managing Director and a member of its board. She studied American Studies, Psychology and Communication Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Since 1992, she has been the managing director of VNC – Virtual Network Consult GmbH, based in Berlin. Today she lives in Switzerland and is a member of the Board of Directors of VNC – Virtual Network Consult in Zug, Switzerland.
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Tymoteusz Wrona is currently operating as the Head of Presales in the Telecommunications Division at Comarch. He graduated from the Kraków AGH University of Science and Technology before he began work with Comarch, where he has played an integral role in production, product management, implementation, and presales of Comarch’s BSS and OSS solutions. In 2012, Tymoteusz continued to climb the ranks within Comarch and was eventually selected to manage the entire BSS and IoT Consulting Units. Since September 2019, he has been leading Telco Presales Management for all Comarch telecommunication products, overseeing the entire team of specialists worldwide.
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David Xie is the Chief Product Officer of Zenlayer. He leads the Product Management and Development (PMD) Organization, including: Cloud Product Management Center, Cloud Product Development, and Product Marketing & Partnership. Before joining Zenlayer, David was Group Vice President of Digital Products at Gartner. While at Gartner, he held multiple leadership roles with responsibilities for product management, corporate strategy, data science, sales enablement, and digital transformation. Prior to Gartner, he also worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey, an IT Architect at Openwave, and as a founder at multiple start-ups.
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Sameh Yamany is CTO of VIAVI Solutions. Sameh is an experienced chief technology officer with a demonstrated history in technology innovations and development leadership of top market-share-winning commercial solutions in 5G, 4G, LTEx, IoT, geolocation, assurance, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.
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Mr. Yanovski is a veteran of the IT and cybersecurity space, specializing in information security management and cybersecurity operations. Prior to founding CyberInt, Mr. Yanovski was the Global CISO for ZIM Shipping Services, a multinational enterprise with a presence in over 70 countries. Mr. Yanovski lectures regularly at professional conventions and at training programs as a Senior InfoSec lecturer. He is one of the founders of The Israeli Forum for Information Security (IFIS) and serves as Deputy Chairman and Head of the Professional Committee. Mr. Yanovski is a Major (Res.) in the IDF Communication and Computer Corps, with expertise in Communications and IT Security.
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Sean Yarborough is a Vice President of Product Management at ST Engineering iDirect. In this role, Yarborough oversees the strategies for iDirect’s platform portfolio which includes managing the entire lifecycle from conception to end of life. Prior to joining ST Engineering iDirect, Sean was a Vice President of Service Assurance, with Spirent Communications, where he managed a portfolio of mature and new service assurance solutions for voice, video, and data services in the telecommunications and enterprise markets. These solutions ranged from traditional hardware appliances to SaaS based solutions. At Spirent, Sean advised leading service providers around the world on best practices for activating, monitoring, and troubleshooting business, wireless, and residential services. With over 25 years of experience in the IT, mobile, telecom, and satellite markets, Sean offers a unique blend of knowledge and cross-functional experience to educate the global community on the importance of satellite technology and its continued alignment with telco initiatives. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering (University of Virginia) and an MBA (University of Maryland - College Park).
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John Yates has 35 years of experience in the commercial satellite communications sector. After having completed a BSc(Hons) in Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Nottingham and a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration at Manchester Business School, in 1986 he joined Europe’s first commercial satellite operator, the recently incorporated SES Astra, in Luxembourg and has been working in the commercial satellite communications sector ever since. Since 1998 he has worked as a freelance consultant and, more recently, as a Board Director and angel investor providing expert advice for companies, organisations and governments worldwide in the commercial satellite telecommunications sector. John co-founded Atheras Analytics with Dr. Spiros Ventouras in 2020.
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As a frontier technologist, Bill Yeack CSE is an internationally acclaimed writer, speaker, and award winner. His deep knowledge of the systematic problems of information security enables him to help guide some of the most advanced Information security technology companies today. His experience earlier in his career includes EVP of Exodus Communications, NTT Communications executive focused on information security thought leadership, and president, Tandem Services.
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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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Phillip Yoo is President of CSG International’s Global Carrier Business. Mr. Yoo brings over 25 years of telecommunications experience to his role as President of CSG International’s Global Carrier Business. In his position, Yoo sets and executes the strategic direction for sales and delivery of CSG’s solutions for telco and wireless carriers worldwide, while guiding existing customers to success through the digital transformation of the telcom industry. Yoo is focused on expanding CSG’s telecommunications industry footprint across the globe. Yoo brings a successful history within CSG as well as wealth of telecommunications industry experience to his role. Most recently, Yoo served as CSG’s senior vice president of global services. His previous roles span from product management, software development, professional services and service delivery at companies including Ericsson, Comverse, Telcordia and Lucent Technologies. Mr. Yoo holds a Masters degree in Management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.
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Tim Young is the Editor-in-Chief of Pipeline. He has been writing for Pipeline since shortly after its founding, and has served as Editor-in-Chief since early 2006. Prior to his joining Pipeline, Tim worked as a journalist and freelance writer with a specialization in business and technology. Tim did his undergraduate work at Appalachian State University and his graduate work at the University of South Carolina. He lives in Winston-Salem, NC, where he also works in higher education.
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Doron Youngerwood runs the Marketing for Amdocs' Digital Intelligence division. He is responsible for developing the marketing strategy, go-to-market proposition, market research and customer events.
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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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Jakub Zaluski-Kapusta is OSS Product Manager, Telecommunications, for Comarch. Mr. Zaluski-Kapusta has a Master's degree in Telecommunications, and currently drives the strategic planning and managements of new OSS product launches. His background includes product architecture definition, implementation analysis, and project management.
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Formerly the CTO and co-Founder of Ontology Systems - prior to its recent aquisition by EXFO Inc - Leo Zancani has been involved in OSS innovation for over twenty years. Leo is now responsible for the continuing development of the Real-Time Topology capability within EXFO Service Assurance.
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Alan Zeichick is Principal Analyst at Camden Associates, where he focuses on networking technologies, cloud computing, software development and telecommunications/carriers. A former mainframe systems analyst, Alan has been researching, writing, speaking and consulting on cutting-edge information technology for more than three decades. Alan is a Senior Member of the ACM, and has a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Maine. Alan is a contributing editor to Pipeline magazine.
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Yoram Zerahia is a seasoned CTO with 26 years of experience in the telecom market with vast knowledge in cellular networks. He started his career as a Core Engineer at Cellcom, one of Israel’s leading telecommunication companies, and moved up the ranks to Core Network Director. He served as CEO of Nokia Israel and as Radio & Core Engineering Director at Pelephone before joining Webbing. As part of his responsibilities at Pelephone he introduced and implement 5G as well as eSIM technology. Yoram holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Paula Zimmerman is chief strategy officer and the former publisher of Pipelline. In her role as CSO Paula is responsible for driving audience growth, service expansion and developing strategic partnerships with industry organizations.
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Paula Zimmerman is the chief marketing officer at Apptium Technologies.
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Sergio Zveibil is a product marketing manager with InfoVista; he is responsible for evangelizing the company’s end-to-end service assurance solution portfolio. Since joining InfoVista in 2010, Sergio has been heavily involved in major Operations Support Systems (OSS) consolidation projects with fixed and mobile operators worldwide. Sergio, based in Brazil, has more than 14 year of experience as a telecom solution consultant. Previously, he was responsible for the design of carrier-class networks, from backbone to access networks (IP, ATM, MPLS, DSL and 3G), for Tier 1 operators in partnership with leading network vendors such as Cisco. Sergio also spent several years with Business Support Systems (BSS) solution provider Volubill; while there, he specialized in helping mobile operators create differentiated rating and billing strategies to captivate and retain pre-paid and post-paid customers. Sergio received a computer engineering degree from the Polytechnic School at Sao Paulo (POLI-USP)
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