Analyst Roundtable
Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Hear feedback from the experts who are watching the bleeding edge and quantifying it so it’s understandable in terms of trends and adoption rates. This is the place where you not only get to see the trees, but understand the forest as well.
Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
Jon Arnold is Principal of J Arnold & Associates, an independent telecom consultancy with a focus on IP communications. Previously, he was the VoIP Program Leader at Frost & Sullivan, where he was responsible for managing their subscription service for Global VoIP Equipment Markets. Jon is a frequent speaker at VoIP and telecom conferences, and has been a regular at VON since 2001. He leads the IPCC's Working Group on industry research, and is a contributing editor to the IP Telephony Dictionary. Jon is frequently quoted in the business and trade press, and television, including BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, NYT, WSJ, Financial Times, and CNET News.
Daniel Berninger, VP and Senior Analyst, Tier1 Research
Daniel Berninger joined Tier1 Research in August 2004 as Senior Analyst covering telecom. Daniel has over a decade of experience that includes helping to launch three prominent VoIP startups - ITXC, Vonage, and Free World Dialup. His expertise on the intersection of telecom and the Internet has been sought by Congress, FCC, Federal Reserve, and state PSCs. Daniel led early VoIP deployments at Verizon, HP, and NASA for VocalTec Communications. He won the 1999 VON Pioneer Award for co-founding the VON Coalition and worked on the original assessment of VoIP at Bell Laboratories. He completed doctoral studies in preparation for a Ph.D. in System Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeff Fan, Director, Equity Research Analyst, Telecom, UBS
Jeff Fan is a telecom research analyst for UBS. He joined in 1999 and has
been responsible for the research of telecommunications services and other
technology companies in North America. Jeff has focused his research on
the financial implications of VOIP on the Canadian residential
market. Jeff is frequently quoted in the financial press including the
Globe & Mail, the National Post, Reuters and Bloomberg. Jeff is CFA and a
CA. UBS Investment Bank is a leading global securities and investment
banking firm, providing a full spectrum of products to institutional and
corporate clients, intermediaries, governments and hedge funds worldwide.
Headquartered in London, UBS Investment Bank employs over 15,000 people in
31 countries globally.
Ronald Gruia, Sr. Strategic Analyst, Emerging Communications Solutions, Frost & Sullivan
Ronald Gruia is the Program Leader, Enterprise Solutions and Senior Telecom Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, where he covers topics such as VoIP, triple play services, IMS, and carrier messaging platforms. He is a frequent speaker at conferences such as VON, IPComm, 3GSM, Supercomm, Intel Communications Summit, and IP World Canada.
Ronald also writes articles for various publications, appears on Report on Business Television (Canada), and is often quoted in publications including Business Week, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, National Post, Globe&Mail and Washington Post. He is an MIT graduate in Electrical Engineering, and has accumulated years of experience in the telecom industry (held several roles at Nortel Networks' Enterprise Division, where he earned a U.S. patent).
