Mobility Disruption: 3G and WiFi
Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 9:00am - 10:15am
We are on the verge of dual-mode WiFi 3G handsets. But the technology is only a piece of it; the really interesting part is the service offerings and how hot the spot is for the consumer and enterprise marketplace. Will the future make WISPs part of the cellular service providers? Or will new business models erupt, based on the new technology?
Anne Coulombe, Director Secure Convergence, Enterasys Networks
Anne Coulombe is responsible for the direction and activities of Enterasys Networks' secure convergence program. Prior to joining Enterasys, Ms. Coulombe jointly held roles of VP Marketing with Mitel Knowledge and Head of SIP-Based Solutions at Mitel Networks. She has also held technology and business positions with F500 companies including Microsoft and Electronic Arts. Ms. Coulombe is a frequent public speaker in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific at events such as VON, Comdex and VoiceCon. Recent topics include VoIP, VoWiFi, SIP, convergence and securing convergence. She holds the Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, an MBA in Technology Engineering Management, and degrees in Industrial Relations and Computer Science.
Tom Carter, SVP, Worldwide Sales, BridgePort Networks
Tom Carter is responsible for worldwide sales operations for BridgePort Networks. He brings more than 20 years of business development, sales and entrepreneurial expertise to BridgePort Networks. Previously, Mr. Carter created a private Venture Partnership, Carter Capital & Communications, that provides early stage funding for the Wireless and Internet infrastructure sector. He has held key management positions with Adaptive Broadband and @Mobile where he was a founder and Vice President of Worldwide Sales until it was sold to Openwave Systems. Mr. Carter began his career with Tandem Computers (now Compaq). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Alberta, Canada.
Thomas Howe, CTO, Versatel Networks
Thomas Howe brings over 15 years of telecommunications engineering experience to Versatel. Prior to joining the company as CTO, he was CEO and Founder of Tangerine Inc., a leading maker of call agents for small IP telephony service providers. Mr. Howe also founded Howe Digital, a VoIP engineering design consulting organization responsible for designing over 50 VoIP products. At PictureTel/Polycom, Mr. Howe designed the audio and video software of the first PC-based video conferencing system, the first H.323 implementation and the program that became Microsoft NetMeeting. He served as PictureTel’s engineering manager responsible for all software development for the next generation H.323/H.320/H.324 SwiftSite product line. He also served as the director of engineering for NetPhone’s first generation IPBX product line and as Aware Inc.’s software architect for the first commercially available ADSL chipset.
Alain Mouttham, CEO & Co-Founder, SIPquest
Alain Mouttham is a veteran CEO with experience spanning multi-domain software solutions for the Carrier and Enterprise markets. He was Co-founder and CEO of imGenie, a wireless Internet application vendor, which developed a dynamic personalization platform using intelligent agent technology. At Nortel Networks, he was responsible for the network and service management solutions market strategy for wireless Internet, IP Telephony and Optical networks. As Founder and CEO of NetManSys, a Silicon Valley start-up, Mr. Mouttham provided network management software solutions for Carriers. At Hewlett-Packard, he headed the R&D team of one of its most successful products, HP Openview. Mr. Mouttham has a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and MBA executive development from INSEAD.
Greg Meckbach, Editor, Communications & Networking Magazine
Greg Meckbach has been editor of Communications & Networking, Canada’s magazine for voice and data networking, since December, 2001. He joined Plesman Communications Inc. (now the Transcontinental Media ITBusiness Group) in 1997 as a staff writer for Computing Canada. He has written about information technology, networking and telecommunications, covering topics such as IP telephony, wireless data services, Wi-Fi, storage, telecom competition, security, electronic commerce and infrastructure. He has moderated panel discussions at various technology conferences, including Comdex Canada and IPWorld Canada. He is president of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists and has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic University.
