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Exhibit Hours:
10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday, April 4, 2006
10:00am - 2:00pm Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Analyst Roundtable
Tuesday, April 4, 2006, 9:00am - 10:15am
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.
Chris Celiberti, Director, Advanced Services, NeuStar
Chris Celiberti works in the strategic technologies group at NeuStar, Inc., and is a telecommunications VoIP veteran focused on the OSS\BSS space. Celiberti has worked in positions including System Engineering, Product and Program Management, and Business Development for several fortune 500 companies. Additionally, he has been an active participant in several global standards groups as well as an industry speaker.
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, Program Leader, 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).
Angelo Liberatore, Analyst, Credit Suisse
Angelo Liberatore is an equity research analyst that has been actively covering publicly traded telecommunications infrastructure suppliers for the past seven years, most recently at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to joining CSFB, Angelo held similar positions at Goldman Sachs and Banc of America Securities. As an equity research analyst, Angelo's responsibilities include product cycle analysis, financial modeling and research publication, among others. Angelo graduated from Georgetown University with a major in finance and minor in theology. He is based in New York City.
