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Exhibit Hours:
10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday, April 4, 2006
10:00am - 2:00pm Wednesday, April 5, 2006
WiFi, WiMax, Why Not?
Tuesday, April 4, 2006, 9:00am - 10:15am
What’s the future for wireless ISPs? Are they going to be based on filming a series of hot spots? Or do they represent an alternate loop technology to compete with the xLEC and cable marketplace? Most importantly, should we consider this part of the cellular future, or is this an opportunity for a different market segment?
Dror Bukai, President and CEO, ActVoIP Networking
Dror Bukai is the President and CEO of ActVoIP Networking, a leading vendor of fixed-mobile convergence solutions for service providers and enterprises. Prior to founding ActVoIP, Dror had led the technology innovation and business development operations with Acceris Communications, a nationwide service provider. Prior to Acceris, Dror had built the first-to-market VoIP open-source API business unit with I-Link, a pioneer developer of Softswitch and VoIP services. Prior to I-Link, Dror led the worldwide sales engineering and business development operations with Nice Systems, a market leader in multi-media processing and computer telephony integration. Prior to Nice, Dror led technology innovation and product management with the elite communications research and development division of the Israeli DOD.
Anne Coulombe, Director, Product Marketing Applications & Games, SeaChange
With over 20-years experience in high-technology spanning software, games, telecom and convergence products, Anne Coulombe heads product marketing initiatives behind SeaChange’s Middleware and Games platform. Throughout her career, Coulombe has brought 120 products to market on different continents with companies including Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Mitel and Enterasys Networks. Coulombe is a recognized industry speaker, having engaged in worldwide conferences including COMDEX, Voice on the Net (VON) and VoicEcon, in addition to garnering radio and television presence.
Tom Flak, VP, Product Strategy, SOMA Networks
As Vice President of Product Strategy at SOMA Networks, Tom Flak oversees global product strategy, market analysis, and business development. Prior to SOMA Networks, Tom was VP of Marketing for Verilink Corporation, where he managed marketing and product management. He began his career in telecommunications with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Tom holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri, and a Master’s degree in Information Networking from Carnegie-Mellon University.
He has written whitepapers on the subject of broadband wireless technology and wireless VoIP for publications such as: IEEE Spectrum, IEC Comprehensive Report, CommsDesign; and is a frequent speaker at events including: WCA, CTIA, Broadband Wireless World, VoIPossibilities 2005 & 2006, WiMAX World, and OPASTCO.
Matt Holdrege, Director of Business Development, Strix Systems
Matt Holdrege is the Director of Business Development for EMEA at Strix Systems. He has 20 years of network and systems Business Development and Engineering experience at companies such as Sonus, ipVerse, Lucent, Ascend and GTE. Mr. Holdrege has been actively involved with VoIP and VON since 1997 with focus on standards and architecture, and has chaired or led committees in the IETF, ETSI, ITU-T and chairs the Legal Intercept group at the International Packet Communications Consortium.
Eric Ritter, Director, WLAN Solutions, Research In Motion
Eric Ritter is the Director, WLAN Solutions for Research In Motion. Eric has held a variety of technical positions at RIM including being a founding member of the BlackBerry Solutions Group and technical lead on RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino. A frequent speaker at wireless technology conferences and customer sessions, in his current position he is the technical lead for all WLAN focused customer and partner activities.
Prior to joining RIM, Eric had extensive experience managing Microsoft focused infrastructures including large Exchange environments, as well as a background in the Telecom world.
