Wireless Rules the World!
Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 10:15am - 11:30am
The wireline market is shrinking as more people are relying on their cell phones to be “the” primary method of communication. Now the bandwidth is increasing as well, with services such as EVDO and GPRS being deployed. The choice in the wireless world is diverse but normally dependent on a carrier’s relationships with vendors. What expectation should the end user have in his device selection? Are wireless phones taking over more than the need for voice communication? What role does WiFi play with a cellular service?
Christopher Albano, Stevens Institute of Technology
Chris manages AT&T CallVantage Service's strategic partnerships and marketing collaborations with its OEM and silicon partners in support of AT&T's distribution via its nationwide retail partners. Prior to joining the AT&T CallVantage Team, Chris was responsible for the launch AT&T's Wi-Fi Service in partnership with Intel and IBM to develop public Wi-Fi hotspots. Chris also served as a group manager as part of the AT&T Global Network Engineering MPLS migration team. He was also an original team member responsible for the launch of AT&T's award winning ISP, AT&T WorldNet Service. Chris holds a Bachelor's degree from Rutgers University, a Master's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and completed course work in pursuit of a PhD in Information Management.
Tom Kershaw, Vice President, VoIP Services, VeriSign
Tom Kershaw is responsible for a suite of new service offerings for next-generation networks worldwide. He joined VeriSign with 12 years experience in product design for VoIP, Intelligent Network systems and enhanced services. Prior to VeriSign, Tom was CTO at SS8 Networks, where he was responsible for overall engineering design for voice messaging, VoIP, and Lawful Intercept products. Prior to SS8 Networks, Tom was Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Clarent Corporation. Tom holds a B.A. in Economics/Political Science from New York University, an M.A. in Latin American Economics from the University of London, and a DIP in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Dan Lowden, VP of Business Development, Wayport
Dan Lowden oversees strategic roaming partnerships, airport and retail brand development initiatives, marketing communications activities and strategic marketing alliances. Since joining the company in 2001, he has increased customer usage at Wayport venues either directly or through roaming partnerships, initiating the industry’s first Wi-Fi roaming agreements with Sprint PCS, MCI, SBC, iPass and many others. Mr. Lowden, a mobile computing authority, held key marketing positions in IBM's ThinkPad organization and filled mobile product management roles at NEC Technologies and Sharp Electronics. He holds a BS from Rider University and an MBA in International Business from Rutgers University.
Jonathan Mendelson, Director of Business Development – Devices, Boingo Wireless
Jonathan is responsible for business development activities that will bring Boingo’s Wi-Fi connection software to handsets and other portable devices. In addition, Jonathan is leading discussions with strategic partners to enable VoIP and other fixed mobile convergence applications with Boingo’s authentication technologies. Previously, Jonathan served as a member of the marketing team for ATI Technologies in Toronto, focused on selling advanced graphics ASICs to cellular phone manufacturers. Jonathan received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BSE in electrical engineering from Princeton University.
Ron Nevo, Senior Strategic Planner, Mobility Group, Intel
Mr. Ron Nevo is responsible for setting the long term strategy for Intel’s mobile platforms in the emerging world of fixed-mobile convergence and IMS. Prior to Intel Ron was a founder of Mobilian where he architected simultaneous operation solution for WiFi and Bluetooth. Prior to Mobilian Ron was a senior staff engineer in Qualcomm Inc. where he architected and implemented cellular systems that merged CDMA and GSM technologies. Ron has 5 issued patents (3 more published) in different areas of wireless communication. Ron holds B.Sc. in EE from Technion in Israel.
Juan Santiago, Senior Director of Product Management and Strategy, Motorola
Juan C. Santiago is Senior Director of Product Management and Strategy for the Moto Wi4 product line, Motorola's next-generation of WiMAX wireless broadband products. Juan's 15-year career at Motorola also included various engineering and management positions with Motorola's radio, cellular, paging and wireless data communications businesses.
Juan holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate
School of Management. He has published several articles on wireless communications and is the holder of two US patents.
