The Voice of the Broadband Revolution
Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 10:45am - 12:00
What bundled equipment is required for the consumer to take full advantage of the broadband revolution for voice phone calls? Learn from this uniquely informed panel, representing service solutions and packaged offerings tailored to reach different market segments. Also discussed: Is VoIP as good as the existing telephone network? What are the limitations of VoIP? What’s the value proposition for the consumer? How are packaging and feature functionality tied together when selling VoBB services to the consumer?
Katherine Bagin, Vice President of Telephony, AT&T
Over her 19 years with AT&T, Katherine Bagin has accumulated experiences across several business disciplines including: Marketing, Product Management, Network, and Financial Services
Currently, Katherine is AT&T’s Vice President of Telephony responsible for introducing this new leading edge technology into the residential market place. Specifically she leads efforts for AT&T’s CallVantagesm Product Management, Marketing Sales and Distribution. Previously, in her role as New Services Development VP, Katherine created an Innovations Growth Platform introducing New Services to sell to AT&T’s base of 40M consumers. The role was a forward facing position requiring strong collaborative leadership to build and lead a dynamic cross-functional team that continues to undertake the implementation of multiple trials in a disciplined yet entrepreneurial fashion.
David Epstein, Co-Founder, President, BroadVoice
David Epstein is the co-founder and president of BroadVoice (www.broadvoice.com), a new kind of communications company that allows consumers and businesses to make and receive phone calls anywhere in the world using a high-speed Internet connection. BroadVoice offers lower rates and more innovative features than traditional phone companies, while providing crystal clear voice quality.
Mr. Epstein is a technology savvy entrepreneur with over 10 years of hands-on experience in the Internet service provider industry. Prior to co-founding BroadVoice, he was CEO of Connecticut Telephone, a facilities-based DSL service provider based in Hartford, Connecticut. From 1998 to 2000 he served as president of RCN’s Internet Access division – at that time the seventh largest ISP in the United States. Mr. Epstein joined RCN in 1998 when he sold them JavaNet, an Internet Service Provider that he co-founded in 1995.
Bryan Martin, President & CEO, 8x8
Bryan R. Martin is Chairman & CEO of 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) and has served as CEO and as a director since February 2002. From February 2001 to February 2002 he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. He served as 8x8’s Chief Technical Officer from August 1995 to August 2000. In addition, Mr. Martin served in various technical roles for 8x8 from April 1990 to August 1995. Mr. Martin is an inventor on 31 United States Patents in the fields of semiconductors, computer architecture, video processing algorithms, videophones and communications. He received a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Ravi Sakaria, President/Co-Founder, VoicePulse
Ravi Sakaria is a veteran technologist with over 15 years experience in the Information Technology field. An expert in the area of network engineering, his vision that Voice over IP is the catalyst for a revolution in the telecommunications industry drives VoicePulse's every day thinking. Prior to co-founding VoicePulse, Sakaria headed a successful IT consulting company, The Aiko Group. The Aiko Group focused on network engineering, Voice over IP quality of service engineering, and network security. Before heading The Aiko Group, Sakaria was Manager of Network Engineering for First Union National Bank.
Sakaria's management background, engineering education, and extensive experience in IT service organizations drives VoicePulse's focus on delivering powerful technology to consumers in an easy-to-use format.
Michael Tribolet, EVP of Operations, Vonage Holdings
Michael Tribolet oversees operations at Vonage managing system operations, system applications, carrier relations, customer care, network operations and quality assurance.
Mr. Tribolet has more than 12 years experience in multi-national operations management. Most recently, Mr. Tribolet served as Vice President of Operations at Dialpad Communications overseeing the engineering and telecommunications divisions in American, Korean and Japanese operations. Prior to Dialpad, Mr. Tribolet spent nearly ten years at Data Products International where he created CyberVault and oversaw the build-out of multiple Internet telephony services including the first worldwide VoIP service, Intertel.net.
Mr. Tribolet holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University.
