Workshop A3: IMS – Impact and Opportunities for CSPs
Thursday, September 14, 2006, 10:15am - 11:15am
The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) provides a single enhanced services architecture for delivering any service, using any media, to reach any customer, regardless of how they connect to the network. IMS will allow CSPs to reach beyond their traditional wireline markets into cable and mobile opportunities with new services using the same IP service delivery infrastructure. At the same time, IMS can provide the tools for new entrants to offer collaboration services that can compete head-on with traditional CSP offerings. During this session, the audience will hear from vendors and service providers working with IMS, and learn about the impact and opportunities of deploying IMS for conferencing and collaboration services.
Greg Ellison, Sr. Manager, Conference Network Engineering, Global Crossing
Greg Ellison is a senior manager of Conference Network Engineering at Global Crossing. He is responsible for the architecture design and development of collaboration solutions, including audio, video, and web conferencing. Greg is a 13-year veteran in the conferencing space and has worked in all technical aspects of the solution, including Platform Software Test Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Network Development, and Network Architect. He also has held various management roles in these areas of expertise. Greg’s telecommunications career has included various engineering and managerial roles in a voice and data compression company. He started his career at Data General as a Manufacturing Test Engineer.
Grant Henderson, Exec. VP, Marketing & Strategy, Convedia (now RadiSys Canada, Inc.)
Grant Henderson is Co-founder and Executive Vice President – Marekting & Stratgey at Convedia (now RadiSys Canada, Inc.), the leading supplier of IP Media Servers. He is responsible for Convedia's product strategy and global marketing initiatives. Grant has over 15 years in the data and telecommunications industries, working with leaders such as Newbridge, Stentor and Bell Canada. Previously he served as Assistant Vice President of Product Management and Business Development at Starvision, where he was instrumental in the development of the company's broadband MCU and video service management products. Earlier, Grant was responsible for broadband applications marketing at Newbridge Networks. Prior to joining Newbridge, he managed the University of Ottawa's Multimedia Communications Research Lab and participated in advanced research in the areas of networked multimedia communication systems. Grant began his career as staff manager at Bell Canada working in the Radio/Video Services division and later with Stentor as Sr. Analyst, Marketing Research and Information System. He has spoken frequently at industry events such as 3GSM World Congress, Supercomm and Voice on the Net (VON), and has published papers in IEEE Multimedia, IBM CASCON and IEEE's International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems. Grant received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from McMaster University in Canada.
