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VON Europe will bring over 120 leading industry experts to London in June.
Speakers committed to date include:
Eran Aharonov, Product Marketing Manager, RADVisionEran Aharonov is product-marketing manager for RADVISION and responsible for the company’s rich media conferencing bridge (MCU). Since joining RADVISION in 1999, Aharonov has defined the strategy and future direction for several premier networking products. His 12-year career in the telecommunications industry includes the definition of numerous market leading products and the design of networking architectures for worldwide video and voice over IP implementations. Prior to RADVISION Eran Aharonov worked for CCSi Communications, an Illinois-based provider of integrated voice/data networking solutions and Tadiran Telecommunications in Clearwater, Florida.
Tomi Ahonen, 3G Consultant and Author, TomiAhonen.comAuthor of bestselling 3G books, Tomi Ahonen is an independent consultant best known for new services having introduced over 500 of them at his over 90 public speakerships on six continents. Earlier Tomi headed Nokia's 3G Business Consultancy, oversaw its 3G Research Centre, and developed mobile internet gateways. Before that he was employed by three operators/carriers in Finland and the USA, where his accomplishments include the world's first fixed-mobile service bundle and the world record for taking market share from the incumbent. Tomi holds an MBA from St John's University NY and lectures at Oxford University's 3G courses. His books are m-Profits, 3G Marketing, and Services for UMTS.
Nick Applegarth, Managing Director EMEA, Nuance CommunicationsAs Nuance’s Managing Director for EMEA, Nick is at the forefront of the speech industry in Europe. He has worked in the speech technology sector for the past eight years.
Nick has held senior roles in Lucent Technologies and Octel Communications, which Lucent acquired in 1997.
Before Octel, Nick worked for CASE Communications (ultimately Cray Communications) where he was International Sales Director.
Nick has made many public speaking appearances including several live interviews on CNN, Sky TV and CNBC.
Nick lives in Great Bookham, Surrey, and holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Linguistic and International Studies from Surrey University.
Val Babajov, President & CEO, WebmessengerAs a founder of Webmessenger, Inc., Val Babajov brings to the company 24 years of extensive experience in software development. Webmessenger Mobile Platform (WMP)is one of the most advanced mobile messaging solution for J2ME Blackberries running on GPRS, CDMA or iDEN networks: T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Nextel. WMP includes also a Palm OS clients for i705, Treo and Tungsten and Pocket PC. WMP server, J2ME and BREW phone clients are compliant with OMA/Wireless Village protocol. WMP is interoperable with Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft LCS, SIP/SIMPLE, Jabber. Webmessenger's business model is based on ASP/Hosting for the consumer market and licensing/OEM of its WMP server and gateways to enterprise customers.
Steve Bakke, Founder & CTO, VocalData,IncMr. Bakke is VocalData's founder and technical visionary as its Chief Technology Officer. Prior to VocalData, Mr. Bakke founded and was CEO of CrossTies Software. Previous to CrossTies, Mr. Bakke founded and was CEO of Omation, Inc., the developer of the first low-cost schematic drawing application for the PC. Previous to Omation, Mr. Bakke was involved in PBX development at several technology companies. Mr. Bakke has an MS from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BS degree from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Herjan Barnard, OPTA Independent Post and Telecommunications AuthorityHerjan Barnard is senior consultant Numbering and Registrations at OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority in The Netherlands. He participates in the CEPT ECC working group Numbering, Naming, and Addressing, where he is chairman of the project team VoIP. This project team studies the numbering for VoIP services. Before Mr. Barnard joined OPTA, he worked seven years for the R&D department of Dutch telecom operator KPN. His expertise includes numbering, VoIP, GSM network technology, and Intelligent Network technology.
Ahal Besorai, President & CEO, Inclarity PlcAhal Besorai has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Inclarity since 1998.
Having assumed the leadership of the company in 1988, he swiftly transformed an ailing telecoms value added reseller, into a leading Advanced Communications service and technology provider.
Under Ahal's leadership, Inclarity has experienced strong, triple-digit growth, year on year. During this period, Inclarity has launched numerous innovative solutions, including the revolutionary Broadband Telephony service. In addition, Ahal personally spearheads account activities at some of Inclarity's most significant clients.
Mr. Besorai holds a BA Hons and MA from Cambridge University.
Keith Bhatia, Senior VP Development Manager, IP UnityKeith brings more than 16 years of sales and business development experience to IP Unity, and is responsible for expanding IP Unity's industry relationships and partnerships. Keith comes to the company from SS8/ADC, where he served as vice president for global sales, leading his team to generate more than $100 million in revenue. Prior to that, Keith directed business development at Nokia, and held managerial posts at both Ericsson and Philips Telecom and Data Systems.
Keith holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Nova Southeast University in Florida, and a MBA from Sheffield Hallum University in the United Kingdom. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering.
Jorgen Bjorkner, VP, Concept Development, HotsipJörgen Björkner works as VP Concept Development at Hotsip. He has a background of research in Internet Communication services and has a extensive background in SIP service designs and deployments. Jörgen Björkner has been following the development and the evolution of the SIP protocol within IETF. Jörgen Björkner is also the chairman of the organization SIP Forum (www.sipforum.org).
Duncan Black, Director Networking Strategy, Cable & WirelessDuncan Black is the Director for Corporate Solutions Strategy and is responsible within C&W for projecting how information and Communications Technology (ICT) will develop over the next 5 years.
Particular emphasis is placed on how organisations will construct the underpinning of their “real-time” secure communications and computing infrastructures necessary to support the new business applications and process environments that are evolving. For example, how organisations can support existing ERP, CRM and e-commerce applications whilst introducing SOA, web services and IP telephony.
Duncan is regularly involved in assisting C&W’s existing and potential customers in projecting how these technology changes can provide opportunities for their own transformation into the future.
Pete Bonee, President and CEO, Sylantro SystemsPete has 25 years of leadership experience in companies focused on emerging communications technologies and markets. Prior to Sylantro, Pete was Vice President of Product Operations at Latitude Communications, a leading innovator in enterprise conferencing. As one of Latitude's early executives, he was responsible for product development, manufacturing operations, customer support, international product approvals, and distributor channel support. Previously, Pete was Vice President of Engineering at VMX, where he led the development of worldwide messaging platforms and was heavily involved in OEM business development. Prior to VMX, he held various engineering and technical management positions at ROLM Corporation. Pete's educational background includes an MSEE degree from Stanford, an SBEE degree from MIT, and the AEA Executive program.
Richard Brennan, Founder, TelxxisRichard Brennan has over 30 years of telecommunications industry experience, and has spent the last decade promoting interoperability and global VoIP standards.
Richard is actively involved in international standards organizations, including ETSI, where he is Vice-Chair of TISPAN, the group responsible for convergence towards NGNs. Richard serves as Chair of the TISPAN Architecture Working Group (WG2) and also acts as a strategic consultant to the ITU Telecommunications Standards Bureau.
In 2001, Richard founded Telxxis LLC, an international communications consulting organization, which draws on resources based in both Europe and the United States to serve the strategic needs of clients.
Peter Briscoe, Founder, President & CEO, ConvediaPeter Briscoe, Convedia's President and Chief Executive Officer, brings visionary leadership, energy and drive to all aspects of Convedia. With 20 years of in-depth product development, marketing and business management skills in the telecommunications and data networking industries, Peter has refined his craft at industry leaders such as Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks and Bell Canada.
Eric Burger, VP, CTO for Next-Gen Communications, Brooktrout TechnologyEric Burger is vice president, chief technology officer for Next-Gen Communications for Brooktrout Technology where he is responsible for setting the technology direction for Brooktrout's current and future next generation products. Mr. Burger represents Brooktrout by participating on several industry standards forums including the IETF, IEEE and SIP Forum. Prior to joining Brooktrout, Mr. Burger co-founded SnowShore Networks where he served as Chief Technology Officer responsible for building real-time, Internet-centric, large scale, packet media processing servers. Mr. Burger has held several strategic positions in the communications industry, including chief scientist at ADC/Centigram Communications Corporation, where he led the development of Centigram's IP-centric architecture; and vice president of engineering for The Telephone Connection, Inc. (TTCI).
Alan Burnett, Manager, Roke Manor ResearchAlan Burnett is the senior manager in charge of Roke Manor's network security group. He is responsible for the development of high performance deep packet analysis systems, for use in security and network monitoring applications. Before joining Roke Manor he worked for Newbridge Networks and Nortel; developing enterprise and PSTN products. Since graduating he has been responsible for developments ranging from 64kbps ISDN to 10Gbps fast packet processors.
He holds a BSc in Electronics from City University and an MSc in Telecommunications from Aston University.
Keith Byerly, Sr. Market Development Manager, BrookTrout TechnologyKeith Byerly is currently senior market development manager for Brooktrout Technology, where he is responsible for Brooktrout's enhanced services market segment. In this role, Mr. Byerly determines market requirements, identifies and develops strategic partnerships and customers, manages marketing programs, and identifies key segment trends and opportunities. Mr. Byerly is an experienced technical professional with over 15 years in product and program management roles at leading technology companies such as Dragon Systems, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexis-Nexis. Mr. Byerly earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1981.
Xavier Casajoana, CEO, VozTelecom Sistemas,S.LXavier Casajoana has a long experience in the field of Internet (World Online) and Telecom (Tiscali) sector in Spain. He was CEO for Tiscali Spain till Dec 2002. Since Feb 2003, he founded VozTelecom, and today operate first European commercial SIP network available for App Hosting. Before his experience in Telecom, he was over 10 years managing IS Departments on public and private held firms, having long expertise in software development and business processes.
Robert is the founder of Libera. He is a telecoms industry veteran with 20 years operational experience at senior management and board level with the major international telecommunications companies Cable and Wireless and Hutchison Telecom. He subsequently founded two start-up ventures: Atlantic Telecom PLC, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1997 and Broadnet Europe, a Comcast joint venture.
Rebecca Copeland, Product Manager, MarconiRebecca was born in Israel but settled in the UK since 1973. She graduated in Architecture and later in Law (LLB) from London University. She has been involved in developing applications working for IT manufacturers Honeywell and DEC. She has also ran her own software house for 5 years. Joining Marconi in January 1994, Rebecca held a number of roles managing products in Billing and Intelligent Networks. Since 2000 Rebecca has focussed on NGN applications and SIP. She is now responsible for selecting and integrating 3rd party applications for the Marconi Softswitch, as well as formulating and driving the SIP strategy for these products.
Tony Corlett, Networks Director, MiTech Group PLCTony Corlett is Director of Networks with MiTech Europe Ltd who specialise in the design, implementation and support of Converged Network Solutions to the medium to large enterprise market. He has been with MiTech since merging his systems integration business; Allied Managed Solutions (AMS) into the group in April 2000 as part of their expansion plans to acquire skills and expertise in the Multi Media Contact Centre market, which at that time was primarily in the Dot.com space.
When he created Allied Managed Solutions in 1998, it was his second start up company in the telecomm’s industry as he had previously formed a voice and data integration company in 1985.
Francois Cosquer, Director Security Research, AlcatelFrancois is Director Security Research currently heading Alcatel Security Competence Center. Before joining Alcatel, he worked with various Research Institutions (ECRC-Munich, INESC-Lisbon), equipment vendors (SAGEM-London, NEC-Berlin) and telecom operators (Portugal Telecom-Lisbon, Cegetel-Paris). He is author of several international publications and co-author of LNCS book on Advances in Distributed Systems. Francois is Alcatel North America representative at the ATIS focus group on Security. Francois graduated in Electronics and Computing and holds a MSc and PhD in Computer Science.
Chris Daniel, Sr. Director, Business Development, Leapstone SystemsChris has been actively involved in resolving technology convergence issues for integrating voice, data, and content services over wireline and wireless networks since 1998. His current responsibilities at Leapstone include technology solutions and business planning for customer introduction of Communications Convergence Engine (CCE) Service Broker and Content Manager solutions. Chris manages partnership relationships with network element, OSS/ BSS, and System Integrator suppliers and also serves as Vice President of the Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) Board of Directors. Prior to joining Leapstone, Chris spent 10 years at a major service provider, where the last three years he was responsible for architectural direction and technology development for voice and data networks.
Brian Day, Vice President, Wireline Networks, Nortel NetworksBrian Day has worked in Nortel for 18 years. At present he is the VP responsible for the Carrier Voice portfolio business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, he has held this responsibility for the last 3 years. He was appointed to this role after being responsible for the PLM for the carrier switching portfolio in Europe, Asia and Latin American. Prior to this he worked in a number of roles from product planning through to marketing, working with the mobile division and the enterprise division of Nortel Networks.
John Drolet, VP Worldwide Sales, Citel TechnologiesJohn Drolet brings over 19 years of telecommunications hardware and services experience to his role as vice president of worldwide sales for Citel Technologies. John's current focus has been with the emerging market of IP telephony. He is recognized as a leading PBX systems, telecommunications, and channel issues speaker. His passionate approach to IP PBX technologies has helped to create a new inflection point in the market for business telephone systems worldwide. An original NBX Corporation employee and later with 3Com, he was instrumental in helping the 3Com NBX IP telephony product line succeed in the marketplace.
Jean-Pierre Dumolard, CEO, CIRPACKJean-Pierre Dumolard is CIRPACK's Chief Executive Officer. With over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, he guides CIRPACK's corporate strategy and development.
>From 1996 to 1999, Jean-Pierre was CEO with Matra Nortel Distribution. He defined and put in place a global strategy to increase revenues made with value added services, making Matra Nortel the largest French voice-data integrator and the largest French service supplier dedicated to telecom operators.
He also has experience in several key positions in the Lagardere Group where he worked for almost 20 years. He managed several Lagardere affiliates with merger and acquisition as well as business development assignments across Europe.Alan Duric is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Telio AS, the fastest growing Nordic Broadband Telephony/Multi-Modal service provider.
Duric is an early pioneer of VoIP and brings almost a decade of experience in VoIP and active contribution through his development and standardization work (as a co-author and/or contributor to number of IETF, ETSI and ITU standards). Beside his standardization work, as a developer and senior systems architect at Ericsson, Alan was involved in the early deployment and development of some of the worlds largest VoIP networks such as deltathree.
At Global IP Sound (suppliers of voice components for Skype), Duric worked as Senior Systems Architect, where he steered standardization efforts and was responsible for iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec), an IETF and CableLabs standard codec for VoIP.
Marco Dütsch, Program Manager, media-streams.comMarco Dütsch is working as Program Manager at media-streams.com. Therefore he is responsible for the design of next generation enterprise solutions. Media-streams.com does have a world wide unique VOIP solution for enterprise customers. Before he was working several years for Siemens Switzerland and there as a member of the global Product Management team for enterprise VOIP solutions. He was the responsible Product Manager of the HiPath Workflow product which was the world’s first multimedia call-center solution.
Marco Dütsch does have a master degree in information technology from the engineering school of Winterthur in Switzerland. He does currently his MBA at University of Fribourg (iimt).
Richard Elliott, Chairman, Co-Founder, Band-XRichard Elliott, Chairman, Co-founder Band-X Ltd Richard co-founded Band-X in 1997 and is now executive Chairman. Band-X, enables carriers and corporate customers to trade voice, data packets and long distance networks through a centralised exchange. To achieve this Band-X has pioneered mediation businesses that have altered traditional telecommunications industry business practices.Prior to Band-X Richard spent eleven years with Kleinwort Benson where, as a director of the equities division he was closely involved in the trading function of the investment bank and has had
wide experience of a number of markets.He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, spent six years in the British Army and is a member of the Institute of Cancer Research.
Martin Ellis, IT Director, Ascent TechnologyMartin Ellis is the IT Manager for Ascent Technology, a market leading business solution provider, software reseller and software author. Previous to this he implemented and managed the IT systems for a number of manufacturing company's. His current role requires supporting a range of complex systems to a mobile and demanding workforce. To support these users and products he manages sophisticated internal systems which undergo continual updating and innovating as part of the company ethos and therefore the systems tend to be at the forefront of technology including VOIP across five sites and remote users.
Bob is an English national living in the Netherlands. He holds a degree in electronic engineering and mathematics from London University and now works as a freelance writer, consultant and ‘industry observer’. Bob has written market reports for the Financial Times and more recently for the publishing division of the Pulver organization, as well as a book titled “21st Century Communications. In addition he was written numerous feature articles as well as white papers for on IP communications for Cisco, Mitel, Nokia and Siemens.
James Enck, European Telecom Analyst, Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd.James G. Enck is Global Telecoms Strategist and Head of European Telecom Sector Research at Daiwa Securities SMBC in London. His primary coverage universe focuses on the Northern European incumbent operators, but in the past year, he has been increasingly focusing on emerging threats to the traditional telco business model posed by new technologies, as well as emerging tensions between public/social policy and telco "business as usual.
Kevin Farrell, VP Product Mgmt. & Mktg., TeleGeaKevin Farrell has a proven track record in innovatively utilizing new technologies and capitalizing on new market opportunities. Prior to his current role at TeleGea, Kevin served as Portfolio Director at Nortel Networks where he built and led an IP mediation business with solutions for wireless, optical, VPN, VoIP, access and core networking. Kevin also served as a founding member of Bay Networks' Service and Network Management group, and was a Member of Technical Staff at both Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Kevin currently holds several patents in service management.
Joel Fisher, Head of Business Development, Jasomi NetworksJoel Fisher brings over twelve years of marketing and business development experience in the telecommunications industry to Jasomi Networks. As Head of Business Development, he is responsible for establishing and managing all strategic alliances. Prior to joining Jasomi Networks, Joel held a variety of marketing and business development positions at Pacific Bell Information Services, Cingular, Clarent Corporation and Indigo Software. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Tom Flanagan, Worldwide Director of Broadband Strategy, Texas InstrumentsAs the worldwide director of broadband strategy, Tom Flanagan identifies market trends and provides the vision and strategic direction for TI’s Broadband Communications Group.
The Broadband Communications Group is charged with driving TI’s extensive broadband portfolio, which includes integrated DSP, analog and software solutions for cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and wireless networking.
Previously Flanagan was the director of business development for Telogy Networks, acquired by TI in 1999, and VP Sales and Marketing for ADC Skyline. Flanagan also held various marketing, sales and business development positions during a 12 year career with Dynatech Communications.
Brian Forbes, VP of Business Development, NetrakeAs vice president of business development, Brian Forbes brings over 18 years experience in data networking and telecommunications to Netrake where he is responsible for directing and overseeing all product strategy and business development initiatives for the company.
Before joining Netrake, Forbes was vice president of business development at telecom technologies inc. (now Sonus Networks) where he was responsible for corporate development, specifically providing vision and direction for positioning the company's softswitch product. Prior to this, Forbes was vice president of technical services within Allied Riser Communications (ARC), where he was responsible for the design, implementation, and operations of the ARC LightSpeed™ network. Additionally, Forbes has held senior positions with Inacom and MCI Systemhouse.
Ted Franz, Senior Director of Sales - Central Eastern Europe, Russia & CIS, iBasisTed Franz brings to iBasis more than 10 years of experience in the Internet telephony and telecommunications industries. As Director of Sales, Mr. Franz is responsible for all business development and sales activities in the Russia & CIS and Central Eastern Europe regions. Previously, Mr. Franz was Commercial Director for DirectNet, an alternative provider serving the Moscow and St. Petersburg retail, business and wholesale markets. Mr. Franz holds two Master of Business Administration degrees in International Business and Information Technology from Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria and the University of South Carolina, USA.
Dave Gellerman, VP Service Assurance Technology & Corp. Dev., Spirent CommunicationsA frequent speaker at U.S. and international telecommunications and technology events, Dave Gellerman is widely sought for his unique insights into the telecom network services sector, as a twenty-two year veteran of
this industry's ongoing revolution.
Dave is responsible for Spirent's service assurance technology strategy and corporate development functions. He also represents Spirent on the board of ATIS (the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions).
A longtime Spirent community member, Dave began his career here as a software engineer, moving up through numerous engineering management roles
before transitioning to director of product planning, and finally marketing and business development leadership roles. Dave also spent five years as a
marketing executive at Newbridge Networks.
Irvind Ghai, Director, VOP Asia-Pacific, Broadband Communications, Texas InstrumentsAs Director for VOP Asia-Pacific, Irvind S. Ghai identifies market trends and opportunities to deploy IP solutions, extending across the entire spectrum from Carrier boxes, Enterprise/Residential Gateways to IP Phones. Prior to this, as Texas Instruments’ worldwide High Density Voice manager, Ghai provided the vision and strategic direction for TI’s product portfolio in the infrastructure market. Ghai is responsible for driving product definition and development in order to launch and sustain innovative platforms for this market.
As part of TI’s Broadband Team, the VoP Group provides integrated silicon and software solutions, which enable equipment manufacturers to develop products that send real-time voice, fax and data over packet networks.
Dave Gladwin, Applications Engineering, Newport NetworksDave is part of the team that formed Newport Networks when it was founded in 2000. Dave's 23 years of experience in the telecoms industry covers software design, application development, product management, pre-sales and post-sales support. He has been involved in VoIP systems since 1996 when, as Technical Services Director with Vienna Systems, he was responsible for technical support and training in Europe for the Voice over IP product line.
Before this, Dave spent seven years at Newbridge Networks working on Interactive Voice Response systems. Dave holds an honours degree in physics and physical electronics from the University of Bath and is an M.I.E.E.
Normand Glaude, Managing Director, Signaling Systems, Performance TechnologiesNormand Glaude joined Bell Canada as a software engineer in 1991. After four years he moved on to MicroLegend Telecom Systems, then a startup in its early stages, serving in the SS7 field. He became the chief engineer of the organization and served as a strong contributor to international standard bodies such as the IETF and PacketCable in defining SS7 over IP protocols. MicroLegend was since acquired by Performance Technologies, where Normand remains as the Managing Director for the Signaling Systems Group in Ottawa.
Debbie Greenstreet, Director Product Management, Texas InstrumentsDebbie Greenstreet is Product Manager Director at Texas Instruments. She is responsible for product direction of CPE Voice products, including VoCable, VoDSL and SME solutions. She has been working in the VoIP industry since its infancy, and has authored many articles and presented at numerous conferences on the subject. Ms. Greenstreet has over 20 years experience in the networking and telecommunications field in hardware and software design, as well as product management, at companies such as Hyundai and Raytheon. She holds a BSEE from the University of Virginia and graduate work in Computer Engineering at George Mason University.
David Gurle, Executive Vice President, ReutersDavid Gurle is currently Executive Vice President, Global Head of Collaboration Services where he leads a worldwide team responsible for the business and technical aspects of collaboration services including Reuters Messaging product development, deployment and service initiatives. David previously worked at Microsoft as Product Unit Manager and Director of Program Management, Real Time Communication where he was responsible for Greenwich, Microsoft's upcoming instant messaging solution and real-time communications platform. He also oversaw Exchange Instant Messaging, Windows Messenger, Exchange Conferencing Server, NetMeeting and TAPI. While at Microsoft, David led the product team that delivered the technology which is the foundation of Reuters Messaging service.
Simon Gwatkin, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, MItel NetworksSimon Gwatkin is Vice President of Marketing at Mitel Networks. In this role he is responsible for the management and strategic marketing direction taken with Mitel Networks business, platforms and desktop applications.
Simon has over 20 years experience in voice and data communications, and previous to assuming his current role held senior management positions at Mitel in the areas strategy and development, as well as applications. Before joining Mitel, Simon held executive-level positions at two London-based software houses.
Simon is a seasoned industry speaker and has spoken at numerous trade shows and conferences throughout the world.
Michael Haberler, Chairman, Internet Foundation AustriaMichael Haberler is currently chairman of Internet Foundation Austria, the registry for .at domain names. He holds degrees in communications and electronics, and business administration, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
He established and led the first commercial ISP in Austria in 1991 to a size of 90 people, helped consolidate european ISP's into Eunet International Ltd, and was a instrumental in the sale of Eunet to Qwest Communications. He also co-founded the Austrian ISP Association, Internet Foundation Austria, the nic.at registry, the enum.at ENUM registry, and is on the board of several hi-tech companies, and in the investment committee of a venture capital firm.BT Mobility is responsible for designing BT’s portfolio of products, services and solutions for mobility. Our aim is to provide a seamless set of fixed, wireless and mobile services that enable our customers to achieve improved business efficiency and a more convenient lifestyle.
Within this team, Geof focuses on the creation of mobility products and the infrastructure to support these products.
Geof has worked in the business of telecommunications for almost 30 years. Prior to joining BT, Geof worked for a number of leading telecommunications companies, designing products and mobility solutions based on GPRS, 3G and WLAN.
But maybe his best credential for mobility, is that he hasn’t had an office for almost 10 years.
Rod Hall, Director, Dresdner Kleinwort WassersteinRod joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (then Benson) in February of 1999 after completing his MBA at INSEAD. For 8 years prior to INSEAD he worked for AT&T where he held various management responsibilities in the U.S. and Europe. These included calling card marketing, resale operations, business product management, and international distribution strategy.
Richard Hallett, Next Generation Product Manager, Intec Telecom SystemsRichard has ten years experience in the software development and telecommunications industry, including billing, fraud management and mobile prepaid. Specific areas of interest include mobile telecommunication signaling protocols, network mediation and provisioning and Intelligent Network architectures.
He is currently a product manager for Intec, focusing on next generation IP based service charging and control strategies.
Martin Harriman, EVP Marketing, MarconiMartin Harriman joined Marconi in September 2000 as UK Marketing Director, EMEA, before taking up his current role as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to this Martin was Head of Business to Business Marketing at British Telecom. Prior to joining BT Martin had a 15 year career as a naval officer, undertaking a variety of appointments including helicopter pilot, captain of a frigate and a year long secondment to the United Nations in Cambodia. He has degrees in Psychology, History and Business Administration.
Rüdiger Hnyk joined the public communications group within SIEMENS in 1990 as a SW Engineer for UNIX Network Management Systems. Thereafter he build up the Siemens EWSM product as the world market leader for „Metropolitan Area Networks“ as product director.
In 1996 he was responsible for all public network IP products and started the Broadband RAS and Service Selection Server products within Siemens which became part of Juniper in 2002.
In 2000, he started the largest Broadband Wireless Carrier in Europe, “STAR21 AG” in Frankfurt and build up the complete product portfolio.
Since 2002, he is consulting the Siemens ICN management in the area of IP Video service products.
Louis Holder, EVP Product Development, VonageLouis Holder manages the development of Vonage's technology infrastructure and support services, including systems development and web application development. Before joining Vonage, Mr. Holder was a vice president in the program trading technology group at PaineWebber, where he performed business and technical analysis and was responsible for the development of a next-generation program trading system. Prior to PaineWebber, Mr. Holder was a senior software developer at Cantor Fitzgerald. Mr. Holder developed several analytical and trading applications for Cantor Fitzgerald's FX options, emerging markets, government bond swaps, euro bond swaps and iInterest rate swaps desks. Mr. Holder holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University, New York.
Margaret Hopkins is an independent telecoms analyst. During her 14 year association with Analysys, she has been lead author of many reports, including Delivering the Broadband Home. New fixed and mobile services and devices: forecasts 2003–2008; Next Generation Networks: Integrated IP Architectures; Market Realities of IP VPNs; IP Local Loop: Key Facts; IP Voice Services: the return on investment for European service providers and Business Data Services: Growth Opportunities and Forecasts 2002–2007. She has a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Telecommunications and Information Systems from the University of Essex.
Jim Hourihan, VP, Marketing & Product Mgmt., Acme PacketWith more than 20 years experience in executive management, marketing, business development, and product management, Jim was the VP of marketing for internetworking leader Wellfleet and, after its merger with Synoptics, at Bay Networks (now Nortel) for nearly seven years. During his tenure, revenue grew from $10m to $2b and Wellfleet was recognized as "America's Fastest Growing Company" by Inc. magazine. Jim also served as VP of marketing for Pingtel (the leader in SIP phones) as well as for Bright Tiger (now Macromedia). The co-author of several internetworking guidebooks, Jim has held management positions at Data General and MASSCOMP, holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Babson College.
Jane Humphrey, Network Standards Consultant, MarconiJane Humphrey has worked for Marconi (previously GEC) for 20 years. Has been involved in System Design for System X and evolution of the IN platform. For the past 10 years has been involved in international standards covering SS7 signalling protocols, Intelligent Networks, GSM and Parlay/OSA. Participates in UK Interconnect (PNO-ISC), ITU-T SG11, ETSI and 3GPP standards forums and has held numerous Chairman, Vice Chairman and Rapporteur positions.
Vlad Ihora, Global Product manager IP Portfolio, TeliaSonera International CarrierI have been working in telecoms for about 6 years as Product Manager for services like Corporate Internet Access, IP SEC VPN and MPLS VPN. In the past 4 years I have been working for TeliaSonera International Carrier in London covering tasks like the launch and management of the UK MPLS VPN followed by global assignments in managing the IP SEC VPN, developing the MPLS VPN product and lately I have been managing projects dealing with the integration of Voice and IP services.
Amir Ilan, Associate VP, DSP Technology R&D, Veraz NetworksAmir has 12 years of experience in research and development of digital signal processing products.
Over the past 8 years, in his current position at Veraz and previously at ECI Telecom NGTS division, Amir Ilan has headed the R&D of DSP technology, leveraging the leadership of Veraz in voice quality.
Matured successfully from ECI’s renowned DCME products, Veraz in-house DSP Technology encompasses a variety of disciplines, offering high quality, efficient and flexible solutions for packet telephony media streaming.
Amir holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion).
David Illing, Senior Vice President, Sylantro SystemsDavid has over 20 years experience managing the development, delivery and sale of network-based enhanced service applications to telecommunication service providers and Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to Sylantro, David was a management consultant with NewNet Solutions working with startup companies focused on developing advanced communications solutions. Previously, he served as VP Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for Precision Systems Inc., and Executive Group Manager - International Projects and Technical Services for Vicorp International Services. Prior to that, David held engineering, operations, and management positions in the telecom industry and was an officer in the Canadian Coast Guard. David was trained as a commercial pilot.
John Irvine, Vice President, Voice Services Europe, Level 3 CommunicationsMr. Irvine is Vice President of Voice Services Europe, for Level 3 Communications, responsible for Level 3’s voice over IP services.
Prior to joining Level 3 at the beginning of 2004, he was Vice President of the Advanced Communications Division for Inclarity plc, where he created and launched the UK’s first Voice over Broadband Service. Before this he held numerous positions in his 10 years with BT.
Mr. Irvine holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Ulster and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, North Carolina.
Roger Jones, Business Development Director EMEA, AvayaRoger Jones has seventeen years of experience in voice and data network design and product support.
Roger is an IP Telephony Business Development Director for Avaya EMEA. His role is to evangelize Avaya’s IP telephony solutions and services.
He has been with Avaya and Lucent InterNetworking Systems since January 1998, when he joined as part of Lucent’s acquisition of Gigabit Ethernet startup Prominet Corporation.
Roger joined Prominet from ATM specialists FORE Systems where he was a Network Consultant.
Prior to this he worked for Chipcom and 3Com corporations.
Roger has a BSc in Electronic Engineering from Sussex University.
Amol Joshi, VP of Marketing, BayPacketsAmol Joshi is responsible for BayPackets' overall corporate and product marketing efforts, systems integration partnerships and the company's international expansion activities. Joshi has sigificant experience and success in global marketing and sales within the telecommunications industry and is widely recognized as an industry expert in the enhanced voice services market. Prior to BayPackets, Joshi was a co-founder and vice president of sales and marketing at BeVocal, where he pioneered the introduction of voice portals and voice-activated dialing services for service providers and helped BeVocal garner the leading market share for VoiceXML platforms and applications in the North American carrier market.
Opher Kahane, President / CEO, Kagoor NetworksOpher Kahane, co-founder and chief executive officer of Kagoor Networks, is a true industry leader in voice over IP with more than 14 years of direct industry experience. Kahane was an early developer in the voice over IP industry as the author of multiple patents, a key contributor to the H.323 standard and a founding member of the VoIP Forum. Before co-founding Kagoor in early 2000, Kahane served as vice president, strategic planning and global alliances at VocalTec Communications, where he was responsible for establishing key partnerships with industry leaders including, Cisco Systems. Kahane holds a B.S. with honors, in Computer Science & Mathematics, from Tel Aviv University.
Edward Keegan, Director, Lukas TechnologiesCo-founder of ETphones.com, Ed was previously Head of Business Development at Indigo Software. There, he was responsible for putting the company on the Voice over IP map, in both Europe and North America, through partnerships and strategic alliances with the world's leading Carriers, Operators, OEMs, and ISVs, and a highly successful corporate and product branding campaign. His 15 years of industry experience includes tenures at Mediatext and with Primarydata, where he was EMEA Director of Sales and Marketing. Ed is Chairman of the SIP Forum's Marketing Working Group.
Neil Kinder, Acting General Manager, EMEA, Sonus NetworksNeil Kinder is the Technical Director at Sonus Networks (EMEA) where he is responsible for leading the development of opportunities for Carriers who wish to take advantage of Voice over Packet technologies since March 2000.
The role mandates an deep understanding of traditional circuit-switched TDM infrastructures together with Next Generation VoIP technologies and how to successfully combine the two worlds.
Prior to joining Sonus Networks, Neil was the Technical Director at 3Com responsible for the technical strategies for the UK and the pre-sales technical community in EMEA. Neil also held a variety of other senior positions within 3Com.
Neil graduated in Computer Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University.Chérie is a Managing Director of the firm and Chair of the Communications Section. She represents a wide range of telecommunications and Internet companies, including CLECs, integrated communications providers, ISPs, VoIP service providers, and applications service providers.
Chérie has been at the forefront of the expansion of new entrants into the voice and data communications markets. She routinely represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission and state regulatory agencies. She counsels clients on establishing and acquiring communications networks, information technology, and related applications. She has negotiated and provided advice in connection with numerous complex network, equipment, and services transactions, and with negotiation of interconnection, peering, marketing, and revenue sharing agreements.
Mikko Kiukkanen, EMEA Sales Director, NetrakeMikko Kiukkanen is the EMEA Sales Director for Netrake Corporation. Netrake is the premier provider of session controllers delivering real-time control of voice and multimedia across IP networks for global service providers. Mr. Kiukkanen is responsible for the company’s sales and support operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) territory.
Prior to his position at Netrake, Mr. Kiukkanen was Business Development Director, IP Services & Packet Core at Lucent Technologies. He has garnered more than 15 years experience in the internetworking industry working at companies such as Lucent, Marconi and Bay Networks.
Bin Koura, Senior Sales Consultant, Nortel NetworksBin has been with Nortel Networks for fourteen years, holding a variety of Engineering, Network Architect, Management, Consultancy, and Market Development roles within the Carrier Voice Solutions division. He has attained valuable experience supporting a wide variety of customers in different marketplaces, including the US - where his experience includes pre and post sales support of Verizon, and EMEA – where he has focused on leading teams that deliver pre-sales technical and marketing consultancy for VoIP opportunities, supporting customers ranging from PTTs, AOs, and Pan European Service Providers.
Bernd Kuhlin, President, Enterprise Networks, SiemensAs President, Enterprise Networks at Siemens AG’s Information and Communication Networks (ICN) Group, Bernd Kuhlin is responsible for driving the product development, strategy and vision for the HiPath Product Family. This includes general management of all worldwide activities related to HiPath product development and maintenance as well as coordination with worldwide sales and marketing efforts. He was named to this position in January, 2001.
Previously, Mr. Kuhlin was Vice President, HiPath Corporate Solutions in the Enterprise Networks Division.
Jiri Kuthan, Director of Engineering, Iptel.orgJiri Kuthan is founder and technical leader of iptel.org. He has been responsible for engineering architecture of iptel's SIP services and underlying infrastructure. Prior to founding iptel.org, Jiri was working with GMD Fokus, and MCI Worldcom. Jiri has been actively participating in IETF standardization and serves on TPC of iptel workshop and International SIP.
Tal Kuttner, Associate VP, Instant Communications, ComverseTal Kuttner is the AVP for Comverse Instant Communications Division.
Prior to this he has been leading the Enterprise Segment offering in Comverse. Tal brought Comverse more than 12 years of marketing and management expertise in messaging and value added services for various companies as Missing Link, VocalTec and TeleData.
Tal also has experience in running a venture capital startup in Israel.In 1998 Michel Laurence co-founded Octasic, a company that began by fulfilling design contracts for major semiconductor houses and has since grown to design its own proprietary silicon for Voice over Packet (VoP) applications. CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001, Mr. Laurence oversees research and development and determines strategic direction.
Prior to Octasic, Mr. Laurence co-founded InnoMediaLogic (IML) in 1996, and within a span of four years, as Chairman and President, he developed the company into a thriving multi-million dollar vendor of VoP solutions. NMS Communications purchased IML in 2000 and Mr. Laurence was appointed VP and General Manager of NMS Communications' Network Access Business Unit.John Lazar joined MetaSwitch’s parent company Data Connection in 1987 as an engineer, and has worked in various different divisions within the company, covering both communication/networking and Internet applications.
More recently John was centrally involved in establishing Data Connection's focus on the converged voice/data network space. This resulted in substantial investment in technologies such as MGCP/H.248, SIP, H.323 and SCTP, and culminated in the creation of MetaSwitch. His wide network/telecom experience has been key to the growth of MetaSwitch’s business and organization.
John earned masters and doctorate degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
Chris Lennartz, Director Marketing, LogicaCMG Wireless NetworksChris Lennartz is Director Marketing for LogicaCMG Global Telecoms within the uOne(tm) business unit for IP messaging. Prior to that, he was responsible for LogicaCMG's marketing strategy for Next Generation Device Management and user experience. Before LogicaCMG, he was employed at Ericsson in the Netherlands within Marketing & Business Development, responsible for the market development of datacom networks and IP services.
Chris Lennartz has a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications and a Post Master's degree in Information & Communication Technology. He was born in 1970 in Kerkrade, the Netherlands.
Bill Leslie, CTO, LongBoard, Inc.Bill Leslie is a 22-year veteran of the telecommunications industry and is the chief architect of the LongBoard product line. Prior to joining LongBoard, Leslie was CTO for Magellan Network Systems, a provider of enhanced service switching solutions. He has also held a variety of technical and management positions with ITT, Motorola, ROLM, NEC, StrataCom and SynOptics. During his tenure at ROLM, Leslie was the primary architect and led much of the software development for the IBM 8750 PBX. For his efforts there he received IBM's Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. He is a frequent speaker at industry events such as the VON Developers Conference, and holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Hatfield Polytechnic in the UK.
Jeff Liebl, VP of Marketing, Ubiquity SoftwareJeff Liebl brings both enterprise and service provider communications industry experience, as well as voice and data expertise, to his role at Ubiquity. Liebl is responsible for all outbound marketing activities as well as internal product line management. Liebl's communications experience includes management roles in corporate development, business development, product and vertical marketing at Jetstream Communications and 3Com Corporation, along with experience as a strategic marketing consultant to the high performance communications and computing industry at Smaby Group, Inc. Liebl has presented to audiences at numerous industry conferences and seminars. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, at the University of St. Thomas and his Master of Business Administration from The University of Michigan Business School.
Graeme Macarthur, VP Internet Applications Group, Data ConnectionGraeme is VP responsible for the Internet Applications Group of Data Connection Ltd (DCL), a UK software development company. His responsibilities cover all aspects of product development, commercial relationships and customer support for the Group, which specializes in open-standards communications technology, including next-generation messaging, desktop audio/video/data conferencing, and distributed directory systems.
Graeme joined Data Connection in 1985 as a software engineer, and has been a member of the company's board of directors since 1991. He has a 1st-class degree in Computing Science from Glasgow University, and can still speak with an indecipherable Scottish accent, especially after a few good malt whiskies.
Scott Marcus, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the U.S.Scott Marcus is currently on loan to the European Commission, where he is studying the European New Regulatory Framework (NRF) under a grant from the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. He is on leave from the FCC (USA), where he is Senior Advisor for Internet Technology, and a member of the Homeland Security Policy Council. Previously, he served as CTO of GTE Internetworking (Genuity). He is an IEEE ComSoc officer, former trustee of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN), and the author of a textbook on network design.
Brian Marquette, CTO, SandCherryBrian Marquette is chief technology officer at SandCherry, Inc. He is responsible for the architecture of SandCherry’s SoftServer™ platform, as well as future design and development of new products. Brian authored and co-authored several of SandCherry’s patents and white papers related to the core functionality of the product, and is an active participant in standards groups such as SALT, the VoiceXML Forum, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Mark Mcilvane, President & CEO, PersonetaMark is a "startup specialist", who firmly believes that startup companies are a science, and that they will succeed if managed properly. Mark joins Personeta from IP Unity, where he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to IP Unity, he held several positions at Clarent Corporation, most recently as Executive Vice President, Business Operations. Before Clarent, Mark was Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Comverse Technology, a leading provider of network-based multimedia enhanced communications services. He has also held senior level positions at Bell & Howell Company and ACI Telecom/US West. Mr. McIlvane holds a BS of Business and Economics from Mac Murray College, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Gary Mead, Vice President, International, SpectraLinkGary Mead is Vice President, International for SpectraLink Corporation, and is responsible for the international business of SpectraLink in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia - Pacific regions. Mr. Mead currently he has two regional headquarters located in Fleet (UK) and Melbourne (Australia) with teams of sales, pre-sales and post-sales staff. He is setting the strategy and direction to maximise the growth of the business for SpectraLink in these markets.
Gary’s experience includes over 20 years in the telecommunications business and has held a number of senior positions with companies such as Motorola and PictureTel specialising in the fields of Voice/Video/Data communications and conferencing technologies.
Kevin Mitchell, Directing Analyst, Service Provider Networks & Next Gen Voice, Infonetics ResearchKevin specializes in vendor and service provider trends, product offerings, and strategies. He covers MPLS, IP, and ATM from the service provider edge through the core; routers and multiservice switches; VoIP and circuit to packet technologies; and carrier adoption plans, capex, and revenue. As a consultant, he advises on market opportunities, positioning, product development, and business plans. He graduated summa cum laude from Boston College in 1997 with a BS in marketing and philosophy.
Piyush Modi, VP of Applications and Media Processing Technology, IP UnityPiyush, a leading expert in advanced speech processing technologies, platforms and applications leads the R&D team and champions the development and integration of ASR and TTS technologies into next-generation, multimedia messaging and conferencing solutions at IP Unity. While at AT&T, Piyush built an engineering team to develop innovative speech technologies, research and define future speech applications. He deployed the world’s first speech recognition platform that understands spoken natural language.
Piyush holds several patents and has served on several speech processing industry standards committees. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers University and master's degree at the University of Tennessee. His bachelor's degree is in electrical engineering.
Greg Moore, Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco SystemsGreg is a Technical Marketing Engineer in Cisco's IP Communications Business Unit responsible for voice security improvements. He began working for Cisco as a Systems Engineer in 1997. Prior to joining Cisco, Greg spent seventeen years designing and building secure networks for the U.S. Department of Energy and a top-five public utilities engineering company. Greg received a Bachelors of Computer Science degree from Graceland College in 1981.
Konstantin Nikashov, Vice President, MERA SystemsMr. Nikashov's managerial experience includes 15 years of creative leadership in technology-based businesses. Serving as VP Development for MERA, Konstantin built a 400-people strong off-shore programming lab, a pioneering private business in the post-Soviet Russia, which engaged in software development for Nortel Networks, CISCO Systems and others. A strong focus on revenue-generating VoIP developments over the past half decade resulted in the MERA VoIP Solutions product line with over 200 deployments worldwide. Konstantin holds an MSEE and a Ph.D. candidate degree in Telecommunications. Mr. Nikashov had been speaking at Fall VON 2003, TMCNet Conference 2003, The 8th Moscow IP Telephony Conference, China VoIP 2003 and a number of other events.
John O'Donohue, Managing Director - Motorola Ventures EMEA, MotorolaJohn O'Donohue has established Motorola Ventures in EMEA, based in London.
His role is to identify, execute and manage strategic, minority-equity
investments in Europe, which are strategic to Motorola's core and emerging
businesses including communications and silicon solutions. This Venture
activity is key lever in Motorola's strategic approach to growth by
accelerating access for all Motorola's existing and future business to new
technologies, markets and talent. Prior, John spent six years in
operational roles in the wireless infrastructure sector. Prior to joining
Motorola, he had operational roles in the telecom sector where he built,
sold and marketed telecommunications networks and infrastructure equipment.
He also represents Motorola on corporate boards, industry and regional
associations.
Marie-Paule Odini, HP VoIP Program Manager, Hewlett PackardMarie-Paule joined HP in 1987. She subsequently held positions in technical consulting, sales development and marketing in different HP organisations in France and in the US - all focused on network and service provider business, either on solutions for the network infrastructure or for the operation.
She also spent five years with France Telecom research and development labs on defining architecture and value added services for corporate customers, working with standard bodies and industry forums as well as FT operational and marketing organisations.
More recently, Marie-Paule joined HP NSPBU organisation to lead HP NGN solutions for service providers.
Marie-Paule holds a master of Electrical Engineering from Utah State Unv.
Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcomJeff Paine is vice president of strategic marketing for UTStarcom, based in Alameda, Calif. UTStarcom a leading suppliers of IP-based access solutions for both broadband mobile/cellular 2.5G and 3G multimedia networks. They are also the #1 softswitch vendor according to many analyst firms.
Prior to joining UTStarcom, Jeff spent six years as a senior executive in the VoIP/softswitching market, where he served as VP of marketing and BD at Syndeo, a leading provider of CLASS 5/local exchange softswitches, and VP of marketing for LongBoard.
He was also one of the first 100 employees at Cisco where he created many of the company's best-known marketing programs between 1989 and 1995.
Dimitri Panasevich, Director, IPCB.netPrior to co-founding IPCB.net in 2000, Dimitri Panasevich worked in Investment Banking (Merrill Lynch), Management Consulting (McKinsey) and Venture Capital (Signia Ventures). Dimitri has an MBA from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
Kaushik Patel, Director of Marketing, Technology Div., MediaRingMr. Kaushik Patel brings extensive and diverse product marketing, product management and technical marketing experience to MediaRing. At MediaRing, Kaushik is responsible for global marketing and product marketing activities for the VoizBridge product line.
Prior to joining MediaRing, Kaushik was at Vpacket Communications, Inc., supporting the Vpacket 6100 series access router and security appliances targeted to enterprise markets Kaushik has also held product and marketing management positions at Oki Network Technologies (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oki America Inc.,) and Olivetti.
Kaushik holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from MS University in Baroda, India.
Gerry Pearce, Vice President ,Strategic Alliances, Net2Phone Cable TelephonyGerry Pearce is responsible for the global sales and marketing strategy of Net2Phone's Cable Technologies division, managing the team delivering a comprehensive outsourced IP telephony solution to cable operators worldwide. Net2Phone’s solution enables MSO's to reduce churn, generate incremental revenue and avoid exposure to capital and operating expenses by offering a high quality telephone service over existing broadband networks. Mr. Pearce's expertise is in broadband voice technologies including carrier-grade VoIP in a Packet Cable environment. Mr. Pearce has been working on voice solutions for cable operators and telecommunications providers throughout Europe, North America and South America since 2000. Mr. Pearce is a graduate of Middlebury College.
Mike Pluke, Director, Castle Consulting Ltd.Mike Pluke founded Castle Consulting Ltd. in 1996 and, since then, he has been leading and working in Specialist Task Forces (STFs) of the European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI). Much of this STF work was funded by the European Commission's eEurope Programme and since 2001 has included development of the Universal Communications Identifier (UCI) concept.
Prior to forming Castle Consulting Ltd., Mike worked for BT and, for several years, he was responsible for Human Factors standardisation and for development of user interface style guides.
Apart from his leading role in the evolution of UCI, Mike is currently investigating issues related to the cultural localisation of voice interfaces.Jeff Pulver, President and CEO of pulver.com, Inc., is a globally respected visionary with more than a decade of experience in Internet and IP communications and is a "parallel entrepreneur". He is the publisher of Internet technology related research such as The Pulver Report and the creator of Voice on the Net (VON), and Presemnce and Instant Messaging (PIM) conferences. Mr. Pulver is the co-founder of the VON Coalition, Vonage and WHP Wireless and is one of the true pioneers in Internet Telephony whose expertise is widely utilized inside the telecommunications industry.
In 2000, Jeff launched pulverradio.com, the first B2B 24x7, Internet-based rock, oriented radio station with Internet/Telecom content. In 2001 he founded ReUp Records.
Jeff is also the founder of Spreadsheet Solutions Corp. a firm which publishes financial add-in products for Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel, including: FINalc, @EASE and @Fixed Income.
Kennet Radne, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Products & Services, TeliaSoneraKennet Rådne has 25 years of experience of the IT and Telecom industry working for companies like CapGemini and Ericsson in senior management positions covering both IT services, fixed and mobile communications. Kennet Rådne joined TeliaSonera in 2001 and has been responsible for the former Telia Networks, and been business manager for TeliaSonera group´s fixed voice business. In that position Mr. Rådne developed the TeliaSonera group´s strategy in Fixed voice services, including VOIP. Since late 2004 Mr. Rådne has groupwide responsibility for product&services, including product&services strategy, roadmaps, and portfolio management. Kennet Rådne is also active as director of the board in Eesti Telekom (Estonia), Lattelekom (Latvia), and Lietuvos Telekomas (Lithuania).
Niel Ransom is CTO of Alcatel and a member of the executive committee. Before this he was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Alcatel Americas since June 2000. He joined Alcatel in 1997 as General Manager of the local networks business unit. Before that, Niel Ransom worked for Bell South as Senior Director of Advanced Technology. Prior to Bell South, he managed various development and applied research groups at AT&T Bell Labs. Niel Ransom has received numerous honors, is widely published and has been granted several patents for advanced telecommunications technologies.
Niel Ransom holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA and an MBA.
Guy Redmill, Senior Market Development Manager, BrooktroutGuy Redmill is a senior market development manager at Brooktrout Technology, with specific responsibility for Voice over Packet and Data business segments. In this role, he manages the strategic direction and business investments for Brooktrout in these segments. Formerly, he was senior SS7 product manager at Brooktrout, providing specialist product knowledge to the sales, marketing and support teams.
Prior to joining Brooktrout, Guy was Marketing Manager at Telesoft Technologies, where he spent five years, experiencing the complete life cycle of Telesoft's products, from development through to installation and product validation.
Chris Rhodes, Director of EU Voice Product Management, Level(3) CommunicationsMr. Rhodes is Director of Voice Product Management, responsible for the management and roll out of Level 3's Voice services across Europe. He joined Level 3 as Director of European Transport and Infrastructure services in 2003.
Prior to joining Level 3, Mr. Rhodes was Head of Data Product Management for NTL Business in the UK. He previously held a number of product management and development positions within WorldCom, and Telewest UK.
Mr. Rhodes holds a joint MBA from Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and London Business School in the UK, and a Masters degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
Ernie Richardson, CEO, MTI Partners LimitedErnie joined MTI in 1985 and specialises in communications hardware and software; enterprise applications software; and data storage technology.
As both a graduate chemical engineer and a Chartered Management Accountant, Ernie has extensive and senior level experience of the chemical and banking industries (British Steel, Laporte Industries and Royal Bank of Canada).
He also has entrepreneurial experience as the CFO of a start-up in the oil processing sector.
John Rintoul, Director of European Sales, Kagoor NetworksKagoor Networks provides Session Border Control solutions helping carriers overcome the technical roadblocks typically found at VoIP network borders. John has over 10 years experience in networking and communications with the last five years focused on innovative packet telephony infrastructure for Carriers and Service Providers. Previous to Kagoor, John was responsible for International Business Development across EMEA and Asia Pacific for Integral Access, with other experience including stints with NetCentric Corporation, RTS Wireless Inc, and FTP Software.
John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Leeds.
Michael Robinson, CEO, Citel TechnologiesMichael Robinson is a 20-year veteran of the Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) industry. Michael joined CITEL Technologies in 2000 as director and chief technology officer and was appointed chief executive officer in March 2003. Prior to joining CITEL, Mr. Robinson spent over 12 years with the Active Voice Corporation, where he managed software development and advanced technology products from the company's start-up phase through it's IPO, including the patented TeLANophy technology - a pioneering software development in IP telephony in the early 1990s. Later, Mr. Robinson also served as director of corporate business development at Active Voice until just before the acquisition of Active Voice by Cisco Systems.
Brian Rosen, VP, Technology Introduction, MarconiBrian Rosen is currently Vice President of Technology Introduction in the Office of the CTO at Marconi Communications, Inc, Broadband Routing and Switching. The ViPr Virtual Presence system now available from Marconi was Mr. Rosen's concept, and he led the research and development team that produced this breakthrough video communications tool. Brian is very active in the evolution of the SIP protocol, and until recently was co-chair of the SIP working group.
Pat Rudolph, Strategic Technologies, 3Com CorporationPat Rudolph oversees the definition and implementation of customized solutions for 3Com’s enterprise voice customers using 3Com® VCX™ V7000 IP Telephony Solution.
Since joining 3Com in 1995, Rudolph has held technical management positions of increasing responsibility including his current position. From 2000 to 2002, Rudolph served as director of network consultants for CommWorks Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com sold to UTStarcom, Inc. in May 2003.
He began with 3Com as an ATM/WAN specialist in the company’s Global Design Center where he was responsible for Fortune 500 network configurations.
Rudolph earned a bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College. He also received his master’s degree in business administration from Northern Illinois University.
Dr. Antonio Sanchez, VoIP Program Manager, Telefonica I+DAntonio Sánchez: VoIP Programme Manager at Telefonica I+D. Following his first professional years as Network Engineer, he joined Telefonica where he has lead several international projects (Europe and South America) related to Voice over IP for the different business units of Telefonica. He also coordinates innovation activities of the Telephone Services area being overall responsible of European Programmes in the field of IP Communications. He holds a Telecommunications PhD Degree and is also Associate Professor in University of Valladolid.
Michael Schroeder, Technical Director, NetrakeMichael Schroeder is responsible for Product Management/Marketing, Systems Engineering and Customer Support at Netrake. Michael has more than 15 years experience in telecommunications equipment sales and support. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Technical Services at VoIP manufacturer, General Bandwidth, where he managed the sales engineering team, played a key role in developing and executing the company’s sales strategy and product roadmap, and established OEM/partner relationships with strategic vendors.
Prior to General Bandwidth, Mike served in a variety of management and systems engineering roles at highly successful start-ups such as Prominet Corporation and Grand Junction Networks. He has also served in senior roles at Proteon, Compaq, Wang Laboratories and TCS Software.
Garland Sharratt, VP, Partner Development & Chief Architect, ConvediaGarland Sharratt is responsible for defining and managing Convedia's overall product architecture as well as for Convedia's strategic partnering initiatives. Garland brings to Convedia over 15 years of experience in telecommunication systems as well as in-depth expertise in Advanced Intelligent Network architectures, service management, IP telephony, networking protocols and multimedia communications systems.
Previously, Garland spent 12 years in key product management, product planning, business development, software development and systems engineering positions at Northern Telecom and Bell Northern Research (now Nortel Networks). During his tenure with Nortel, Mr. Sharratt was an instrumental player in cornerstone products such as DMS-100 ISDN Primary Rate Interface, Nortel's AIN based PCS product and Nortel's AIN based VPN product.
Byron Sherafatmand, CEO, Eaglecom sarlByron Sherafatmand has been working in the IT market in Switzerland over the last 10 years. He recently launched his second company currently in the market in order to develop the spread of free public WiFi, and has combined this project with the launch of VoIP services.
Ingrid Simunic, Marketing Director, VocalTec CommunicationsIngrid Simunic is marketing director at VocalTec Communications. She has led marketing operations for telecom companies in both developed markets, such as the US, as well as emerging markets in Europe. Her international experience at equipment vendors and service providers includes work at startups and established companies. She writes for and has been quoted in many business and trade journals. Ingrid holds a doctorate in marketing science.
Andrew Sinclair, Director, Live Communications, MicrosoftAndrew Sinclair is responsible for defining the strategy and delivering Microsoft Corp.'s real-time communications (RTC) products. He oversees the Live Communications Clients and Telephony Team, ensuring that Microsoft innovates and delivers its next-generation RTC solutions to address customer needs for rich communication and enhanced productivity within Microsoft's overall vision to make anytime, anyplace communications a reality. In this capacity, Sinclair has helped define Microsoft's long-term RTC strategy and is a key player in the launch of Microsoft® Office Live Communication Server, Microsoft's corporate-grade instant messaging solution and real-time communications platform for the enterprise.
Kapil Singhal, Regional Manager, UK & S. Europe, Hughes Software SystemsKapil Singhal, Regional Manager - UK & Southern Europe at Hughes Software Systems (HSS). Kapil's responsibilities include business development in new and emerging telecom markets in the UK and Southern Europe. He is also involved in providing next generation solutions in the fast evolving industries of ITSPs and Mobile Data.
Before joining HSS, Kapil worked with Ericsson for GSM Mobile System Design and Product management for the Asian market He has been in the telecommunication industry for 7 years now.
Currently, Kapil is pursuing an Exec MBA from the London Business School. He holds a B.Tech from the premier Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Henry Sinnreich, Distiguished Member of Engineering, MCIDr. Henry Sinnreich is Distinguished Member of Engineering at MCI. Operating in more than 65 countries, the company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully integrated local, long distance, international and Internet services. Dr. Sinnreich has been at MCI Communications since 1981 where he has held various engineering and executive positions working on lightwave systems, digital crossconnects, lab testing and vendor product evaluation/integration and in telephony switch systems engineering. Dr. Sinnreich has worked on Internet and web services since 1993 and has initiated multimedia and voice projects based on standards developed in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), where he is an active contributor, having authored several IETF drafts.
Peter Spencer, Director of Strategic Marketing, AlcatelPeter Spencer, is Director of Strategic Marketing for Alcatel's Fixed Communications Group. Peter is responsible for articulating the Alcatel marketing strategy covering everything from consumer electronics to ERP.
Peter joined Alcatel in 1998 and held a variety of positions in marketing and business development. Peter was formerly Vice President, Global Technology Practice at Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart in both London and New York, where he focused primarily on developing communications strategies for IBM. Prior to this Peter held a number of marketing consultancy roles.
Peter Spencer holds an honours degree in anthropology from University College London.
Zeno Staemmer, Director, Product Management, SiemensZeno Staemmer (39), is Product Manager for IP-Communications in the Enterprise Networks Division. He is responsible for Definition of 2nd Generation IP Applications Suite (2gIP) whereof OpenScape is an open, real-time, multi-modal, SIP-based Communications Framework.
During the years with Siemens, Zeno had roles in Development, Country Product Introductions of traditional TDM and VoIP Systems and global Product Management responsibilities for IP Communications. In a two years delegation to San Jose / California, he had interactions with several innovative high-tech companies.
Zeno Staemmer holds a MBA and a master degree in El. Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Stefan Stanislawski, Principal Consultant, AnalysysStefan Stanislawski (Principal Consultant) has considerable expertise in the full range of issues relating to media. Recently, he advised a European incumbent operator on IP network migration and new services, and he has also just conducted a major study for the European Commission on the potential markets for multimedia and associated regulatory implications. Stefan has also assisted the set-up and running of service provider companies and is involved with early-stage multimedia technology businesses. In addition, he has worked closely with the telecoms industry and financial organisations to assess the development and impact of convergence (particularly digital broadcasting).
Richard Stastny, Senior Analyst, OeFEGRichard has over 25 years of experience in computing, switching, signalling, numbering and networking. He was involved in the adaption of digital switching systems (DMS-100 and EWSD) for the Austrian market and also in the introduction of OAM and billing systems within Telekom Austria. He is participating actively in various international standard bodies, e.g. ETSI SMG, TMN, SPAN and TIPHON, VISIONng, ITU-T SG2 and IETF. In the last years he was responsible in OeFEG for the convergence of NGN networks, the migration to IP based networks, VoIP and ENUM. In this role he was involved in the latest developments in ITU-T regarding the 878 country code for UPT and the recent ENUM related recommendations.
Jochen Strankmann, Vice-President – Voice over IP, T-Systems International GmbHJochen Strankmann joined the Deutsche Bundespost in 1981 in a network infrastructure management role. From 1983 to 1993 he helped developing mobile communications at the Centre of Communication (PDM).
From 1993 to 1995 he managed the international incoming traffic for TND (Telephone NetworkServices).
Mr Strankmann then became product manager for international PSTN/ISDN, followed by a period of research and analysis within the Carrier Services.
In 2000 he began developing innovative carrier services for the Telekom Global Net platform. Since February 2001 he has been in a challenging voice product.
Christian Stredicke, Director, Snom technology AGDr. Christian Stredicke, born 1968 in Germany, studied computer science from 1989 to 1992 and business administration from 1992 to 1996 at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He had a five-year teaching and research position at the Institute for Technical Computer Science at the Technical University, where he received his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1997. After his university time, he did various consulting projects at Arthur D. Little and at snom. He received the Erwin Stefan Price for his outstanding short and successful studies in computer science in 1992. Dr. Stredicke founded snom in 1996, where he is now as a member of the executive board responsible for technology.
Marcin Szolajski, Legal Advisor, Telekomuni Karja Polska S.A.Legal Advisor at Regulatory Affairs Department in Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., Legal Advisor. Member of the National Chamber of Legal Advisors in Poland. Graduate of Warsaw University. Prepares PHD in competition law at Warsaw University.
Ari Takanen, CEO, Codenomicon Ltd.Ari Takanen, founder and CEO of Codenomicon has for years already been studying information security issues in next generation networks and security critical environments. The work of Codenomicon and University of Oulu aims at ensuring that new technologies are accepted by the general public by providing means of measuring and ensuring quality in networked software. Ari Takanen is one of the people behind the PROTOS research that studied information security and reliability errors in e.g. SIP implementations.
Paolo Tavazzani, Head of Voice Services, FastwebAfter getting a BSC in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science from the Polytechnic of Milan and a Master in Information Technology from the CEFRIEL of Milan, Paolo Tavazzani started his activity in 1992 with Italtel. At first as a Software Architect for Data Networks devices, later as System Designer for ATM based Access Network devices and then as Network Architecture and Solutions Designer.
Since 2000 he is Head of Voice Services at Fastweb S.p.A (Milan, Italy), where he leads the development of Voice and Value Added Services.
Johan Terve, VP Marketing & Sales, Ingate Systems ABAs Vice President, Marketing and Sales for Ingate Systems, Johan Terve oversees all marketing and public relations activities for Ingate worldwide. An IT industry veteran, Terve served as Sales Director for Global Accounts and Partners for SmartTrust, a middleware company that provides solutions to mobile operators. As Marketing Director for Nordic Datadistribution, Terve was responsible for all product and corporate marketing. He was also CEO of InCom Sverige AB and Hacom Norway AS, a telecommunications company focusing on the SOHO market. In addition, Terve spent several years at Manora Datadistribution as Director of Business Development. Terve has a broad education in business administration, psychology and economics.
Peter Thompson, Director, Commercial Technology, U4EA TechnologiesPeter Thompson was one of the founders of a company established to commercialize a new solution for network QoS developed at the Science Research Foundation in Bristol, England. This company became U4EA Technologies Ltd., where he is now Director of Commercial Technology. Previously Peter was a consultant design engineer for STMicroelectronics, where one of over 20 patents in his name received a Worldwide Technical Achievement Award. He has a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Warwick, England, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1996 he has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Bristol, England.
Mika Uusitalo, Director of Technology, NokiaMr. Mika Uusitalo is Director of Technology at Nokia Core Networks where he is driving
development of Nokia's mobile core network and mobile internet technology, architecture as well
as new solutions.
Previously Mika was Vice President and General Manager of Tahoe Networks (CA, USA),
where he founded Tahoe's European operations as well as run company's R&D activities
in EMEA. Before Tahoe Mika worked at Sonera Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) as Chief Technology Officer,
Vice President and head of Mobile&Internet Technologies as well as Director of Medialab.
In Sonera he was responsible of development of data network, Internet,
Internet multimedia, Internet communication and Mobile Internet services. Earlier he
has worked as Chief Architect at US West (Qwest) Advanced Technologies (CO, USA).
Mika has M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Tampere University of Technology.
Scott Wharton, Vice President, Marketing, BroadSoftAs BroadSoft's Vice President of Marketing, Scott leads the company's marketing strategy, product marketing, and corporate marketing initiatives. Since joining BroadSoft in 1999, Scott was instrumental in establishing BroadSoft's leadership in the hosted PBX and IP Centrex market. Scott was recently honored with the Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering 2003 IP Telephony Executive of the Year Award.
Prior to BroadSoft, Scott was Vice President of Marketing at VocalTec Communications, the IP Telephony pioneer. At VocalTec, Scott spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including the development of the first commercial IP telephony product and the creation of the ITSP industry. Scott holds an MBA from Yale University.
John Wilkinson, Director of Voice, InterouteJohn Wilkinson has 10 years experience in the voice industry and joined Interoute in 2003 to head up the company's voice services division. Within this role, John has been responsible for positioning Interoute as a leading supplier of voice services and has created a unique community of VoIP carrier interconnects in the UK and across Europe.
Prior to joining Interoute John was head of product management for Energis Carrier Services, Swisscom, AT&T and KPN.
Mike Wilkinson, VP Strategic Marketing, AlcatelMike Wilkinson is Vice President, Strategic Marketing for Alcatel's Fixed Communications Group (FCG). Mike joined Alcatel in 2000, and has held various positions in marketing before his role in the Fixed Communication Group. Prior to Alcatel, Mike spent ten years at Newbridge Networks where he held various roles including Vice President of marketing in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Director of Product Marketing and Director of Newbridge's IP Business Unit in EMEA. Mike holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Colin Williamson, Director Business Development, MarconiColin has 20 years experience in the Voice and Data communications industry. He is focused on showing customers how Marconi SoftSwitching and Broadband technologies can broaden their product offerings and generate significant new revenue streams. Back in the office his team works to evolve products that exceed customers needs and aspirations.
Alistair Woodman, Senior Director, Marketing, Cisco SystemsAlistair Woodman is Senior Director for the Voice Technology Group at Cisco Systems, where he leads Cisco strategy for the service provider packet voice market. His responsibilities include business planning, market development, and product management. Woodman has worked in the communications industry for more than 10 years, and he has a broad background in defining and marketing products in the data and telephony protocols space.
In 1996, Woodman joined Cisco and started the company’s activities in packet telephony (voice over IP) by defining the market strategy and product direction for the initial voice products for the Cisco 2600 and 3600 series routers and the Cisco AS5300 Series access server.
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and Co-Founder, SkypePrior to Skype, Niklas Zennström co-founded and was the first CEO of KaZaA – the most downloaded software in the history of the Internet. Following KaZaA, Niklas founded and served as CEO of Joltid, which creates the worlds largest secure peer-to-peer content distribution network. Prior to being an entrepreneur, Niklas spent 8 years with Tele2 in various business development positions, among others as CEO of Everyday.com and also worked two years for ATT-Unisource. Niklas has a dual degree in Business Administration and Engineering Physics from Uppsala University.
Fred Zimmerman, Executive Director, VoIP CPE Solutions, Texas InstrumentsAs the Executive Director, Customer Premise Solutions, at TI’s Voice over Packet business unit, Fred Zimmerman defines the strategies and products to support the adoption of Voice over IP in access gateways and IP phones.
Prior to his current position, Zimmerman served as the Director of Silicon Platform Development for the VOP business unit. Previously, he was the department manager for embedded chipsets incorporating embedded DSPs for hard drives. Zimmerman has over 19 years of experience at TI.
Zimmerman has a BSCS in Computer Science from Regents College in New York. He is also a Member Emeritus of the group technical staff at TI.
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