Call Control
Monday, October 18, 2004, 9:00am - 10:30am

Whether you call it a soft switch or a SIP Server the ability to take signaling and complete phone calls via Internet Technology requires a server that manages call control. These devices come in a variety of shapes and sizes. This panel looks at the choices in architecture of VoIP services.

Bruce Anthony is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technical Officer for Communications in IBM System and Technology Group. He is responsible for Strategy, Technology Selection, Product Definition and Roadmaps for IBM Communication Servers. He meets extensively with customers and partners to expand the capabilities and adoption of IBM’s System technologies and spearheads the efforts inside IBM to bring the technology and value of IBM’s Systems to IP based Communication Solutions. He has been a technical entreprenuer in IBM for over twenty years creating many successful server products.

Alan R. Bugos, Vice President of Engineering, iBasis, is responsible for overseeing the engineering design, testing/evaluation, systems integration, and global deployment of iBasis' International Internet telephony network, including interoperability, enhanced VoIP services and applications. Mr. Bugos has more than 14 years of hands-on experience in telecommunications, optical networking, data networking, and communications systems integration and has been involved in VoIP R&D and deployments since 1998. He was the recipient of GTE's highest technical merit award, the Warner Award for Technical Achievement in pioneering DSL data networks in 1997. He has published over 45 technical publications and received BS and MS Engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

As manager of the Applied Telecom Solutions Center, Dwight Irving and his team provide usage guidance, characterized building blocks, and solution recipes for Intel® telecommunications products. Irving has written and presented on numerous telecom service development topics including the design of distributed service environments and the application of the Internet development model to telecom. He is also proud to be co-originator, with Walt Brown, of the search for unique and weird communication services that provide Extremely Rich Media (xRM).

Before joining Intel, Irving worked for a Fortune 500 company performing enterprise system design, performance, and capacity management and exploring best practices for service development. He also has a background in designing and implementing instrumentation for scientific research.

Irving holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Idaho and a BA in biochemistry from the University of Colorado – Boulder.

Neeraj Patel joined Continuous Computing in 2003 with a primary focus on product marketing and management of the Trillium Product line. In addition, he has product management responsibility for the company's emerging Network Service-Ready Platform products. Prior to joining CCPU, he played an integral role at Intel Corporation as the Voice Infrastructure Customer Application Team Lead and Program Manager. He also spent several years as Senior Product Line Marketing Engineer with Trillium Digital Systems, driving the development and strategy for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies.

Arjun Roychowdhury is the Product Manager, Next Generation Networks at
Hughes Software Systems.

Arjun is the architect of the HSS SIP product line and has been instrumental in
building and deploying the HSS solutions very successfully across a wide customer base.
In addition he is key contributor to the evolution of the Next Generation VoIP products line including Softswitch and SIP server and is responsible for predicting/analyzing key technology trends and ensuring the evolution of the HSS products according to market/customer needs.

Ravi Ravishankar, Director, Strategic Planning, Tekelec has over 22+ years of telecom and network experience in Europe, North America & Asia. He has held management positions in Strategic palling, product management, marketing, business development with current focus on emerging leading edge network signaling technology & services. He has worked extensively in the CCS7 Signaling, IP Signaling & Packet Telephony and was involved in the network planning of several major carriers world-wide. He has been actively involved in defining industry standards and holds several patents. He is a frequent speaker in several industry forums/conferences and published several articles in the trade & research journals. He holds a master degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.



Mr. Ravishankar’s past speaking experience includes major industry trade shows such as VON, Supercom in U.S and international, Wireless Engineering Conference, several IEC Conferences, Convergence India and various others. He has also addressed topics in the area of VoIP/Packet Telephony, Signaling, Wireless Networks and Applications.

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