Mesh Networks and the Impact on VoIP
Monday, October 18, 2004, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
We have invited several vertical market companies to discuss the
integration of VoIP solutions into their specific market requirements. These
solutions are specific to their markets and take advantage of IP in
different ways that match their needs. This panel discussion will provide
attendees with insight into the innovation required to integrate these
solutions.
Matt Holdrege, Director of Business Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Strix Systems
Matt Holdrege is the Director of Business Development for Europe, Middle
East and Africa at Strix Systems (www.strixsystems.com). Matt has 20
years of network and systems Business Development and Engineering
experience at companies such as Sonus, ipVerse, Lucent, Ascend and GTE.
Matt has been actively involved with VoIP and VON since 1997 with focus
on standards and architecture, and has chaired or led committees in the
IETF, ETSI, ITU-T and chairs the Legal Intercept group at the
International Packet Communications Consortium.
Richard Lander, Director and Co-Founder, LocustWorld
Richard Lander, Director and co-founder of LocustWorld. Richard's career
spans 25 years of computers and communications, with a strong background
in open systems and internet communications going back to the early days
of the PC and the Internet, he has a strong pedigree of innovation in
the technology sector.
The LocustWorld Mesh is the innovative wireless mesh system used in
thousands of mesh networks around the world to deliver broadband
internet services. New routing protocols, certificated security,
bandwidth controls and Voice over IP support combine to make the
LocustWorld mesh the clear market leader in wireless mesh.
Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, CTO, Tropos Networks
Devabhaktuni Srikrishna is Tropos Networks Chief Technology Officer. Along with Mr. Chari, Mr. Devabhaktuni was responsible for developing Tropos Networks core intellectual property. Prior to founding Tropos, Mr. Devabhaktuni led the development of the common network management interface for optical transport and switching products at Sycamore Networks and taught courses in software engineering and mathematics at Caltech and MIT. His research interests include parallel systems architecture, advanced compiler design and quantum computing and he has published articles in journals such as IEEE Computer and Physical Review and at conferences sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery.
Mr. Devabhaktuni holds a BS in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
