Alan Quayle has 22 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, focused on developing profitable new businesses in service providers, suppliers and start-ups. Customers include operators such as AT&T, BT, Charter, Etisalat, M1, O2, Rogers, Swisscom, T-Mobile, Telstra, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Vodafone; suppliers such as Adobe, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Oracle; and innovative start-ups such as Apigee, AppTrigger (sold to Metaswitch), Camiant (sold to Tekelec), OpenCloud, and Voxeo. He works with the developer community and is on the board of developers such as GotoCamera, hSenid Mobile, as well as suppliers such as Sigma Systems. For more information check out his weblog www.alanquayle.com/blog and Linkedin profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/alanquayle.

Chris Pearson is the President of 4G Americas. In his role as the spokesperson and senior operating officer of the corporation, he is responsible for the strategic planning of the organization and providing executive management for the integration of strategy and operations in the areas of technology, marketing and public relations as well as public and regulatory affairs. As President of 4G Americas (formerly called 3G Americas), Mr. Pearson represents 4G Americas’ Market Representation interests within the 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) organization. Mr. Pearson lead the organization from its inception as the GSM family of technologies market share grew from 10% to over 75% in North, Central and South America. Mr. Pearson came to 3G Americas from the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) where he served as Executive Vice President in charge of the strategic management of the technology consortium.

Huw Rees serves as 8x8s Vice President of Business Development and was previously Chief Executive Officer of Centile, Inc., a former subsidiary of 8x8. Rees was responsible for the change in 8x8s marketing and sales strategy away from an OEM approach to a focus on end-users including both consumers and small businesses. He has been closely involved with telecommunications technology for over 20 years, beginning with Marconi PLC in 1985, where he opened and managed their Western US sales office, growing sales from zero to over $8M in annual revenue in less than eighteen months. He has also held management roles with Plessey Inc., and with Mitel Corporation, where he was responsible for adding more than $20M in additional annual revenue for Mitels communication products. Rees received a B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and an MBA from the University of LaVerne.

Kevin leads wireless solution marketing at Acme Packet, focusing on wireless access, interconnect and core session routing applications of Acme Packet’s Net-Net product family. In addition to developing marketing and event strategy, Kevin serves as the chief spokesperson for Acme Packets solutions for femtocells, fixed mobile convergence, RCS, 4G voice, VoIP peering and core session routing. Kevin joined Acme Packet in 2005 after 8 years with Infonetics Research where he was most recently a Principal Analyst, serving as an overall company director and product manager and lead analyst responsible for consulting, analysis, product development and overall strategic direction of multiple technology coverage areas. In that role, he authored numerous in-depth reports, articles and presented research and analysis at industry conferences. He obtained his bachelor degree in marketing and philosophy from Boston College.

Dr. Alan B. Johnston, is a Distinguished Engineer at Avaya, an Adjunct Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and an Adjunct Instructor at Washington University in St Louis. He is a contributing author of more than a dozen IETF standard RFC specifications, including the SIP specification, RFC 3261 and the ZRTP media security protocol. Alan holds a doctorate in electrical and electronic engineering from Lehigh University, and a bachelors of engineering from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and serves on the Board of Directors of the SIP Forum. Alan has over a dozen years of experience in SIP, VoIP, and Internet Communications and is currently active in WebRTC, Web Real-Time Communications. Alan has authored several best-selling technical books on SIP, security, and the first book on WebRTC, WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web, Third Edition. He holds several US and European patents and has recently written his first novel, a techno thriller Counting from Zero about cybercrime. He is an acknowledged expert in his field and has traveled the world speaking and lecturing to industry and government on technical topics. In his spare time, he enjoys riding off-road motorcycles and mentoring a robotics team. Follow him on Twitter @alanbjohnston.

James P. Seymour was born on May 12, 1967, in Chicago, IL and received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph. D. degrees from Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN in 1989, 1991 and 1994 respectively where his research focused on improved phase synchronization techniques for mobile communication systems. In July of 1994, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ as a member of the technical staff for the network wireless Radio Performance and Analysis Group where his work focused on improved equalization schemes for TDMA PCS systems. In 1999 he became Technical Manager of the Wireless Algorithms Development Group in the Advanced Technologies organization at Lucent Technologies where his work focused on design and development of state of the art algorithms and performance for 3G systems. In 2006 he received the Bell Labs Fellowship award for his outstanding and seminal contributions to wireless technology and standards spanning 2G, 3G and 4G systems and significant impacts on Alcatel-Lucent’s business through outstanding technical support of Alcatel-Lucent’s customers. He is currently working for Alcatel-Lucent in Naperville, IL as Senior Director of RAN Strategy in the Wireless CTO organization focused on technology and product strategy for Alcatel-Lucent’s broadband wireless solutions.

Charles “Chip” Webb is a founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Anue Systems. He is responsible for the creation and development of the network emulation platform. With more than 20 years of experience in the design and architecture of high-speed networking products, Chip presents regularly at industry leading conferences including the National Institute of Technology’s ATIS Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems (WSTS) and the International Telecom Sync Forum (ITSF). In addition, he contributes to standards development at the Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Prior to founding Anue Systems, Chip was a distinguished member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories. His responsibilities included leading teams developing technologies for fiber optic networks, HDTV and wireless communications.Chip holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree, with honors, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the engineering honor societies Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Eta Mu Beta. He has co-authored five technical papers and has 17 patents granted, with eight pending.

Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Domingo moved to the United States at age 18 to pursue his passion for technology. Domingo brings years of Lean Manufacturing and Stanfords Design Thinking experience to Appthority. These principles translate well into the Lean Startup mantra we embrace at the company.Domingo has Product Design & Development experience as well as New Product Introduction & Operations experience across multiple industries. As a Mechanical Engineer for Applied Materials (Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry), he led design and development projects in the Robotics space, securing two patents and winning multiple design awards. With Program & Project Management roles at Brocade Communications (Datacenter Networking Industry), Domingo led large cross-functional matrix teams in the introduction of both hardware and software enterprise products.Domingo holds a BS from The University of Texas at Austin, an MS from Stanford University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Blair Levin became Communications & Society Fellow with the Aspen Institute after serving as Executive Director of the National Broadband Planning effort. He is currently Executive Director of Gig.U, a project within the Institute that seeks to accelerate the deployment of next generation networks and services by using university communities as test-beds. Previously, he had spent eight years as an equity analyst at Legg Mason and Stifel Nicolaus. As Barron’s Magazine noted, Levin “has always been on top of developing trends and policy shifts in media and telecommunications … and has proved visionary in getting out in front of many of today’s headline making events.” Mr. Levin also served as Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt from 1993 through 1997. Prior to that Mr. Levin practiced law in North Carolina. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.

Hank joined AT&T (then SBC) in 2004. He represents AT&T at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on a number of issues including broadband and Internet policy, video and media policy, intercarrier compensation, and universal service. He is a member of the Board of Directors and of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) and serves on the North American Numbering Council (NANC). Prior to joining AT&T, he was with MCI for eight years. Hank is a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and two children.

Mark Wuthnow is currently part of AT&T Laboratories. He has over 25 years of telecommunications experience working for various instantiation of present day AT&T including AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories), Southwestern Bell Technology Resources Inc., Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Cingular Wireless and AT&T Mobility. From his early projects of bringing SS7 and digital cellular technologies into the mobile network to heading the IMS evaluation team which led to Cingular Wireless’ decision to deploy IMS, Mark has enjoyed working in the forefront of bringing new technologies into the wireless world. He is currently working on how the various OMA enablers can be realized across AT&T’s entire network. In addition, he has previously been involved in the T1 standards bodies developing wireless messaging standards. Mark received both his Bachelor and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso where he graduated with honors. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, holds seventeen patents and is lead author for the book “IMS: A New Model for Blending Applications”.

Brian K. Daly – Director, Core & Government/Regulatory Standards , is responsible for the strategic standards engineering for the 3GPP evolved packet system, the IP multimedia subsystem, femto cells, the commercial mobile alert system, regulatory aspects including emergency services and CALEA, homeland security, and wireless-wireline convergence. He has significant accomplishments in the telecommunications industry that include the development of new network architectures and features, including wireline central office switching systems and wireless networks. Brian is recognized both as an active contributor and technical expert in various industry standards organizations, from the development of the first standards for wireless Personal Communication Services, early TDMA digital cellular standards, ANSI-41 intersystem operations, GSM/UMTS, the IMS, and the Evolved Packet System which includes LTE. He has a working knowledge of wireless security standards, as well as homeland security impacts to wireless including citizen-to-citizen, citizen-to-authority, and authority-to-citizen communications, and regulatory aspects including public safety/law enforcement requirements. Brian was appointed by FCC Chairman Martin to the Commercial Mobile Alert Service Advisory Committee where he led the Communications Technology Group, and is currently the Chair of the North American Fraud Forum and Security Group and Wireless Alerts Task Force under the GSM Association’s North American Regional Interest Group.

Brian holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University with an emphasis in electromagnetic engineering (antennas and microwaves) and communication systems.

Joseph Schraml has more than 25 years of experience with wireless systems, holding positions in manufacturing, network operations, sales engineering, and product management and marketing for a number of wireless manufacturers. Prior to BridgeWave, he served in product management positions at Comtech EF Data, Wireless Inc., Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, and P-Com, as well as sales engineering positions at Digital Microwave (now Aviat Networks), WinNet MCS and Avantek.

As Vice President and General Manager in Cisco’s Small Business Business Unit (SBBU), David Tucker is responsible for addressing the “Connect” elements of Cisco’s small business strategy, which aims to maximize profitable growth in the small business switching, routing, storage and WLAN markets. Tucker’s organization is responsible for delivering a global product portfolio and unique go-to-market strategy that meets the networking needs of the small business customer. As part of this effort, Tucker will manage the innovation and expansion of product solutions, which includes the integration of small business best practices and products with Cisco’s existing products.

In his most recent role, Tucker served as Vice President of the Connected Office Business Organization (COBO) for Linksys. There, he led the teams to develop and market voice and data products targeting the small business marketplace. Previous to COBO, Tucker led product management, marketing and market development efforts for Cisco, spending much of his time focusing on delivering IP Telephony solutions to the worldwide enterprise customer.

Tucker joined Cisco in 1998 as part of the Selsius Systems acquisition. As Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, he helped to pioneer the consolidation of voice and data networks.

Prior to Selsius, Tucker served in a variety of leadership roles at different technology companies where he was responsible for notable innovations like the creation of the voice and video PBX platform.

Tucker holds masters of bachelor administration and a bachelors of business administration degrees in Marketing from Texas A&M University.

Jim Machi is Senior Vice President of Marketing for Dialogic, responsible for developing marketing strategy and driving marketing communications for Dialogic. He is also responsible for long term product planning and strategy for all Dialogic products. Dialogic develops open systems based voice, video and signaling products targeted for both the enterprise and service provider market segments.Machi has been with Dialogic since 1998 where he was Director of Product Management, working to develop the companys IP telephony roadmap and strategy and then as Director of Product Management for its entire product line. Machi stayed with the Dialogic division after the Intel acquisition of Dialogic in 1999, with product management and marketing responsibility for the division’s products before the Dialogic assets were acquired by Eicon Networks in October, 2006, forming a new Dialogic.Machi holds an MBA degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a monthly columnist for Internet Telephony Magazine from 1999 through 2003, and was recognized in October, 2006 by Internet Telephony Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications.” You can also enjoy his blog at http://blog.tmcnet.com/industry-insight/.

Glenn Laxdal is Vice President and Head of Technology & Advanced Solutions for Ericsson’s North American region. He is responsible for driving Ericssons technology direction and innovation in emerging technologies and creating business value for Ericsson’s customers in North America.

Laxdal joined Ericsson in 2012 from RIM where he was the Vice President of global product management responsible for the smart phone and tablet portfolios. Prior to that he held executive roles with Airvana and before that he spent 15 years at Nortel Networks in a variety of executive and management roles in both carrier and enterprise networks.

Greg Collins is a technology analyst and strategist with extensive experience in creating innovative, highly analytical and enduring market segmentation and research practices in the networking, telecommunications, and wireless markets. Greg founded Exact Ventures in order to provide market intelligence with greater depth and context than traditional, static pillars of market data. Exact Ventures’ research combines both supply- and demand-side market intelligence and highlights the economics underlying emerging and transitioning markets and technologies. The firm also provides advisory services to those looking to understand these trends and how to create strategies and tactics to exploit market transitions. Current research areas include:•IP Multimedia Subsystems and NGN Voice Core•Wireless Packet Core and Evolved Packet Core•Diameter Signaling Controllers•Wireless Small Cells (Femto, Pico, WiFi)Greg was an industry analyst with Dell’Oro Group from 1998 to 2011 during which time he created and/or managed approximately half of the company’s research programs. Specifically, he created the company’s coverage of the Layer 3, Layer 4/7, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet markets, and created market research practices covering the Wireless LAN, Mobile Infrastructure, IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), and Wireless Packet Core markets. All of these programs were at the forefront of market research and were standards for quantifying market shares and understanding technology shifts. Greg has also held several positions in high technology sales finance and operations, corporate finance, and corporate planning and development.Greg is a frequent speaker at industry events worldwide, contributes articles to various industry publications, and is often quoted in leading trade and business publications.Greg has a BS in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Washington University in St. Louis.

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president of FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corporation. He is a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter is responsible for setting technology direction, as well as the corporation’s key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications, advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the product offerings of FedEx.

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has over 30 years of systems development and implementation experience.

Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

Recently named as part of Fortune Magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter is also ranked 18th on Fast Company Magazine’s 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010 list. He received Information Weeks Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005 and is a seven-time recipient of CIO Magazine’s 100 Award.

Carter is a member of the Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) and First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) Boards of Directors, and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.

Dr. Preston F. Marshall is responsible for spectrum access technology for Google Access. He is active in research and development of evolving networking concepts, wireless, cognitive radio and networking technologies, and spectrum policy and technology. He is heavily involved in the wireless technology and policy, including participation in the 2012 PCAST Spectrum Study, serving as the technical witness during the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearings on the PCAST recommendations, rapporteur for the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program roundtables on spectrum, and as an expert in wireless and spectrum issues with governmental, non-governmental and industrial organizations. Before joining Google, he was Deputy Director of the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, and a Research Professor at USC’s Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.For seven years, he was Program Manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for many of the DARPA Wireless, Cognitive Radio, and networking programs. These programs include development of the XG Dynamic Spectrum Access technology, the Wireless Networking after Next (WNAN) cognitive radio, and the Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking programs. Dr. Marshall has written many articles, book chapters and conference presentations on the subject of cognitive radio and spectrum issues. He is author of the recently released “Quantitative Analysis of Cognitive Radio and Network Performance” (2010) by ARTECH House and the just released “Scalability, Density, Decision-Making in Cognitive Wireless Networks” (2013) by Cambridge University Press.

Mr. Foote is the Chief Technology Officer for Hitachi Communication Technologies America.He is currently responsible for strategic product planning, technology strategy, and technicalmarketing of fiber access, optical transport/switching, home networking, and cellular (RF,WiMAX, LTE) systems. He has been instrumental in establishing Hitachi’s network systemsbusiness with major North American service providers like AT&T, Global Crossing, Sprint, TimeWarner, and T-Mobile. Mr. Foote has been a member, contributor, and committee chairman inleading standards organizations such as ANSI T1, ATIS, ATM/MPLS Forum, IEEE 802, IETF,OIF, and SCTE. He is an invited speaker and paper author to various industry conferences andsymposiums. Before joining Hitachi, he served as a decorated communications engineeringofficer in the U.S. Air Force responsible for network design and implementation of varioussecure telecom and packet data networks including ARPAnet/MILnet.Mr. Foote received a B.S.E.E. from Georgia Tech in 1980 and a Master’s degree inManagement from Webster University/Air Force Institute of Technology in 1982.

Manuel Vexler is the Chief Marketing Officer for IMS and NGN at Huawei Technologies. Having been recognized as one of the Top 100 Voices of IP Communications, Vexler has established himself as a leading international expert on converged networks, NGN and IMS. As the current Vice President and Chair of the Technical Working Group at the IMS/NGN Forum, an international mobile and fixed broadband services forum, he manages all technical and business development activities for the forum. Prior to joining Huawei, Vexler was Chief Technologist Officer at CopperCom, a softswitch company, and managing partner of Integra100, a business and technology consultancy for post-merger integration. Vexler has held various management and executive positions at Cisco Systems, AMD, Newbridge (now Alcatel-Lucent) and Nortel. As co-founder of, and advisor to, high-tech start-ups and consultancies, Vexler has experience in a wide range of technologies and markets, managed non-profits, cofounded and managed three start-up companies, and has presented at more than 100 conferences worldwide. Vexler earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the University of Iasi, a network engineering and management certificate from the University of Toronto, and an executive marketing certificate from Queens University.

Mark Gorenberg is a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Mark joined co-founders Ann Winblad and John Hummer as Hummer Winblad Venture Partners began investing our first fund in 1990. Prior to Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mark was at Sun Microsystems where he managed emerging new media areas and was a member of the original SparcStation team. Over the last 20 years Mark has served as a board member for numerous successful Hummer Winblad start-ups, including Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe), AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Siebel) and Crowdfactory (acquired by Marketo). Currently, he serves as a Director of 6connect, Aria Systems, Cenzic, Domo, ontheFRONTIER, Signal Demand, OptiMine, and InsideSales. In 2011, Mark was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a 21-person advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers (www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast). Mark is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, a member of the Steering Committee of Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT, the Leadership Board of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Technology Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Board of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. In 2012, Mark also became a Director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mark received a B.S.E.E. from MIT, an M.S.E.E. from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Leon Bian is director of Global Enterprise Mobile Solutions at LG Electronics where he develops mobile enterprise strategies and manages enterprise channels worldwide. Before joining LG, Bian was a senior product line manager at Motorola, and held engineering management positions at EMC. Bian earned his joint Masters Degree in Engineering and Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed coursework in strategy and general management at Harvard Business School.

Doug Makishima has more than 20 years of marketing and engineering experience in the communications and networking industry.

Paul Garnett is Director, Technology Policy in Microsoft’s Technology Strategy and Policy group, where he focuses on promoting higher-bandwidth, more efficient and ubiquitous spectrum-based broadband connectivity. Paul also supports Microsoft’s Mobile Business on various business- and policy-related activities.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Paul spent 17 years in Washington, DC, where he focused on telecommunications law and policy. Paul was Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, at CTIA-The Wireless Association®, where he represented the U.S. wireless industry before the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Congress. Paul also worked at the Federal Communications Commission in its Wireline Competition Bureau leading complex rulemakings developing universal service and intercarrier compensation regulations. Paul was an Associate in Swidler Berlin’s telecommunications practice representing telecommunications and broadband start-ups. In addition, Paul was a Consultant at Price Waterhouse advising on the privatization of state-owned telecommunications and utility monopolies.

Paul earned his bachelors degree in political science at Union College and his law degree at the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.

Dr. Bernard Aboba is a Principal Architect at Microsoft. As co-editor of both the ORTC and WebRTC 1.0 specifications within the W3C, Bernard works closely with Microsoft teams developing WebRTC/ORTC implementations and applications. This includes the Edge team, which natively supports both the WebRTC and ORTC APIs, the Skype team, which offers plugin-free support on multiple browsers, and the Windows team, which supports development of Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications with the WebRTC and ORTC APIs. In addition to his work within the W3C, Bernard has served as the Chair of the Internet Architecture Board, is the author of 60+ IETF RFCs and co-author of the IEEE 802.1X, 802.11i and 802.11k standards.

Richard S. Whitt is the new Global Head for Public Policy and Government Relations at Motorola Mobility LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google Inc. In that capacity Rick oversees all aspects of MMI’s interactions with government policymakers around the world. Rick moves over to MMI after spending five and a half years with Google, covering a variety of public policy issues in its D.C. office. In his most recent stint he served as director and managing counsel for federal policy, overseeing strategic thinking on privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, Internet governance, free expression, international trade, and telecom and media issues. From January 2007 to December 2011, Rick was Google’s chief telecom and media counsel, developing and implementing strategy and advocacy on all wireline, wireless, and media matters before the Federal Communications Commission, other Federal agencies, the U.S. Congress, and international bodies. Prior to joining Google in 2007, Rick founded and headed NetsEdge Consulting, a public policy consulting firm that provided legal analysis, regulatory strategy, and advocacy counsel to Google and other Web companies.From 1994 to 2006, Rick worked in the legal department at MCI Communications, where he most recently served as vice president for federal law and policy. Rick previously spent over five years as an associate attorney in the communications practices of two large Washington, D.C.-based law firms.Rick is a 1988 cum laude graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, and a 1984 magna cum laude graduate of James Madison University. He is a resident of Washington, D.C. with his wife Cathy and three well-maintained felines.

Mannix O’Connor serves as Director of Technical Marketing for MRV Communications’ Optical Communications Systems Division and has held Director or VP positions at Hitachi, Corrigent Systems, Lantern Communications, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and Synoptics. Mr. O’Connor is an established member of the telecommunications community as he was the founding Secretary of the IEEE 802.17 Working Group and was a founding member of the Resilient Packet Ring Alliance. He also served as co-chair of the MEF Access committee and his work on Ethernet protocols is extensive starting as a member of the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. Mr. O’Connor is a coauthor the recent publication, “Delivering Carrier Ethernet,” published by McGraw-Hill. At the Ethernet Academy he recently published a peer-reviewed paper on management of DOCSIS PONs.He has spoken on switching and optical networking at Supercomm, ComNet, Networld & Interop, Convergence India, Comdex Argentina and the Congreso Internacional de Telefonia IP Mexico. He holds an MBA from George Washington University and lives in San Jose, CA.

Prior to joining NetNumber, Mr. Marschel (Glenn) was the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Co-Chairman of Faroudja, Inc.(FDJA-NASDAQ), a public video processing technology company. He was formerly President and CEO of Paging Network Inc., a provider of wireless messaging services with 9 million subscribers. Earlier, Glenn served as Vice Chairman of First Financial Management Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of credit card transaction processing, healthcare claims processing and document management/imaging services with revenues exceeding $3.0 billion. He began his business career at CSI Computer Systems in 1970, and joined Automated Data Processing(ADP) in 1972, a $5 billion company in the information processing industry. Mr. Marschel was employed by ADP from 1972 to 1994, and served as President of several of ADPs largest businesses, including the Automotive and Employer Services divisions, after holding other senior positions in sales, client services, strategy, and marketing.Mr. Marschel received a BS degree from the University of Missouri, and attended the Stanford University Executive Development Program.

Rob Riordan, executive vice president and director of corporate development for Nsight, is a dynamic speaker and lively commentator on emerging technologies in the telecommunications world. In his role he looks six months to six years ahead of where the company is today. When Rob is not working on mergers, acquiring new markets and spectrum or interfacing with investment bankers, he spends much time researching potential technologies and their role at Nsight. Through his studies of Mobile IP, for example, Nsight became the first company in the US to provide the service. This knowledge combined with his 30 years of telecom experience allows Rob to speak on a number of subjects. As a Competent Toastmaster, he has traveled the globe through speaking engagements during the last ten years. Past topics include Wireless: Friend or Foe, Wireless Internet Futures, and National Issues from a Small Company Perspective. In addition to various state telecommunications meetings, Rob has spoken on behalf of the Wireless Communications Association, Broadband Wireless Forum, OPASTCO, Telecoms and IT Brand Building and Development Forum in London, UK the Broadband Fixed Wireless Access World Congress in Rome, Italy, Femtocells Asia and Femtocells World Summit just to name a few.

Mr. Jacobs focuses on counseling companies developing new technologies that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr. Jacobs is regulatory counsel to LightSquared, which launched the first domestic mobile satellite services system and is a leading proponent of reusing satellite spectrum to operate terrestrial facilities to enhance satellite coverage. He was regulatory counsel to XM Satellite Radio Corporation, a pioneer in and the largest provider of satellite radio service, from its founding through its growth to more than 10 million subscribers. Other satellite clients include Pegasus Development Corporation and Spectrum Astro, on whose behalf he helped obtain licenses in the Ka FSS and BSS bands and the V band. Mr. Jacobs is founding counsel to the Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition, a trade association of companies active in the development of Internet voice applications and services.

Khurram P. Sheikh is presently Chief Technology Officer of Powerwave Technologies. Mr. Sheikh joined the company in August 2007 in his current capacity and is also the Chairman of the Powerwave Technical Advisory Board. In this role he leads the global product/business units for the company as well the global teams for research and development.Mr. Sheikh was employed by Time Warner Cable from August 2005 through 2007, as Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Development where he was responsible for the cable and media company’s entry into the wireless space. Between 2000 and 2005, Mr. Sheikh was Chief Technology Advisor for various divisions within Sprint where he led the next generation advanced technology efforts for the company. Mr. Sheikh is widely recognized in the industry for his pioneering efforts in the development of mobile wireless broadband or “4G” wireless technology including WiMAX and LTE. Mr. Sheikh received advanced graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Wireless Communications from Stanford University. He also completed an executive development course in Product Development from the Harvard Business School.Global mobile data traffic is just about doubling every year, and will continue to do so through at least 2016, according to Ciscos Mobile Visual Networking Index, one of the industrys most comprehensive annual studies. The iPhone, for instance, uses 24 times as much spectrum as feature cell phones, and the iPad uses 122 times as much, according to the FCC. AT&T has seen the wireless data traffic on its network grow 20,000 percent since the iPhone debuted in 2007. This is a big problem that if not addressed, will leave mobile carriers crippled and mobile customers extremely unhappy. As carriers upgrade to 4G, many don’t realize the networks will easily be outstripped by growing demand and that LTE causes signal attenuation, which shrinks the RF signal radius of high-speed LTE base stations by up to 50 percent compared to 2G service. This means more towers are needed to fix the dead zones, driving up the cost of network deployment. There are also cases where overlaying high performance LTE macrocells on 2G networks create dead spots due to a smaller signal radius.Operators are also faced with the challenge of providing coverage in places they weren’t previously required, both indoors and outdoors, including stadiums and buildings. As more mobile users leverage video conferencing, voice calls, email access and video streaming on their smartphones and tablets, this places heavier burden on networks and operators must provide seamless, uninterrupted, highly reliable coverage no matter where consumers are.Implementing small cell solutions enable carriers to alleviate coverage and capacity issues and provide a cost-effective solution to build out existing network infrastructure to provide targeted 4G coverage in areas of poor reception and high data usage. Most importantly, small cells will meet the needs of current and future data consumption growth based on the rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets. Khurram will discuss how to solve these current problems carriers are facing with the implementation of small cells, addressing: •Coverage and capacity issues in areas of high data consumption, areas where signals are weak or non-existent. In this case, small cells can facilitate the expansion of LTE coverage and capacity without requiring new macro sites, which are much more costly and complicated to install•Small cells technology allow coverage to be easily deployed in a variety of indoor and outdoor areas harder to reach by previous technology, such as stadiums, shopping centers and metro stations•Small cells provide compatibility for all operators’ existing technology, which is currently at different stages of development within each company. Small cells easily incorporate into networks, no matter the stage of development, providing continuous service to all existing customers while in the process of upgrading, allowing for a seamless transition

Mark A. McHenry, Ph.D has experience in military and commercial communication systems design, including research of the next generation of advanced wireless networks, the development of high dynamic range multi-band transceivers, as well as founding of two high-tech companies with concentration in automated spectrum management technology. In 2000 he founded Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), which is developing advanced technologies for Government and industry customers with challenging radio spectrum and networking needs. McHenry was also a co-founder of San Diego Research Center (acquired by Argon ST), a wireless research and developing company supporting the test and training community. Previously McHenry was a Program Manager at DARPA, where he managed multiple programs. He has worked as an Engineer at SRI International, Northrop Advanced Systems, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics, Hughes Aircraft and Ford Aerospace. McHenry received the Office of Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Achievement in 1997 and the Office of Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Public Service Award in 2000. He has multiple RF technology related patents. McHenry graduated with a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of Technology in 1980. He received a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. McHenry was named Engineer of the Year by the DC Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies in February, 2006. Dr. McHenry was appointed by Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, to serve as a member of the Commerce Spectrum Advisory Committee, in Dec 2006 and 2008.

Chris Hummel joined Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) in April 2010 and currently serves as the President of North America and the global Chief Marketing Officer. He reports directly to Hamid Akhavan, the CEO of SEN.

In his North America role, he is responsible for sales, service and delivery to our extensive customer base in the North American region. He also leads SEN’s global accounts effort across all regions of the globe and drives the successful partnerships of our global alliances and global indirect divisions. As CMO, he oversees all global marketing activities across the company and supports the development of corporate and go-to-market strategies.

Hummel is a recognized thought leader and has extensive experience in global enterprise sales and marketing, having lived and worked in a range of countries, including the US, Germany, Eastern Europe and Asia. Before joining Siemens Enterprise Communications, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Field Marketing for SAP AG, where he managed an organization of more than 600 people that annually generated more than 7 billion US-Dollars in qualified opportunities. Prior to SAP, Hummel spent 13 years at Oracle Corporation in a number of senior sales, services and marketing roles.

Hummel holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, MA. He also studied at Durham University (UK) and the London Business School.

Richard Shockey is an internationally recognized expert on Data Communications, Voice over IP [VoIP] Technology, VoIP Interconnection, Signaling and the principal of Shockey Consulting a private firm advising telecommunications companies and the investment community on any number of issues related to Next Generation Networks.

Mr. Shockey is also Chairman of the Board of Directors and Technical Working Group Chair of the SIP Forum, an industry organization with members from over 40 leading IP communications companies with a mission to advance the adoption of products and services based on SIP [RFC 3761]. SIP is THE means by which global carriers are deploying real-time communications over IP networks. Mr. Shockey is also chairing the SIP Forum SIP Connect task group that has produced a new comprehensive specification of how SIP based IP-PBX’s can interconnect with Service Providers. http://www.sipforum.org/.

Mr. Shockey has spoken countless times at industry events on SIP, ENUM and Next Generation Networks and led the architecture and design of several commercial products based on ENUM. ENUM [ RFC3761 ] has been frequently mentioned in the media as a key enabler in the convergence of the PSTN and VoIP and the principal technology service provider’s are considering for VoIP Network to Network Interconnection, VoIP peering and SS7 avoidance.

Mr. Shockey is a founder and is still Co Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force ENUM Work Group and is an author of several IETF RFC’s Active in IETF affairs since 1998 he also participated in numerous other IETF WG including FAX, SIP, SIPPING, SPEERMINT, SIMPLE and its management nominating committee NOMCOM. He has also been the co-chair of the IETF working group DRINKS on the provisioning of data for VoIP Peering Federations. Among his current interests are White Space Databases.

Raymond (Ray) Dolan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks. Previously, Ray served as Chief Executive Officer of QUALCOMM/Flarion Technologies, a developer of mobile broadband communications technologies, as well as Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM). Prior to its acquisition by QUALCOMM in 2006, Ray served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Flarion. From 1996 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of NextWave Telecom. Prior to that, he spent eight years at BellAtlantic/NYNEX Mobile, serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Ray began his career in the telecommunications industry at PacTel Cellular as a Manager of Network Operations. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, where he spent more than seven years as a tactical jet pilot. Ray graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia University School of Business. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD).

Anatoli Levine is Director of Product Management for Developer Tools Business Unit (DTBU) at Spirent Communications, responsible for developing strategy and product roadmap for the new M2M and IoT segment for enabling products for developers. Anatoli is also responsible for the portfolio of enabling technology products (WebRTC, VoLTE/RCS, SIP, IMS and many others) for developers of Unified Communications solutions. Since 2006, Anatoli is a President of International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) – an organization facilitating interoperable implementations of multimedia communication technologies based on the open standards. Anatoli is a frequent speaker at various IoT and IP communication industry events and conferences, covering subjects of M2M, IoT, WebRTC, VoLTE, RCS, standards and interoperability. He contributes to the Spirent and IMTC blogs.Prior to Spirent Communications, Anatoli was Director of Product Management for Radvision, an Avaya company and prior to that, he lead the technical team providing engineering services and support for Radvision Technology products.

Custie Crampton is a specialist in mobile device management product development with a long history in making sure the mobility challenges faced by enterprises today are addressed in the MDM product development process. As VP of MDM Product Management for Tangoe, Custie is responsible for steering the development of original products. With experience in all stages of the enterprise wireless/mobile lifecycle, he has helped companies take on their mobile workforce initiatives with trust and high ROI.

Ivelin Ivanov is CEO and Co-founder of Telestax, The Restcomm Company. Prior to Telestax, Ivelin founded Mobicents, which was subsequently renamed Restcomm. He also served as Director of Research and Development for Jboss / Red Hat; and is an early investor in multiple start-ups. As busy as he is in his current role as CEO of Telestax, Ivelin still finds time to contribute to his favorite open source projects.

Mel Yarbrough is Towerstreams Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the strategic development and execution of the companys corporate business plans as well as leadership of the Sales, Marketing, Operations, Engineering and Customer Care departments. Mel comes to Towerstream from Hoovers (D&B; Dun and Bradstreet), where he served as VP of Business Development and VP of Sales. Prior to joining D&B, Mel spent nearly a decade in several executive sales and marketing positions, including roles at StarCite and Handango. His wireless domain experience began as early as 1995 with PageMart (Weblink Wireless) where he held several leadership roles. Mel holds a B.A. in Economics from Southern Methodist University and a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Christopher Celiberti is a Vice President of Research and Development for Truphone Inc. responsible for developing innovative mobile products for the global business marketplace. Christopher has over 18 years of expertise in turning early stag technology ideas into products. Prior to joining Truphone Christopher served as CEO and Co-Founded CleverSpoke a Mobile Services Application Platform deployed in over 10 countries and 5 continents. Christopher has held key management positions with leading global and start-up companies such as Bellcore, EDS, Portal Software, Libretel, Tello, and NeuStar. He is a recognized industry standards participant and speaker. Christopher has earned a BS in Environmental Studies from Chadwick University, International Degree from University of California Berkeley in Computer Information Systems and completed MIT’s Sloan School of Management’s Product Design, Development and Management Executive Program.

Dr. Bose is CEO of Vanu, Inc., a provider of innovative wireless infrastructure solutions. Vanu, Inc. pioneered the commercialization of software-defined radio and became the first company to receive FCC certification of a software-defined radio in 2004. The company has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Software-Defined Radio Forum Achievement Award, IEEE Spectrum Magazine’s Wireless Winner, and the GSM Association Technology Award for Most Innovative Infrastructure Product. Dr. Bose has been granted the personal distinctions of being named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and a ComputerWorld Honors Program Laureate. Dr. Bose is currently serving as a Commissioner to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, as a member of the Army Science Board, the Board of Trustees for the Boston Museum of Science, and as a member of the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program Industry Advisory Board. Dr. Bose was a technical expert for the President’s Council of Advisors (PCAST) report: “Realizing the full potential of government-held spectrum to spur economic growth”. Dr. Bose received his B.S, M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Bill Goodman is Director of the Converged Services Architecture group in Verizon’s Network & Technology organization. His group takes a lead role in architecting and realizing the platform solutions that enable Verizon to offer innovative, integrated, rich media experiences over its broadband networks.

Bill was a lead member of the design team that successfully deployed the first commercial IP telephony service by an ILEC in 1999. He led the development and early implementation of Verizon’s IMS-based convergence strategy, including architecture of a common IMS serving both wireless and wireline customers. Bill and his team are currently leading the technology strategy and implementation in support of Verizon’s open development and media delivery initiatives.

Bill has 27 years of experience with Verizon and its predecessors, and is an inventor on 25 patents covering various aspects of VoIP, video, and mobile networks and services. He holds a BSEE and MBA, both from Villanova University, and is a registered Professional Engineer.

Perry Correll is a Senior Technologist as well as the Director of Product Marketing at Xirrus. His extensive networking background extends from original Ethernet shared technology, through the switching revolution is now focused on advancing wireless technology to displace traditional wired deployments. Previous roles have included technologist, marketing and management roles at Cabletron, Xylan and Alcatel.

Andy leads business development with technology partners for the Divide BYOD solution by Enterproid. Blending mobility, UC, and security industry backgrounds, his current focus on multi-persona solutions is informed by real-world global IT deployment experience. Previously, Andy drove enterprise solution development at LG Electronics, security product management at Avaya (where he holds 10 patents for presence and security technology), and network operations at startup NEON (now in SAP) as well as Raytheons Tomahawk missile program. Andy holds a degree in Mathematics from Brigham Young University and lives in San Diego.

Stacey is happy when immersed in SEC filings, tech specs or poking through a data center. She has spent the last 11 years covering technology and finance for publications such as The Deal, the Austin Business Journal, The Bond Buyer and BusinessWeek, and works remotely from Austin, Texas. At GigaOM, Stacey covers broadband, data center infrastructure, policy and regulation, and entrepreneurs/startups, and is particularly excited to discover news ways technology is changing the world.

Richard (Rick) Whitt currently is Corporate Director for Strategic Initiatives at Google. Most recently Rick has been responsible for guiding the Google Access entity’s approach to working with governmental bodies to deploy communications infrastructure, with a focus on wireless access platforms and radio spectrum policy. Rick also has been actively engaged on various Google initiatives concerning the Internet of Things (IoT), machine intelligence, and long-term digital preservation.From 2012 to 2014, Rick was vice president for global public policy and government relations with Motorola Mobility, a Google company. Prior to joining Motorola, Rick served as Google’s director and managing counsel for federal policy, overseeing the Companys strategic thinking on issues such as privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, Internet governance, free expression, and international trade. In his first five years with Google (2007-2011), Rick headed up the public policy team on telecommunications issues. Among other achievements in that role, he led Google’s advocacy on open Internet, broadband deployment, and spectrum policy. Rick also guided the Company’s participation in the 700 MHz spectrum auction, involvement in TV White Spaces spectrum allocations, and launch of Google Fiber.Prior to joining Google, Rick founded and headed NetsEdge Consulting, a public policy consulting firm that provided legal analysis, regulatory strategy, and advocacy counsel to Web companies. From 1994 to 2006, Rick worked in the legal department at MCI Communications, where he most recently served as vice president for federal law and policy. Rick previously spent over five years as an associate attorney in the communications practices of two large Washington, D.C.-based law firms.Rick is a 1988 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and a 1984 graduate of James Madison University. He currently resides in Mountain View, California.

Mr. Corans practice focuses on the representation of fixed wireless, mobile wireless and satellite clients, serving their transactional, strategic, licensing and operating needs. He also represents financial institutions in connection with public and private investment offerings. In addition, Mr. Coran has extensive experience in negotiating complex, multi-party transactions for the purchase, sale and financing of established and start-up communications businesses. Mr. Coran is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on a wide variety of regulatory, legislative and communications industry issues.

Glenn Richards is a partner and chair of the communications practice group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. He represents a wide range of communications service providers and investors, including voice over internet protocol (VoIP) providers, wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers, television broadcasters, equipment manufacturers, satellite operators, banks and private equity firms in transactional and litigation matters, and before the Federal Communications Commission, state public utility commissions and the International Telecommunication Union. Glenn also represents large corporate users of communications services in contract negotiations with their suppliers.Glenn is also Executive Director of the Voice on the Net Coalition (www.von.org). Since 1997, VON has been educating state and federal policymakers about the benefits of Internet communications and the impact of regulation on this emerging technology. Glenn received a journalism degree from West Virginia University in 1982 and a law degree from New York Law School in 1985. He is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, DC. He is based in Washington, DC and can be reached at 202-663-8215 or [email protected]