Mark Lum

Mark Lum MA MSc is an independent consultant, focusing on Carrier Ethernet, Optical, Metro, FTTx next-gen broadband and Storage networks and services, with experience spanning Ethernet, SDH/SONET, OTN-WDM, MPLS, ATM and GPON technologies and their associated global standards development.
His international clients include service providers, equipment vendors, start-ups, regulatory agencies and the financial community.  Mark studied Natural and Electrical Sciences at Cambridge University and was awarded his MSc in Telecommunication Systems after beginning his career in the Harlow research labs of ITT-STL, developing the very first optical systems.
Mark developed his experience and expertise at Tektronix as Telecoms/TV Market Development Manager, at Nortel Networks as portfolio manager for next-generation optical metro networks and at RHK as program director for European optical network research and analysis.
During his career, Mark has also taken an active role in global standardisation, having led Tektronix' program at ITU and ETSI, chairing an experts' committee at ITU-T as Rapporteur and contributing as technical editor for several standards.  With many papers published on carrier network strategy and evolution, he is a well-known and frequently-requested speaker and chair at industry conferences, including IIR’s market-leading Carrier Ethernet, Packet Transport and WDM Optical events.

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