Peter Zidar has 17 years of experience in Telecommunications and IT. He joined Mobitel in year 2000. He worked as project manager at several important deployment projects like Location Based Services, Mobile TV, Ringback Service, Push Email, Mobile VPN and several other projects. From 2003 to 2005 he was Head of Projects Sector. From 2004 to 2010 he was also Head of Research Group in Mobitel. Now he works as Head of Standardisation Office and is company's main contact person for international organizations such as ETSI, 3GPP, OMA, UMTS Forum and ETNO FM workgroup. In March 2008 he was elected as Chairman of Operators Group in UMTS Forum organization, where he is also a member of the Steering Group. He represented Operators Group at several international conferences including events in Russia, Moldova, India, Nigeria, Arab Emirates and South Africa. He is an author of more than 75 popular science articles published in Slovenian monthly magazine Life & Technology and in 2008 he published a book about space exploration.
Margaret Chiosi, Executive Director of Optics and Ethernet Service Development in AT&T Labs, has been involved in data for 30 years. Margaret is currently responsible for the delivery of Ethernet and Optical Services and infrastructures for managed, metro, national and global markets. These infrastructures are key to supporting cloud computing, mobile backhaul and many new mobile applications (e.g. video broadcast, social networking, gaming). She has led organizations responsible from concept through development and deployment of emerging network technologies for new data services, development of data networking equipment, and strategic direction for data services and products. Past data experience has ranged from service development of IP/VPNs and FR/ATM supporting revenues, which grew to multi-billion dollars revenue streams, to development of data products on real-time operating systems as well as UNIX based systems. Margaret received her BS/MS in Computer Science from Purdue University. Margaret is currently active on the Board of Directors of MEF, an Ethernet Forum, and a member of her organization is on the BOD of Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF). Return to top of page
Based in Petaluma, California, Frank joined Cyan in 2008, leading marketing and business development. Since then his role has evolved to include international sales for Cyan. Prior to Cyan, Frank ran product development (engineering and product management) for Calix, and a variety of executive management and general management at Paradyne, AT&T Paradyne, and Nortel where he worked on early fiber transport systems in the 1980s. Frank has written 3 highly successful telecom books: The Book on Video, The Book on Network Transformation, and The DSL Source Book. He is also an experienced presenter at a wide range of industry conferences. Return to top of page
Peter Olsen has extensive experience from the IT industry, and he has held senior technical positions at Cisco Systems, the former COCOM, and RE Technology. Peter Olsen has 15 years of practical experience in the design, implementation, and operation of major telecommunications and data networks. In addition he has a great deal of experience in electronics research and development. Before he joined GlobalConnect in the fall of 2003, Peter Olsen was in the venture capital business as chief of investments at DTU-Innovation, a investment company with ties to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Return to top of page
Ramon Casellas graduated in Telecommunications engineering in 1999, both from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain and from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications - Telecom Paristech (ENST), France. After working as an undergraduate researcher at France Telecom R&D and British Telecom Labs, he completed a Ph.D. degree in 2002 at the ENST Paris, where he worked as an associate professor at the Networks and Computer Science dept. until 2006. He joined the Optical Networking Area of the Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), holding a research associate position and acting as the coordinator of the ADRENALINE testbed. He has been involved in several public-funded European research projects, technology transfer activities and in standardization at the IETF. His research interests include the GMPLS and PCE architectures and protocols; traffic engineering mechanisms, and the performance evaluation and optimization of core networks. Return to top of page
1991-1993 Research staff at Technical University of Berlin
1993-2001 Project manager at T-Systems Nova, Berkom GmbH
2001-2003 Head of department Middleware at T-Systems Nova, Berkom
2004-2005 Head of department Services and Applications for NGN, TZ Darmstadt
2005-2006 Head of department Media & Voice Solutions, T-Systems, ENPS TZ
2006-present Head System Solutions & Engineering, MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (TDF group)
System Solution & Engineering is scoping with a broad area of broadcast applications from satellite over DVB-x to broadcast networks. MEDIA BROADCAST is the main broadcast service provider in Germany and a strong part in the European TDF group. Return to top of page
Steve is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cyan, a provider of packet-optical transport solutions for wholesale, regional and metropolitan networks. Steve’s 28 years of product development experience includes industrial and telecom semiconductors, hardware, software and systems. Cyan is located in beautiful Sonoma County California, an area that has spawned several telecommunications systems equipment companies, and many fine wines. Steve’s technology focus is the challenge created by the evolving transport-network. Network operators are faced with a dizzying array of new technology options, including ROADM, OTN, Ethernet, PBB, and MPLS-TP variants. The complexity of technology choice is compounded by constraints created by existing SONET/SDH and MPLS-TE investments. Steve’s mission is to develop hardware and software that can eliminate unnecessary cost and help tame this complexity. Steve has B.Sc and M.Sc Electrical Engineering degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Return to top of page
Javier E. Gonzalez is focused on developing CIENA's CESD market penetration in Enterprises, Service Providers and Mobile Operators. Javier's professional experience prior to CIENA includes Product Manager at Huawei Technologies responsible for data (IP/MPLS) and access (xDSL, GPON, Ethernet) for incumbents, alternative operators and MSOs, as well as providing independent consultant services. In addition, Javier spent more than (9) years in business development, product management, product marketing and network engineering at Nortel Networks.
Javier is a past ATM Forum Ambassador, has participated in industry conferences and is an active member of the IEEE with vast experience in the European, North American and Latin American markets. Javier resides in Paris (France), holds an Engineering degree (M.S. in Telecommunications & Networks) and is currently a participant of INSEAD's Global Executive MBA. Return to top of page
Vanessa Nacamura is part of the Solutions Management Group of Nokia
Siemens Networks - Network Systems division, focusing on the development
of fixed and mobile multi-service network solutions. Previous
experience includes product management in the area of transport
networks, consulting & system integration for IPTV and optimization
in the context of multi layer networks. Vanessa holds a Bachelor degree
in Electrical Engineering from Universidade de Sao Paulo, with
specialization in Data Communication from Universidade de Pernambuco and
vast experience in the area of Ethernet/IP networking, video
applications and photonics.
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Nurit Sprecher is a standards' senior specialist at Nokia Siemens Networks. She has 20 years of experience in the Telecommunication industry. For many years Nurit worked as an expert System Engineer and technologist, defining carrier grade network and product specifications in areas in the forefront of the industry technology. In the last couple of years, Nurit is in charge of the company's standard and Industry Environment activities related to Packet Transport Evolution, covering aspects such as packet transport network, synchronization, 40/100 GB Ethernet, MEF architecture and services, solutions over packet such as Mobile Backhauling, Enterprise services, etc. Nurit is an expert in packet transport networks and technologies, contributes to the related work in IETF, ITU-T SG15, IEEE and BBF, and participates in core discussions on next generation packet transport network with Tier-1 carriers. Nurit participated in the European CELTIC TIGER project which analyzed solutions for a better adaptation of IP and Ethernet layers to address the Metro Ethernet growing market. This project won the Celtic Excellence Award in gold. Return to top of page
Nicolai Leymann is working in his 13th year for Deutsche Telekom as a lead architect for IP based networks. His major focus is the network and service architecture of the upcoming Next Generation Network of Deutsche Telekom. His work includes the integration of technologies - eg. IP-Multicast, VPLS etc. - in MPLS networks and VPN scenarios. Mr. Leymann is responsible for the “Seamless MPLS” architecture and the architecture of the wholesale services for Triple Play on top of MPLS. He is active in the IETF, working on the coordination of standardization activities related to IPTV within Deutsche Telekom and is board member of the OpenIPTV Forum. Return to top of page
John Dunne co-founded Intune in 1999 with Tom Farrell following EU-funded research work at University College Dublin. Dr. Dunne has a first class honours electronics degree and a Ph.D. in the field of tunable lasers from UCD and has spent his career working on the application of these devices into telecommunications systems. He is a co-inventor on some of Intune’s core intellectual property on network systems and is published internationally in the field of optoelectronics. Since founding the company, Dr. Dunne has been responsible for the commercial vision of how Intune's core technology could be applied into the telecom market. His current role includes working with technology strategy leaders of network operators and network users to roll out Intune's tunable network innovation. He is a regular invited speaker at conferences on innovation, network technology and the future trends in the communications industry. He leads all research programs at Intune. Return to top of page
Andrew Schmitt joined Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) in March 2009 as a seasoned optical market expert, bringing to Infonetics 18 years of telecom experience, including 14 focused specifically on optical networking. As lead optical analyst, Andrew’s expertise is focused squarely on optical network equipment, service provider optical networks, and optical services, including SONET/SDH, MSPP, crossconnect, WDM, ROADM, packet optical transport, 10G, 40G, 100G, metro, and long-haul. In addition to deepening Infonetics' current optical coverage, Andrew is focused on expanding into new optical territory. Prior to joining Infonetics, Andrew founded and managed Nyquist Capital, an equity advisory and consulting firm serving companies in the carrier networking industry and the financial institutions investing in them. While at Nyquist, Andrew produced numerous acclaimed research reports on a range of topics, including Cisco’s optical module business, Google’s in-house effort to build datacenter switches, and the impact of Broadcom’s FTTH chipset. Before Nyquist, Andrew held several positions at Vitesse Semiconductor, including Director of Marketing and Systems Engineering, for which he led the business unit that designed and sold products to carrier telecom equipment manufacturers. In addition to authoring regular optical market share and forecast reports for Infonetics, Andrew provides clients with constant expert opinion on hot topics via the Optical Continuous Research Service (CRS), and develops service provider survey research to provide clients with up-to-the-minute market analysis and recommendations based on service provider buying plans and preferences. He is also a consultant to startups, service providers, manufacturers, and the investment community. A noted writer and public speaker, Andrew contributes to many media publications and presents at industry conferences year-round, including the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), NXTcomm/SUPERCOMM, and the Gilder Technology Conferences. Andrew holds multiple issued and pending patents for TDM switching and interface architectures, earned his BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and, when not pondering all things optical, is an avid road cyclist, regularly racing for the NEBC/Cycle Loft team in New England. Return to top of page
Giuseppe has the responsibility of defining the evolution of the Transport Network of Telecom Italia. He has more than 20 years of experience in the design of transport networks, with focus on aspects such as new technologies, network architectures and reliability. Return to top of page
With 20 years experience in IP strategy, architecture and design, Matt is well placed to look at the IP integration challenge that currently faces Everything Everywhere. Prior to transferring into Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile UK joint venture) Matt was responsible for IP architecture and strategy for Orange UK working with France Telecom. Currently Matt is looking at a number of IP development initiatives for EE. These range from IP evolution in the RAN and packet/ circuit core through to IP interconnect for voice and data. Matt is also looking at IP and Transport requirements for EPC and VoLTE Matt actively participates in a number of industry forums including NICC (Network Interoperability Consultative Committee), NGNuk and Consult21, as well and contributing to 3GPP and IETF studies. Matt represents EE at a number of key industry conferences, seminars and congresses. Previous to Orange, Matt worked as a Network Architect for Computer Sciences Corporation. Return to top of page
Michael Howard co-founded market research firm Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) in 1990, and today is recognized worldwide as one of the industry’s leading experts in emerging markets, service provider trends, and user buying patterns. He developed the industry’s first carrier Ethernet switch forecast per Metro Ethernet Forum specs, was the first to track packet optical transport system equipment, and was the first to forecast the decline of SONET/SDH against the rise of WDM optical equipment – one measure of the move toward packet transport networks. Nicknamed the “Ethernet pope,” Michael leverages 40 years of communications industry and market research experience to author numerous works year-round, including regular Carrier Routing, Switching, and Ethernet client columns, and quarterly, biannual, and annual market share and forecast reports, including 10G/40G/100G, Metro Ethernet Equipment, Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services, and SAN Equipment. He led a recent service provider survey that resulted in a popular report called OTN, IPoDWDM, and GMPLS on Routers, and in 2008 co-authored the book, Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN, which received 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com. Michael moderates webinars and speaks at industry events year-round, and is frequently quoted in trade and business press, including Business Week, CNN Money, The Daily Deal, Forbes, Fortune, Investor’s Business Daily, NetworkWorld, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Return to top of page
Nicolas is Director of Network Strategy and Architecture at Colt, a leading European provider of end-to-end business communications and managed services. He joined Colt in 2000 and was previously in charge of Product and Infrastructure Security Engineering. In this role Nicolas focuses on mid to long term planning, strategic architecture design, technology watching, and driving research and innovation. Nicolas holds an Engineer degree in Networking and Distributed Computing and is a recognised authority on Service Provider and IT security. He has presented at numerous technical and security conferences, teaches networking and security courses at various universities and engineering schools, participates in various research groups and regularly writes articles. Return to top of page
