Conference Chairpersons Bio's

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Conference Speaker Bio's

Caroline Gabriel co-founded Rethink Research Associates in 2002. Before that she had spent a large part of her career in various senior positions at VNU Business Publishing Europe. VNU BPE is Europe’s largest publisher of IT-related information with over 50 magazines, seven web sites, a conference organization and various research services. It is part of VNU, the world’s largest business information group. She authors the weekly publication WiMAX Watch from Trendsmedia/Rethink.

As a foremost senior industry analyst and consultant, Ayvazian is a primary influencer of Yankee Group research and serves as a principal public spokesperson for the company. He is currently leading Yankee Group’s development of cross disciplinary practices in such areas as wireless broadband, digital divide, municipal networking, mobile entertainment, voice over IP and IP video.

Daniel J. Coombes is Senior Vice President of Wireless Broadband Networks and Chief Technology Officer for Motorola Networks. In his position he is responsible for the business and development teams associated with MOTOwi4, Canopy and 802.16 systems and Seamless Mobility networks. As CTO, he is responsible for the architecture and technology direction of the Networks.  With 31 years experience at Motorola, Dan has held numerous business management and system development positions in iDEN®, CDMA and GSM, as well as positions in SMARTNETTM and ASTRO for Motorola's Government business and Privacy Plus® in the Enterprise business.  Dan holds bachelor's of science and master's of science degrees in electrical engineering, both from the University of Illinois.

Dr. Klaus-D. Kohrt, Senior Vice President Government & Industry Relations, Siemens Communication Mobile Networks, Vice Chairman, UMTS Forum

Since completing a masters degree and a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science in 1984 Dr. Kohrt has worked in the Siemens telecommunication business in various roles in Germany and abroad. His key expertise is in network architecture evolution and for many years he helped to develop and promote Siemens vision and product strategy both in the wireline and mobile carrier business. In 2003 Dr. Kohrt took over government and industry relationship management for Siemens mobile. In this role he serves on a number of committees and in January 2004 was elected Vice Chairman of the UMTS-Forum. Dr. Kohrt is married, has two children and in his spare time they like to scuba-dive the lakes and oceans of this world.

Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri has 20 years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks. Previously, during three years at Lucent, Shakouri was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. Shakouri also spent 14 years in technical and management positions with Hewlett Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems. He co-founded the wireless systems division, where he was responsible for the engineering team developing low-cost residential digital wireless systems for U.S. and Asian markets. Shakouri earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAs Wafer Probe Systems. In addition to his position with the WiMAX Forum, Shakouri is on the board of directors for the Wireless Communications Association and is an IEEE MTT-SVC chairman.

Wolfgang Weber, CTO, Swisscom Mobile

Dr Wolfgang Weber is chief technology officer of Swisscom Mobile and a member of the company’s corporate executive board. He has held many senior positions in the communications industry, including being CTO of 3G Mobile AG, and executive roles at Alcatel, Softlab and others.

Bernard Aboussouan, Vice-President Marketing & Business Development, Sequans Communications

Bernard was most recently VP of Marketing and Business Development for BeamReach Networks, a provider of broadband wireless access systems based on OFDMA and Adaptive Antenna Systems. Bernard joined BeamReach Networks from Harris Corporation where he occupied the role of Executive Director for the Broadband Wireless Access business, and Director of Product Management for the Microwave Communications Division. Bernard started his career at Nortel Networks where he occupied senior technical and marketing positions in access and enterprise networks.

Keimpe Algra, General Manager, Enertel Wireless

Since March 2004, Keimpe has been General Manager of Enertel Wireless in Rotterdam. Prior to that he was Chief Operating Officer for Esquare Communications BV in Amsterdam, a first mile fibre optics access Operator focusing on deployment in Business Parks.

Simon Altman, Director of Marketing & Sales, Ceragon Networks

Simon Altman has over 18 years of experience in the wireless industry, both in Sales & Marketing and also R&D.  At Ceragon Networks, Simon is Director of Marketing and Sales, responsible for strategic accounts. Prior to Ceragon, Simon was at Cellcom, Israel’s largest cellular operator working on advanced wireless systems for both mobile and fixed services. Before Cellcom, Simon held a marketing & sales management position at a start up company involved in two communications and vehicle location. Simon has also carried out various positions in R&D, for companies such as Marconi Space & Defense and Motorola Communications Ltd. Simon Received a BSc. in Communications Engineering from Leeds University, MSc. in R.F. & Microwave Engineering from Bradford University and an M.B.A from Harriot-Watt University.

Makoto Awaga, GM, Mobile Solution Business Division, Electronics Devices Group, Fujitsu Limited

As general manager of mobile solution business division of Fujitsu Limited, Makoto “Mac” Awaga has full responsibility for all mobile semiconductor products and solutions, including software framework for global mobile multimedia services. An innovative and reliable semiconductor products and service provider, the company serves the digital consumers, mobile cellular, networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets in world wide.
 

Rupert Baines, VP Marketing, picoChip

Rupert has spent eighteen years in technology marketing, working on commercialising many leading edge technologies. He spent six years with Analog Devices in Boston, working on semiconductors for GSM and wireless infrastructure before managing their Broadband product line and holding responsibility for the industry-standard ADSL chipset. He has also worked for operators, most recently as Director of Product Development and Strategy for Atlantic Telecom, where he ran a large pan-European DSL rollout and trialed wireless broadband deployments.

Sinisa Bakaric, CTO, MICRO-LINK

MICRO-LINK is a Croatian system integrator of digital radio communication systems. Sinisa has worked on development of technical design and implementation of microwave point to point, TETRA and broadband wireless access systems. As a system integrator MICRO-LINK is involved in network design, installation, commissioning and analysis of a WiMAX certified system for T-HT, the biggest Croatian telecom operator owned by DT. MICRO-LINK is a turnkey wireless solution provider with significant references in Croatia and the region including government and financial institutions, industry, transportation, telecommunication and utility applications.

Chris Beardsmore, Market Development Manager – Europe, Middle East & Africa, Intel

Chris Beardsmore has worked for Intel for over 20 years and is currently WiMAX Market Development Manager covering Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is responsible for Intel’s Marketing and Initiatives to bring this exciting new technology to market. Mr. Beardsmore works with equipment manufacturers and carriers on successfully deploying WiMAX in the EMEA geography. Mr. Beardsmore has a long history of technology and marketing, starting from the very first microprocessors and Ethernet equipment though to the latest wireless and WiMAX installations. From a hardware and software engineering background he specializes on how new technology can be brought to market successfully.

Jeffrey K. Belk, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Qualcomm

Jeffrey K. Belk serves as senior vice president of marketing for QUALCOMM Incorporated. In this role since fall 2000, Belk oversees QUALCOMM's marketing and corporate communications efforts worldwide. Belk joined QUALCOMM in early 1994 and worked in business development roles prior to being assigned to lead QUALCOMM Consumer Products' (QCP) marketing team in the summer of 1995. He initiated QUALCOMM's global branding and marketing campaigns as QCP's director and then vice president of marketing. In 1998, his role expanded to include overall responsibility for corporate marketing and communications as vice president of marketing for QUALCOMM. In 1999-2000, Belk served as senior vice president and general manager of QUALCOMM Eudora Products, QUALCOMM's award winning e-mail product line.

Markus Bömelburg, Vice President, Sales Europe, BelAir Networks

Markus Bömelburg, responsible for Belair Networks industry-leading wide area wireless broadband solutions throughout Europe, brings a wealth of experience gained in both Carrier/Service Provider and Vendor/Manufacturer environments.  Previous to BelAir, Markus developed and implemented new market and partner strategies in Central and Eastern Europe for Netro Corp. (now SR Telecom).  As Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Star One, a wireless network operator in Europe, Markus directed sales, marketing and major account efforts.  Previous to this, Markus held progressively national and international senior positions within the transport, utilities and telecommunications industries (e.g. RWE, EON, o-tel-o, Thyssen Krupp).

Jerome Brouet, Director Broadband Wireless Network Design, Alcatel

Jerome Brouet joined Alcatel in 1995 as a researcher in the field of wireless communications. In the Alcatel Research and Innovation, (where he held different manager positions), he contributed to the definition of enhanced wireless solutions for data transmission over 2G / 3G and WLAN. Those solutions have been further implemented in Alcatel products and/or published in several international conferences. In 2004, he joined the Alcatel Network Design dpt of the Mobile Radio Division where he is leading the activity of broadband wireless network design and contributing to the Alcatel broadband wireless strategy / definition. In paralel to this, he is also a visiting professor in several "French High Schools".

Stuart Carlaw, Principal Analyst, ABI Research

As Principal Analyst, Wireless Connectivity, Stuart Carlaw applies the experience he previously gained as Director of Wireless Research, and earlier as Senior Market Analyst, at IMS Research. Based in ABI Research’s UK office, Stuart initially applies his deep expertise in Bluetooth to its applications in the automotive industry. Readers of his studies will also benefit from his experience in project management and his understanding of what subscribers want and need. Prior to working at IMS, Carlaw served as Telecommunications Technician in the British Army, (which he also represented in rugby), and was on track for an officer’s commission when an injury closed that career path. He holds a BSc (Hons) Sport Sciences and Business Management degree from De Montfort University.

Basheer Cassim, Director of International Business Development, Proxim Wireless

Basheer is responsible for sales channels, strategic accounts and market activities in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia. His professional experience covers direct and channel sales, strategic relationships and marketing in the Technology, Media and Telecom industries. Basheer Cassim is an MBA graduate from the London Business School and a Master in Finance graduate from the University of Paris at Dauphine.

Vedad Čengić, Assistant Project Director/Research Fellow, EnergoInvest

As a Energoinvest d.d-Communication Engineering Sarajevo Assistant Project Director and research fellow for various NGN Wireless, (E)SDH/WDM and NOC Projects, Vedad Čengić focuses on engineering & network integration aspects for the huge and widely deployed Telecom Operator Networks. His responsibilities scale from assisting the Market leader and fast developing Clients, with his extensive technical background in the telecommunication sector, through advising, designing, projecting and eventually commissioning the carrier wired&wireless traditional and NGN networks, to the technical assistance in making of tailored Feasibility Studies such as Nation Wide Telecommunication System for BH Police Forces and Nation Wide WiFi Feasibility Study for BH Telecom d.d (Incumbent and market leading Operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Dean Chang, Chair: Service Provider Working Group, Director, Product Management, Aperto Networks

Mr. Chang has over 17 years of wireless and data networking expertise. At Aperto Networks, he is responsible for product management for broadband fixed wireless access products and strategic product partnerships in worldwide markets. He is a founding board member of the WiMAX Forum and chair of the Service Provider Working Group, which consists of over 130 carriers and service providers all working together to define consolidated requirements for WiMAX fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile products. Mr. Chang is active in standards bodies as IEEE 802.16 working group secretary and publicity chair.

Yuriy Chuikov, CEO, Ukrainian High Technologies, Alternet

Mr.Chuikov joined Ukrainian High Technologies LLC in July 2005 having left a Business Development Director position in the leading provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in Ukraine - Golden Telecom LLC. A graduate of Kiev Politechnical University, Department of Physical Engineering, Yuri received Master Degree in Physics. As a post graduate student Mr. Chuikov worked in Paton Welding Institute, Acad. Sci. Ukraine were prepared 2 patents and 4 scientific papers. Yuriy has MBA degree of American University (USA) and Maastricht School of Management (The Netherlands). Yuriy also finished five courses on Management and Marketing in Telecommunications with KPN Telecom, the Netherlands.

Stéphane Cohen, Head of WiMAX Europe, Motorola

During the last 9 years, Stéphane has continuously promoted the usage of Broadband Wireless Access technologies around the world. He has occupied key roles in associations such as the WiMAX forum, the DECT forum and the ITU. He has written numerous articles in several industry publications on Broadband Wireless Access. Stephane joined Motorola in 2005 in the Broadband Wireless Access Business Development division, sharing its WiMAX expertise with European service providers. Previously Stéphane was Vice President Marketing at SR Telecom and Director Product Line Management at Lucent Technology. He started his career at IBM. Stéphane holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic science, a master’s degree in telecommunication, and an MBA in marketing and international business.

Tróndur Djurhuus is a Faroese Telecom Vice President and Head of Faroese Telecom International.  Before joining Faroese Telecom in 2000 he was the CEO of the National Faroese Television. Tróndur is chairman of Faroese Bitland Enterprise Ltd and a non executive member of the Board of Directors of UK based Telabria Ltd.

Malcolm Dowden, Head of Telecoms Practise, Charles Russell

Micheal Dowden is an Associate of Charles Russell and a Member of the Property Litigation Association, member of the Property Support Lawyers Group, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Property Investment and Finance and Member of RICS Telecoms Forum. Malcolm Dowden is an Associate specialising in commercial property work. As well as transactional work, Malcolm has significant experience of working on government consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny exercises, inlcuding the drafting of amendments for tabling in the House of Lords.

Adlane Fellah, CEO/Founder, Maravedis, Inc.
WiMAX World Advisory Board Member

Maravedis Inc, is a world-leader in market research and analysis, specializing in WiMAX and broadband wireless markets. Adlance is leading industry analyst who authored various landmark reports on WiMAX, broadband wireless and Voice over IP.  He is a frequent speaker at leading wireless events and a contributor to various prestigious portals and magazines covering the broadband wireless industry including: Telephony Magazine, WiMAX Trends, WiMAX.com, etc. He is member of the Program Advisory Board for the World WiMAX conference since 2004 and a member of the Word Communications Association International , and Broadband Wireless Association. Prior to founding Maravedis, he held various positions at Harris Corporation in charge of market intelligence and business development for several product lines.

Sergio is Product Manager in Siemens WiMAX Business Line Management division located in Milan, Italy. He has responsibility for Siemens’ WiMAX product planning, including product’s evolution and pricing strategy. Sergio was formerly UMTS Manager in Siemens UMTS Business Line Management division in Munich dealing with Siemens UTRAN Transport network, Smart Antennas and Call Processing features planning. Sergio has a technical telecommunications background. He joined Siemens in 1999 as member of Technical Sales department.

Luis Santiago Galli, CEO, Ertach

Luis Galli is the General Manager of Ertach since early 2003 and the company’s Director since its foundation in 1998.

Among his main objectives, Luis Galli has the mission of conducting the company’s activities developing new niche strategies in the telecommunications market. He is in charge of responding to market demands, diversifying services and enhancing the customers’ portfolio of large corporations, governmental entities, and SMEs. In this way, he has deployed the first WiMAX network in Latin America.

Giovanni Gasbarrone, Senior Research Fellow, Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Giovanni Gasbarrone received a master degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, gained post-graduate study programs in Telecommunications, and in Marketing and Strategic Planning from Bocconi SDA. He joined Telecom Italia as an engineer, working on research activities in R&D department and since 1988 he has been in charge for network services development in the Strategic Marketing department. In 1990 he joined the Business Division, covering different positions in marketing and sales departments. In 1993 he has been appointed Chairman of the European MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on Data Services.. He has been active in ITU Study Group I (Services) in the mobility services area (UPT)-UMTS.. In 1999 he has been appointed Team Manager for “Fixed - Mobile Convergence" projects in Austria: he was responsible for the start up and organisation of the FMC joint project in Austria (Telecom Italia, Mobilkom and PTA Austria). Since 2000 he is an active member of Wireless-World-Research Forum (WWRF).. In 2001 he has been in charge of strategies in the Marketing department (Business Division. Since 2002 his activities in Market strategies were mainly related to Innovation projects in wireless broadband area (e.g. WiFi and WiMax) and fixed mobile convergence services. He is an active member of FMCA.

Since 1996 Yuri has been the General Director of the CEDICOM JSC - a member of the WiMAX Forum, and was actively involved at the wireless communication networks development, designing and engineering in Russia and Armenia.

Janos Grad, Spectrum Manager, National Communications Authority, Hungarian Telecom Regulatory Agency

Dr. János Grad is responsible for the civil radio allocations and for the regulatory parameters of all categories of radio applications above 960 MHz in the civil sector. The area of his activity includes the definition of the significant parameters and operational conditions of the national radio applications and the harmonization with the international use and European norms. As a member of the Hungarian delegation and an expert of NATO, he is a regular participant of the World Radio Conferences. He takes part in the work of the CEPT/ECC Frequency Management Group and in different CEPT/ECC project teams. Before 1991, he worked for the Research Institute for Telecommunications (Budapest) as the head of Department of Microwave- and Satellite-Receivers. Dr. Grad got the PhD-degree in 1977 and an academic scientific degree in 1985.

Vincent Grivet, Co-Managing Director, Maxtel & Management Board Member, Altitude Group

Vincent Grivet has recently been appointed Co-Managing Director of Maxtel, a new national Wimax initiative in France launched in partnership by Altitude Telecom and APRR, the toll motorway concession company. He is simultaneously a member of the Management Board of the Altitude Group.  Prior to joining Altitude and Maxtel, Vincent Grivet has acquired a very substantial experience in developing challenger and new telecommunication operators, working for 18 years in the development and management of France Télécom’s international operations. He has been the CEO of Wanadoo’s Belgian subsidiary, which grew as a main contender in the broadband market, introducing many innovations in the market, including a prepaid internet connection account.

Manish Gupta leads all marketing functions including corporate marketing, marketing strategy, product management and marketing communications. Mr. Gupta also drives Aperto's partnerships in the evolving WiMAX ecosystem. He has over 15 years of leadership experience in the telecommunications industry including 2.5G/3G infrastructure, DSL, VoIP, Satellite services, Webcasting, and Interactive Television. Mr. Gupta has held executive roles in marketing, business development, and sales with Megisto Systems, Jetstream Communications, Cyberstar, Apple Computer and National Semiconductor.

As director of WiMAX Marketing, Bruce has global responsibility for messaging, market relations, and launch strategies in pursuit of this exciting new segment. Bruce leads a small team of international professionals tasked with extending Nortel’s leadership in Wireless Broadband to embrace WiMAX; the most advanced OFDM/MIMO based broadband solution in the market today.

Markku Hollström, General Manager Broadband Wireless, Radio Networks, Nokia Corporation

Markku Hollström heads WiMAX business program of Nokia. He is also General Manager of Broadband Wireless within The Radio Networks Business Unit of Networks Business Group. Broadband Wireless Unit is responsible for Broadband radio access networks business and creation of network solutions for Broadband Wireless technologies. Its customers include operators and network providers. Mr Hollström is a member of Radio Networks Management Team, and the chairman of Nokia WiMAX Product Steering Team.  Prior to his current role in Nokia, Mr Hollström was heading Network Solution development including IP based network solutions and their security, QoS, performance and connectivity solutions. 

Anton Kapela has over 6 years of experience in the wired and wireless telecommunications and networking field. His operational experience includes running and operating a SS7 Plexsus 9000 Class 4/5 Soft-Switch for a 20,000+ customer CLEC, implementing IP/TDM/VoIP/wireless systems for large service providers, implementing wireless VoIP and Data systems for the hospitality industry, managing *NIX servers and firewalls, and creating a mesh-community network in Madison, WI. He is an invited researcher at the Wisconsin Advanced Internet Laboratory, and has presented and spoken at the Defcon 9, 10 and 11 conferences.

Ian Keene, Vice President, Gartner Research

Ian Keene is a vice president in Gartner Research, where his research is focused on communications. His recent work includes communications market overviews, and research on wireless LANs and WiMAX. Ian is also responsible for research methodology of the Dataquest set of research market statistics within the Communications team at Gartner.

Jaakko Kuosmanen, Managing Director, ICT Turku Ltd.

Mr. Kuosmanen has been Managing Director of ICT Turku Ltd since October 2002. Previously he was Director of of Octel, ICT Services Company, and Development Director for Sonera Ltd, Telecom operator. He also served as , Development Director for Sonera Juxto International responsible for strategic partnership management.

Francois Le brings over 19 years of networking industry sales and marketing experience to Tropos Networks. Previously, Le was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Aperto Networks, a supplier of WiMAX-class broadband wireless equipment, where he extended the customer base into more than 50 countries. Before Aperto, Mr. Le was Director of Product Marketing and Business Development for WAN access products at 3Com Corporation. He came to 3Com via its acquisition of OnStream Networks, where he led marketing and sales of ATM access solutions to U.S. and international carriers. Earlier, Mr. Le was Vice President of International Sales with Multipoint Networks and held executive sales positions at NET.

Mr. Le holds an engineering diploma from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France and an MBA from Stanford University.

Rudy Leser, Vice President, Marketing, Alvarion

Mr. Rudy Leser is Alvarion’s Vice President of Marketing at Alvarion since 2002, a year following the merger. Joining Floware in 2000, he began as Vice President of Business Development. Under Mr. Leser’s management, Alvarion gained market leadership in the broadband wireless access industry, consistently holding more than 30% of market share. In addition, he successfully brought WiMAX products to market. In his role, he is responsible for business strategy, product line management, product marketing, strategic marketing and partnerships, and marketing communications. His prior positions in the fields of marketing included strategic marketing director at Metalink Broadband Access Ltd., a provider of xDSL chipsets used by manufacturers of telecommunications equipment. Mr. Leser holds a bachelors of science and masters of science in aerospace engineering from the Technion Israel Institute for Technology

Andres is a Telecommunications Engineer and has over 12 years experience in wireless technologies. Andres has developed the most complete wireless test solutions provider in the world. Currently CETECOM offers certification and interoperability testing for Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID, GSM/GPRS, 3G and WiMAX, as well as conformance test systems for these technologies. CETECOM Spain has been selected by the WiMAX Forum as the official Certification Laboratory for WiMAX products.

Todd Myers, CEO, Airpath

Todd Myers founded Airpath Wireless Inc. in 2001 and is the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Todd has a proven track record of creating and managing successful companies. Before founding Airpath, Todd served as the President and CEO of WholesaleISP, a leading wholesale enabler to ISPs. The company focused on creating web-based productivity applications and services that allowed ISPs to reduce overhead costs and increase their value proposition. WholesaleISP was acquired in August of 2000. In 1995, Todd founded GlassCity Internet and served as President and CEO. GlassCity Internet was one of Ohio’s largest Internet Service Providers, the only one with a large-scale deployed wireless broadband network. GlassCity Internet was acquired in 1999 by the largest publicly-traded regional ISP in the Midwest.

Reto Näf is the Head of Service Assurance, responsible for quality of services at Swisscom Mobile AG. Prior, he was Senior General Project Manager introducing new services and products. Earlier in 1999, he was President and CEO of Elektro Reto Näf GmbH.

Peter Öhman, Director Technology, Ericsson

Peter Öhman, Director technology, is a Senior Expert in IP and Telecom network and system architecture, and has during his 25 years by Ericsson worked with all major Ericsson telecom systems in various positions. At present he works at the Ericsson group CTO office with all types of emerging technologies. He holds a MSc from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.

Dr. Doug Pulley, CTO and Co-Founder picoChip Designs, Ltd.

Doug has fifteen years' experience of air interface design and wireless system architecture at companies such as Vodafone, Lucent Technologies and Oak Technology before joining picoChip in December 2000. He has been responsible for the systems aspects of air interface implementation in RF, ASIC and DSP devices as well as the deployment, operation and performance optimization of wireless networks. Doug was a founding director and member of the executive board of the UK's Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications.

Tariq Qureshi, General Manager, Wateen Telecom

Tariq J. Qureshi has joined Wateen Telecom as General Manager. Prior to this, he held the post of General Manager, WLL at Warid Telecom. He is a graduate of California State University, San Jose. Ca. USA and holds a MBA, MSIE and BSME. He has over 30 years experience in the telecom industry in carriers and infrastructure providers in USA and other parts of the world.

He was earlier the Director-Marketing & Business Development (2000-2004) with Luminous Networks in Ca. USA- a networking company providing ADM’S for metro and long-haul networks connecting LL, WLL, Cellular, HFC, DSL and Ethernet Access networks. In 1997 he was COO and cofounder of Westcom Telecom a company that formed minority partnerships with cellular, WLL and wireless data network operators.

Earlier in 1995 he was Vice President at International Wireless Corp (IWC) a US company that lead a consortium of companies that acquired Mobilink Cellular (Pakistan) and other wireless assets in Asia-Pacific and South America. In the period of 1988-1994 he was the CEO/COO and cofounder of EW Infiniti,  a company that launched special wireless applications for defense and utilities markets. Other than that, he has held senior management positions in marketing, sales and operations at major telecom companies like Racal (Vadic), Qwest, Versatec and Northern Telecom (Nortel) in USA.

Raghu Rau, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Strategy Networks, Motorola, Inc.

In his present position, he is involved in the development of strategic plans for the Networks business as well as managing the global marketing of communications solutions to wireless and wireline carriers worldwide. Rau earned a bachelor's degree in engineering and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad). He has more than 17 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Rau has held assignments in Asia, Europe and the United States, and has prior experience with multinational corporations and the establishment of start-ups. He has guest lectured at reputed universities worldwide and has spoken at numerous industry conferences. Rau joined Motorola in 1992.

Charles Riggle, Vice President, Business Development, NextNet

Chuck Riggle joined NextNet in December, 2000. He brings over 14 years' experience in the broadband wireless communications industry. During his tenure at NextNet Chuck has been instrumental in NextNet achieving market leadership in non-line of sight (NLOS) broadband wireless access, representing the company in leadership roles spanning Business Development, Marketing and Sales. Prior to joining NextNet, Chuck served for five years in senior level marketing and product management roles in Broadband Wireless Access, at ADC Telecommunications. Prior to ADC Telecommunications, he held positions in product line management and design engineering at Information Transmission Systems, a privately held developer of wireless transmission products. In 1997, Mr. Riggle was an active member on the committee that petitioned the FCC to adopt two-way rules for the MMDS industry. Chuck is a member of IEEE and currently sits on the WiMAX Forum Marketing Committee. Mr. Riggle holds as B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University

Mike creates Informa Telecoms & Media reports, databases and research services on telecoms infrastructure and technology. Coverage areas include WiMAX, Wi-Fi, 3G Evolution, Wireless VoIP, IP Multimedia Subsystem and Fixed-Mobile Convergence. Mike has been tracking emerging wireless technologies since 2001, when he joined Informa to launch Planet Wireless, a continuous research service on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and related markets. He has been tracking the broader mobile and fixed telecoms markets since 2000, when he started contributing to Informa research services such as Global Mobile, 3G Mobile, Broadband Markets and Telecom Markets. Mike managed the successful re-launch of Planet Wireless as Wireless Broadband Analyst in late 2004, and was promoted to his current principal analyst role in early 2005. Mike is a regular speaker at key industry events such as the 3GSM World Congress, Wireless VoIP and WiCon World.

Daryl Schoolar, Sr. Analyst, Networking Group, In-Stat

Mr. Daryl Schoolar is a Senior Analyst within the Networking Group at In-Stat. At In-Stat he contributes to both the “Service Provider Networks” and the “Wireless Broadband Evolution” research tracts. His primary focus in those two areas is carrier broadband infrastructure. Before joining In-Stat, Daryl worked at Cable & Wireless USA, where he was Manager for Marketing and Competitive Intelligence. In that position he worked with both product management and corporate executives to develop the company’s strategy for its networking services - including dedicated Internet access, Web hosting, Frame Relay, Private Line, ATM, IPVPN, and voice.

Paul Sergeant has been in the telecom industry for 20 years, with the last 10 in wireless. As Director of Motorola’s Alternative Wireless Access Networks Marketing, he is responsible for marketing broadband wireless access solutions for WiMax and OFDM. Sergeant joined Motorola in 2003 from Airvana, where he was Vice President, Product Management and Marketing for the company’s wireless access networks. Prior to that Sergeant was with Nortel Networks, where as Senior Product Marketing Manager, he pioneered the introduction of 2G and 3G solutions. Before Nortel, he was Product Manager for an IP data company, and design engineer and manager for a pioneering digital switching company.

Hung Song, Vice President, Global Marketing Group, Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Hung Song is vice president of Global Marketing Group in Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., in Korea, where he is responsible for new business development and marketing for the mobile, broadband, and home network systems. Prior to joining Samsung, he worked for US WEST over 5 years in the new technology infrastructure, systems engineering, and software development areas. He worked also for Bellcore and AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Lee Sparkman, President, Enforta

Lee is one of the co-founder's of Russia's Enforta. Previously Lee served as Chief Commercial Officer and Board Director for TransTeleCom. Lee has held many senior telecom roles including General Manager of the Asia, Middle East, and Africa Region for Global One (now Equant). He was Chairman of Global One Russia and led the firm's establishment of many new businesses in Asia and the Middle East. Lee previously served as Sprint Corporation's Finance Director for Europe and was part of the founding management team of Maynard Electronics (now Veritas/Symantec Software). Lee was graduated from the Fuqua School at Duke University and previously served as VP of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.

Stephen Sweet, Senior Marketing Manager, NextNet Wireless

Stephenis responsible for developing and implementing strategic product marketing plans for NextNet’s portfolio of NLOS wireless broadband products. Mr. Sweet has over ten years of experience in product management, and business development with startup companies in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining NextNet Mr. Sweet was Director of Business Development and Product Management at Arbinet (NASDAQ:ARBX), where he developed and managed the company’s VoIP product line.

Sai Subramanian, Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Marketing, Navini Networks

Mr. Subramanian previously worked at Nortel Networks in areas including technology development and marketing, business strategy, network evolution and customer planning. Sai currently serves on the Board of Directors of the WCA (Wireless Communications Association.) He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Kevin Suitor, Vice President of Business Development,  Redline Communications Inc.

Kevin Suitor is widely recognized for his expertise in the telecommunications industry.  Mr. Suitor is the Vice President of Business Development for Redline Communications Inc., a manufacturer of broadband fixed wireless access and backhaul solutions in the 2 to 11 GHz bands.  Mr. Suitor is also Redline’s delegate for WiMAX and sits on the Marketing Working Group for WiMAX.  Mr. Suitor has been actively involved over the years in the ATM Forum and Wireless Communications Association.  He has written numerous articles in several industry publications and is a regular speaker on topics such as:  Broadband Fixed Wireless, 802.16, WiMAX, Softswitches, Voice over IP, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet and Virtual Private Networks.

Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst, Maravedis

Robert Syputa, BSEE, MBA, has over 26 years experience in the broad field of electronics and six years experience as a telecommunications industry analyst and consultant, particularly in the merging fields of WBB and related technologies and businesses. Background experience includes technical sales at Fairchild Semiconductor and sales management at Philips. Robert ran TEAM Associates, an independent manufacturer's representative firm who's clients included Honeywell and GE-Druck. Several years ago he developed an interest in emerging wireless communications fields including cellular and 802.11/802.16 standards for WLAN and WMAN systems. He developed a broad understanding from bottom's up analysis of the technologies, companies and business trends shaping the developed and emerging sectors of the converging industry. He has consulted with both startup wireless companies and leaders in the merging WiMAX/WMAN field and with private investment groups and large telecommunications industry hedge funds on products, business strategies, company image and market positioning, and emerging or slated to emerge industry trends and catalysts. Mr. Syputa obtained a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from Southern Polytechnic State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Seattle University

Andrew Tang, Director WiMAX European Solutions Development, Intel

Andrew Tang is the Director of WiMAX European Solutions Development for Intel Corporation’s Service Provider Business Group. In his current role, he will be responsible for working with service providers in Europe who are interested in commercial deployments of WiMAX data networks. Andrew has been with Intel for over one year and was previously responsible for developing business models with operators interested in deploying WiMAX networks. Prior to joining Intel Corporation, he served as a senior investment banker for firms including NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, and JP Morgan. Over the previous 15 years as an investment banker, he was involved in over $10 billion of financings and M&A transactions in the technology, cable, and telecommunications (both wireless and wireline) industries.

Alexander Tseytlin, Deputy Managing Cirector - Technical Director, Synterra

Born in 1958. Had different activities in telecoms since 1980. From 1980 till 1992 was involved in design of different types of terrestrial and satellite telecommunication equipment.

From 1992 till now, he serves as Technical Director for several telecommunication operators. Launched and managed a number of metro- and country-wide multiservice networks using terrestrial links, radio, satellite networks, etc. He can be reached at Alexander.Tseytlin@synterra.ru; mob.:+7-495-960-37-21.

Professor Fernando Velez, Senior Engineer and Member, IEEE

Professor Fernando Velez received his degrees and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon in 1993, 1996, and 2001, respectively. Since 1995 he has been with the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, where he is assistant professor. He is also researcher at Instituto de