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Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group

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.

Eliot Weinman, President & Founder, Trendsmedia
Editorial Director, WiMAX Trends, Founder, WiMAX World

Mr. Weinman is a successful business leader and entrepreneur in high technology media. In the past 17 years he has founded and built three leading technology integrated media companies.  Mr. Weinman created WiMAX World in early 2004, leading the event to become the largest wireless/mobile broadband conference in the world focused on WiMAX. He has created and produced over 120 high tech tradeshows/conferences, published numerous print and online  technology magazines, and has consulted to many of the world's leading technology companies. He is publisher/editor of WiMAX Business & Technologies Strategies. For more info on Trendsmedia, go to www.trendsmedia.com

Gregory Q. Brown, President, Networks & Enterprise, Motorola, Inc.

Greg Brown, 45, is president of Motorola's Networks & Enterprise business headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. His 25 years of high-tech experience includes leadership positions in the telecommunications, computing, software and wireless industries. Networks & Enterprise is approximately a $13 billion business. An active member of the civic and business communities, he was appointed by the White House to serve on President Bush's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) in May of 2004. Brown is also a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council at the University of Notre Dame. In addition, Brown was recently elected to serve as a board of director for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, is on the board of directors for World Business Chicago and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. He also is a member of the Northwestern University Memorial Foundation. Brown received a bachelor's degree in economics from Rutgers University and is a member of the Rutgers Board of Overseers.

Diana Hage, Director, Wireless and RFID Services, IBM Corporation

Ms. Hage is responsible for the strategy and growth of IBM’s services business in the enterprise mobility, wireless, broadband and RFID markets on a global basis. Prior positions include Director, Global Wireless Solutions Development; Wireless Services Leader for IGS Americas; and Director, Corporate Strategy, where Ms. Hage provided strategy guidance to emerging business units focused on Life Sciences, Business Transformation Outsourcing and search technologies.

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.

Peter MacKinnon, General Manager of WiMAX, Chairman, LG-Nortel Joint Venture

Peter MacKinnon was named General Manager of Nortel’s WiMAX Business Unit in August 2006. In this new role, Mr. MacKinnon has full P&L responsibility for driving the global success of Nortel’s WiMAX business – a key thrust will be to accelerate the adoption of a WiMAX ecosystem solution to drive revenues for carriers, infrastructure, device and chipset manufacturers. Mr. MacKinnon retains his role as Chairman of the Board, LG-Nortel Co. Ltd – a joint venture between Nortel and LG Electronics, signed under Mr. MacKinnon’s leadership in August 2005. As Chairman, Mr. MacKinnon is responsible for charting the strategy for this multi-hundred million dollar ‘”start-up”; this involves coordinating the LG-Nortel and Nortel portfolios across the Enterprise, Metro Ethernet and Wireline / Wireless business units as well as magnifying the success of the Joint Venture by scaling its products for Nortel’s global channels.

Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Sales and Marketing Group, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Sean Maloney is executive vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's Mobility Group. He has been with Intel since 1982. Maloney began his Intel career in its European headquarters where he spent nine years, first as Intel UK's manager of applications engineering, then as country manager of Intel UK, and director of marketing for Intel Europe. From 1992 to 1995, Maloney served as technical assistant to the chairman and chief executive of Intel, Dr. Andrew S. Grove. In 1995, Maloney moved to Hong Kong to manage Intel's sales and marketing activities in Asia Pacific. In 1998 Sean returned to the United States to become head of Intel's worldwide sales organization. He was promoted to senior vice president in 1999, and executive vice president in 2001. He took over as head of Intel Communications Group (ICG) later that year and became co-manager with David Perlmutter of the Mobility Group in 2004.

Ron Resnick, President, WiMAX Forum

Ron serves as President and Chairman of the WiMAX Forum, a position he has held since 2004. He is employed by Intel as a member of the Mobility Group. In June 2002, Ron launched and became general manager of Intel’s Broadband Wireless Access business startup focused on wireless Metropolitan Area Network (“last mile”) technology. Ron joined Intel in April of 2000 where, as director of new business development for Intel’s Corporate Technology Group, he managed technology commercialization efforts within Intel’s labs. He concurrently served as a staff member of Intel's New Business Initiatives, an internal venture fund established to attract and incubate new business efforts internal to Intel. Before joining Intel, Resnick served in executive marketing and business development positions, most recently as vice president of marketing of a computer peripherals company, ThrustMaster. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Growth and board member of the Wireless Communications Association. He also served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Ron earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University.

Ben Wolff, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President, Clearwire Corporation

Benjamin Wolff serves as co-chief executive officer and co-president of Clearwire Corporation with the company’s founder, Craig McCaw. Prior to his current position, Mr. Wolff was co-president and chief strategy officer for Clearwire from October 2005 until May of 2006. Previously, he served as an executive vice president when he joined the company in April 2004. In addition to his role at Clearwire, Mr. Wolff is president and a principal of Mr. McCaw’s investment firm, Eagle River, which targets investments in communications and technology companies. He also serves as a director of ICO Global Communications and ICO North America. Prior to joining Eagle River, Mr. Wolff was a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and strategic alliance transactions. While with Davis Wright Tremaine, he co-chaired the firm’s Business Transactions Department and served on the firm’s Executive Committee. In 2003, The American Lawyer Magazine named Mr.Wolff one of the “top 45 attorneys under 45” in the United States.

John J. Roese, Chief Technology Officer, Nortel

As CTO, Roese is responsible for leading the company's overall R&D strategy and execution, directing future research across all product portfolios. He also works closely with the Chief Strategy Officer on emerging technologies, market opportunities and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Nortel, Roese was vice president and CTO for networking technologies at semiconductor company, Broadcom Corporation where he was responsible for the long-term architecture and technical strategy for networking technologies. These technologies included optical, power over Ethernet (PoE), switching, routing, security, broadband processors, fabrics and software elements.

Barry West, Chief Technology Officer and President 4G Mobile Broadband, Sprint Nextel

Barry West is chief technology officer and president 4G mobile broadband for Sprint Nextel. He previously served as executive vice president and chief technology officer for Nextel Communications Inc. Mr. West joined Nextel in 1996 and is the chief architect in creating the iDEN wireless technology platform with partner Motorola. Prior to joining Nextel, Mr. West led many successful engineering and marketing initiatives during more than 35 years for British Telecom including overseeing the rollout of a GSM digital cellular network that covered more than 90 percent of the United Kingdom population in only nine months. Mr. West also served as director of value-added services and corporate marketing at Cellnet, the pioneer of cellular communications in the United Kingdom.

Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Lead Analyst, Rethink Research Associates, Editor, WiMAX Trends & WiMAX Watch

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.

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.

Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group
WiMAX World Advisory Board Member

Craig has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics, is a monthly columnist for Electronic Engineering Times, and a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and tradeshows. He is an internationally recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies. Farpoint Group is an advisory and systems-integration firm in Ashland, MA.

Jean-Luc Abaziou, Venture Partner, Highland Capital

Jean-Luc is a Venture Partner at Highland focusing on communications infrastructure. He currently represents Highland on the boards of ANDA Networks and Simpler Networks as well as plays an active role assisting Highland portfolio companies in building successful new businesses. Background Prior to joining Highland, Jean-Luc served as Vice President and General Manager of Ericsson IP Infrastructure, and was the former President and CEO of Torrent Networking Technologies (acquired by Ericsson). Prior to Torrent, Jean-Luc was President and CEO of Alcatel Data Networks, overseeing the global operations of Alcatel Data Networks in Ashburn, Virginia, Colombes, France, UK and the Netherlands. He is an advisor for the French Foreign Commerce Ministry and has served on multiple boards and advisory boards, including the French-American Chamber of Commerce and George Washington University of Northern Virginia. He is serving on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland’s School of Engineering.

Mr. Bernard Aboussan, VP Marketing & Business Development, Sequans

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.

Daniel Aghion, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wireless Internet Institute

Daniel Aghion has a broad international technology sales, business development, marketing and general-management background, having successively served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, with GlobeID, a large-scale Internet Payment Systems provider; Vice President, International IDE/Aranex, a network systems provider; Vice President, Marketing, SoftNet, an enterprise software applications vendor. Daniel worked eight years with Digital Communications Associates (DCA), a network-to-mainframe connectivity vendor, successively serving in various channel-management positions and as Director of Marketing. Before joining DCA, he was the founder and Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of Micro Connection International, a European networking product distributor. Daniel began his career as a publisher in the business-publishing field.

Aditya Agrawal, Sr. Director, Marketing, Beceem Communications, Chair, Certification Working Group, WiMAX Forum

Aditya has more than 15 years of business and engineering in the communications and semiconductor industries. Aditya was one of the pioneer members of the WiMAX Forum and as Chair of CWG, he helps drive and manage the WiMAX Forum Certification program. Aditya has previously served on the WiMAX Forum’s Board of Directors when he was at Fujitsu where drove WiMAX product strategy, roadmap and marketing and helped kick-start the WiMAX ecosystem. Aditya also drove overall emerging wireless strategy at Fujitsu facilitating Fujitsu’s entry into the UWB market. Before Fujitsu, Aditya worked at Level One Communications (now Intel) and was involved in design and development of analog mixed signal communications chips for DSL and T1/E1, and at Texas Instruments (Bangalore) working on analog integrated circuit design and design automation tool development.

Wade Alt, Vice President, Sales and Strategic Channels, Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP

In this capacity, Wade and his team is responsible for the building and deploying of MSV business operations and the establishment of investment and wholesale sales channels with strategic partners. Wade Alt has been an executive in the global communications and advanced technology industries for the last 14 years, having worked in or advised over 30 Fortune 500, global, federal government, and start up companies. A major portion of Wade’s career has been establishing wireless Enterprise and Consumer MVNO’s and Strategic Agreements - with and for carriers in US and Europe. Most recently, Wade was a Director of Corporate Strategy and Business Development for MCI Communications (now Verizon Business).

Martin Bäckström, Director of GSM and WiMAX Radio Access networks, Ericsson AB

Mr. Bäckström has 17 years experience within the telecommunications industry, with a current focus on wireless data. Mr. Bäckström has been with Ericsson since 1989 and is the Expert and Director of GSM and WiMAX within Ericsson’s Business Unit Radio Access Network department. His responsibilities are Expert in GSM and WiMAX radio access networks. During Mr Bäckström´s time at Ericsson he has worked with narrowband, packet PDC IP systems, and served as the principal designer of GPRS. At present, Martin is driving WiMAX technology at Ericsson within Business Unit Access Solutions. His previous responsibilities and accolades include subject matter expertise for technologies such as UMA, GSM over IP, mobile GSM Systems, and an improved GSM architecture.

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.

Jim Baker, CEO, Telabria

Jim Baker is the founder and CEO of Telabria, the UK-based award-winning regional wireless network operator and product manufacturer. Prior to founding Telabria in 2003, Jim spent ten years in California where as CEO he led two successive streaming media companies from start-up to acquisition. Jim is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, a member of the IEEE and IEE, and an active member of the WiMAX Forum Service Provider Working Group. Jim is a regular speaker on WiMAX at international conferences and has been profiled in Forbes Magazine, and lives on a rural farm where he cannot get ADSL.

Dov Bar-Gera, Chairman, WiMAX Telecom

Mr. Dov Bar-Gera, co-founder and chairman, has been working in the field of telecommunications for more than 20 years. He is a serial entrepreneur with numerous successful exits, among them Airpage Telecommunications, the telephone company RSL Com Austria and surfEU Ltd. Mr. Bar-Gera is a graduate in land surveying engineering and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Linda Barrabee, Senior Analyst, Wireless/Mobile United States, Yankee Group

Linda Barrabee is a Yankee Group senior analyst in the Wireless/Mobile United States Decision Service. Specifically, Barrabee helps clients navigate the increasing value-chain complexities of the emerging mobile content ecosystem. Her research focuses on the competitive landscape, business models, pricing and market segmentation strategies in mobile entertainment, information and messaging services markets. Barrabee is also the program manager for the Yankee Group annual Mobile User Survey suite. Prior to joining Yankee Group, she spent 6 years at Pyramid Research, providing international market analysis and consulting services to the communication industry. In her role as program manager, Wireless Advisory Services, Barrabee was responsible for managing a global wireless planning service that tracked the country and regional business environments, regulatory frameworks, competitive landscape and key players in the wireless industry. Barrabee holds an M.B.A. with honors from the American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM/Thunderbird) in Arizona, and a B.A. degree from Trinity College in Connecticut.

Jeffrey K. Belk, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Market Development, 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.

Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates

Michael Cai studies developments in broadband services, broadband technologies such as FTTx and broadband wireless, electronic gaming, and other value-added services. He also follows emerging digital home technologies such as networked storage and whole-home entertainment solutions. Michael has written reports on the Chinese telecom market, broadband wireless, broadband services, storage, entertainment middleware, and gaming. Michael has presented his research in numerous industry events including CES, Supercomm, CONNECTIONS™, and E3. Michael earned his MBA with a 4.0 GPA from Baylor University in May 2002. He also holds an MA in leadership from Landegg International University, Switzerland, and a BA in economics from Shandong University, P. R. China.

Donna Carlson, Principal Analyst, SkyLight Research

Sky Light Research is pleased to announce the addition of its newest senior level analyst, Donna Carlson. Donna has 15 years of experience in technology communications consulting, 11 of which she spent specializing in the telecom and semiconductor markets. A range of clients include semiconductor manufacturers, wireless equipment providers, and resellers. As a former journalist, she covered the wireless industry at the time when cell phones first started becoming ubiquitous and cellular air interface protocols were battling for domination. Heavily engaged in wireless broadband and the emergence of WiMAX over the last year, she joined Sky Light Research in January 2006 as General Manager of the Wireless Broadband Service. Donna has published more than 150 articles, covering a range of wireless and radio communications topics. She earned a BJ degree from The University of Texas.

Patrick Carrey, Senior Advisor in the Policy Department, Industry Canada

Mr. Carrey has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, wireless networks and information technologies. He is recognized as a subject matter expert in the application of new wireless technologies, spectrum management, radio licensing and strategic business development in the wireless industry. With Industry Canada, he has taken leading roles in spectrum auctions, wireless broadband, internet access, mobile TV and managed the licensing of national radio networks for Cellular/Personal Communications Services, 3G networks, point to multi-point networks and mobile broadcasting in various frequency bands. Current projects include development of spectrum management strategies for bands such as 2500 MHz, Advanced Wireless Services at 1700/2100 MHz, Fixed Wireless Access at 3500 MHz and supporting the Government of Canada on its Broadband initiative. For the government of Cyprus, Mr. Carrey was the team leader responsible for industry consultation, providing advice on market liberalization and the auction of licences for the introduction of new wireless services including 3G/UMTS.

Sumit Chauhan, Senior Manager Business Development (Wireless and Convergence), Flextronics Software Systems

Sumit is responsible for global business development and marketing of FSS’ software professional services in the VoIP and Wireless domains. He has been instrumental in building synergistic partnerships with hardware/software vendors to provide optimal solutions to OEMs. Sumit has been involved in various VoIP and Wireless projects, right from the architecture and conceptualization phase to the final deployment. An active participant in various industry forums and associated seminars across the globe, Sumit has been working to establish FSS’ leadership in Wireless and VoIP Software Development and Testing services domains.

Jin-Sung Choi Ph.D, Senior Vice President, Head, Mobile Communication Technology Lab Anyang R&D Center, LG Electronics Korea

After the graduation of Seoul National University, Seoul Korea, he joined LG Information & Communication., Ltd in 1987. He worked for the development of Electronic Switching System during 1987-1988. Then he pursued his Ph.D at University of Southern California USA. After Ph.D, he rejoined LG Electronics where now became senior vice president and the head of mobile communication research center. His research interests are mobile networks, IP QOS, IMT-2000, All IP mobile networks, mobile Internet, 4G and many others. One of his major achievements was UMTS Access system development in 2001. In addition, he has been actively participated in IMT-2000 & 4G global standardization activity. He regularly attends 3GPP and 3GPP2 standard meetings as a head representative of LG Electronics. He is also a member of TTA, the official standard development organization in Korea. He has been chairing IMT-2000 & 4G Project Group in TTA since 2002.

Gregory Clayman, Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Operations for MTV Networks

If you’ve ever watched an MTV Networks program on your handset or downloaded an MTV or VH1 ringtone, chances are the person behind the scenes who made that happen is Greg Clayman. As Vice President of Wireless Strategy and Operations for MTV Networks, Clayman is the architect behind the wireless initiatives for MTV Networks’ diverse brands, including CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, Logo, Spike, Tempo, VH1 and all MTV channels (MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV World and MTV Tres.) Under Clayman’s watch, MTV Networks has forged successful partnerships with every major wireless provider and MVNO in the country, distributing ringtones, voicetones, images, audio, games and text products. He also is responsible for overseeing the distribution of video content on the handset, including such popular music and entertainment programs as ‘CMT Insider,’ ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,’ ‘Laguna Beach,’ and ‘Best Week Ever.’ In addition, Clayman spearheads the development of original made-for-mobile programming and champions music videos on the handset.

Daniel J. Coombes, Senior Vice President, Wireless Broadband Networks, Chief Technology Officer, Networks, Motorola, Inc.

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.

Lance Cornish, Vice President, Business Development and Marketing, ZTE USA, Inc.

Based in Richardson, Texas, Mr. Cornish has more than 20 years of experience in the global telecommunications and mobile wireless industry. Mr. Cornish has extensive GSM/EDGE, UMTS and CDMA2000 experience, and has worked in senior level technical and management positions on both the carrier and vendor sides for giants such as: British Telecom, Cellnet (now O2 UK), and Nokia Networks.

Ivano Costa, Manager, Technology Innovation, Telecom Italia

Ivano Costa received his Ph.D in Telecommunication from Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) in 2001 and his M.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering in 1998. He has been working with Telecom Italia Group since 1999, at first in TILAB (formerly CSELT) and Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) and currently in the Technology Innovation Dept of Telecom Italia. He participated in various research projects on UMTS network architecture and service platform and implicated in the strategic development of 3G services in TIM. He is currently involved in the DVB-H Service project and, as project leader, in the WIBRO Trial project. He is also the company’s representative for the Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA).

Maurício Coutinho, CEO, Neovia

Mr. Coutinho is the former Managing Director of Vex, the first hotspot operator in Brazil, a wholesaler to all major ISPs and Telcos in the country (presence in over 50 local airports and 500 other sites). He also acted as CTO of Pegasus Telecom, Marketing Director of Promon and consultant at McKinsey & Co. He holds a BsC in Mechanical Engineering by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and an MBA by the Internacional Management Development Institute (IMD), in Switzerland.

Greg Daily, President, Alvarion, Inc.

Greg Daily joined Alvarion, Inc., its North American subsidiary as General Manager January 2006 and was named President in August 2006. Mr. Daily brings to Alvarion an 18-year track record leading venture-backed private and public companies in general management and executive sales roles. He was most recently President and CEO of Pedestal Networks, a developer of innovative universal broadband solutions. Prior to Pedestal he worked for ten years at ADC Telecommunications, serving in various positions including General Manager of their $200 million Loop Transport Products division, General Manager of its Optical Networking Group, Group Vice-President of North American Sales and other sales management positions. Mr. Daily holds both Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering management and electrical engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla and is a graduate of the executive development program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University

Michael E. Dillon, Director, Safety, Security & Community Broadband, IBM Global Services ITS

Michael E. Dillon is IBM’s Director of Safety, Security and Community Broadband, Global Technology Services. Utilizing his experiences as a former IT Manager and sworn Police Officer, he is responsible for setting the vision, strategy and direction for IBM's broadband wireless business, as well as its First Responder and Homeland Security solutions, including Digital Video Surveillance and In-Vehicle solutions. Mr. Dillon and his teams have been intimately involved in the development of viable business models and plans involving the use of government and private sector applications to be deployed on municipal networks. With over 30 years in the industry, in both public and private sector roles, and consulting worldwide, Mr. Dillon brings a broad perspective to the topic of Digital Communities and IBM's focus and commitment to these important initiatives throughout the world.

Keith Doucet, Vice President, Product Management, Redline Communications

Mr. Doucet has over 20 years of management, marketing and engineering experience in the telecommunications and technology industries. Prior to joining Redline Communications he held senior positions within Vyyo, Newbridge Networks, Alcatel and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Doucet holds a Masters of Engineering degree from Carlton University and an Engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick. As chair of several policy and standards committees and a principal member of the WiMAX Forum, he is recognized as a subject matter expert in the promotion and advancement of the WiMAX movement.

Frank Draper, VP Strategic Development, Wavesat

Frank Draper is a professional Engineer (Electrical) with more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry at the senior management level in organizations such as Platforms Wireless Internal (California), KG Telecommunications (Taiwan), Americel Sa Do Brasil (Brazil), Trylon - TSF Communications (Canada), Harris Farinon Corporation (Canada), and Department of Communications (Canada). Dynamic and highly motivated, Frank brings leadership, communications, team building and total quality skills. He has been on the conference circuit for more than 15 years and has chaired numerous events.

Terry Duchcherer, President, NETAGO Wireless

Terry Duchcherer, is a certified telecommunications engineering technologist by education, and President of NETAGO Wireless, a start up ISP specializing in wireless networks based on the WiMAX standard. Terry is a 25 year veteran in the telecom industry with experience in design, implementation, and maintenance of both wired and wireless networks. Since forming NETAGO Wireless three years ago, he has spent a considerable amount of time building a business case to provide high speed data services to a large sparsely populated geographical area. Forming a partnership with local government and convincing an equipment manufacturer to trial their WiMAX solution with NETAGO have been key elements in achieving this goal. Terry, his wife and two children have lived in Hanna for over 20 years. Terry has always been an active community member; he donates countless hours to organizations that work towards community capacity building and sustainability.

Bruce Duysen, VP Delivery North America, ArrayComm LLC

Bruce Duysen is responsible for ArrayComm's business development, marketing, and area operations in North America. His primary responsibility is to build and enhance customer relationships and strategic partnerships. Bruce has a 23 year track record of working with high-technology communication companies in global markets. Prior to joining ArrayComm, Bruce was Vice President of Business Development at Novarra, Inc. From 1990 to 2004, he served in diverse management positions within Motorola, focused on cellular infrastructure. He directed Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and System Engineering organizations, with assignments in the U.S., Korea, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Before joining Motorola, Bruce held engineering and management positions at Hewlett-Packard, developing RF test equipment. Bruce has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona, and a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Benjamin Finzi, President, Americas Operations, WiNetworks

Benjamin Finzi’s career in telecom spans over 15 years and includes several entrepreneurial ventures as well as involvement, as advisor to senior executives, in shaping the strategy of several top US and global telecom corporations. Prior to joining WiNetworks, Finzi was CEO of ISAT, a provider of satellite-delivered, broadband, Internet access and co-founder and COO of EPIK Communications, a telecom wholesaler. As a consultant, Finzi advised corporations on all aspects of strategy development. An expert in global telecommunications, Finzi headed Monitor's Internet Strategy group, which advised large corporations on the opportunities and risks created by the rise of the Internet. Finzi was the founder, and first Chairman of the NAP of the Americas Consortium, a group of 110 domestic and international telecommunications companies that supported the establishment of the NAP of the Americas in Miami. In 2002, he was appointed by Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, as Chairman of the Board of ITFlorida, a private-public sector partnership established, to accelerate the growth of Florida’s high-tech sector.

Tom Flak, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Product Strategy

Tom Flak is the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Product Strategy at SOMA Networks. Tom oversees global product strategy, marketing, market analysis, and business development for the company. Prior to joining SOMA Networks, Tom was Vice President of Marketing for Verilink Corporation, a supplier of transmission equipment to carrier and enterprise markets where he managed all aspects of marketing and product management. Prior to that, Tom worked in a number of key sales and marketing positions with Network Equipment Technologies, a leading supplier of private enterprise networks.

Phil Frank, Head of Strategy & Business Development, Nokia Networks, North America

Mr. Frank joined Nokia Networks in early 2005 from AT&T Wireless / Cingular where he was responsible for network planning, deployment strategy for AT&T Wireless’ GSM/GPRS/EDGE nationwide network, M&A, roaming, capital and expense planning. Prior to AT&T Wireless Mr. Frank spent 13 years consulting on fixed and mobile telecom strategy and marketing for a variety of global consultancies. At Nokia Mr. Frank is chiefly responsible for defining market direction for Nokia Networks in North America as well as leading networks-focused new business development activities with emerging carriers, new entrants and new technologies. Over the past 6 years Mr. Frank has participated in defining many currently successful traditional MVNOs in the US market as well as leading the definition of Nokia’s Enhanced MVNO Platform. Mr. Frank is a Masters graduate from the University of Michigan Business School as well as the University of Michigan College of Aerospace Engineering.

Jim Freeze, SVP, Marketing and Alliances, BelAir Networks

Jim Freeze, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at wireless mesh industry leader, BelAir Networks, has global responsibility for product management, product marketing, business development and marketing communications activities for the company’s comprehensive family of products. Freeze brings to BelAir Networks more than 20 years of executive management experience in marketing, sales, business development, product management, and industry analysis in the high-tech sector. Freeze became a recognized Internet authority when he served as Senior Telecom Analyst at Forrester Research responsible for Forrester's coverage and publications in the areas of Internet access, hosting, value-added communication services, wide area networks, and regulatory issues in the telecom and Internet space. He also worked for nine years at CompuServe as Director of Product Marketing and Strategic Initiatives where he was responsible for all Web hosting and intranet services, as well as the launch of frame relay and remote access offerings. Freeze earned a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude from Capital University Law School in Columbus, OH and holds a Master of Arts in Mathematics from Ohio State University, in Columbus, OH. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Ohio State University.

Tzvika Friedman, CEO and President, Alvarion

Mr. Tzvika Friedman was appointed Alvarion’s Chief Executive Officer in October 2005. Beginning in 2000 with Floware and continuing in Alvarion as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Friedman has been responsible for a myriad of facets in the company's daily management, including R&D, operations, sales, marketing and customer service. He has been the driving force behind augmenting these activities in a company undergoing transition of consolidation from two companies, and subsequent acquisitions and incorporations of product lines of Innowave and Interwave. In the previous years, he filled roles as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Next Generation Telephony and DCME division of ECI Telecom and as Vice President of Marketing and Sales of ECI Telecom's SDH division. Mr. Friedman earned a bachelors and masters of science in electrical engineering summa cum laude from Tel Aviv University and also graduated with distinction with a masters in science from the Sloan Program of Management from the London Business School.

Reynaldo González Bustamante, General Director, Regulation “B”, Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, México

Mr. González has been working in the telecommunications field for over thirty five years. Through out that time he has held different important positions in both the governmental and private sectors. He has a proven track record of experience on different telecommunications areas as planning, operation, project management, standardization, spectrum management, etc. Among his main activities highlight his participation on planning, installation and operation of different and important networks and systems in Mexico for fixed and mobile communications services. That experience includes terrestrial and space communications. Mr. González participated in the project for establishing the first Mexican satellite system. He was the Technical Director of the program for the design, construction, test, launch and initial operation of the space crafts. In the international scene ha has participated in different cooperation programs and he has been representative of Mexico for several forums organized by both regional and worldwide organizations as the International Telecommunications Union, Inter-American Communication Commission, APEC, etc. Mr. González, had been head of the Mexican delegation on WRC-97, WRC-00 and WRC-03. Mr. González studied telecommunications and electronics engineering in Mexico and he had taken specialization courses on management and technical matters in USA, Canada, Japan and Sweden.

Lee Gopadze, Vice President, Wireless, Covad Communications Group

Lee Gopadze has had an active and varied career in wireless telecommunications since the early days of cellular. He has held a variety of senior executive positions in Marketing, Sales and Operations at the wireless subsidiaries of Metromedia Telecommunications, Southwestern Bell, and AirTouch Communications. From 1997 though 2000 Lee served as a member of the executive team of Metricom Inc. leaving in 2000 to found the broadband wireless carrier SkyRiver Communications Inc. After serving as its CEO and President, Lee left in 2003 to found Broadband Initiatives LLC, a consulting firm in broadband telecommunications to cable companies, nationwide ISPs and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). Since 2005, Lee has served as the Vice President – Wireless at Covad Communications Group where he is responsible for the integration of wireless services into Covad’s product line and acts as the principal architect for Covad’s wireless strategy.

Kirk A. Gottlieb, Principal, Fish & Richardson

Mr. Gottlieb is a Principal in Fish & Richardson's Silicon Valley office. His practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the areas of electrical engineering and computer science. Mr. Gottlieb counsels clients on patent-related matters, performs patent portfolio analyses, and prepares patent applications and non-infringement/invalidity opinions. Mr. Gottlieb has experience evaluating patents for the MPEG-4 audio patent pool. In his current practice, Mr. Gottlieb assists clients in evaluating patents for submission to the MPEG-4 audio and IEEE 802.11 patent pools. Mr. Gottlieb received a BSEE degree from California State University, Long Beach, an MSEE degree from University of Southern California, and a J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center.  

Todd Graetz, CEO, TransAria, Inc.

Mr. Graetz has over 11 years of experience with the deployment and management of a wide range of broadband technologies and wireless telecommunications systems including broadcast, LMR, wireless local loop and satellite systems. He was a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Interlink Corp. of Las Vegas, Nevada, which specialized in encrypted, landline-based data for highly sensitive traffic. Foreseeing the need for "land-line bypass" to move high rates of data on an economical basis, Mr. Graetz later co-founded NSN Wireless. A company that is still operating today, NSN was one of the nations first IP wireless data transmission providers. NSN was founded to serve the metro areas of Las Vegas, Dallas and Houston. In recent years, he provided consulting and management services to wireless and fiber-optic companies in the United Kingdom and in the Caribbean. He joined TransAria in 2002 and has previously held the positions of Vice President of Network Operations as well as Chief Technology Officer.

Jeffrey Grava, CEO, ODYSYS S.A.

Before joining ODYSYS as Chairman and CEO 10 years ago, Jeffrey Grava spent 16 years in the investment banking industry (JP Morgan in Paris, Credit Suisse First Boston in London and The First Boston Corporation in NY), where he worked with capital markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Mr.Grava became the majority shareholder of ODYSYS in 1998, through a leveraged buyout. Mr. Grava holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from Yale University. He is married and the father of four, a Trustee of the American Library in Paris, and President and founder of Capital Advisory, Inc. – a US advisory firm he founded in 1996 to offer advice on Financial Strategy.

Matthew Growney, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures

Mr Growney's role is to actively review, invest, and manage the global minority equity opportunities strategic to Motorola’s core and emerging businesses including communications and embedded solutions. He co-manages an annual investment budget of $150M. Such key areas of investment include alternate networks, home networking, enterprise software, embedded radio, and multimedia. Matthew’s management responsibilities include investment teams on the East Coast, Israel, and Asia. Matthew occupies several board seats within the portfolio. He also sits on the Investment Committee for Shanghai NewMargin Ventures in China and is President of M.I.T.’s Corporate Venturing Consortium. Outside of Motorola, Matthew is a Board Director for TodoBebe, a global media company serving Hispanic families who are expecting and raising babies and a Board Advisor to the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. He is also a Founding Director of Sigma Capital Partners, a specialized private equity fund in New York City. Matthew was named one of Boston’s 2005 “40 Under 40” for his business success and community contributions by the Boston Business Journal.

Tom Gruba, Senior Director of Marketing, MOTOwi4™ Products, Networks and Enterprise, Motorola, Inc

Tom Gruba is senior director of marketing for Motorola’s MOTOwi4™ portfolio of products within Networks and Enterprise. He oversees branding, product marketing, segment marketing and marketing communications initiatives involving the MOTOwi4 portfolio and its wireless broadband access products, including: Canopy® Wireless Broadband solutions, the WiMAX portfolio, Metro Wi-fi Mesh solutions and Broadband over PowerLine LV. Previously, Gruba was director of marketing for the Canopy Wireless Broadband Group and was with that group from its inception. He was an integral member of the team that launched the Canopy portfolio of products in June 2002. He has been with Motorola for 10 years and has served in various sales and marketing roles in both Motorola Networks and the Internet Content and Software Group. Prior to joining Motorola, Gruba held numerous management roles at Lucent Technologies. Gruba earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technologies from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Manish Gupta, VP Marketing & Alliances, Aperto Networks

Manish Gupta leads all marketing functions, including corporate marketing, marketing strategy, product management and marketing communications wiwithin Aperto M. Gupta also drives Aperto's partnerships in the evolving WiMAX ecosystem. He has more than 15 years of leadership experience in the telecommunications industry, including 2.5G/3G infrastructure, DSL, VoIP, Satellite services, Webcasting and Interactive Television. Gupta has held executive roles in marketing, business development and sales with Megisto Systems, Jetstream Communications, Cyberstar, Apple Computer and National Semiconductor. He has his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Santa Clara University in California.

Bruce Gustafson, Director, WiMAX Marketing, Nortel

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.

Dr. Zion Hadad, CEO & Founder, Runcom Technologies

Dr. Zion Hadad founded Runcom Technologies in 1997. The OFDMA of the IEEE802.16e standard is based mainly on contributions by Dr. Zion Hadad. Dr. Hadad possesses an extensive experience in the development of military and commercial communication systems with specialized expertise in the fields of Spread Spectrum, Frequency Hopping, Direct Spread, CDMA, and ECC Adaptive Array Technologies projects. Prior to the inception of the company Dr. Hadad served as VP for Business Development and Chief Scientist of InnoWave Tadiran, where he developed Broadband CDMA system. Dr. Hadad served as the Chief Scientist of the Tactical Comm. Division of Tadiran. Prior to that he serve as Project manager for BCDMA in Interdigital where he develop the BCDMA that became one of the basics of UMTS standard, Prior to that he was the PM for the US SINGARS project of tactical VHF airborne radio. Dr. Hadad holds a Ph.D (Honors) in Electrical Engineering (EE) from CUNY.

Yung H. Hahn General Manager, WiMAX Product Division, Intel Corporation

Yung H. Hahn has worked in the wireless telecom industry for 20 years in various marketing, systems engineering, product development, business development and general management roles. Prior to joining Intel, Yung was the General Manager of Davnet - North America, a leading Building Local Exchange Carrier (BLEC). Prior to that, Yung was the founder of Telagora, where he designed and built a new e-business that promoted Wireless Enablement, Wireless e-Store and Wireless Enhanced Services. He has held a number of wireless operator positions of increasing responsibility within companies such as Bell Mobility Cellular, Nextel Communications and Sprint PCS. Yung was Nextel’s marketing lead for their Southern California market launch, Sprint PCS’ General Manager of Product Development and finally Vice President of Business Marketing. Yung has also worked at Telecom Equipment Manufacturers like Nortel Networks and Lucent. Yung has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

Frank Hanzlik, Managing Director, WiFi Alliance

Frank Hanzlik is Managing Director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, the worldwide trade association for the Wi-Fi industry. With close to 20 years of experience in the wireless and communications industries, he is responsible for leading strategy, business development and operations for the organization and driving worldwide growth in the $5 billion per year Wi-Fi industry. Prior to the Wi-Fi Alliance, Frank was Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Mobilian Corporation, a fabless semiconductor start-up company. As an early member of the executive team, he built the marketing and sales organization, successfully positioning Mobilian as an early leader in multi-standard wireless chipsets, and launching the world's first chipset to support the simultaneous operation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Ronny Haraldsvik, Vice President, Marketing, Qualcomm

Ronny Haraldsvik leads QUALCOMM’s global mobile broadband marketing initiatives. To this task, Haraldsvik brings 16 years of strategic marketing experience across a broad range of technical topics, from mobile broadband to wireline networking and IP services, to PC chips, wafer fabrication equipment, software, consumer devices and Wi-Fi access networks.UALCOMM’s acquisition of Flarion Technologies in early 2006, Haraldsvik was Flarion’s vice president of marketing where he led all marketing efforts in support of industry awareness for Flarion and the introduction of its FLASH-OFDM® technology. Before his five years at Flarion, Haraldsvik worked for Nortel Networks. He initially served as the director of Americas Regional Marketing for Enterprise solutions, and ultimately as vice president of marketing and field communications for Nortel’s Shasta IP Services business unit.

Sid Harshavat, Business Marketing, Empugo

Sid has 9 years of experience within the telecommunication industry, with focus on testing, integration and deployment of Next Generation Wireless technologies. Before Empugo, Sid worked at Motorola and was involved in deployment and integration of VoWLAN, WLAN and iDEN technologies. Sid holds a Masters degree in Wireless Communication from Northwestern University.

Jim Hintze is senior vice president of marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. In this role, Jim is responsible for business management, marketing communications, market development, proposals, media/analyst relations and competitive intelligence. Jim’s career in telecommunications began in 1989 at AT&T Network Systems (now Lucent Technologies) in corporate marketing. In the early 1990s, Jim moved into transmission systems sales to US WEST (now Qwest). Throughout the 1990s, his responsibilities expanded to include all wireline, wireless and professional services as vice president of sales. Since joining Fujitsu in 1997, Jim has held numerous sales leadership roles including regional sales responsibilities for customers such as AT&T and Qwest as well as North American sales management for the U.S. and Mexico. Under Jim’s leadership, Fujitsu expanded sales efforts into several new markets including cable/MSOs, wireless, enterprise, federal government and utilities through direct sales and an expanded channel partner program.