Mobility

Given the pervasiveness of wireless networks, the proliferation mobile computing and communications devices of all forms, and the fundamental requirement for mobility in all aspects of IT today, it's no wonder that mobility is now at the core of so many IT strategic plans. Just as life without mobility would be unpleasant at best, enterprises and organizations that are not optimizing their application of wireless and mobile technologies, products, systems and services are operating at a distinct disadvantage. Access to information and IT resources on an anytime/anywhere basis is today the key to productivity and advantage no matter what the mission. And the Interop 2013 Mobility Track continues a long tradition of bringing you the most interesting, relevant, and valuable information on wireless and mobile in a fast-paced, informative, and accessible event. You'll learn about the latest technologies, tools, and best practices from the leading experts in the field today. You'll enjoy to-the-point presentations on key IT mobility topics, as well as discussion and debate that will enhance the knowledge of IT management, staff, and specialists at any level in the organization and beyond.

Track Chair

Craig Mathias
Principal
Farpoint Group

Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. Founded in 1991, the company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, program management, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a wide variety of topics. He is a well-known and often-quoted industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, as well as Webcasts, Webinars, and podcasts. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the INTEROP conferences (Las Vegas and New York) and is the Chair of the Wireless and Mobility track. He serves as a monthly columnist for InformationWeek.com and the Enterprise Mobility Foundation (theemf.org), and ardent blogger ("Nearpoints") for networkworld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University.

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Wednesday, May 8
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM	Mobility: The Next Five Years - Location: Lagoon B With mobility now at the core of many if not most enterprise IT strategies, and rapid technological evolution still a complicating factor in setting key directions, it’s critical to consider a b… More ▶ Moderator - Michael Finneran, Principal, dBrn Associates Inc Michael Finneran is an independent consultant and industry analyst, who specializes in wireless technologies, mobile unified communications, and fixed-mobile convergence. With over 30-years in the networking field and wide range of experience, he is a widely recognized expert in the field. He has recently published his first book titled Voice Over Wireless LANs- The Complete Guide (Elsevier, 2008), though his expertise spans the full range of wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, 3G/4G Cellular, WiMAX, and RFID. A lively and informative speaker, Michael has appeared at hundreds of trade shows and industry conferences including VoiceCon and InterOp; he now serves as the program chair for Wireless and Mobility at VoiceCon. In the consulting area, Mr. Finneran has provided assistance to carriers, equipment vendors, end users, and investment firms in the US and overseas. His clients have included: AT&T, Sprint, Foundation Capital, IBM, RIM, Prudential Insurance, McGraw-Hill, and Merrill Lynch. A prolific writer, for twenty-three years he wrote the Networking Intelligence column for Business Communications Review. He now contributes on wireless and mobility to NoJitter as well as UC Strategies. He has published numerous articles and white papers and has contributed to Computerworld, Data Communications, The Ticker, and The ACUTA Journal. Well respected as an educator, Mr. Finneran has conducted over 2000 seminars on networking topics in the US, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He taught in the Graduate Telecommunications program at Pace University, and conducted programs at the Center for the Study of Data Processing at Washington University in St. Louis. His programs are now offered through Telecom+UC Training. A long-time member of the IEEE and the Society of Telecommunications Consultants, Mr. Finneran holds a Masters Degree in Marketing and Management Information Systems from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Panelist - Bob Egan, Managing Director and Founder, The Sepharim Group For more than 20 years, Egan’s provocative insights, analysis and actionable predictions have served as early warning indicators – calls to action – for Enterprise CxO’s, Product Vendors, Mobile Operators and Device Makers. Bob’s is focusing on enterprise deployment and business benefit strategies, competitive insights and product architecture. As a vice president with Gartner, Mr. Egan received the firm’s esteemed “Thought Leadership Achievement Award.” Wireless Review has called Bob Egan the “Market Maker” and Adweek Magazine Technology Marketing Group named him one of the top six most influential industry analysts. Bob is a pioneer of Wi-Fi as a founding member of the first release of IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard. Bob is the founding Chairman of SourceMedia’s Mobile Banking and Emerging Applications Summit, the WiMax Congress and Gartner’s Enterprise Mobility Conference. Bob’s experience includes his company leadership roles including: Founder and Chief Analyst at the Sepharim Group, Global Head of Research & Chief Analyst at the Corporate Executive Board’s TowerGroup, President of the research firm Mobile Competency (acquired in 2005), Chief Strategy Officer of Corechange (acquired 2002), VP & Research Director at Gartner and Advanced Technology Director at Digital Equipment corporation (DEC). His commentaries have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Business Week and Fortune magazine. His broadcast appearances include; ABC Nightly News, CNBC, the BBC TV and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Panelist - Galen Gruman, Executive Editor, Features, InfoWorld Galen Gruman is executive editor of InfoWorld for features, as well as its Mobile Edge blogger and Smart User blogger, lead author of Exploring Windows 8 For Dummies, and author of Exploring iPad For Dummies, 2nd Edition, OS X Mountain Lion Bible, and iBooks Author For Dummies. Follow Galen's mobile musings on Twitter at MobileGalen and at Google+. Panelist - Lisa Phifer, President, Core Competence Lisa A. Phifer, President, has been involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of networking, security, and management products for 30 years. Since joining Core Competence in 1995, she has advised companies large and small regarding security needs, product assessment, and the use of emerging technologies and best practices. Lisa teaches about wireless LANs and mobile device security and management, and has written extensively for numerous publications, including Information Week, Information Security Magazine, Tom's IT Pro, searchNetworking, and searchSecurity. Lisa's columns are published monthly by The Mobility Hub, searchConsumerization, Webtorials, and the AirWISE Community Forum. For more about Lisa, visit her Wireless CORner or follow lisaphifer on Twitter.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Building Mobile Applications: Strategies and Technologies - Location: Lagoon B It really is all about the apps in mobility today – along with mobile operating systems, Web technologies, development tools and techniques, information management, and much more. This session w… More ▶ Speaker - Peter Traeg, Solutions Architect, Universal Mind Peter brings 25+ years of experience in the application development field to Universal Mind, having worked on a wide range of applications from data warehousing to online photo sharing sites. Since 1995, he has been working with web development technologies. At the Eastman Kodak Company, he served as software architect for two of Kodak's leading online retail offerings. Most recently, he served as the presentation layer software architect for Kodak Gallery where he made extensive use of Flex, AIR, HTML5, iOS, and Android technologies to help Kodak customers share their memories across a wide range of devices. As a solutions architect at Universal Mind, Peter brings his broad base of technical and business consulting skills to work for our clients. He is always interested in learning new application development technologies and sharing those learning experiences with others. He is active in several development user groups where he regularly speaks on web and mobile application development technologies.
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM	Wireless LANs: What’s Next? - Location: Lagoon B Gigabit-class 802.11ac isn’t the only hot topic in wireless LANs today. Additional developments underway within the IEEE 802.11 organization, the Wi-Fi Alliance, and at the system vendors themse… More ▶ Speaker - Edgar Figueroa, CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance Under Edgar's leadership, Wi-Fi Alliance has steered an unprecedented period of market growth, and Wi-Fi has become the most popular and diverse connectivity technology. Edgar defined the Wi-Fi Alliance program development framework, and forged numerous strategic partnerships to facilitate the penetration of Wi-Fi into mass markets worldwide. He is a tireless champion of the power of collaboration. Previously, Edgar was involved in telepresence at Ridgeway Systems (now the Tandberg division of Cisco), and held product management and engineering roles at 3M Company. He is a veteran of the United States Navy, and taught at the University of Texas and at Austin Community College. Edgar is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and holds degrees in Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Technology Commercialization.
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM	Great Issues in IT: Where Does Mobility Fit? - Location: Lagoon B Great IT solutions are fundamentally interdisciplinary in nature, optimizing the application of such technologies as virtualization, the cloud, and collaboration, just to name a few. This session will… More ▶ Moderator - Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC Rohit Mehra is IDC's Vice President of Network Infrastructure, covering Enterprise and Datacenter Networks. He provides expert insight and analysis into global industry and technology trends as they relate to enterprise networking and related areas of Ethernet and Layer 4-7 switching, routing, wireless and WAN Optimization. His breadth of coverage allows him to take a holistic view of network infrastructure- from enterprise mobility and BYOD, to cloud networking. In this capacity, he is responsible for market share and forecast reports as well as global go-to-market strategies. Mr. Mehra also assists clients with custom consulting and research, including user surveys and buyer case studies. He has a deep understanding of networking solutions in key verticals/industry segments, and collaborates closely with IDC Insights and other research groups to assist clients with their specific requirements. Mr. Mehra has a Master’s in engineering management from BITS, Pilani, India, and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, USA. Panelist - Manav Khurana, Senior Director, Product and Solutions Marketing, Aruba Networks Manav Khurana is Senior Director, Product & Solutions Marketing, at Aruba Networks, where he leads his team in defining and delivering enterprise mobility solutions that leverage Aruba’s networking products. He has extensive experience in enterprise mobility and security dating back to the pre-standard days of wireless LANs. At Aruba, Khurana has been directly involved in mobility implementations at large education, healthcare, government and retail organizations. Prior to Aruba, he held the position of senior product manager at both Symbol Technologies (Motorola) and Meru Networks. Khurana holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Panelist - Bruce Miller, VP of Product Marketing, Xirrus Bruce Miller is Vice President, Product Marketing for Xirrus. He has over 20 years of experience bringing LAN and WAN communication products to market in marketing, business development, and engineering roles. At Xirrus, he has led product marketing, product management, customer support, and training functions over time. Prior to Xirrus, he held marketing and engineering roles at Ixia, Lucent, Cabletron, and NetVantage covering technologies including switching, routing, wireless, storage, DSL, and cable. He brought the first video over DSL solution to market and was involved in the development of the original 802.1Q and .1p VLAN and QoS standards in the IEEE. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Panelist - Mike Karlskind, Vice President, Product Marketing, ClickSoftware Mike Karlskind has been working with service organizations for more than 15 years across industries and the world to streamline processes and optimize service decisions – essentially helping businesses break down walls that exist in their organization. As Vice President of Product Marketing, his experience is a collection of lessons from companies in computer services, utilities, telecommunications, capital equipment, home services, retail services, insurance, and medical equipment. Mike has worked closely with ClickSoftware CEO and Chairman, Dr. Moshe BenBassat to establish ‘ClickSoftware University’, a series of educational sessions intended to assist all types of service organisations on their path to service excellence. Mike is one of the contributors to Clickipedia, our industry blog, and leads executive seminars on the subject of service process efficiency and optimized decision-making. He holds a B.A. (and continuing passion) in mathematics and is a contributor to ClickSoftware’s patent for the "Method and system for assigning human resources to provide services" (US 6,985,872 B2). Panelist - Dev Anand, Director of Product Management, ManageEngine (Zoho Group) Dev Anand is the Director of Product Management @ManageEngine (ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corp). Dev has a particular interest in simplifying IT operations through product management and has spent 13years in various product management and marketing roles in ManageEngine. He is the product manager for OpManager- a network management platform that competes with HP/IBM/CA tools and www.yourITpulse.com - a social networking site exclusively built for IT admins.
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Thursday, May 9
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM	BYOD: Security and Privacy - Location: Lagoon B The growth of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has rapidly ushered in a new world for IT managers, and particularly for cybersecurity professionals. While the economics of such a move (particularly surro… More ▶ Speaker - Gib Sorebo, VP, Chief Cybersecurity Technologist, SAIC Gib Sorebo is a recognized expert in assisting government and private sector organizations in their efforts to address cybersecurity risks and to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. Sorebo is a chief cybersecurity technologist and vice president for SAIC, where he is responsible for coordinating cybersecurity activities in the energy sector companywide and contributes to a variety of smart grid security research efforts. Sorebo co-leads SAIC's Smart Grid Security practice. He established the SAIC Smart Grid Security Solutions Center for product security testing and solution development. Sorebo leads highly experienced technical teams in performing security assessments for commercial and government customers. Most recently, Sorebo co-authored Smart Grid Security: An End to End View of Security in the New Electrical Grid, which explores the important techniques, challenges, and forces that will shape how we achieve a secure 21st-century electric grid. Sorebo is a frequent speaker at national security and utility conferences such as the RSA Security Conference, CSI Annual Conference, Metering America, Autovation, and the FIRST Annual Conference, where he has given talks on a variety of security topics, including information security liability, Sarbanes-Oxley, e-discovery, smart grid security, incident response, and security breach notification. Sorebo has been working in the information technology industry in both the public and private sector for more than 19 years, with direct experience with security consulting spanning the financial services, health care, and electricity sectors. Sorebo’s work in the community includes active participation in the American Bar Association's Information Security Committee. Sorebo holds a law degree from the Catholic University of America, a master's degree in legislative affairs from The George Washington University, and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Mobility: Enterprise Best Practices - Location: Lagoon B It’s one thing for hardware, software, systems, and carrier vendors to present tons of cool new things to buy, and quite another to use these effectively in enterprise and organizational setting… More ▶ Moderator - Michael Miller, Chief Information Officer & Blogger, Ziff Brothers Investments & PC Magazine Michael J. Miller is senior vice president for technology strategy at Ziff Brothers Investments, a private investment firm, and writes the Forward Thinking blog at pcmag.com. From 1991 to 2005, Miller was editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, responsible for the editorial direction, quality and presentation of the world's largest computer publication. Until late 2006, Miller was the Chief Content Officer for Ziff Davis Media, responsible for overseeing the editorial positions of Ziff Davis's magazines, websites, and events. As Editorial Director for Ziff Davis Publishing, Miller took an active role in helping to identify new editorial needs in the marketplace and in shaping the editorial positioning of every Ziff Davis title. Panelist - Darin Adcock, IT Director, Dowling Aaron Incorporated Darin Adcock joined Dowling Aaron Incorporated in 2005 as the IT Director. He manages all aspects of technology from servers and PCs to telecom and wireless solutions. Dowling Aaron is the Central Valley’s second largest full-service law firm with locations in Fresno, Bakersfield and Visalia, California. Adcock uses AirWatch to secure the 50 Attorneys’ cell phones and tablets. He earned his Master’s Degree in Digital Security from Golden Gate University and has been featured in BizTech Magazine and USA Today for mobile device security. Panelist - Scot Clark, Solutions Effectiveness Manager – Network Services, Enterprise Support, Unilever Scot has over 20 years of IT experience, both as a solutions architect and project manager. Scot has extensive cross functional knowledge having worked at Unilever for the past 15 years across many disciplines within the IT field. Currently Scot is responsible for the network solution designs, commercial validity of the designs, vendor management, managing outsource relationships with key partners, as well as looking ahead to align today’s needs with current and next generation technology cross functions within Unilever. Prior to joining Unilever, Scot has worked in various industries including Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Education, and as an outsourced partner. Scot has a Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering Degree from the University of Connecticut. Panelist - John Bollen, Vice President of Technology, MGM Resorts International John Bollen is Senior Vice President and Chief Digital for MGM Resorts International. Bollen is responsible for defining, facilitating and leading the digital technology strategy for the Company from a customer viewpoint. Bollen’s focus is on working with the operating and technology teams to define MGM Resorts International’s customer digital experiences. In doing so, he develops best practices and key performance indicators that maximize MGM Resorts International’s existing digital capabilities, as well as create and execute new capabilities designed to drive customer service and revenue. Bollen recently deployed MGM Resorts’ high-density Wi-Fi initiative from RFP, design, and configuration to construction, deployment and operations. Installed within several MGM Resorts’ properties, this system is the world’s largest hospitality Wi-Fi, which can service all MGM Resorts’ connected guests concurrently as well as MGM Resorts’ operational requirements. Bollen currently is expanding the system to provide Wi-Fi service to guest rooms. In addition, Bollen oversees the execution of technology for 15 resorts, including data centers, PBX, 211 business systems and in-room technologies. While serving in this position since 2010, he also has developed technology operations and budgets for several other MGM Resorts International properties throughout the world. Prior to this role, Bollen was the technology leader for CityCenter, a 67-acre urban resort destination on the Las Vegas Strip which opened in 2009. Bollen oversaw strategic vision, management and the execution of all technology for 18 million square feet of CityCenter. Before working with MGM Resorts International, Bollen was Vice President of Product Development and Studio Operations for NBC Universal in Universal City, Calif. from 2002-2007. He also served as Chief Information Officer for a start-up medical utility company in San Diego, Calif. from 2001-2002. Bollen has a Master of Business Administration degree from University of San Francisco and Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has completed numerous training and certification programs including the Managers Development Course, the Experience Information Management Program and Advance Information Leadership Program – General Electric Company; and the DMAIC Six Sigma, IBM Rational Unified Process. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and completed the Cisco Seminar Series and Microsoft CIO Forum.
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM	Great Debate: Managing Mobile Applications and Data - Location: Lagoon B Manage the mobile device? Mobile apps? Mobile data? What about mobile expense management and policy specification and management? While mobility is now essential to organizational success, the solutio… More ▶ Moderator - Chris Hazelton, Research Director, 451 Research Chris runs the Mobile and Wireless research practice, which covers hardware, software, and services for both enterprise and consumer mobility markets. Chris’ research focuses on mobile device management as well as application development platforms that target smartphones and tablets in the enterprise. He is primarily interested in the shift in enterprise computing from desktop to mobile. Prior to joining 451, Chris covered worldwide smartphone trends for IDC. Chris has been quoted on mobile technology issues by publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CBS, ComputerWorld, Fox Business, InformationWeek, Investors Business Daily, MacWorld, TheStreet, Reuters and Wired. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Board for Mobile Enterprise Magazine. Panelist - Ahmed Datoo, VP, Product Marketing, Mobile Platforms Group, Citrix Ahmed Datoo's experience in the technology industry spans strategic planning, brand marketing, software engineering and product management. Currently, he is running product marketing for Citrix’s Mobile Platforms Group. Prior to Citrix, Mr. Datoo was CMO at Zenprise, which was acquired by Citrix in early 2013. Before that, he was at EDS, where he was a global Director of Product Development. While at EDS, he built and launched several workflow automation and monitoring automation modules that generated multi-million dollar savings globally. Prior to EDS, Mr. Datoo was on Loudcloud's product management team where he focused on monitoring, storage and performance networking products. Previously, he was a brand manager at Yahoo! where he co-developed the print and radio promotions for Yahoo! Shopping. Mr. Datoo began his career as a strategy consultant at Accenture where he created high tech product development strategies for telecos, media conglomerates and hardware manufacturers. Mr. Datoo holds an MBA, M.A., and B.A. from Stanford University. Panelist - Tony Kueh, Vice President, Mobile Platform Solutions and Strategy, SAP Americas Mr. Kueh is currently the VP of Mobile Platform Solutions & Strategy at SAP. In this role, Mr. Kueh is responsible for overall strategy and go-to-market execution for mobility platform products and solutions. A highly accomplished strategic executive, Mr. Kueh brings to SAP over 15 years of technical and strategic product management, marketing, and product innovation experience, all in the field of mobile computing. Previous to SAP, Mr. Kueh held executive and management positions at Microsoft, Qualcomm, Palm/HP, Sybase, and Antenna Software. Mr. Kueh received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Masters of Business Administration from Duke University. Panelist - Ryan Kalember, Chief Product Officer, WatchDox Ryan is responsible for WatchDox’s products and marketing groups. He focuses on making sure as many organizations as possible know how WatchDox can help them access, control, and collaborate with their most sensitive information on any device. With 14 years of experience in a variety of roles in the US and EMEA, Ryan has an extensive background in information security. Prior to WatchDox, Ryan ran solutions across HP’s portfolio of security products. Before its acquisition by HP, Ryan was director of products at ArcSight. Previously with VeriSign, Ryan held a variety of positions, including EMEA regional manager and senior product manager. Prior to its acquisition by VeriSign, Kalember was one of the founding members of Guardent’s consulting practice, helping clients build many of the world’s leading security organizations. Before joining Guardent, Ryan co-founded a company that created authentication and encryption tools, working with financial institutions and government agencies before contributing the technology to the open source community. Ryan received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, where he studied fault tolerance, cryptography, and authentication algorithms. Panelist - Tyler Lessard, CMO, FixMo Tyler is the Chief Marketing Officer at Fixmo, the mobile risk management company. As CMO, Tyler leads the marketing and product strategy efforts for Fixmo's suite of Mobile Risk Management solutions that target government agencies, private enterprise, wireless operators and professional consumers. Tyler is currently focused on expanding Fixmo's product offerings to encompass device and data integrity assurance, context-aware data protection and policy enforcement, device and data loss prevention, compliance assurance and enterprise auditability. Prior to joining Fixmo, Tyler was Vice President of BlackBerry Global Alliances and Developer Relations at Research In Motion (RIM). Panelist - Srinivas Krishnamurti, Senior Director, Enterprise Mobile Solutions, VMware Srinivas Krishnamurti is a Senior Director for Mobile Solutions in the CTO Office. He is responsible for defining and driving VMware's product and go to market strategy for mobile phones and emerging devices. Previously, as part of the emerging markets group, he led VMware's Linux Strategy and was responsible for launching VMware Fusion into the consumer market. Prior to that, he led the product management team for VMware's developer products. Before joining VMware, Srinivas was responsible for product management of the software configuration management product line at Rational Software. Srinivas has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University and an MBA from Leavey School of Business.
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM	Wireless Everywhere: LTE and Beyond - Location: Lagoon B The past few years have seen dramatic changes in the wireless wide-area landscape – the deployment of LTE, metered data plans, and increasing discussion of Wi-Fi offload. Understanding technolog… More ▶ Speaker - Peter Rysavy, President, Rysavy Research Peter Rysavy is the president of Rysavy Research LLC, a consulting firm that has specialized in wireless technology since 1993. Peter is a leading international authority on the capabilities and evolution of wireless technology. He has written more than a hundred and thirty articles, reports, and white papers, and has taught forty public wireless courses and webcasts. He has also performed technical evaluations of many wireless technologies including cellular-data services, municipal/mesh Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi hotspot networks, mobile browser technologies, wireless e-mail systems, and social networking applications. He is the co-author of the recently published “Mobile Commerce: State of the Market” report which can be accessed here (link to mobile commerce trends website). Peter is also the executive director of the Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA, http://www.pcca.org), an industry organization that evaluates wireless technologies, investigates mobile communications architectures, and promotes wireless-data interoperability.
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Friday, May 10
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM	Wireless LAN Testing, Benchmarking, and Verification - Location: Lagoon B A common question (and subject of significant debate) in enterprise Wi-Fi deployments is how to design, build, and manage optimal deployments. A key element in this challenge is understanding how to t… More ▶ Moderator - Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. Founded in 1991, the company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a wide variety of topics. He is a well-known and often-quoted industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, as well as Webcasts, Webinars, videos, and podcasts. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the INTEROP conferences (Las Vegas and New York) and is the Chair of the Wireless and Mobility track. He is Co-Chair of 2012 Mobile Connect conference. He serves as a monthly columnist for TechnologyGuide.com (TechTarget), ardent blogger (“Nearpoints”) for networkworld.com, an Expert at Focus.com, a member of the Network World Lab Alliance, and a Trusted Voice at ITWorld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. He is a member of the IEEE and the Society of Sigma Xi. Panelist - Milind Bhise, Director, Product Management and Marketing, Fluke Networks Milind Bhise has over fifteen years of high tech and networking industry experience with start-ups and Fortune 500 firms. Currently, he is responsible for product management and product marketing of the wireless LAN portfolio at Fluke Networks. The portfolio includes market leading WLAN deployment, design and analysis tools and AirMagnet Enterprise, a scalable WLAN security and performance monitoring solution. He has a Masters in Engineering and a MBA. Panelist - Joe Zeto, Director of Product Marketing, Ixia Joe has over 17 years of experience in wireless and IP networking, both from the engineering and marketing sides. Joe has extensive knowledge and a global prospective of the networking market and the test and measurement industry. Prior to joining Ixia, Joe was Director of Product Marketing at Spirent Communications running Enterprise Switching, Storage Networking, and Wireless Infrastructure product lines. Joe has a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA. Panelist - Prasad Chebrolu, Senior Director, Engineering, Cisco Prasad is a Senior Director of Engineering in Wireless Networking Group at Cisco. He is responsible for Wireless Test Engineering for the entire Cisco Wireless portfolio, including Indoor Access Points, Outdoor Access Points, Wireless LAN controllers, Network Management and Mobility Service Engine. He has helped release several Wireless Innovations to market. Prior to that he has worked in various networking technologies including Routing, Voice over IP, Security, etc during his 16 year stint at Cisco. He has a M.S from Clemson University and MBA from Univ of California, Berkeley. He was awarded 7 US Patents so far.
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM	Mobile Devices: What’s Next in Mobile Computing and Communications? - Location: Lagoon B The increasing degree of functional overlap between tablets, notebooks, and handsets continues to drive the debate as to what constitutes an adequate complement of mobile devices in any given use case… More ▶ Speaker - Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. Founded in 1991, the company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a wide variety of topics. He is a well-known and often-quoted industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, as well as Webcasts, Webinars, videos, and podcasts. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the INTEROP conferences (Las Vegas and New York) and is the Chair of the Wireless and Mobility track. He is Co-Chair of 2012 Mobile Connect conference. He serves as a monthly columnist for TechnologyGuide.com (TechTarget), ardent blogger (“Nearpoints”) for networkworld.com, an Expert at Focus.com, a member of the Network World Lab Alliance, and a Trusted Voice at ITWorld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. He is a member of the IEEE and the Society of Sigma Xi. Speaker - Tim Scannell, Editorial Director, TechnologyGuide.com, TechTarget Tim Scannell is the Editorial Director of TechnologyGuide, a family of product review and evaluation Web sites that provide a range of consumer and business information for influencers and buyers of technology products. The TechnologyGuide sites account for close to 24 million page views and serve more than 8.3 million unique visitors per month, and include a number of highly-active discussion forums that deliver more than 3,600 posts and peer reviews each day. Scannell has been an editor and writer for more than 30 years, working for some of the top publishing companies in the world, including International Data Group, Ziff Davis, Cahners Publishing (now Reed Business Information) and CMP Media (now United Business Media). He has also written for such publications as U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, The Boston Herald, Crain's Net Marketing, InternetNews.com, Mobile Enterprise and The Boston Globe (where he was a freelance technology columnist and contributed to the paper’s business section). Scannell was also the founder and principal analyst with Shoreline Research, a Quincy, MA based consulting, research and information services company specializing in mobile and wireless technology and initiatives. During the seven years he ran this business, he worked with a number of companies in Europe and Scotland, and was the co-founder of a consulting and channel marketing and training company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Scannell was also a member of the core start-up team of Softbank Corp.'s U.S. division, assisting with the launch and contributing to the Japanese editions of PC Week Japan, LAN Times Japan, MacUser Japan, and PC Magazine Japan. Later, he also established a U.S. bureau for Softbank's Japan-based magazines, and authored a book on the U.S. Computer industry, published in Japan by Softbank. He also helped launch a mobile media development company, based in California, and established one of the first wireless mobile media content channels available in the U.S., called mFlix.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Advanced Wireless and Mobile Technologies - Location: Lagoon B With gigabit-plus wireless LANs and megabit-plus wireless WANs now in use, one might assume that the rate of evolution in the core technologies required to propel wireless (and thus mobile) technologi… More ▶ Speaker - Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. Founded in 1991, the company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a wide variety of topics. He is a well-known and often-quoted industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, as well as Webcasts, Webinars, videos, and podcasts. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the INTEROP conferences (Las Vegas and New York) and is the Chair of the Wireless and Mobility track. He is Co-Chair of 2012 Mobile Connect conference. He serves as a monthly columnist for TechnologyGuide.com (TechTarget), ardent blogger (“Nearpoints”) for networkworld.com, an Expert at Focus.com, a member of the Network World Lab Alliance, and a Trusted Voice at ITWorld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. He is a member of the IEEE and the Society of Sigma Xi. Speaker - Peter Carson, Senior Director, Marketing, Qualcomm Peter Carson is senior director of marketing for Qualcomm Incorporated, where he leads the Qualcomm Gobi modem and RF marketing efforts for Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Previously, Carson led the cellular technology product management team, with line management responsibility for the 3G/LTE modem roadmap, infrastructure chips and network vendor relationships, including interoperability testing programs. Carson has 28 years of mobile wireless experience, spanning the carrier and technology sides of the industry. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Carson was a member of the initial executive management team at Flarion Technologies, which he helped launch prior to its acquisition by Qualcomm. While at Flarion, Carson was instrumental in the formation of the IEEE’s 802.20 standards Work Group. Before Flarion, Carson was vice president marketing and business development at ArrayComm, a developer of multiple antenna processing technologies. Prior to ArrayComm, Carson served as director of marketing and product management for ADC Telecommunications, where he helped launch the company’s wireless systems business. Prior to that, over the span of eight years, Mr. Carson held several key domestic and overseas management positions at NYNEX Mobile (now Verizon Wireless).
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