Conference: Mobile Business Tracks
Wireless and Mobile Technologies | Smartphones and Beyond | Wireless Management and Operations
With more staff working from home, a coffee shop, a car, or client's office, it's essential to move the edge of the network to wherever the need for connectivity might be. Needless to say, the choices - and challenges - inherent in all of the elements required, from networks to devices to management tools, are enormous. Mobile Business tracks in the Interop conference will cover contemporary mobility, including wireless LANs, cellular and wide-area services, mobile security and operating systems, emerging technologies, management strategies and techniques, and much more.
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
It's been said that the future of IT exists essentially in an organization's ability to take advantage of advances in wireless and mobile products and services. This track will examine the rapidly-advancing technologies that make those products and services possible. We'll explore next-generation wireless LAN technologies (including the possibilities in soon-to-arrive gigabit-level performance), key wide-area opportunities (including WiMAX and LTE), look at how key user requirements will be addressed, and even illustrate where potential gaps and pitfalls might still exist. This track is a must for IT staff involved in planning and operations both within company facilities and in the field.
| Wednesday, November 18 | |
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 Wireless and Mobile 2010: Positioning the Enterprise for Growth (Location: 1E10)The Mobile Business Conference will commence with a lively debate among the thought leaders working in mobility today. This session will cover all the bases - wireless communication, mobile computing, management, security, and strategies for success, with an eye towards renewed economic growth in the coming year. Ample time will be reserved for questions from the audience. This is your opportunity to speak with the key thought leaders who spend their day (and usually much moreoften weekends) working on the most important issues and opportunities in mobile IT. Moderator - Philippe Winthrop, Director - Global Wireless Practice, Strategy Analytics
Philippe Winthrop is a Director in the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics with a focus on Enterprise Mobility spanning all aspects of the enterprise mobility ecosystem, from mobile strategy adoption to mobile application integration, as well as managed services for mobility. Philippe has spent his entire career researching emerging technologies and their impact on the corporate value chain. Philippe started his career at GeoPartners research, a boutique strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects including AT&T Wireless' adoption and migration path to GSM from TDMA. After GeoPartners, Philippe joined IDC's European IT Services Research group where he spearheaded a wide variety of research and consulting projects for the Top 50 IT Services companies in Western Europe . Philippe most recently was the Research Director for Wireless and Mobility at Aberdeen Group, a Boston based research firm. Not only did Philippe launch the Wireless and Mobility practice at Aberdeen, he also conducted ground-breaking research to quantify the tangible value of key mobile and wireless technologies, including enterprise mobility strategy adoption, Fixed Mobile Convergence, enterprise WiFi adoption, application deployment on WLANs and more. Philippe is a frequent speaker and presenter and currently sits on the advisory board of Mobile Enterprise Magazine. Speaker - Bob Tinker, President and CEO, MobileIron
Before MobileIron, Bob led the Business Development team for Cisco's wireless business units, a combined $1B business. As a member of the executive staff, he was responsible for driving long term revenue growth and expanding Cisco's wireless initiatives to laptops and smartphones. Before Cisco, Bob was the first business executive at enterprise wireless pioneer Airespace, where he was Vice President of Business Development. Cisco acquired Airespace in 2005. Bob's previous roles include Director of Marketing at Vertical Networks and Vice President at NationsBank, with oversight of IT, sales, product management, and operations. Bob is an Executive Board Member of the Foundation for the recently opened University of California at Merced, the first major university built in the U.S. in the last 30 years. He is also a member of the Full Circle Fund, a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in partnership with nonprofits to advance the causes of public education, affordable housing, digital inclusion, and sustainable energy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bob has a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford. Speaker - Josh Holbrook, Director, Anywhere Enterprise Research Group, Yankee Group
Joshua Holbrook is a director in Yankee Group's Anywhere Enterprise research group with expertise in enterprise mobility. Holbrook analyzes the emergence of consumer and enterprise technology in the workplace and how it is used to enhance productivity of mobile and remote workers. Holbrook leads the enterprise research group; the team of analysts focuses on topics such as virtualization, cloud computing, mobile applications and machine-to-machine communications. Before joining Yankee Group, Holbrook was the director of marketing for Unity Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). He was a core member of the management team charged with restructuring the distressed telecommunications provider. Holbrook was instrumental in transforming the company into an emerging VoIP service provider. Holbrook also served as a management consultant at Adventis, a management and strategy consultancy to leading communications and computing companies around the world. At Adventis, he established strategic road maps for companies seeking to expand their market reach. In addition, he led projects that enabled carriers to better understand their profitability levers. Holbrook holds a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina and an M.B.A. degree from Boston University. Speaker - Susan Nunziata, Editor in Chief, Mobile Enterprise Magazine
In her 20 years as a business-to-business editor and reporter, Susan Nunziata has covered a wide range of topics, including traditional and digital media, entertainment, marketing, and consumer electronics. She joined Mobile Enterprise in October 2007 after six years as Executive Editor of EPM Communications' Entertainment Marketing Letter. While there, Nunziata spearheaded coverage of the U.S. mobile entertainment and media markets, including writing a special report on wireless entertainment and promotions, and organizing two audioconferences on the topic. She also organized the editorial agenda and moderated the annual EPM Entertainment Marketing Conference, as well as authoring several other books and special reports for EPM. Prior to EPM, Nunziata was Editor of Music Business International, a magazine that covered the music business outside the U.S. Before joining MBI, Nunziata was Managing Editor of Billboard magazine, where she oversaw all editorial operations of the weekly music industry publication. She began her career as a reporter and editor for Pro Sound News. Nunziata is a frequent public speaker who has appeared at numerous industry events and conferences worldwide. She is also an Adjunct Instructor at the NYU School of Continuing & Professional Studies, and volunteers as Chairperson of the Northvale Cultural Arts Committee. Nunziata holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from St. John's University . She lives in Northvale , N.J. , with her husband, David Llewellyn, a photographer. Speaker - Vishy Gopalakrishnan, Director, Industry Solutions Practice, AT&T Mobility
Vishy Gopalakrishnan is a Director with the Industry Solutions Practice at AT&T Mobility. In his role, Vishy works with enterprises to define and deliver mobile applications; providing guidance on mobile strategy, solution architecture, and implications for IT operations and security. Vishy was formerly Nokia's global head of the Strategy and Application Mobilization practice areas for Mobility Professional Services worldwide and co-authored "Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge." Vishy held prior leadership roles for Mobility Partners, LLC, Capgemini, and Motorola. He maintains a personal blog at www.mobilemusingsmostly.com | |
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Making Sense of Mobile Broadband (Location: 1E10) This mini-tutorial is designed to give you a quick but comprehensive overview of mobile broadband technologies. We'll explore the latest Wi-Fi developments and standards, and also dig into cellular and wide-area technologies including EV-DO, HSPA, LTE, and WiMAX. We'll also present a roadmap for the availability of very-high-throughput products, systems, and services, and discuss the key issues that, even with the amazing technological advances of the past decade, remain as challenges for the enterprise. Speaker - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, octoScope
Fanny Mlinarsky is President of octoScope, a wireless communications consulting firm focusing on WiMAX and LTE technologies. She has 26 years of experience developing data communication and test products. At the start of her career she designed Ethernet and RF modems, technologies that resulted in the Cable modem used today for broadband access. As VP of Engineering at Scope Communications (now Agilent), Fanny and her team developed network test equipment. For the past 8 years Fanny has been focusing on the wireless communications product development and deployments. In 2001 she founded Azimuth Systems, the leading wireless test equipment vendor focusing on Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE. Through her work on wireless test equipment Fanny has become an expert at wireless performance requirements for a variety of applications, including data, voice and video. She founded the IEEE 802.11 test committee that worked on the standard for performance test. Her expertise spans RF, PHY, MAC, transport and application layers. Fanny frequently publishes articles on wireless communications and participates in industry standards development and conferences. | |
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Next-Generation Wireless and Mobile Technologies (Location: 1E10) Wireless is a notoriously difficult space for engineers, caught between the unforgiving laws of physics and the economic requirements inherent in designing, building, and manufacturing products. And yet, talented researchers and developers continue to push throughput, range, and reliability, all the while lowering costs and power requirements. This session will provide an update on the latest developments in wireless, including gigabit wireless LANs, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA, the basis of most 4G technologies), and advanced antennas. If you want to know what's next in wireless, and what it will mean to you, this is the place. Moderator - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, octoScope
Fanny Mlinarsky is President of octoScope, a wireless communications consulting firm focusing on WiMAX and LTE technologies. She has 26 years of experience developing data communication and test products. At the start of her career she designed Ethernet and RF modems, technologies that resulted in the Cable modem used today for broadband access. As VP of Engineering at Scope Communications (now Agilent), Fanny and her team developed network test equipment. For the past 8 years Fanny has been focusing on the wireless communications product development and deployments. In 2001 she founded Azimuth Systems, the leading wireless test equipment vendor focusing on Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE. Through her work on wireless test equipment Fanny has become an expert at wireless performance requirements for a variety of applications, including data, voice and video. She founded the IEEE 802.11 test committee that worked on the standard for performance test. Her expertise spans RF, PHY, MAC, transport and application layers. Fanny frequently publishes articles on wireless communications and participates in industry standards development and conferences. Speaker - Dave Kelf, President and CEO, Sigmatix
Speaker - Mathilde Benveniste, Ph.D, Principal Engineer, InterDigital Communications, LLC
Mathilde Benveniste, Principal Eingineer, InterDigital, has worked on wireless systems, including cellular systems and wireless LANs, for the past twenty years. She holds forty-two patents in this field with fifty-nine more pending. She has held research positions at Avaya Labs, AT&T Labs and AT&T Bell Labs. She has been active in the QoS and Mesh Networking 802.11 standards task groups, and has made numerous contributions to the 802.11 standard. She pioneerd the concept of self-configuring cellular networks. She has published technical papers on network planning, radio resources management, traffic engineering, WLAN medium access technology, and wireless mesh performance. Her graduate training was in operations research, and her undergraduate major was physics. She received Ph.D. and M.S.E. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, MD, and a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA. Speaker - Neil Diener, Technical Leader, Office of the CTO and Strategic Initiatives, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Cisco
Neil Diener is a Technical Leader in the CTO and Strategic Initiatives Office of Cisco's Wireless Networking Business Unit. At Cisco, Neil works on shaping Cisco's wireless technology and product strategies, with a focus on the areas of Spectrum Intelligence, new RF technologies, and video over Wi-Fi. Neil came to Cisco through the acquisition of Cognio, Inc. in 2007, where he was co-founder and CTO. Before founding Cognio, he held a series of management level positions at companies including Ask.com, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Xerox. Neil holds a BS Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MS Computer Engineering from USC. He has been issued 15 patents in the area of Wi-Fi and spectrum management. Speaker - Paul Tornatta, Chief Technical Officer, SkyCross
Mr. Tornatta has more than 24 years of experience in the aerospace, wireless, telecommunications, and automotive industries. Prior to joining SkyCross, he served as vice president of the automotive business unit at Radiall Corp., a leading supplier of RF interconnect products. He also served in a variety of leadership positions at Larsen Antenna Technologies, Metricom, and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Tornatta earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University . He has written articles on RF design and electromagnetics for a variety of RF trade publications and holds a number of patents in antenna technology. | |
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Mobile Broadband: Finding the Right Mix (Location: 1E10) Is it possible for all mobile broadband needs to be addressed by a single technology? Or will success demand a converged, multi-radio approach? This is one of the most important questions facing enterprise mobility over the next few years, and the answer will likely dictate enterprise purchases well into the future. This session will debate the alternatives - femtocells, mobile unified messaging, public-access Wi-Fi, and the future of enterprise computing and communications. Moderator - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, octoScope
Fanny Mlinarsky is President of octoScope, a wireless communications consulting firm focusing on WiMAX and LTE technologies. She has 26 years of experience developing data communication and test products. At the start of her career she designed Ethernet and RF modems, technologies that resulted in the Cable modem used today for broadband access. As VP of Engineering at Scope Communications (now Agilent), Fanny and her team developed network test equipment. For the past 8 years Fanny has been focusing on the wireless communications product development and deployments. In 2001 she founded Azimuth Systems, the leading wireless test equipment vendor focusing on Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE. Through her work on wireless test equipment Fanny has become an expert at wireless performance requirements for a variety of applications, including data, voice and video. She founded the IEEE 802.11 test committee that worked on the standard for performance test. Her expertise spans RF, PHY, MAC, transport and application layers. Fanny frequently publishes articles on wireless communications and participates in industry standards development and conferences. Speaker - Dan Lowden, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, AT&T Wi-Fi Services
Dan Lowden serves as vice president of marketing and business development for AT&T Wi-Fi Services, an operating unit of AT&T dedicated to providing end to end connectivity resources for a variety of customers, including those in hospitality, retail, healthcare, sport arenas/stadiums and university segments. Dan oversees marketing communications, venue marketing and Wi-Fi product marketing. In 2008, AT&T purchased Wayport, Inc., a privately held company in the business of Wi-Fi network services. Dan had been a part of Wayport's leadership team since 2001, managing marketing and business development, including the development of long term strategic ISP and carrier partners and device manufacturers. Prior to joining Wayport, Dan held key marketing positions at IBM, including ThinkPad world-wide segment manager and North American ThinkPad brand manager responsible for developing products that incorporated Wi-Fi technology targeted at the enterprise market. He also filled mobile device product management roles at NEC Technologies and Sharp Electronics. Dan holds a BS from Rider University and an MBA in International Business from Rutgers University. Speaker - Mike Seymour, VP Business Development, Alcatel-Lucent
Mike Seymour is responsible for business development and technical consulting for all wireless technologies in the Americas Region. In this role he is responsible for evangelizing Alcatel-Lucent's value proposition across the wireless portfolio to customers in the Region and developing / supporting complex solutions in the segment. He most recently held the position of Vice President of Partnerships for the Mobile Access Division, completing a year-long assignment in Paris. He previously held the position of Vice President of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX North American Program since 2004. In this capacity, he was responsible for all pre-sales and post-sales activities including business development, technical support and project management for WiMAX across all market segments in North America. Mike joined Alcatel-Lucent as a result of the company's acquisition of PacketVideo Network Solutions in 2003 where he held various positions during his tenure, most recently as the Vice President of Engineering and Program Management. Mike began his career at Motorola as a Systems Engineer supporting the CDMA Radio Access Network products where he was part of the team that deployed the first commercial CDMA systems in the world. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Wireless Communications Association International, where he also serves on its Executive Committee. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa. Speaker - Prakash Sangam, Sr. Manager Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
Prakash Sangam is a Senior Manager in Qualcomm's Technical Marketing group. He develops and communicates key messages for a variety of wireless technologies supported by Qualcomm. Sangam joined Qualcomm in 1998 and has served in numerous engineering and marketing roles with a focus on developing markets such as India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Qualcomm, Sangam was at Ericsson, where he was involved in both the business and technical aspects of the company - from product marketing and project management to overseeing deployment and optimization of CDMA and WCDMA networks. Prior to that Sangam worked at AT&T's Indian JV, helping that company deploy some of India's early GSM networks. Sangam holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from Karnatak University in India and a MBA from San Diego State University. | |
Smartphones and Beyond
The bottom line for many users and IT managers alike is in the wireless subscriber unit carried in the field. With so many alternatives here, however, along with an increasing range of capabilities, software platforms, and management challenges, picking the right combinations of devices can be challenging. That's the key objective and theme of this track – providing a framework for analyzing and deciding on the right toolset for the mission (and more likely missions) at hand. These sessions include an in-depth look at the key issues, benefits and challenges in mobile devices, and how they relate to the overall mobile opportunity.
| Thursday, November 19 | |
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Mobile Devices: Options and Alternatives (Location: 1E10) It's only been in the past couple of years that terms like "netbook", "smartphone", "smartbook", and "mobile internet device", to name just a few, have been part of the IT lexicon. No longer, however, are a notebook and a cell phone alone sufficient; these are really just a starting point for key decisions that will affect both productivity and the bottom line. This mini-tutorial will examine the key alternatives and issues in mobile computing and communications today, and help you define the right toolset for your organization. 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. 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 variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York) and Mobile Internet World conferences. He is also the program chair for the Mobile Business Expo (MBX) conferences. He serves as a monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com and Computerworld.com, 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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Operating Systems for Handsets: Where Do We Go from Here? (Location: 1E10) "Smartphone" really doesn't cover it anymore - essentially every handset today, after all, is pretty smart. We're really looking, however, at an explosion of alternatives in mobile operating environments that define platforms, with vendors now competing even on the number of apps they support. IT, of course, doesn't care about volume here - it's more about having the right apps and a platform that's cost-effective and easy to manage. This session will explore the key directions in both mobile operating systems and strategies for mobilizing IT using these powerful new handsets. 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. 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 variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York) and Mobile Internet World conferences. He is also the program chair for the Mobile Business Expo (MBX) conferences. He serves as a monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com and Computerworld.com, and ardent blogger ("Nearpoints") for networkworld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. Speaker - Adam Blum, CEO, Rhomobile
Rhomobile CEO, Adam Blum, came from Good Technology where he was the Senior Director of Engineering. While spending millions of dollars at Good on enterprise mobile application development Adam realized there was a need for a framework where companies could build mobile applications easily and empower their workforce without spending millions upon millions of dollars on application development, training their programmers to learn different programming languages and then building apps from scratch. Rhomobile's Rhodes enables companies to build their apps and execute them across all the major devices. Adam is a longtime CTO/VP of Engineering for startups in the web services and mobile spaces (Commerce One, Systinet, Good, Mobio). Speaker - Elizabeth Altman, Vice President, Business Development, Motorola Mobile Devices
Elizabeth J. Altman is Vice President of Business Development in Motorola's Mobile Devices business. In this role she leads a team that works with external partners to drive growth for Motorola's Mobile Devices business. Responsibilities of the team include identifying partners, developing relationship strategies, and executing and managing deals in support of Motorola's product and service strategies. Prior to this role, Altman was responsible for Strategy and Business Development in the Consumer Products group of Motorola's Mobile Devices business where she led a team developing and executing business strategy and managing relationships with key partner companies for a multi-billion dollar division. Over her 17 years at Motorola, Altman has held roles in industrial design, product development engineering, manufacturing, and marketing. Her main areas of expertise relate to innovation strategy, business development, M&A, equity investing, developing and managing strategic alliances and technology licensing. Altman began her career at Motorola in 1992 as a staff mechanical engineer after earning dual graduate degrees in mechanical engineering and management as a fellow in MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing Program. In 1994, she was awarded a U.S. Department of Commerce and Japanese government manufacturing technology fellowship and spent a year working at a Sony factory in Japan. Altman earned her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at Cornell University and serves on the Cornell University Board of Trustees. She is also a member of the Cornell College of Engineering Advisory Council, and the President's Council of Cornell Women. She guest lectures regularly at both Cornell and M.I.T. Altman is co-author of the book The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work (Harvard Business Press, June 2008). Speaker - Gavin Kim, Vice President, Content & Data Services and Enterprise Enablement, Samsung Telecommunications America
Gavin Kim is Vice President of Content & Data Services and Enterprise Enablement for Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile). Gavin has responsibility for incubating Samsung's content/developer partnerships, and leading strategy and development of Samsung Mobile's software products and services for wireless devices. He also has responsibility for building Samsung's Enterprise (B2B) business in the United States. Prior to joining Samsung, Gavin held the role of Vice President at Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), an early-stage venture fund, where he focused on investments in mobile and media software companies. Gavin came to ATV from Motorola where he was responsible for product planning and operations for mobile devices with Sprint Nextel. Gavin has also held business development and management positions at other mobile and telecommunications companies including PacketVideo and Ascend Communications. Gavin holds an M.B.A from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from Cornell University. Speaker - Hakon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera Software ASA
Håkon Wium Lie joined Opera in 1999 as the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to his position at Opera, Wium Lie worked for W3C, where he proposed the concept of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). He is a knowledgeable speaker on languages for the Web, as well as the past, present and future of the Web. Prior speaking engagements include XTech, International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), Atypi and Seybold. Wium Lie has also written for The Register, CNET and A List Apart. After receiving his Master's degree from MIT Media Lab, Wium Lie worked as a research scientist at Norwegian Telecom Research and later at CERN, the birthplace of the Web. From 1995 to 1999, Wium Lie worked for W3C, after which he joined Opera. He has also received a PhD degree from the University of Oslo in 2006. In 1999, Technology Review included him on the TR100 list, "a group of one hundred young innovators in technology from around the world". Wium Lie was also honored by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the "Technology Pioneers" in 2000 and 2001. | |
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Beyond the Handset: Mobile IT User Roundtable (Location: 1E10) While wireless communications and mobile computing continue to evolve rapidly, we're now at the point where leading IT departments have sufficient experience to establish and implement best practices. This session will feature advice from IT managers that are making cost-effective and productive use of mobile IT devices, technologies, and systems today. Come learn what works - and what doesn't - and gain valuable insight into what needs to be in your mobility arsenal today and going forward. 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. 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 variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York) and Mobile Internet World conferences. He is also the program chair for the Mobile Business Expo (MBX) conferences. He serves as a monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com and Computerworld.com, and ardent blogger ("Nearpoints") for networkworld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. Speaker - Michael Saitow, CIO, MS Walker, Inc.
Michael Saitow is an energetic leader with over 12 years of executive level experience operations, logistics, marketing & IT. He is responsible for the business process engineering surrounding both sales and operations and for M. S. Walker, Inc., a $250 million Wine & Spirits distributor with facilities throughout the northeast United States. He has held multiple senior-level positions in the service, sales, on-line, and financial vertical markets, and has deployed six wireless applications, including Sales Force Automation (SFA), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Mr. Saitow was the Project Manager for the Company's distribution facility migration in 2005, including the implementation of HighJump Software, which has significantly reduced the Company's expenses related to operations and improved customer satisfaction. A graduate of Syracuse University, SI Newhouse College, Mr. Saitow is an avid surfer, skier and rock, ice and mountain climber. Speaker - Paul DeBeasi, Senior Analyst, Burton Group
Paul DeBeasi is a Senior Analyst at the Burton Group and has over 25 years experience in the networking industry. Before joining the Burton Group, Paul founded ClearChoice Advisors, a wireless consulting firm, and was the VP Product Marketing at Legra Systems, a wireless-switch innovator. Prior to Legra, Paul was the VP Product Marketing at startups IPHighway and ONEX Communications and was also the Frame Relay product line manager for Cascade Communications. Paul began his career developing networking systems as a senior engineer at Bell Laboratories, Prime Computer, and Chipcom Corporation. Paul holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Speaker - Philippe Winthrop, Director - Global Wireless Practice, Strategy Analytics
Philippe Winthrop is a Director in the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics with a focus on Enterprise Mobility spanning all aspects of the enterprise mobility ecosystem, from mobile strategy adoption to mobile application integration, as well as managed services for mobility. Philippe has spent his entire career researching emerging technologies and their impact on the corporate value chain. Philippe started his career at GeoPartners research, a boutique strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects including AT&T Wireless' adoption and migration path to GSM from TDMA. After GeoPartners, Philippe joined IDC's European IT Services Research group where he spearheaded a wide variety of research and consulting projects for the Top 50 IT Services companies in Western Europe . Philippe most recently was the Research Director for Wireless and Mobility at Aberdeen Group, a Boston based research firm. Not only did Philippe launch the Wireless and Mobility practice at Aberdeen, he also conducted ground-breaking research to quantify the tangible value of key mobile and wireless technologies, including enterprise mobility strategy adoption, Fixed Mobile Convergence, enterprise WiFi adoption, application deployment on WLANs and more. Philippe is a frequent speaker and presenter and currently sits on the advisory board of Mobile Enterprise Magazine. Speaker - Tim Scannell, Editorial Director, TechnologyGuide.com
Tim Scannell is the Editorial Director at TechTarget's consumer and business subsidiary, TechnologyGuide.com, a leading review authority on notebook and desktop PCs, mobile devices and consumer electronics. He was previously an editor of TechTarget's SearchEnterpriseWAN.com Web portal, which provides technology information and service-based news to network administrators, engineers and others involved in enterprise wide area networks (WANs). Tim is also the founder and a consulting advisor at Shoreline Research, a Quincy, MA based consulting, research, and information services company specializing in technology and marketing initiatives, and a Managing Director at 2in10, Ltd., a Scotland-based strategic business services and venture management company specializing in product positioning and channel expertise. He is also a content advisor to Q-Marketing, Inc., a high-tech awareness and advertising company located just outside Boston. Scannell has nearly 30 years experience as a writer, editor, and analyst in the computer industry, working on such publications as Computerworld, PC Products, Mini-Micro Systems, Systems Integration and most recently Computer Reseller News. Scannell has freelanced for a number of U.S. publications, including: U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and Crain's Net Marketing. He presently directs content projects for a number of companies worldwide and maintains a mobile media blog called Inside Mobile Media.< | |
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Mobile Computing and Communications: Does the iPhone Really Set the Pace? (Location: 1E10) Many users have decided that Apple's iPhone is the right device for them - but is it the right device for mobile IT? While its roots are undeniably in the consumer space, many iPhones are in fact today being used in business. But how does the iPhone really stack up against the competition and enterprise IT requirements? With so many alternatives, is an iPhone-centric strategy really the right direction? This lively debate will explore the opportunities - and issues - inherent in the iPhone and its competitors, and help you prepare a checklist of key requirements for future handset deployments. Moderator - Paul DeBeasi, Senior Analyst, Burton Group
Paul DeBeasi is a Senior Analyst at the Burton Group and has over 25 years experience in the networking industry. Before joining the Burton Group, Paul founded ClearChoice Advisors, a wireless consulting firm, and was the VP Product Marketing at Legra Systems, a wireless-switch innovator. Prior to Legra, Paul was the VP Product Marketing at startups IPHighway and ONEX Communications and was also the Frame Relay product line manager for Cascade Communications. Paul began his career developing networking systems as a senior engineer at Bell Laboratories, Prime Computer, and Chipcom Corporation. Paul holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Speaker - Dan Dearing, VP Marketing and Product Management, Trust Digital
Dan Dearing is Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Trust Digital, with responsibility for product marketing, product management, and marketing communications. With 20+ years of industry experience, Dan has held a number of technical and business positions for leading technology companies such as Ciena, Hughes Network Systems, and NexTone. While at NexTone, his most recent position prior to Trust Digital, he created marketing, product, and partnership strategies that differentiated the company as a leading supplier of VoIP session controller technologies for carriers, service providers, and enterprises. Dan helped create the session controller product category which positioned NexTone in a $1.2B market by 2008 and established the vendor as a thought-leader using innovative initiatives, such as NexTone University and the NexTone Blog, to separate the company from its rivals. Speaker - John Herrema, III, Chief Marketing Officer, Good Technology
John joined Visto Corporation, the parent company of Good Technology, in June 2003 as VP Business Development when Visto acquired ViAir Inc. In that role, John helped drive Visto's growth based on marketing and distribution partnerships with partners such as IBM, Microsoft, Palm, and Ericsson. Prior to joining Visto, John co-founded ViAir in February 2000 where he also served as VP Business Development and helped drive ViAir's product and business strategy, including the formation of it initial distribution partnerships with carriers such as AT&T Wireless and Nextel Communications and infrastructure providers such as Comverse Technology. Before founding ViAir, John was Business Development in Microsoft's Wireless Sales and Strategy Group. In that role, John was part of the team that created the first MSN Mobile offerings and distribution agreements with carriers such as Nextel Communications and AirTouch Communications. John joined Microsoft after helping launch Sprint PCS, where he served as Senior Product Manager and was responsible for the launch of Sprint's nationwide Voice Mail service and the industry's first Wireless Web offering, which included a partnership with Yahoo! to create the world's first "mobile portal" offering from a major Web brand. Speaker - Julie Palen, Senior Vice President, Tangoe
Prior to its merger with Tangoe in December 2008, Julie was president and CEO of InterNoded, Inc. With more than eighteen years experience in the technology industry and a decade of experience in wireless consulting, development, and management, Julie lead an executive team that drove strategic partnerships with RIM, Nokia, Good, Microsoft, IBM, Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless. In addition, she drove many new business development opportunities with potential strategic partnerships with Fortune 500. Prior to founding InterNoded in 1993, Julie was a business systems analyst at Lotus Development Corporation, where she served on the team that deployed the first seats of Lotus Notes to the sales organization.A frequent speaker at women entrepreneur events, Julie has been honored as one of the leading women entrepreneurs in the world and was recognized as having one of the top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts. Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Salem State College and currently sits on the board of advisors at the Bertolon School of Business at Salem State College. Speaker - Keith Shaw, Programming Director / Cool Tools Columnist, Network World
The first gadget Keith Shaw ever wanted was the Merlin, a red plastic toy that beeped and played Tic-Tac-Toe and other various games. Since then, his obsession with technology, both small and large, has grown into the multimedia empire that is Cool Tools. A child of the '70s and teen-ager of the '80s, Shaw has been a fan of computers, technology and video games right from the start. He won an award in 8th grade for programming a game on the school's only computer, and saved his allowance to buy an Atari 2600. He took a side trip in the '90s to the world of newspaper journalism, and has worked at a variety of newspapers in New York, Florida and Massachusetts. In 1997, he combined his love of technology with his journalism skills, working at Computerworld for a few years before joining Network World in 1999 as the company's product reviews editor. In 2000, Shaw took over the Cool Tools column, which continues to appear in the print version of Network World weekly. Shaw started the Cool Tools video show in 2005, and in 2006 teamed up with Multimedia Editor Jason Meserve to create the company's weekly Twisted Pair podcast, which occasionally covers gadgets and other technology news. As Network World's Programming Director, he oversees the production and content creation of the site's videos and podcasts, and has created or spearheaded several popular programs, including Network World Panorama, the DEMOcast, and JavaWorld's Technology Insider. Shaw has a bachelor's degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University and he's extremely disappointed with the football team as of late. As product reviews editor, Shaw won an award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for a 2003 article on anti-spam testing. Shaw is also the co-creator of http://www.taquitos.net, the crunchiest site on the InterWeb, which has taste tested and reviewed more than 4,100 varieties of snack foods. Speaker - Nathan Clevenger, Enterprise Mobility Solutions Practice Leader, ITR Group
Mr. Clevenger is currently the Enterprise Editor for iPhone Life magazine and runs the Enterprise Mobility Solutions practice at ITR Group. He was previously the Chief Software Architect for Mobiliam, a leading provider of enterprise-class mobile/wireless software products, and has been developing mobile software for more than a decade. He is regarded as one of the industry's foremost experts in enterprise mobility, and tirelessly educates the marketplace about the true potential for mobile technology within business. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Mobile Development Association, he was the founder of Clevrware, a mobile software development and consulting firm acquired by Mobiliam in 2003. An avid evangelist of mobile computing, he is dedicated to raising awareness of the potential for this technology in business. He writes for a variety of technical and business publications, and speaks at industry events. | |
Wireless Management and Operations
Perhaps the greatest challenge of all is managing a network that lacks traditional boundaries, users that can be literally anywhere, technologies that evolve with startling speed, and all the while within the context of tight budgets and enormous, mission-critical expectations. Welcome to the world of mobility management, the nexus of this track. Our mission here is to provide a framework for analyzing the management demands inherent in mobility, and to review and expand upon the key technical and operational issues related to managing mobile users and deployments. Key issues and their solutions will be explored, all with an eye towards building solutions that meet the enterprise's objectives while functioning within its necessary constraints.
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Your Employees Are Roaming - Is Your Confidential Information? (Location: 1E08) Corporate networks extend beyond office walls. Users access the Web from laptops or mobile devices in airports, hotels and more, and continue to leverage their personal devices for business. This sparks heightened security concerns in the enterprise. This panel explores the expanding corporate perimeter and how to ensure that even while employees roam, sensitive corporate data is not compromised. Speaker - Paul Judge, CTO, Purewire
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Mobility and Management: The Key Issues Today (Location: 1E08) Mobility has introduced an entirely new - and very challenging - set of issues into network, operational, and line-of-business management. Sure, it's great to be out where the action is without leaving your IT arsenal behind, but how should mobile workers, access, devices, and applications be managed so as to maximize benefits while minimizing costs? This mini-tutorial will explore these issues in depth, and will also present a perspective guiding the remainder of the track. Speaker - Lisa Phifer, President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer is President of Core Competence, a consulting firm focused on business use of emerging network and security technologies. At Core Competence, Lisa draws upon nearly 30 years of network design, implementation, and testing experience to provide services ranging from vulnerability assessment and product evaluation to user education and white paper development. She has advised companies large and small regarding use of network technologies and security best practices to manage risk and meet business needs. Lisa teaches and writes extensively about many technologies, including wireless/mobile security, IPS, VPN, and NAC. Her work appears regularly in industry publications, including Wi-Fi Planet, SearchMobileComputing, and Information Security Magazine. | |||||
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Integrating Mobility into Your Network Operations Center (Location: 1E08) IT and operations managers who have gone mobile know that the benefits are great, but so are the challenges involved. This session will examine the tactical options for integrating mobility into existing network and system operations processes. From unified wired/wireless management to mobile device management, collaborative systems, and security across the entire network and user value chain, this panel will address key opportunities, examine best practices, and offer actionable advice on how to leverage integrated management to get the most from mobility today and tomorrow. Moderator - Lisa Phifer, President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer is President of Core Competence, a consulting firm focused on business use of emerging network and security technologies. At Core Competence, Lisa draws upon nearly 30 years of network design, implementation, and testing experience to provide services ranging from vulnerability assessment and product evaluation to user education and white paper development. She has advised companies large and small regarding use of network technologies and security best practices to manage risk and meet business needs. Lisa teaches and writes extensively about many technologies, including wireless/mobile security, IPS, VPN, and NAC. Her work appears regularly in industry publications, including Wi-Fi Planet, SearchMobileComputing, and Information Security Magazine. Speaker - Bryan Wargo, General Manager, AirWave Wireless
Bryan Wargo is the general manager of Aruba's AirWave division focused on multi-vendor wireless management systems. Bryan comes to Aruba via the AirWave Wireless acquisition where he was Vice President of Sales & Business Development since 2002. Prior to AirWave, Bryan successfully founded 2Roam to address the proliferation of mobile Internet devices and the profound effect they have on enterprise computing. Bryan also served as senior business development manager for VeriFone's e-commerce software products and was a territory manager for Hewlett-Packard's Unix division. Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. Speaker - Clifford Cibelli, Manager -- Global Managed Solutions, Verizon
Cliff Cibelli is a manager of product management and development for Verizon, with responsibility for developing and deploying managed network solutions across all Verizon business channels. Cibelli's portfolio includes cross-product support for managed mobility, managed wide- and local-area networking, wireless local area networking and emergency communications services. A 27-year communications industry veteran, Cibelli holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Fairleigh Dickinson University, as well as certifications from the Foundations of IT Service Management and ITIL. Speaker - Wade Williamson, Director, Product Management, AirMagnet Inc.
Wade Williamson, director of product management at AirMagnet has extensive experience in driving and delivering critical wireless and voice-over-wireless solutions to enterprise, retail, healthcare, financial, education, and government markets. During his 5+ years at AirMagnet, Mr. Williamson has brought the company's flagship product lines to fruition and continues to drive product development to support emerging technologies such as 802.11n. Prior to AirMagnet, Mr. Williamson held various product management, engineering, and technical marketing positions with emerging solution providers, as well as with established networking leaders such as Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications. Mr. Williamson holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Texas-Austin. | |||||
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Mobile Device Management: Who Takes the Lead? (Location: 1E08) Mobile device management - extending management control all the way to the end-user's handheld - is one of the most exciting and yet challenging opportunities in mobile IT today. And it begs some key questions. Who should own the handheld device? What security and acceptable-use policies make sense? Should mobile device management be a user or carrier service? How can unified and converged services be managed? This session will debate these issues and offer alternatives for enterprises across all industries. Moderator - Lisa Phifer, President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer is President of Core Competence, a consulting firm focused on business use of emerging network and security technologies. At Core Competence, Lisa draws upon nearly 30 years of network design, implementation, and testing experience to provide services ranging from vulnerability assessment and product evaluation to user education and white paper development. She has advised companies large and small regarding use of network technologies and security best practices to manage risk and meet business needs. Lisa teaches and writes extensively about many technologies, including wireless/mobile security, IPS, VPN, and NAC. Her work appears regularly in industry publications, including Wi-Fi Planet, SearchMobileComputing, and Information Security Magazine. Speaker - David Ginsburg, VP Product Marketing, InnoPath Software
David Ginsburg brings to InnoPath more than 20 years of marketing and technical networking experience. Most recently, Mr. Ginsburg was Vice President of Marketing at Lucent Technologies and was responsible for all aspects of Lucent's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (former Riverstone) marketing, product strategy, and business operations. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing & Product Management at Riverstone Networks, Vice President of Marketing at Allegro Networks and Vice President of Product Marketing at Nortel Networks. David has also held a variety of management and engineering positions with Cisco Systems, Alcatel and the U.S. Army. Mr. Ginsburg has authored several internetworking books including Implementing IP Services and the Network Edge, Implementing ADSL and ATM: Solutions for Enterprise Internetworking. He is also a former chair of the Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF) and holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Speaker - Gerald McNerney, Vice President, MSSI Mobile Computing Product Management, Motorola Inc
Jerry McNerney is responsible for Motorola's Mobile Computing portfolio for the Enterprise Mobility Solutions division. He takes this role after successfully leading Strategy & Business Development for the Enterprise business and managing the transportation, distribution and logistics industry markets globally for Motorola and the former Symbol Technologies. Before joining Motorola, Jerry was with AMR Research where he was the Senior Analyst, Supply Chain Service. Prior experience included sales, marketing, and operations managerial positions with international transportation carriers specializing in perishable food, bulk and automobile carriage. Jerry speaks frequently at industry trade conferences, user group meetings, and executive conferences. He has appeared on CNBC and CNN and is widely quoted in leading business and industry trade publications on the benefits of mobility in the enterprise. Jerry received his B.S. degree from the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler and M.B.A. degree from St. John's University. Speaker - Mark Gentile, President and Chief Executive Officer, Odyssey Software Inc.,
Mark Gentile, President and CEO of Odyssey Software, is a pioneer in the mobile enterprise software market. He has led the design, development, and implementation of mobile enterprise solutions for many Fortune 500 companies across North America. Mark founded Odyssey Software in 1996. His ingenuity and perseverance produced a suite of mobility solutions that have helped thousands of enterprise companies, their CIOs, help desks, mobile workers, and customers. Mark's vision, real-world experience and ability to bring best-in-class products to market have established Odyssey Software as a technology leader in the mobile device management market. Speaker - Sean Fleming, Executive Director, Mformation Technologies Inc.
Sean Fleming, Executive Director for Global Solutions Sales at Mformation, has more than fifteen years of management, business and technical experience in domestic and international markets. Before Mformation, Sean was a Managing Consultant for IBM where he managed key projects for Global Telecommunications Companies. Before IBM, Sean was Principal Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. Sean holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware, the School of Engineering, USA. | |||||
