| Wednesday, September 17 |
| 1:30 pm–2:30 pm |
MBX Conference Sessions
Future Directions: Advanced Wireless TechnologiesDespite its 100-plus year history, wireless today is benefiting from a level of innovation unmatched in any other area of high technology. New developments appear at a remarkable rate, with the accompanying marketing hype. However not all new developments are ultimately successful or even meaningful. This session will explore a number of key technology directions in basic wireless technologies and provide an analysis of which wireless technologies are going to matter in the long run. Moderator - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, OctoScope
Speaker - Russell Cyr, CMO & Co-Founder, Bitwave Semiconductor Russell Cyr is a 20-year veteran of the wireless communications evolution. Russ is currently the CMO and Co-founder of BitWave Semiconductor, a start-up working on a single chip software defined radio transceiver. Russ has worked for public and start-up companies in the areas of RFICs, WLAN, fixed broadband wireless access, cellular infrastructure, microcells, wireless local loop, CDPD, broadband microwave radio and high performance digital tuners. Prior to BitWave, Russ held VP and senior level positions at Global Communication Devices, Engim, Adaptive Broadband, California Microwave and Tellabs Wireless, Steinbrecher and Lockheed/Sanders. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in microwave engineering from the University of Massachusetts and he holds an MBA from Rivier college.
Speaker - Steve Muir, CTO, Vanu, Inc. Steve Muir has been involved with Vanu, Inc. since 2001, when he joined the company as a member of the engineering staff. Prior to joining Vanu, Steve had internships at IBM, HP, DEC/Compaq and NEC. He has been involved in numerous research projects in the areas of networking and operating systems, including IP network infrastructures and security architectures for software radio systems. Steve possesses a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical and Information Science from the University of Cambridge in England.
| | Thursday, September 18 |
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| 10:15 am–11:15 am |
MBX Conference Sessions
Convergence - or Not?Some analysts believe that the convergence of wireline and wireless - and more importantly, the convergence of multiple mobile wireless technologies into a single handset with the real-time handoff of a connection - defines the ultimate wireless solution. But others believe that the deployment of a single technology using both traditional cells and indoor femtocells is a much simpler - and much more effective - approach. This session will examine fixed/mobile convergence, mobile/mobile convergence, device and software trends, and femtocells and related approaches in a debate designed to answer this fundamental question for enterprise IT managers and users. Moderator - Michael Finneran, Principal, dBrn Associates Michael is an independent consultant, industry analyst, and writer who focuses on wireless technologies, mobile UC, and fixed-mobile convergence. He wrote the book "Voice Over Wireless LANs- The Complete Guide" (Elsevier, 2008), though his expertise spans the full range of wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMAX, and RFID. A lively and informative speaker, Michael has made frequent appearances at trade shows and conferences including VoiceCon and InterOp, and he now serves as the program chair for Wireless and Mobility at VoiceCon. In the consulting area, Mr. Finneran has provided assistance to a carriers, equipment vendors, end users, and investment firms. 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 white papers and has contributed to Computerworld, Data Communications, The Ticker, and The ACUTA Journal. A long-time member of the IEEE and the Society for Telecommunications consultants, Mr. Finneran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Manhattan College and a Masters Degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Speaker - Brian Tamminen, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, ADC/LGC Wireless Brian Tamminen is Vice President of Strategic Marketing in ADC's Network Solutions Business Unit. He has served in a variety of technical and business roles during his career and is currently leading ADC's marketing efforts for InterReach Office, an innovative solution designed to deliver economical, cellular-based fixed mobile convergence. Tamminen has over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, serving for the past 12 years at ADC. Before joining ADC, he held project management and strategic planning positions at AT&T and Bell Labs. ADC Network Solutions offers products that deliver high-performance wireless coverage and capacity to business and consumer subscribers in any indoor or outdoor location. ADC is the global leader in advanced in-building wireless solutions and compact network systems, and is a leader in solutions that enhance coverage in macro networks.
Speaker - Luc Roy, Vice President of Mobile Enterprise, Siemens Enterprise Communications Luc Roy is the Vice President of Enterprise Mobility at Siemens Enterprise Communications, Chantry Networks Inc. Business Unit. Luc has more than 20 years of data networking and wireless experience in product planning, product management, product marketing, network design and go to market strategies. Past working experiences include Extreme Networks, Greenfield Networks, Alidian Networks, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and Wellfleet Communications. Roy earned a degree in Computer Science from the Department of Science at Ottawa University. He has served on the ITU's SC-6 (sub-committee for OSI's CLNP routing protocol) and currently participates in the IETF, IEEE 802.11 and WiFi Alliance.
Speaker - Pejman Roshan, Vice President of Marketing/Founder, Agito Networks Pejman Roshan is the Vice President of Marketing and a founder of Agito Networks, where he is responsible for outbound marketing and product management. He brings more than 16 years of wireless expertise and an extensive track record to the company. Prior to founding Agito, Mr. Roshan was Product Line Manager in the Cisco Systems Wireless Networking Business Unit, responsible for software, security, voice and WLAN management products. Prior to that, Mr. Roshan spent eight years as a network engineer and architect deploying large-scale networks for companies such as Cisco Systems and Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Mr. Roshan's accomplishments include participation in the IEEE 802.11 task groups responsible for security (802.11i) and QoS (802.11e); co-authoring the Cisco Press book 802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals, published by Cisco Systems in 2004; as well as publishing numerous white papers on wireless security and wireless voice. Mr. Roshan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) University.
Speaker - Vivek Khuller, President & CEO, DiVitas Networks Vivek Khuller is Founder, President and CEO of the fixed-mobile convergence equipment supplier, DiVitas Networks. Prior to founding DiVitas, Vivek was a Venture Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners. Before that he led strategic sales for the tier-1 carrier market and managed software business development at Sycamore Networks. Vivek has also held several positions at Verizon Communications where he received the Chairman's Award, the company's highest honor, for his technical leadership. Vivek earned his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School, an MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland at College Park, and a BS with Distinction in Electrical Engineering from Mangalore University, India.
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| 11:30 am–12:30 pm |
MBX Conference Sessions
4G and the Future of Mobile Broadband: LTE and WiMAXIt seems as though 3G just arrived, but, in reality, 3G is over 10 years old. Meanwhile, 4G is now on the way in the form of both Mobile WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems and technologies. This session will review the key 3G technologies now available, and frame the advances embodied in 4G. We'll also discuss the definition of 4G - which is still the subject of some debate - and rollout plans. Lastly, we will explore what may be a key battle shaping up between Mobile WiMAX and LTE. Moderator - Scott Siegler, Analyst, Mobility Infrastructure, Dell'Oro Group Scott Siegler joined Dell'Oro Group in 2007 and covers the Mobility Infrastructure market research program. He produces vendor market share reports for technologies: GSM, WCDMA and CDMA. In addition he produces 5-Year forecast reports for these technologies in addition to WiMAX, LTE and Femto Cells. Prior to joining Dell'Oro Group, Mr. Siegler was a Senior Associate with Trident Consulting Group, where he consulted on various financial and economic matters, including business valuations, transfer pricing, and corporate restructurings. Prior to Trident, Mr. Siegler spent over six years with Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), as a Program Manager and as a Software Engineer, where he was responsible for writing software to simulate AMCC's network processor and switching ASICs. Mr. Siegler began his career with Tandem Computers as a Software Engineer responsible for developing diagnostic and verification software for Tandem's fault tolerant systems. Mr. Siegler received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a minor in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Santa Clara University.
Speaker - Ashish Sharma, Corporate VP of Market Development and WiMAX Forum Marketing Working Group (MWG) Strategy & Business Development, Alvarion Mr. Sharma is responsible for many aspects of global business responsibilities within the Alvarion Ltd. corporate marketing management team and serves as the Alvarion company spokesperson. In addition, he drives corporate strategy initiatives and corporate market development efforts for several key markets and handles the strategy and business development for the WiMAX Forum MWG. Mr. Sharma has been instrumental in early development of the WiMAX industry initiatives and has supported this growth through key activities both with Alvarion and WiMAX Forum. Mr. Sharma's past experience covers a broad spectrum of roles in business development, marketing, strategy and R&D. Prior to Alvarion, Mr. Sharma served as a Director of Business Development for Ericsson for several years where he helped increase Ericsson's business in several key regions. Before Ericsson, Mr. Sharma was with Qualcomm where he developed the early CDMA systems. Mr. Sharma holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of District of Columbia, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University and a Masters of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Speaker - Craig Miller, Vice President, Product Management and Marketing Semiconductor Business Unit, NextWave Craig Miller is the Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for the Semiconductor business unit, a part of NextWave Wireless Inc.'s Mobile Products division. In this capacity, Mr. Miller manages all aspects of the Company's silicon-focused product strategy, planning, management and marketing communications. Critical to his role is driving 4G chipsets and technology to accelerate the migration of next-generation wireless broadband technologies on a global scale. A seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Miller offers nearly two-decades of semiconductor/marketing experience; demonstrating diverse expertise across various business-marketing fields, including: product planning, carrier/telco business development, branding, marketing, equity investment, and M&A consultation. Prior to joining NextWave Wireless in 2006, Mr. Miller spent 18 years with Intel¦reg; Corporation, holding key positions in the product marketing and product planning disciplines. As Director of Marketing for the Wireless Networking Group at Intel, Mr. Miller was instrumental in leading the marketing responsibilities for the evolution of Intel Centrino's? wireless LAN module. Throughout his career, Mr. Miller held a number of silicon and systems business management, strategic marketing and business development roles within the telecom, networking, computing, consumer electronics and embedded market segments. Mr. Miller earned a BSEE from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Arizona State University.
Speaker - Ramesh Kumar, Worldwide Marketing Director, Texas Instruments Communications Infrastructure Business Unit, DSP Systems Ramesh joined Texas Instruments (TI) in February 2002 and is currently the Worldwide Marketing Director for the Communications Infrastructure (CI) business unit in DSP Systems. In his initial role with TI, Ramesh worked in product marketing for the CI group. He became a Business Development Manager in 2005 for the CI team and transitioned to his current role in 2007. Ramesh has extensive experience in the wireless industry, particularly with engineering and product management. Prior to joining TI, Ramesh worked as a Wireless Systems engineer for Motorola and The MathWorks. Throughout his career, Ramesh has published several papers relevant to wireless markets and efficient wireless infrastructure design. Ramesh received a master's of science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and an executive MBA degree from Northeastern University.
Speaker - Sandy Motley, Vice President, Regional Support Center for North America, Alcatel-Lucent Sandy Motley is Vice President for Alcatel-Lucent and currently leads the Wireless Regional Support Center for North America. She is directly responsible for all sales and operational support for CDMA, W-CDMA, WiMAX technologies and ancillary wireless products. The scope of this position includes Customer Solution Definition, Offer & Quote Management, and Network Operation and Deployment Support. Sandy brings over 20 years of experience in the global telecommunications industry to this position. She began her career at AT&T Bell Labs in R&D. Her work resulted in the commercialization of a variety of products ranging from electronic cabinets to optical assemblies for both commercial and government clients. She was promoted to Director of Product Design and Realization for Lucent Technologies, Wireless Division and from there led the Bids and Proposal teams for CDMA, TDMA, GSM and WCDMA technologies. Just prior to the merger with Alcatel, Sandy held the position of Director of Portfolio Planning for Mobility Solutions. Her responsibilities in this role included overseeing product design strategy, Radio Access and Core portfolio planning and budgeting, as well as marketing for CDMA and TDMA standards. Sandy received an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed an Executive Management Program from Smith College. She received both her MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, and has completed post-master's coursework in engineering at Columbia University.
Speaker - Sten Andersson, VP Wireless Strategy, North America, Ericsson, Inc. As the Vice President of Wireless Strategy, Sten Andersson is responsible for the access and transport strategy for Ericsson's North America market unit. Specifically, his role involves managing Ericsson's strategic solution direction for mobile broadband networks. Mr. Andersson is responsible for setting Ericsson's direction for expanding mobile networks to address the next billion users. Mr. Andersson has more than 24 years of technical and strategic experience with Ericsson. Prior to his position within the Strategy division, Mr. Andersson lead Ericsson's US based R&D organizations for over five years. During that time he gained unprecedented knowledge of high-bandwidth multimedia applications and the demands they place on an operator's network. His background positions him well to provide strategic direction and an overall technology vision and roadmap for Ericsson to be a valuable partner with operator's as they explore the next generation of mobile broadband. During his Ericsson tenure, Sten has also held various roles within product management, business development and sales. He joined the company in 1982, designing wireline and wireless network solutions. He graduated from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1983.
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