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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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OPENING ADDRESS, 9:00 - 9:15 AM |
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Jaxon
Lang Jaxon Lang was named Vice President, Global Connectivity Solutions - Americas in November 2007. Lang was promoted to this position after serving as Vice President of Structured Cable Product Management, where he had responsibility for the company’s global enterprise strategy. Previously, he served as Director of Product Management for Structured Cable and Director of Sales and Marketing Integration following ADC’s acquisition of KRONE. Lang joined ADC in l994 as a Systems Engineer. During his 10+ years with ADC, he has held a variety of positions in sales, market management, operations, product engineering, and product management for U.S. and global markets. |
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OPENING KEYNOTE, 9:15 - 9:45 AM |
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Dennis Huber Dennis G. Huber is senior vice president, Corporate Strategy & Development for EMBARQ. This NYSE-listed company has approximately 19,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering voice, data, high-speed Internet, wireless and entertainment services to more than 5 million customers. In his position, Huber is responsible for business planning, development and creation of corporate strategy as well as the company’s product innovation initiatives. Prior to his current position, Huber served as senior vice president of product development, where his team brought innovative solutions to customers and delivered converged services to create a competitive advantage for EMBARQ. Huber has held other senior management positions with EMBARQ and Sprint; these include senior vice president of Wireless Solutions for EMBARQ, president of Sprint North Supply, vice president of Business Integration Technology Solutions, and senior vice president of Technology Services for Sprint PCS. |
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LUNCH KEYNOTE (FOR THE FIRST 40 REGISTRANTS ONLY) 12:15 - 1:30 PM |
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Allen Oppenheimer Since 1983, A. M. Oppenheimer, Inc. has performed Business Brokerage and Business Evaluation Services for middle-market companies. The firm specializes in the areas of business valuation, exit planning and sale-of-business for middle-market companies. Allen Oppenheimer is the Founder and President of A. M. Oppenheimer, Inc. Prior to founding A. M. Oppenheimer, Inc., he was Vice-President of Geneva Corporation. Prior to his position as Vice-President, Allen was with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company and Ernst & Ernst in New York City. With both these firms he worked in Management Consulting. Allen is a Certified Public Accountant. He is also licensed to perform as a Business Broker and is a Registered Securities Principal. He is a prize winning author and his financially related articles have been published in leading magazines. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and received his Master's degree from Stanford University. |
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AFTERNOON KEYNOTE, 3:00 - 3:30 PM |
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Mike DeVito Mike DeVito is the Vice President for Global Telecom Markets (GTM) in the Americas, based in Reston, VA. An executive in the BT Global Services (BTGS) division since April 2003, Mike has headed GTM Americas since February, 2006. Previously based at BTGS headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, he played key roles in the management and growth of BT’s multinational customer base in Europe. In his 20 years experience transforming global companies in the technology industry, Mike has held a number of executive sales and general management positions with Equant, Qwest and MCI. Mike has worked extensively across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, including several multi-year professional assignments abroad. |
GENERAL SESSIONS
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IS THE QUAD PLAY YOUR FUTURE? 9:45 - 10:45 AM |
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Moderator: Bernie
Arnason Bernie brings 15 years of telecom experience to Pivot Media, where he provides strategic direction and leadership. Bernie follows the telecom industry closely and conducts industry research and analysis, provides strategic consulting for clients, and cultivates insightful telecom mindshare. Bernie is also the managing editor of Telecompetitor, a web based hub and forum focusing on the evolving telecom competitive landscape. Past accomplishments include co-founding the TelcoTV Conference and Expo which he also co-chairs. Bernie is a well respected thought leader within the telecom industry and is a frequent speaker and panelist at regional and national events. Bernie is also a principal with Pivot Media's sister company, Pivot Group, a strategic marketing consulting and research firm serving individual telecom carriers. |
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Diane
Smith An entrepreneur with a proven record of success, Ms. Smith was a co-founder and CEO of Auroras Entertainment, an IPTV and advanced media services company. From 2005 – 2007, Ms. Smith led Auroras’ evolution from concept to start-up through a merger to become Avail Media, Inc. Ms. Smith continues her leadership as Avail Media’s President for Strategy and Business Affairs. Ms. Smith was previously a senior executive with Alltel Corporation. There, she oversaw the development of public policies and legal strategies designed to optimize the company’s success in the rapidly evolving communications marketplace. During that time, she served as a member of the Board of the United States Telecom Association and was a co-founder of the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance. |
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Shannon
Aylesworth Shannon Aylesworth has over 12 years of experience in the networking industry and currently is sales director at Redback Networks, an Ericsson company. She is responsible for all major accounts in the United States, inclusive of both fixed and mobile operators that deliver video, voice, and data services for carrier customers nationwide. Prior to Redback, Ms. Aylesworth led a sales team at Cisco focused on large tier 1 operator accounts. Before Cisco, she was director of business development at OrbLynx and a Peace Corp volunteer. Ms. Aylesworth received a Bachelor of Science in Management Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo. |
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Jaxon
Lang Jaxon Lang was named Vice President, Global Connectivity Solutions - Americas in November 2007. Lang was promoted to this position after serving as Vice President of Structured Cable Product Management, where he had responsibility for the company’s global enterprise strategy. Previously, he served as Director of Product Management for Structured Cable and Director of Sales and Marketing Integration following ADC’s acquisition of KRONE. Lang joined ADC in l994 as a Systems Engineer. During his 10+ years with ADC, he has held a variety of positions in sales, market management, operations, product engineering, and product management for U.S. and global markets. |
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Russ
Sharer Mr. Sharer has more than 20 years in the telecommunications and data networking industry. Prior to Occam, Sharer was Acting Vice President of Marketing for Ericsson Datacom, Inc. At Ericsson Datacom, he also served as Vice President of Product Marketing for the IP Network Access and IP Telephony product units and as Director of Global Alliances. Sharer also served as Acting Director of Marketing, Sales and Operations for MediaOne Connect, Inc. Sharer's previous experience includes Director of Sales Operations, Director of Corporate Access, and Director of Client Products at Xircom, Inc. Sharer also worked at Rockwell International's CMC Network Products Division. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University. |
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ETHERNET ON MAIN STREET 11:15 - 12:15 AM |
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Moderator:
Ed Gubbins Ed Gubbins is Executive News Editor for Telephony and TelephonyOnline and is a regular contributor to Wireless Review. Gubbins joined Telephony in 2001 after a two-year tenure at Upstart, a sister publication to Telephony, where he covered the competitive local exchange carrier industry. He has covered a variety of topics, including legal and regulatory matters, switching and access technologies and various aspects of the wireless market. |
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Glenn
Moore Glenn has 24 years of experience in the telecom B2B sales and marketing space. He currently heads Cavalier Telephone's commercial marketing function. Glenn is a recognized industry leader in the area of B2B marketing strategy, channel marketing, product development, and sales force automation. Prior to joining Cavalier, Glenn spent 16 years at MCI in the National Accounts, Wholesale and SMB Markets division. Glenn has BA and MA degrees in Telecommunication from Michigan State University. |
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Kevin
Sheehan Kevin Sheehan serves as Chief Executive Officer of Hatteras Networks with primary responsibility for overall leadership and strategy for the company. Prior to joining Hatteras Networks, Kevin was vice president of marketing and business development for Alcatel’s multi-billion dollar DSL business. Kevin joined Alcatel via the acquisition of Packet Engines for $350 million in 1998 where he was responsible for product management. |
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David
Wright
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Johnny
Hill Johnny Hill is a founding member of Clearfield, Inc., formerly APA Cables & Networks. He has built a national reputation for his application and design engineering expertise, with particular experience in harsh environmental conditions. Hill’s areas of expertise include: C/O and OSP fiber management, harsh environments for the telecommunications industry, network design & transport, network security, premise network equipment, and structured wiring. Mr. Hill attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., where he majored in Computer Science and Psychology. |
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WIRELESS TO THE RESCUE 1:45 - 2:45 PM |
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Moderator:
Kevin Fitchard Kevin Fitchard covers the wireless beat for Telephony and TelephonyOnline. He also is a regular contributor to Wireless Review. Fitchard has worked for the telecom division of Primedia Business Magazines for three years. He began as a Senior News Editor for TelecomClick in 2000 and later became a roving correspondent for multiple publications, including Wireless Review, Telephony, MRT and RF Design. He joined the Telephony staff full-time in 2001. |
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Scott
Meier Scott Meier represents TDS Telecommunications Corp. as the manager – Product Management and lead WiMAX product manager. Scott joined TDS in 2001 as a customer service technician in Augusta, Mich. In 2005, Scott became a Product Manager and was charged with readying the company for rollout of WiMAX. Prior to joining TDS, Scott spent a couple years with McLeod U.S.A. In his professional career, Scott has experience working as a computer programmer and as a teaching assistant at Michigan State University.Scott is a Certified Product Manager by AIPMM (Association for International Product Management and Marketing) and an active member of the Association for International Product Management and Marketing. |
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John
Celentano John Celentano is President of Skyline Marketing Group, a Baltimore, MD-based firm that specializes in telecom market analysis and marketing strategy consulting. He has over 30 years experience in the telecommunications industry, and has worked in systems engineering and management at Bell Canada, in product marketing at Nortel Networks, and in marketing consulting at Northern Business Information. He publishes the highly-regarded CapEx Report. John has authored numerous articles and research reports on public network infrastructure markets. He holds a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from McMaster University, has studied marketing at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a management graduate of the Bell System Center for Technical Education. |
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Brian
McCalley Brian McCalley has more than 20 years experience ranging from semiconductors to hardware and software platforms, to telecom solutions to hosted managed IT infrastructure services. At IBM he is responsible for the strategy development of a “solutions as a service” utility computing model. Previously, McCalley was responsible for IBM’s worldwide market management of the company’s contact center infrastructure services and broadband services strategy as part of the IBM global technology services group. |
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Vanu
Bose Vanu Bose is the President and CEO of Vanu, Inc. Vanu earned all of his degrees from MIT, receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in 1999, his Master’s degree in EECS in 1992, and two Bachelor’s degrees, one in EECS and one in Math, in 1988. As a graduate student, Vanu worked on the MIT SpectrumWare project at the MIT lab for Computer Science, an effort to bring a software oriented approach to wireless communication and distributed signal processing. There, he performed the software radio research that would later evolve into Vanu, Inc. Prior to graduate school, Vanu developed a technical teaching curriculum and onboard medical, computer and satellite communications systems for a DC-10 flying hospital for Project Orbis, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to fighting world blindness. Vanu currently serves on the Board of Directors for Jumpstart, a non-profit focused on early childhood literacy, and is also a member of the Board of Overseers for the Boston Museum of Science. |
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OWNERSHIP IN FLUX 3:45 - 4:45 PM |
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Moderator:
Joan Engebretson Joan Engebretson is Supplements Editor at Telephony and is responsible for Telephony’s Wireless Review and The Independent supplements. She has been covering the telecom industry since 1993, when she began writing for Telephony on a freelance basis. She was on staff at Telephony from 1996 to 1999, starting as features editor and later being promoted to editor-in-chief. Subsequently she was editor-in-chief of America’s Network Magazine. She returned to Telephony as a regular contributor in 2006. |
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Vince
Vittore Vince Vittore is a program manager in Yankee Group’s Enabling Technologies Service Provider group with an expertise in broadband solutions. Vittore covers several areas within the broadband access market, tracking both fiber- and copper-based technologies. In the fiber space, Vittore examines topics ranging from the adoption of broadband passive optical network (BPON) and gigabit passive optical network (GPON) to the emergence of new business models created by high-bandwidth technologies. Vittore provides comprehensive coverage of DSL, including ADSL, ADSL2+ and VDSL2. He also has a heavy concentration on the IPTV segment. |
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Bill King Vince Vittore is a program manager in Yankee Group’s Enabling Technologies Service Provider group with an expertise in broadband solutions. Vittore covers several areas within the broadband access market, tracking both fiber- and copper-based technologies. In the fiber space, Vittore examines topics ranging from the adoption of broadband passive optical network (BPON) and gigabit passive optical network (GPON) to the emergence of new business models created by high-bandwidth technologies. Vittore provides comprehensive coverage of DSL, including ADSL, ADSL2+ and VDSL2. He also has a heavy concentration on the IPTV segment. |
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Kevin
McGuire Kevin McGuire is the vice president of business and technology for National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) and is responsible for keeping members updated on technological trends, as well as seeking out new revenue generating products and services. Prior to joining NTCA, Kevin spent 9 years at member company Hancock Telecom in Maxwell, Indiana, as their director of business development. There he led the teams that rolled-out Hancock’s Wireless Broadband, DSL, and IP Video, and was actively involved with Hancock’s FTTH deployments. |
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Francis
X. Gallagher, Jr. Frank Gallagher is a Managing Director in Stifel Nicolaus’ Telecommunications and Media Investment Banking Group. Mr. Gallagher is principally focused on independent telecommunications services companies, and has executed a wide range of financing and merger and acquisition assignments in the sector. Most recently in the wireline arena he has advised Lakedale Telephone in its sale to Iowa Telecom, Hutchinson Telephone in its sale to New Ulm Telcom and Hector Communications in its sale to Minnesota consortium Hector Acquisition Corporation. On the wireless side, Mr. Gallagher has advised Sprint affiliates Northern PCS, Gulf Coast Wireless and Enterprise PCS in their respective sales to Sprint Nextel, and has also advised numerous other independent wireless companies in sales to such carriers as Alltel and Verizon Wireless. |
