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Jean-Marc Frangos
Senior VP, BTexact Technologies

Jean-Marc-Frangos

BT

Jean-Marc graduated in 1986 from the French Ecole d'Ingénieurs, the " Institut National des Télécommunications " and worked for ITT Data Systems and McDonell Douglas Information Systems before joining BT in 1991. Jean-Marc has held a wide range of sales, marketing and management responsibilities during the course of his 15-year career in the world of telecommunications, and was one of the founders of BT's European expansion.
Until June 2000, Jean-Marc Frangos was Director, Internet and Multimedia for BT Europe, and his responsibilities included the definition and implementation of BT's strategy and the planning and execution of BT's development in Internet & Multimedia, including organic growth and regional partnerships. During the course of 1999, his team launched four free Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and managed to grow the Alliance customer base by more than 1 million subscribers.
Immediately before joining BTexact Technologies on 1st April 2001, Jean-Marc was the Director of Corporate Venturing for BT plc, reporting to Pat Gallagher, the BT group Director for Strategy and Development.

Tom Pollard
Director of Marketing & Bus. Dev., Wireless Terminals,
Texas Instruments

Tom-Pollard

TI
Tom Pollard is responsible for direct San Diego Wireless Center chipset marketing activities, including market segmentation and requirements definition, market message and positioning, chipset software platform strategy, wireless carrier relations, third party alliances and partnerships and MarCom strategy definition and implementation. Previously, Pollard served as the director of product marketing for Dot Wireless. Prior to that position he was the director of mobile networking for Wave Ware Communications server-based mobile data and synchronization software products. Pollard also held engineering positions with Sony Wireless, TRW, Inc. and New Media Corp. Pollard earned his master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. Pollard has been granted a US patent for power management of a computer plug-in card with a remote data link.
Laurie Hoyt
Business Development Director, Nextel Wireless

Laurie Hoyt

NEXTEL
Laurie Hoyt is responsible for developing partnerships and alliances to support the wireless information needs of Nextel's corporate and enterprise customers.
Pamela Bofinger
Director of Emerging Technologies, Nokia

Pamela Bofinger

Nokia
Pamela Bofinger, is responsible for the strategic direction and customer interface for the corporate business sector. She manages NMP's end-to-end wireless data applications which service the enterprise customer segment.
Frank Morese
VP of Marketing, Intel Corporation

Frank Morese

Intel Corporation
Frank Morese joined Intel Corporation in December 1999 as Strategic Relationships Director and became Vice President - Marketing in February 2000. He has served over 22 years in the high tech semiconductor and communications industry providing advanced communication technologies. Frank has held a succession of senior marketing, sales and engineering positions with various high-technology companies, including Synopsys, Plantronics, Hughes Communications, FEI Microwave Communications and Advanced Microwave Corporation. Frank received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University in 1978.
Kevin Swank
Core Team Leader, Nortel Networks

 

Nortel
Kevin Swank is the Core Team Leader for Nortel Networks' OSA-compliant solutions and has general responsibilities for Product Management and Marketing, Development, Delivery and Support.
Mr. Swank joined Nortel in 1993 where he has held various roles in Wireless Product Management and Software Development/Management. Most recent roles include Core Team Leader for Mobile IP, market development of 700MHz licenses and solutions, the launch of Nortel Networks' Wireless Prepaid business, and the creation of Open Solutions, a third party alliance and integration program. Prior to joining Nortel Networks, Mr. Swank worked for NEC America, where he was a principal software developer for Automatic Call Distribution and Enterprise solutions.
Mr. Swank holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Scott Feldmann
Associate, Complex Litigation, Brobeck

Scott Feldmann

Brobeck
Scott Feldmann is an associate specializing in Internet/e-Commerce/privacy litigation, compliance and counseling; software and intellectual property counseling and litigation. He has successfully obtained temporary restraining orders in both federal and state court litigation involving copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, trade libel and breach of fiduciary duty cases. His role often includes advising general counsel on privacy, electronic contracting, intellectual property enforcement matters, defensive and litigation strategy, and settlement negotiations.
Prior to joining Brobeck, he has served at Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler LLP and A.T. Kearney. He has advised and assisted a number of Fortune 500 companies. He has also served as a Captain in the US Air Force where he was a test director on highly classified electronic warfare programs.
Thomas Bilotta

CTO& VP of Engineering, CenterComm Corporation

Thomas-Bilotta

CenterComm
Thomas Bilotta has more than 22 years of experience with advanced wireless, satellite and broadband communications systems. He currently serves as the chief technical officer at voice-activated navigation technology start-up CenterComm Corporation in San Diego.
He is a Co-founder and former vice president of TurboNet Communications, the world's largest OEM provider of DOCSIS cable modems. At TV/Com International, he led teams in parallel development of cable and satellite boxes, boards and ASICs for digital video usage. He served as a project leader on several high-level wireless projects at San Diego's renowned wireless innovator, TITAN Linkabit during the 1980's. Previously, he was a systems engineer at McDonnell Douglas.
Mr. Bilotta earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, completed postgraduate work at UC Irvine, and earned an M.B.A. from San Diego State University.
Michael Wehrs

Director, Technology and Standards, Microsoft Mobility Solutions

 

Microsoft
Michael Wehrs is Director, Technology and Standards for Microsoft's Mobility Solutions Planning Group where his responsibilities focus on emerging technologies and industry standards in connection with Microsoft's end-to-end solution strategy and planning and span clients, server and services organizations within Microsoft. In this position Michael initiates, coordinates and drives relevant planning related processes for the development of technology and standards efforts within the Mobility Group and across Microsoft. Prior to his current roll, Michael worked in Microsoft's mobile devices group where his responsibilities included managing product planning and market research across the full range of mobile products and driving several of Microsoft's wireless efforts company-wide.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Michael was a Principal with Ignition Partners, a Venture Capital firm focused on early stage wireless and telecommunication related companies. His responsibilities at Ignition included providing strategic marketing, technical and business development counsel to portfolio companies, as well as relationships with the various wireless technology industry forums and the venture capital community.
Prior to Ignition, Michael held senior and executive management positions in business development, technology strategy, marketing, sales and product management for companies including Sony Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Conner Peripherals, and Archive Corporation. He has over 18 years of management experience in the computer and consumer electronics technology fields with particular emphasis on wireless communication technologies.
Mike has an extensive record of industry activities. Highlights of these activities include serving as Chairman of the HomeRF Multimedia Industry committee, founding Chairman of the QIC Software Standards Committee, member of OSTA committee on data format standards, and Program Management Group member for the Bluetooth SIG. He has also been a featured speaker at dozens of industry events Worldwide and has been an active corporate spokesperson and has conducted numerous press and analyst tours around the world. Mike has also published several articles and papers in numerous Industry trade publications and is a frequently utilized industry expert by many trade journalists.
Mike has a BS degree in computer and information science from Syracuse University.
Amol Joshi

Founder & VP of Marketing, BeVocal

Amol Joshi

BeVocal
Mr. Joshi works with BeVocal's customers, end users, and partners to understand market requirements and specify the features, functionality, hardware, and software for building voice portal solutions. He has both technical and sales experience in integrating IP telephony, unified messaging, and interactive voice response technologies to create new enhanced services. A recognized expert on the voice portal market, he acquired his industry expertise while working as the Asia Sales Manager for Brooktrout Technology, as the Director of Business Development for Asia - Pacific for NeTpower, and as a DSP Research Engineer at Panasonic, where he patented two audio signal processing products.
Sandhiprakash Bhide

Business Strategy Manager, Intel Corporation

Sandhi Bhide

Intel
Sandhiprakash Bhide (Sandhi) works for Intel Corporation as a Business Strategy Manager for Telecom Applications with a major focus on hardware and software building blocks for the wireless infrastructure, business planning, market modeling, and promotion. In the recent past, he did equity investments in the Internet appliances market specifically in the area of caching & streaming, and created the overall broadband/satellite business strategy for the group. In addition, he did comprehensive business analysis and identified server deployment opportunities for the telecom segment and specifically for 2.5G/3G wireless infrastructure. As a result of his work, he has filed three patents in the wireless space.
During 24+ years of his hi-tech career, he has worked in several key software and hardware development positions at ICL, DEC, Tektronix, Mentor Graphics, and was a founder of few start-ups. In the past, he has led and managed large groups and projects and has held key senior management position. He considers himself strong customer advocate, innovative and with an ability to see “beyond the obvious” and strongly believes that wireless is the key growth area for the future and will bring colossal cultural changes in not only how we communicate but how we relate to each other.
Sandhi has a BE in Electronics and Telecommunications from University of Poona, India; MS in Computer Science from University of Wyoming; and an Executive MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Oregon where he was a “Salutatorian” of his class. Sandhi has over 20 publications and conference presentations in a variety of technical fields.
Dr. Jane Macfarlane
Director, Advanced Technology Planning, OnStar (General Motors)

Jane-Macfarlane

OnStar
Dr. Jane Macfarlane joined OnStar in August 1999 as the Director of Advanced Technology Planning. In this role, her focus is to define the technologies and industry partnerships necessary to develop and deliver the next-generation OnStar product. She directs the Redwood Shores, Calif. OnStar office with the responsibility of observing and engaging new technologies developed in Silicon Valley to determine their relevance to future OnStar services.
Prior to joining OnStar, Jane was the Director of Process Engineering for General Motors (GM) Information Systems and Services (IS&S), where her responsibilities included working with IS&S and GM executives to design and implement common processes across the enterprise.
Before joining General Motors, Dr. Macfarlane spent over 15 years in the software research and development industry with companies that include AT&T Solutions, Ernest O. Berkeley National Laboratory, Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Honeywell and Hughes Aircraft Company. Her experience ranges from leading software research activities to business process consulting.
In addition, Dr. Macfarlane has published articles on parallel computing, combustion modeling, object-oriented software design, human genome sequencing, and high-energy physics data management.
Dr. Macfarlane holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Her research work combined artificial intelligence techniques with classical systems dynamics to provide a knowledge-based computing system that aids in the design and control of dynamic physical systems. For her masters she designed and built a laser scanning system for measuring human and robotic motion. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematics and Systems Science. Dr. Macfarlane is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Arturo Pizano
Head, Multimedia/Video Tech. Dept., Siemens

Arturo-Pizano

Siemens
Arturo Pizano is Head of the Multimedia/Video Technology Department of Siemens Corporate Research. As part of the Central Research and Development organization of Siemens AG, his department is responsible for developing next generation multimedia technologies for integration into the company's products, services and solutions, which include comprehensive offerings in the mobile communications field. Before joining Siemens in 1993, he worked at the Software Research Center of Ricoh Corporation. Dr. Pizano holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, and BS degree in Actuarial Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Chris Pearson
Executive VP, 3G Americas LLC

Chris Pearson

3G Americas
Chris Pearson is the Executive Vice President of the 3G Americas, LLC. In this role, he provides executive management through integration of strategy and operations in the areas of marketing, finance and industry affairs.
Dr. Mario Gerla

Professor, UCLA

Mario Gerla

UCLA
Dr. Gerla was born in Milan, Italy. He received a graduate degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, in 1966, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from UCLA in 1970 and 1973, respectively. He joined the Faculty of the UCLA Computer Science Department in 1977. His research interests cover the performance evaluation, design and control of distributed computer communication systems and high speed computer networks (B-ISDN and Optical Networks).
Dr. Mani Srivastava

Associate Professor, UCLA

Mani Srivastava

UCLA
Dr. Srivatsava joined the Electrical Engineering Faculty at UCLA in 1996. Since joining the EE Department, Prof. Srivastava's research and teaching have focussed on architecture, algorithms, and design optimization techniques for wireless networked and embedded systems, and DSP VLSIs. In recent years his main focus has been on mobile and wireless multimedia systems, and distributed wireless sensor networks, with emphasis on issues such as power-aware computing and communications, and quality of service. Prior to joining the UCLA, Dr. Srivastava worked on mobile and wireless networking at the Networked Computing Research Department at AT&T Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ (now Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs Innovations). Prof. Srivastava holds five patents and has been honored with the 1998 Okawa Foundation Grant in recognition of his research in mobile and wireless multimedia networked computing systems and VLSI and CAD for DSP and communication systems.
Steven Spencer

CTO & Executive VP, Screaming Media

Steven Spencer

Screaming Media
Steven Spencer is former Managing Director for Wireless Internet Applications at Lucent Technologies. Engineering Degree from Union College, Graduate degree from Cornell University, MBA from NYU, Stern School.
Amir Zoufonoun

Executive VP Technology, Proxim

Amir Zoufonoun

Western Multiplex
Amir Zoufonoun has been instrumental in the development and launch of the company's major product lines, including the LYNX and Tsunami radios. He is responsible for implementing a culture of innovation and engineering excellence, which continues to result in market-leading products and industry firsts.
Sridhar Chityala

Sr. VP, e-Business Div., J.P Morgan Chase

Srihar-Chityala

JPMorgan
Sridhar Chityala is a senior vice president in Chase Cardmember Services (CCS) and is responsible for the e-commerce and e-business initiatives of Chase's credit card business. He is a member of the CCS senior management team. Mr. Chityala joined Chase Cardmember Services in 1999 with more than twenty years of experience in banking and finance in senior management and operational roles. From 1997-1999, he was Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of the Financial Industry Foundation/Lafferty Councils, responsible for strategic consulting and advisory services to major banks and financial institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia regarding e-commerce, cards, payments and distribution issues. Prior to Lafferty Councils, Mr. Chityala spent two years managing the National Australia Bank Group's strategy, policy, operations, procedures and strategic projects for global payments and e-commerce. He has held various significant international management positions in the global financial services industry and has published over 30 papers on banking, payments, distribution and ecommerce related topics in major trade publications.
Mr. Chityala is a founder of the Global Payments Council, a board member of various payment bodies and associations, and is recognized as an industry expert on ecommerce through published articles and appearances at industry conferences. Mr. Chityala holds a Master's Degree in Banking and Knowledge Based Systems from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, a Graduate Management Qualification from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Anuj Puri

Research Scientist, Electrical Engr. & CS, UC - Berkeley

Anuj Puri

UC  Berkeley
Anuj Puri received his PhD from the Dept. of EECS at UC, Berkeley in 1995. He received the Eli Jury award from the Dept. of EECS for excellence in systems research. After this he joined the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs. He joined the Dept. of EECS at UC, Berkeley in 1999 as a research scientist where is currently leading the Web over Wireless Group.
Bill McCoy

Chairman & CTO, PictureIQ

Bill McCoy

PictureIQ
Bill McCoy, principal founder of PictureIQ Corporation, has primary responsibility for the Company’s strategic development of innovative, specialized rich media optimization solutions that provide businesses with production and workflow improvements, and uniquely support delivery via the Internet and mobile networks.
Zhong Wei Li

Application Architect, Ericsson

Zhong Wei Li

Ericsson
Zhong Wei Li is responsible for research on mobile natural interaction application at Cyberlab Ericsson Research Singapore.
Dr. William J. Kaiser

CTO & VP of Engineering, Sensoria

William Kaiser

Sensoria
Dr. William Kaiser's professional experience includes nine years of engineering development at the Ford Research Laboratory in automotive sensor technology, eight years as a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sensor system technology development, and six years at UCLA developing the new field of wireless Internetworking of sensors. At UCLA, he led the Electrical Engineering Department as its Chairman. Dr. Kaiser has 21 patents and is author of over 100 publications. Dr. Kaiser is the founder of Sensoria Corporation.
Jeff Popoff

VP Wireless Appl. Infrastructure, Redknee Inc.

Jeff Popoff

Redknee
Jeff Popoff serves as Vice President of Wireless Applications Infrastructure for Redknee, Inc., He has worked over 15 years in both telecommunications carriers and network equipment provider to achieve several wireless industry firsts including launching both TDMA and CDMA United States and GSM in both Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior to the inception of Redknee Popoff ran a wireless incubator in "Telecom Corridor" in Richardson Texas and a telecom M&A division in Silicon Valley. Popoff is a practicing Professional Engineer in North America and Chartered Engineer in Europe, and has been both student and lecturer at Stanford, Harvard, and Berkeley universities.
Rajiv Kumar

CTO & Co-founder, Widcomm

Rajiv Kumar

Widcomm
Rajiv Kumar is a leading worldwide authority on Bluetooth wireless technology. He has authored two technical books and many technical papers, in addition to holding four patents in wireless communications and networking. Rajiv lectures both nationally and internationally on a range of wireless technology topics, including mobile devices and m-commerce. He Co-founded WIDCOMM with Hiep Pham and has recruited and managed a top-tier engineering team.
Before Co-founding WIDCOMM, Rajiv spent over 15 years working for several leading companies in the wireless industry. Most recently he held a pivotal position at Uniden, managing both the wireless modem and PC card and cellular/PCS wireless data product lines. Before joining Uniden, Rajiv was engineering director for PCSI Inc., where he contributed to the pACT-based, two-way paging system. While at PCSI, Rajiv also contributed to the world's first CDPD- and AMPS-based smart phone. Prior to PCSI, Rajiv served as the engineering director for Hughes Network Systems, leading the engineering group responsible for CDPD network infrastructure development. Rajiv received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Inderpal Singh Mumick

Founder, CEO & Chairman, Kirusa

nderpal Mumick

Kirusa
Inderpal Singh Mumick, 37, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Previously, he was founder, CEO, and CTO of Savera Systems. Dr. Mumick's vision and leadership established Savera as the world leader in 100% Web based billing solutions offered as an Application Service Provider (ASP). Savera, with offices in USA and UK, builds, markets, and operates interconnect billing software, used for billing between telecom and IP carriers for use of each others networks. Even before founding Savera, Dr. Mumick already had earned the reputation as a pioneer in the telecom industry. As a member of AT&T Bell Laboratories’ technical staff, Dr. Mumick was responsible for the company’s Sunrise research project, which led to numerous billing initiatives at AT&T and Lucent and was seen by AT&T’s senior management as a technology that would change the paradigm of billing.
Dr. Mumick has written more than 40 technical papers that have been published in leading journals and conferences. He also is Co-editor of a book on Materialized Views, and the general chair of the 24th International Conference on Very Large Databases. Additionally, Dr. Mumick has authored more than twenty five patent applications. Known around the world, Dr. Mumick is a frequent speaker at industry events, including tradeshows and conferences, and has been listed on various Who’s Who lists. With a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, where he was awarded the President's Gold Medal, Dr. Mumick went on to earn his Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University. He further completed mini MBA’s in finance and general management from the AT&T School of Business, and an Executive MBA for Growing Companies from the Stanford Business School.
William Sweet

President & CEO, Viaquo, Inc.

Bill Sweet

Viaguo
William Sweet has over 34 years of experience in the computer technology industries. His experience includes approximately 25 years in marketing of computer hardware, software and peripherals, with 26 years in management. He is experienced in general management, eCommerce, marketing, sales and engineering, with a focus on market development for eCommerce and Internet business solutions. Bill is an ex-electrical engineer and an ex-programmer who has held high marketing and sales positions with companies such as General Electric, Concurrent Computer, National Semiconductor, Zilog, General Automation, Atalla, Trusted Information Systems, and CrypTEC (now called NPoint). Over the years, he has also become a crypto security expert and a high-technology litigation expert witness, and operated a high-technology consulting firm that included many Silicon Valley companies in its clientele. He builds solid teams, having developed and run his own teambuilding seminars for the last twenty years for a large number of clients. He was a founder of CrypTEC Systems, a software development company specializing in secure smart card operating systems and applications. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a Masters in industrial administration from Purdue University in Indiana.
Steve Goldberg

CEO, CoWave Networks

Steve-Goldberg

Cowave
Steve Goldberg has been actively involved with technology companies in Silicon Valley for over 25 years. Prior to joining CoWave Networks as CEO, he was Vice President of R&D at Nokia Internet Communications, President and CEO of Verticom, Inc., and VP & GM of the Wireless Communications Division at Cylink Corp. that was later sold to P-Com. In addition to the above, he has also held senior management and engineering positions at Trimble Navigation, Applied Signal Technology, Hewlett Packard, and California Microwave.
Steve holds a Ph.D. E.E. from the University of California at Santa Barbara and M.S.E.E. and B.S.E.E degrees from Washington University in St Louis, Mo. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a past president of the IEEE Communications Society, Santa Clara Section, and is a member of the advisory board of Zap Ventures, Echogent Systems, and IpSpeech.
Jorge Fernandes

CEO & Co-founder, ViVOtech

Jorge-Fernandes

Vivotech
Jorge Fernandes is CEO and Co-founder of ViVOtech. Prior to joining ViVOtech, Mr. Fernandes was President and founder of EmployeeLife.com (now Benefit America), the nation's premier provider of online employee benefits solutions. After developing a business model, he secured funding from the Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE) in April of 1999. Through EmployeeLife.com's solutions, companies help employees select, procure, and administer group benefits while reducing administrative costs. Prior to EmployeeLife, Mr. Fernandes founded BioLumin, Inc., which designs and manufactures drug discovery instrumentation. During his work with BioLumin as VP of engineering, Mr. Fernandes developed five patents in the area of software, robotics, and digital feedback mechanisms. In 1996, BioLumin was sold to Molecular Dynamics (NASDAQ: MDYN). In 1987, Mr. Fernandes founded another company, Laser-Tron, to provide arcade games to the family entertainment market. He received his first patent on a mechanism to differentiate laser beams in a multi-beam, single-target environment. Laser-Tron went public in 1994, and was later sold to Acclaim Entertainment (NASDAQ: AKLM). Mr. Fernandes received his B.S.E.E from San Diego State University. Mr. Fernandes is also an Executive Fellow at Santa Clara University's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Mike Flom

President, Founder & CEO, Portable Internet

Michael-Flom

portable-Internet
Mike Flom is founder, president and CEO of Portable Internet, Inc., a leader in client/server location-sensitive software for the mobile Internet. Mike was previously founding VP and General Manager of Information Builders fastest growing division, helped launch the original Information Warehouse while an International Business Partner Manager at IBM, and developed the first e-commerce systems for American Express. Mike has an B.S. Engineering and M.B.A from Arizona State University.
Samir Mehta

CTO and Co-founder, 4thpass

Samir-Mehta

4thpass
Samir Mehta is a Co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors. As CTO, he is responsible for 4thpass' technologies and technical direction. He oversees 4thpass’ products architecture, design, programming development, networking and engineering. Mr. Mehta has over 10 years of design, architecture and development experience and has designed and developed J2SE, J2ME and J2EE based commercial products. Prior to 4thpass, Mr. Mehta spent over three years at InstallShield Software Corporation as a software engineer and then as Chief Architect. Prior to InstallSheild, he designed and developed low-level graphics and custom communications protocols for Aydin Controls. Mr. Mehta is a member of the Java Community Process and represents 4thpass on several expert groups including MIDP NG (Next Generation) and J2EE-based Client Provisioning group. He also represents 4thpass in the WAP Forum.
Education: Masters in Computer and Software Engineering, Widener University and Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Birla Engineering School (India)
Mr. Mehta has previously presented at Wireless Java conferences in London, JavaOne in San Francisco and has collaborated on a book about Java technology.
Albert David

Senior Director, Technical Services & Operations,
SSH Comunication Group

Al-David

SSH
Albert David, Senior Director of Technical Services and Operations
Mr. David has performed a variety of roles in a number of Internet and security companies. He served as chief of staff at Pretty Good Privacy and director of U.S. sales and marketing at Certicom Corporation. He led product management at Redcreek Corporation, a VPN support company. Earlier assignments include the director of support at Network Telesystems (now part of Efficient Networks), product management at Cisco Systems, and a variety of roles at Tandem/Compaq Computers, where he was responsible for managing the company's Network Integration and Technology Center. Mr. David holds an MBA from University of California Berkeley and an international business degree from San Francisco State University. He also has studied engineering at the United States Military Academy.
J. Gerry Purdy
President & CEO, Mobile Insights, Inc.

Gerry-Purdy

Mobile-Insides
Dr. Purdy is President and CEO of Mobile Insights, Inc., a professional services firm located in Mt. View, California. He is also a Venture Partner with Diamondhead Ventures who invest in the mobile and wireless industry.
Dr. Purdy has focused on mobile markets and products since 1986 and has become recognized as an industry authority in the mobile computing industry. He is often quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, PC Week, The San Jose Mercury News, InfoWorld and The New York Times. He has appeared on CBS Radio Business Report and Voice of America.
Dr. Purdy also conducts a number of consulting engagements for major firms in the mobile computing and communications market. Recent engagement clients include 3Com, Apple, AT&T Wireless, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, Motorola, Qualcomm, Sharp, TI, Toshiba and Xircom.
Prior to founding Mobile Insights, Dr. Purdy was Vice President and Chief Analyst for Mobile Computing at Dataquest. Previously, he held marketing posi­tions with Connecting Point (now Intelligent Electronics), Compaq, Fujitsu (Poqet division), and Phoenix Technologies.
Mobile Insights produces the annual Mobile Insights conference for leaders in the mobile computing and communications industry, the Go Mobile conference for IT decision makers and the Mobile Perspectives road show, also for IT decision makers. Mobile Insights publishes Mobile Letter, an electronic insiders newsletter, MobileTrax, a Web-based continuous information service provided to MI’s clients and Inside Mobile, a recurring column in mobile and wireless.
Dr. Purdy is a founding member of the IBM Mobile Computing Industry Advisory Council. He is also Co-author of the book published by Macmillan ThinkPad: A Different Shade of Blue; Creation of a Successful IBM Brand. Dr. Purdy has been a member of the COMDEX Conference Advisory Board and the Advisory Board for TECHXNY (PC Expo).
Dr. Purdy earned his B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Tennessee (1965), an M.S. degree in Computer Science from UCLA(1968), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Exercise Physiology from Stanford University 1972). He also completed “Market Strategy for High Technology” course at Stanford University (1987).
Steve Cryan
Pervasive Applications Specialist, IBM

 

IBM
Steve Cryan has a degree in Computer Science from USC. Steve has been focused in applying middleware to integrate underlying business systems for 15 years. Steve also has additional focus on applying mobile and wireless technologies to extend business systems to the mobile worker.
Barry Tallis
Director of Business Development, Rapidigm

 

Rapidig
Barry Tallis is responsible for evaluating opportunities for Rapidigm, focusing on custom application development and enterprise information portal solutions. He supports and advises the delivery teams in respect to applying new technologies to solve client issues. Barry also develops and maintains strategic partnerships with leading software vendors.
Christopher Guardado

CEO, MoriahCom

Christopher-Guardado

Moriahcom
Christopher Guardado has over 18 years experience in the design and development of software and wireless applications. He is the founder of MoriahCom and is responsible for the direction and operational management of the company. Mr. Guardado provided technical direction for the Wireless Dispatch System, which is a wireless client/server application for Palm OS and Windows CE in conjunction with desktop and Internet modules. Prior to founding MoriahCom, Mr. Guardado was part of the Radar Engineering team at Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, California. He worked on various projects including the F14, FA18 Fighter, ASARS Missile Guidance System, Space and Communications and many other projects relating to radar and guidance systems.
Alan Lysne

Co-Founder & CTO, Davinci Technologies Inc

 

Davinci
Alan Lysne, Co-founder of Davinci Technologies Inc., serves as the company’s CTO where he defines the technology strategy and oversees the execution of its plan. In this role, Mr. Lysne identifies emerging Internet and wireless trends to help keep the company at the forefront of the marketplace. Mr. Lysne also manages the Professional Services Group and is responsible for its commitment to technical excellence and delivery. Under Mr. Lysne’s direction, Davinci has succeeded in positioning itself to swiftly deliver enterprise-class wireless Internet solutions.
Prior to Co-founding the company in 1996, Mr. Lysne served as a Senior Consultant in Andersen Consulting’s Communications Practice. There he was responsible for providing his customer care and billing expertise to some of North America’s most progressive communications companies including Bell Canada, Bell Mobility and Pacific Bell. There he led a number of customer care and billing platform initiatives to support broadband and advanced communications networks. Mr. Lysne then saw the Internet as an untapped channel for delivering business systems and set out to change the way companies interact with their customers.
Mr. Lysne graduated with a Degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Adrian Tuck

Acting CEO, VP Business Development, Ember Corporation

Adrian-Tuck

Ember
Adrian Tuck is Acting CEO and Vice President of Business Development of Ember Corporation. Adrian Tuck is bringing Ember Corporation's technology to market. Mr. Tuck has almost 10 years of experience bringing new technologies and technology related services to market in a startup environment. During this time he has been responsible for setting up operations in London, San Francisco, Dublin and Boston. Adrian is a graduate of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has served for 7 years as an officer in The British Army.
Dan Doles

President & CEO, WhereNet Corp.

Dan-Doles

Wherenet
Dan Doles is a president and CEO of WhereNet Corp., and former co-founder of Red Pepper Software and vice president of business operations at PeopleSoft. Dan Doles is a visionary in the utilization of wireless technology in supply chain planning and execution. Under Doles’ leadership, WhereNet has received numerous industry awards from the likes of Forrester Research and Frost & Sullivan, and developed several strong sales channels, including automotive (WhereNet is installed in more than 40 Ford Motor Co. factories around the world), transportation and logistics (with a pilot installation at American Airlines cargo facility at Dallas Fort Worth Airport, and a recent installation at a port of one of the world’s leading sea freight shippers), and health care (through a strategic partnership with GE Medical Systems).
Robert D. Poor

CTO, Ember Corporation

Rob-Poor.

Ember
Robert Poor: Prior to founding Ember, Robert Poor received his PhD from the MIT Media Lab, where he developed Embedded Networking, a new class of wireless network that enables inexpensive, scalable, easily-deployed connections for common manufactured goods. He received a patent for these self-organizing networks in 2000. Dr. Poor has over twenty-five years of technical and management experience in Silicon Valley including LucasFilm's precursor to Pixar, Stanford Artificial Intelligence, Lucid, NeXT, and Opcode. In addition, he is a technical editor on the IEEE 802.15.4 (WPAN) standards committee.
Cohen Jordan

CTO, Voice Signal Technologies

 

Voice Signal Techn.
Jordan Cohen has served as the Chief Technology Officer of Voice Signal Technologies of Woburn, Massachusetts since 2000. Prior to joining Voice Signal, he was the Director of Business Relations at speech recognition company Dragon Systems in Newton Mass, and prior to that he served on the staff of the Institutes for Defense Analyses in Princeton, NJ. Dr. Cohen was active in speech recognition research at IBM in the mid-1980s, and before that he did research for the Department of Defense.
Joe Madden

Spectrian

Joe-Madden

Spectrian
Joe Madden is responsible for strategic and product marketing at Spectrian. He has been managing product line marketing and cross-functional development efforts at Spectrian for over three years. Prior to joining Spectrian, Mr. Madden helped to launch the foundry, medical imaging, and wireless businesses of Superconductor Technologies Inc. Mr. Madden has twelve years' experience in the RF and wireless communications industry, having worked in a variety of engineering, sales, and marketing roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from UCLA.
Jim Takach

Director, PRTM

Jim-Takach

PRTM
Jim Takach is a director with PRTM, a global management consulting firm to technology-driven industry, and is based in the firm's Costa Mesa, California office. Takach has over thirteen years of experience in industrial and technology industries, with extensive work in wireless. His telecommunications expertise includes go-to-market strategy formulation, technology strategy development, program management, standards strategy, and quality assurance. Jim also held project management positions as an officer in the United States Air Force, where he was involved with technology strategy for a satellite command and control network. Jim holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MSEE from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Stephen Kuzara

CEO, Veratron

Stephen-Kuzara

Veratron
Stephen Kuzara: has the general management responsibility for the company. Veratron has developed unique technology that allows Wireless Carriers and Internet merchants to conduct convenient and secure transactions with wireless subscribers. Based on a device level voice biometric solution and a revolutionary authentication server architecture, the Veratron solution eliminates the fraud and complexities of wireless transactions and opens the way for free-flowing mCommerce services.
Before founding Veratron, Steve held several executive management positions within the IT industry including Micron Electronics and Acer Inc. Mr. Kuzara’s work has been covered by more than 100 publications, including The Economist and Inc Magazine (Asia). Mr. Kuzara’s work in Russia was the subject of a 1997 business case study by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Sloan School of Management Graduate School, which highlighted his successful leadership of Acer’s rapid revenue growth in Russia from zero to $100 million in revenues in just over two years. Mr. Kuzara earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and studied finance at the London Business School.
Marc Canabou

Senior Associate, Earlybird

 

Earlybird.
Marc Canabou joined Earlybird as an associate in 2000. He gained early-stage company experience as a the co-founder and director of Internet Strategy & Business Development for Questium, an e-health start-up incubated by Foundation Health Systems, a leading health insurance company.
Prior to Questium, he worked with entrepreneurial medical device companies where he focused on corporate strategy and fundraising. Marc also served as a lead-consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton where he focused on healthcare and financial services.
He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Jeff Davis

VP Business Development, Mobilitec Inc.

Jeff-Davis

Mobolitec
Jeff Davis, Vice President Business Development, Mobilitec Inc.
Prior to joining Mobilitec Jeff was part of the senior management team at InfoSpace (NASDAQ: INSP) until the end of 2001. His last position was Senior Vice President Wireless Group, responsible for business development of new wireless carrier accounts, and strategic relationships with platform and network infrastructure providers.
Jeff’s prior roles at InfoSpace included Senior Vice President Innovations, responsible for the development of platform strategy, messaging and enterprise applications; and Senior Vice President Financial Services, responsible for the development and sales of micropayments, wallet and m-commerce to financial institutions and wireless carriers. During 1999 Jeff served as Vice President of Business Development at Impulse Buy until Inktomi acquired it and as Director of Business Development and later Director, New Products and Business Development at SBC Interactive (Internet division of SBC Communications) from 1996 to 1999.
During 1996 Jeff was the Director of Business Development at the Internet division of Disney Online. Jeff earned a B.A. in Economics at University of California in 1991, and an MBA from Boston University in 1995.
Austin Murray

Co-Founder &VP, Business Development, JAMDAT Mobile, Inc.

Austin-Murray

Jamdat
Austin Murray: As JAMDAT Mobile's Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development, Austin focuses on the company's partnerships, strategic positioning, and long-term growth initiatives.
Prior to founding JAMDAT Mobile, Austin served as Director of Strategy at eCompanies, LLC, where he played an integral part in the launch of eCompanies Wireless, an incubator and partnership with Sprint PCS.
Prior to eCompanies, Austin served as Director of Business Development at iBEAM Broadcasting, a streaming media broadcast network. Austin has also worked at game developer Crystal Dynamics in marketing and at Activision Studios in marketing, production, and product development.
Austin graduated cum laude with a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. Austin also holds a JD from UCLA School of Law and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management. Austin is a Member of the California Bar.
Mark Wilson

Director Business Development, Captaris

Mark-Wilson

Captaris
Mark Wilson is Director of Business Development for the Infinite Mobile Wireless division at Captaris, Inc. With over 20 years experience in the computer industry, Mark specializes in creating and managing partnership strategies that enhance and promote Captaris' Infinite Mobile Wireless solutions throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
He holds Bachelor's degrees in Mass Communications and Psychology from Towson University, and is a frequent presenter at industry conferences, where he shares his knowledge and experience on business issues in the mobile wireless market.
Mark Willingham

VP, Marketing, HeyAnita Inc.

Mark-Willingham

HeyAnita
Mark Willingham is responsible for developing and implementing communication, branding and overall marketing strategies as well as the development of new products.
Before joining HeyAnita in early 2000, Willingham spent 14 years at The Willingham Group, a marketing communications agency where he served as president and partner. He oversaw creative programming, brand strategy and positioning, development of promotions, consumer/trade incentive programs and multi-partner tie-ins for clients including Allied Domecq Spirits, Bugle Boy, Baskin-Robbins, Blue Cross of California and Dole Foods.
Willingham earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
Steve Oettinger

President, RAST

 

Steve Oettinger is President of his consulting firm, The Oettinger Group, which provides government and community relations advice and investment counsel. Prior to that, he was employed by ARCO for twenty-six years in a variety of capacities. He served as Planning Manager of ARCO Transportation Company (ATC), Vice President of Chartering, Evaluation, and Materials Management for ARCO Marine, Manager of Government and Public Relations for ATC, and Manager of Political and Community Relations for ARCO Products. Mr. Oettinger has worked in Long Beach since 1983.
Throughout his career, Mr. Oettinger has been actively involved in the communities where he works and lives. He has served as the Chairperson of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Conservation Corps. Of Long Beach. He is currently the Chair of the Long Beach Community Partnership, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Community and Justice, a member of the Board of Governors of CSULB, a member of the Board of Governors of the Long Beach City College Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Apartment Association, California Southern Cities, and a member of Long Beach Rotary. Mr. Oettinger also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of International City Bank.
Mr. Oettinger has a B.S. in Math from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Management Science from RPI.
Anurag Harsh

President, FrequencyM

Anurag-Harsh

Mobolitec
Anurag Harsh is a leading authority on Wireless and Mobile technologies. He is the author of the recently published book 'M-Commerce Security' (McGraw-Hill Professional, Jan 2002). With over a decade of global experience in wireless technology management and implementation, Anurag is currently the President of FrequencyM in San Francisco where he advises his corporate clients on cutting-edge mobile-business strategy, implementing many niche technology solutions. His clientele has included companies such as Nokia (mobile gaming), Ericsson(mobitex network implementations), Pepsi (wireless vending strategy), U.S. Army (global deployment of wireless war reserve logistics), H&Q Chase (wireless banking), Adidas (Pocket PC deployment strategy), Taco Bell (wireless merchandising sales strategy) and many other global corporations across a variety of vertical industries. Previously, Anurag headed the west coast division for Plaut-AG, an international management-consulting firm with a global presence of 34 subsidiaries in 18 countries. In this position, he was the executive in-charge of global wireless projects and also led panel discussions at leading technology conferences. He holds degrees from the University of Sheffield in England and has six certificates of excellence from Microsoft Corporation. Anurag has also been a technology broadcaster for the BBC in London.

VC Panel

Ken Hausman
Managing Director, Osprey Ventures

Ken-Hasman

Osprey Ventures
Ken Hausman is Managing Director of Osprey Ventures, a $92M venture investment partnership. He has been active in the software and information processing industry since the early 1980s.
Prior to Osprey Ventures, Mr. Hausman Co-founded Mentor Venture Partners, an early stage venture investment partnership. He still is active there in his role as Managing Director of Mentor Venture Partners.
Before moving into venture capital, Mr. Hausman worked at The NASDAQ Stock Market. His responsibilities there included managing relationships and providing value added services for many of NASDAQ's largest companies, including among others, Intel, Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Costco, Adobe and Cisco.
Mr. Hausman previously worked at Ingres Corporation where he held a variety of positions in engineering and support, including serving as senior manager of the Open Systems Group and, as required, acting as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Ingres, Mr. Hausman was hired by Mr. Eugene Kleiner as the first full-time employee of ReSound Corporation. At ReSound, major actions included developing marketing strategy, product specifications and schedules, completing business plans, raising several million dollars through several financing rounds, negotiating technology agreements and fulfilling the functions of the chief financial officer. Prior to ReSound, Mr. Hausman spent five years at Hewlett-Packard in sales and marketing positions.
Mr. Hausman has A.B. degrees in Economics and Human Biology from Stanford University and a M.B.A. from U.C.L.A.
Mr. Hausman currently sits on NASDAQ's President's Advisory Board, Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club and the Asian American Manufacturing Association. He is also the past president of The Churchill Club, and serves on the boards of the Northern California Kidney Foundation, The Boys and Girls Club and is a charter member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). Mr. Hausman also sits on the board of Netbotz, a privately held company, and is an advisor to Garage.com and Viador, Inc. (VIAD:NASDAQ).
Bill Gurley

General Partner, Benchmark Capital

Bil Gurley

Benchmark
Bill Gurley joined Benchmark Capital in 1999 after spending two years as a partner with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He currently serves on the boards of Epinions, FHP Wireless, Nordstrom.com, OpenTable, Respond, Vcommerce and Xylo. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston focusing on the personal computer hardware and software business. His research coverage included such companies as Dell, Compaq, and Microsoft, and he was the lead analyst on the Amazon IPO. In both 1995 and 1996, Bill was a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team. Prior to his investment career, Bill was a design engineer at Compaq Computer, where he worked on products such as the 486/50 and Compaq's initial multi-processor server. Before Compaq, he served in the technical marketing group of Advanced Micro Devices' embedded processor division. Other Investments: Avamar Technologies, Crossgain (acquired by BEA Systems) and Juniper Bank. Other Affiliations: Advisory board of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Education: MBA from the University of Texas, 1993 and a BS in computer science from the University of Florida, 1989. Chartered Financial Analyst.
David Lane
Managing Director, Diamondhead Ventures

David Lane

Diamondhead Ventures
David Lane has more than twenty years of experience creating, building and financing information technology companies, several of which are currently worth several billion dollars. During the past thirteen years David has actively managed venture capital investment funds totaling over $500 Million.
Victor H. Sim
Of Counsel, Business & Development, Brobeck

Victor Sim

Brobeck

Victor H. Sim is counseling companies with business plans, venture capital financings, public offerings, business development, and international expansion.
Legal and Technical Experience: Of Counsel, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, 2001 to present; Chief Strategic Officer, Hey Anita, 2000 to 2001; Of Counsel/Associate, Morrison, Foerster, 1998 to 2000; Associate, Wilson Sonsini, 1996 to 1998; Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld; 1995 to 1996, Board of Director, Hey Anita (United States), 1999 to 2001; Chairman of the Board, Hey Anita (Korea), 1999 to 2001.

Ram Shanmugam

Principal, Greylock

Ram Shanmugam

Greylock
Ram Shanmugam joined Greylock in December 2000 as a Principal, focusing on investment opportunities in areas such as managed service providers (MSPs), networking and communications equipment and new storage technologies.
Andreas Stavropoulos

Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Andreas-Stavropous

Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Andreas Stavropoulos is a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he serves on the Boards of a number of private companies. In the wireless space, Mr. Stavropoulos led the firm’s investments in Centerpost, InphoMatch, Polaris Wireless and Quios. Prior to joining DFJ, Mr. Stavropoulos was with McKinsey & Company's San Francisco office, where he worked with senior management teams of corporate clients with an emphasis on information technology. Prior to McKinsey, he was a Senior Analyst at Cornerstone Research, a financial and economic consulting firm that helps resolve complex issues arising in high-profile business litigation. Mr. Stavropoulos is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College in computer science. He also holds an MS degree in computer science from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and graduated first in his class. He has published articles in CNet, the Red Herring magazine and a number of other publications.
Troy Fukumoto

Managing Director, SunAmerica Ventures

Troy-Fukumoto

Sun America VC
Troy Fukumoto leads the fund's direct investment activities and manages investments in over 30 venture capital funds. He has over 14 years of venture capital and technology experience. Troy led the fund's investments in several companies including Integrated Micromachines Inc., Network Physics, Procket Networks and Talk2 Technology. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors or advisory committee of several private companies and venture capital funds.
Prior to SunAmerica Ventures, Troy worked for several years in Silicon Valley. He was involved in investing over $200 million in over 20 technology companies. These investments resulted in 8 IPOs and 8 acquisitions including New Focus (NUFO), Packeteer (PKTR), Saba Software (SABA), Extensity (EXTN), Transmedia/Cisco (CSCO), Sitera/Vitesse (VTSS), Onlink/Seibel (SEBL), XLNT/Intel (INTC), Silicon Spice/Broadcom (BRCM), Ramp Networks/Nokia (NOK) and ConvergeNet/Dell (DELL).
Earlier, Troy held engineering, business development and project management positions at TRW's Space and Electronics Group in Redondo Beach. At TRW, he built advanced RF and digital communications systems. Troy holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA. At USC, Troy was elected to two engineering honor societies, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.
 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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