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Speakers 
 Mr Prakash Bajpai,
President,
Reliance Infocomm, India
Mr Prakash C. Bajpai joined Reliance Infocomm as its President in April 2002. Reliance Infocomm is building a pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (Wireless and Broadband) and Convergent (Voice, Data and Video) Digital Network, to offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain – infrastructure, services for enterprises and individuals, applications and consulting. Since the successful mega launch phase of Mobile services in which Company acquired market leadership with over 7 million subscribers in barely seven months of time, Mr Bajpai is now driving the Broadband Business for the Enterprise and Consumer sectors with service offering ranging from end-to-end managed Voice & Data Networks to triple play services of Voice, Internet and Interactive Video services.
In his illustrious career spanning 25 years, Mr Bajpai has several accomplishments to his credit. An Electronics Engineer, he started his career with IBM and then moved on to Phillips, where he was involved in the launch of colour TV transmission in India. At Tata Telecom, his leadership and strategic thinking helped the company acquire market leadership position during its formative years. On his return to India in 1996, after his stint abroad with AT&T Network systems, Mr Bajpai spearheaded the Marketing, Sales & Network Planning activities in Tata Lucent Technology and won several prestigious and large telecom contracts. In Hughes Telecom, in the capacity as President & CEO, Mr Bajpai led the pioneering effort to build India’s first integrated broadband network in Maharashtra & Goa and successfully completed the IPO for over Rs 900 Crores, one of the largest and the first in the telecom sector in India.
Mr Bajpai has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Delhi and has graduated from a number of in-house management programs conducted by the AT&T School of Business Management including mini MBA in Financial management.
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 Bill Barney,
CEO,
Asia Netcom, Hong Kong
Bill Barney was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Asia Netcom in November 2005. Prior to that, Barney was President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, a position he has held since joining Asia Global Crossing in 2002.
During his period at Asia Netcom, Barney presided over the transformation of one of Asia’s first Chapter 11 casualties (AGC), into one of Asia’s leaders in IP and WAN services. Since Asia Netcom’s launch in 2003, the company has achieved industry-leading growth targets and was named "2007 Best Wholesale Carrier" by Telecom Asia. Under Barney's leadership, ANC was also awarded the International Engineering Consortium's prestigious InfoVision Award in 2006 & 2007, as well as “Data Communications Service Provider of the Year” recognition by Frost & Sullivan in 2005 & 2006.
Prior to ANC, Barney served as President of Asia Pacific at MCI WorldCom where he managed the industry’s fastest growing regional company through an industry leading three-digit growth phase. During Barney’s tenure at WorldCom and UUNET, the company received numerous accolades for its technological leadership in IP services while also being recognized twice as Asia’s Telecom Employer of the Year.
Prior to joining WorldCom, Barney was Vice President of Global One, where he managed operations in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Barney began his career with AT&T, where he held a number of key sales and management roles in the international division and domestic sales group.
Barney received his MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University.
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 Mr Owen Best,
President, Asia Pacific,
FLAG Telecom, Hong Kong
Before joining FLAG Telecom in June 1998, Owen Best was Vice President of Telstra Japan (1995-1998) and Regional Director for Telstra Korea (1994-1996). He has over 22 years experience in the telecommunications industry, and has worked extensively in the Asia Pacific region in various senior engineering and operational positions with Telecom Australia, Telecom Australia International, OTC, and Telstra.
Owen has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electronics/Communications), a Master of Engineering Studies, and an MBA - all from the University of Queensland, Australia.
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Mr Dipankar Bose,
Senior Vice President, Finance & IT,
Pearson Education, India
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 Lars Brohne,
Routing & Trading Product Director,
Intec Telecom Systems, Sweden
Lars Brohne is globally responsible for Intec's trading and routing product InterconnecT Optimised Routing (InterconnecT OR). He is Business Product Manager and is based at Intec's Sweden office. Although Mr. Brohne has extensive experience in Interconnect Settlements and Billing, he has been working especially within the international minute trading and routing area within the last few years.
Mr. Brohne has been working for 12 years within the Telecommunications Carrier-to-carrier Settlements and Billing area in the areas of Product Management, Implementation Projects, Business Development, Marketing and Planning & Strategy at companies like Ericsson. A native of Swedish, Mr. Brohne has lived and worked in Luxembourg and US/Florida for 6 years during the last 12 years.
Mr. Brohne holds a Masters of Science (MsC) Degree in Computer Science from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
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 Mr Amit Chawla,
Vice President, Global Business Units and Engineering,
Veraz Networks, USA
Amit Chawla is VP of Global Business units and Engineering at Veraz Networks. Amit has over 18 years of design, product management and market development experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Veraz, Amit was CEO of NexVerse Networks and led the merger of NexVerse Networks with ECI Telecom’s NGTS business unit to form Veraz. Prior to joining NexVerse Networks, he was VP Portfolio Management, Communications Server products at Nortel Networks for the packet-based Succession Networks.
Amit holds a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from University College, University of London, England and a Masters of Science from the University of Manitoba, Canada.
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 Ms Carla Cico,
CEO,
Brasil Telecom, Brazil
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 Mr Arturo Danesi,
Senior Vice President, Marketing,
Telecom Italia Sparkle, Italy
Mr Danesi possesses a degree in Electronic Engineering and has 25 years experience within the international telecommunication Industry.
His professional experiences include:
Alenia Spazio (1981):
Head of Satellite research lab
Marconi Communications (1986):
Director of Videotex and Audiotex technologies for European R&D group
Bell Atlantic (1991):
Director of Business Development Europe
Olivetti/Infostrada (1995):
VP Marketing
VP Domestic and International Wholesale
Lambdanet (2000):
Managing Director Southern Europe
Telecom Italia Sparkle (2002):
VP Wholesale Marketing
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Keate Despain,
Director of Marketing, Asia,
Intel
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 Glenda M. Dorchak,
Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Electronics Group,
Intel Corporation, USA
Glenda Dorchak is Vice President, Intel Desktop Products Group (DPG) and General Manager, Consumer Electronics Group (CEG). She is responsible for directing Intel's vision for consumer electronics in the digital home and Intel's drive to become the leading supplier of building blocks to the consumer electronics industry.The Intel Consumer Electronics Group is chartered with building leadership in media processing solutions for the digital home and digital office. Intel's Desktop Products Group is chartered with building leadership in media processing solutions for the digital home and digital office. DPG is responsible for the design, development, and market development of Intel's desktop platform solutions, including processors, chipsets, motherboards, software and services.Previously, Dorchak served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Intel Communications Group. She began her career with IBM and served in a variety of executive positions in sales, marketing and planning, including marketing for the IBM Personal Systems Group. Prior to joining Intel, she was the Chairman and CEO of Value America, Inc., a leading online retailer of computers, software, office equipment, electronics, and entertainment content including books, CDs, DVDs and movies.
In November of 1999, Dorchak was named one of the "Top 25 Executives of the New Millennium" by Computer Reseller News, for helping Value America grow to a position of acknowledged industry leadership in online merchandising.She is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, including the Intel Developer Forum, SuperComm, DSL Forum, Digital Hollywood, and CES.
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 Mr Shahid Farooq Si (M),
Chairman,
National Telecommunication Corporation, Pakistan
Rear Admiral Shahid Farooq SI(M), joined Pakistan Navy and Commissioned in 01-06-1970. He has an excellent record of over 34 years of meritorious service in his credit. During his Naval Career he has been entrusted with key assignments and appointments, which includes General Manager Project Dockyard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Managing Director Dockyard and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Material). He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics and holds Master Degree in Strategic Studies. Presently, he is performing his duties as Chairman, National Telecommunication Corporation in Islamabad since 4th September, 2003. During the last one year he has re-organized National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) on the corporate lines and provided valuable support to private business by sharing NTC networks and infrastructure.
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Andy Funk,
Director of Access Management,
Virtela Communications, USA
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 Jeffrey Gee,
Executive Vice President, Network Division,
FarEasTone Telecommunications, Taiwan
Jeffey Gee is currently the Executive Vice President of Network Management & Operation Division. Jeffey Gee owns more than 28 years experience in managing telecommunications business and networks for multi-national global companies and US business. He has extensive experience in new business development, business planning, P/L management, project management, and network operation management. He has had engineering experience in system design, development, and integration of large-scale networks. Jeffey Gee worked for KGTelecom as Vice President for Network Engineering and Operations for two and half years. He worked for eGlobe Inc., an US Telecommunications company from May 1996 to October 2001, and was GM for its Asia Pacific operation.
Jeffey Gee was Vice President of Network Integration for Cincinnati Bell Information systems from May 1987 to May 1996.Jeffey Gee holds a bachelor degree in Mathematics from Chung Yuan University, a M.S. in Mathematics from Missouri State University and a M.S. in Computer Science from State University of New York.
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 Mr Vab Goel,
Partner, Norwest Venture Partners and Chairman,
Virtela Communications, USA
Vab is chairman of Virtela, a global network solutions company, and a partner with Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a premier venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in enterprise software and communications technologies. Vab’s investments include C2C Pte. Ltd., LifeSize Communications (formerly KMV Technologies), Virtela Communications and Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola).
Before joining NVP, Vab served Qwest as vice president of emerging technologies, a group he founded. In that position, he was responsible for identifying new networking technologies. He also fostered strategic relationships with start-up companies such as Qtera, Corvis, Sonus Networks, Redback Networks, Siara Systems, Juniper Networks, and Extreme Networks. Earlier, as vice president of IP network engineering and advanced technology, he created and implemented the “Qwest IP Network and Data Center Strategy”, designed to enable seamless services with open standards and a strong customer focus.
Prior to joining Qwest, Vab worked at Sprint, where he was a principal architect for the Sprint Internet backbone and contributed to the company’s IP and optical network strategy. He created the optical Network Strategy which drove the worlds first IP over Sonet and the first IP over DWDM network. He played a key role in the Global One IP network, a venture partnership among France Telecom, Sprint, and Deutsche Telecom.
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 Mr Christopher Grahn,
CEO,
Ascade AB
Mr. Grahn joined Ascade in year 2000 as Vice President of Marketing. In the same year he moved on to the position as CEO.Mr. Grahn has a background as management consultant with focus on strategic consulting services for the telecom industry at PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Services (PwC MCS).
During his four years at PwC MCS Mr. Grahn was based in Stockholm, Sweden and Toronto, Canada and worked mainly on Mergers & Acquisitions projects in Europe and North America. In parallel to his consulting position Mr. Grahn was responsible for all recruiting at the Stockholm office.Prior to the position at PwC MCS, Mr. Grahn worked as a Customer Project Manager at Ericsson South America, where he managed implementation projects of cellular infrastructure systems.Mr. Grahn holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Institute of Technology & Management in Linköping, Sweden. During his graduate studies, Mr. Grahn was given the privilege to study management and business as exchange student at Madison Graduate School of Business, USA and at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and work as Research Assistant at INSEAD, France for Professor Kets de Vries in the area of Organizational Behaviour.
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Andrew Grenville,
Vice President, International Networks & Wholesale,
Starhub, Singapore
As Vice President of International - Network & Wholesale, Andrew Grenville is responsible for managing and developing StarHub’s international voice and data network including relationships with other carriers, as well as running StarHub’s wholesale sales channel.
Andrew Grenville has been at the forefront of the telecommunications industry for 20 years. Prior to other senior roles in StarHub, he was CEO for StarHub Crossing, responsible for establishing and operating the company in Singapore. Before this, Andrew was Alliance Director for StarHub (British Telecom’s Singapore venture). In this role, he was responsible for managing the overall relationship between BT and StarHub at the management and shareholder levels.
Andrew’s career with British Telecom (BT) spanned close to 10 years. In the early 90s, he held a post in Global Finance and played a major sales role in BT’s initial years in London. His responsibilities included managing relationships with major clients and developing new revenue streams from existing accounts.
Thereafter, Andrew held various senior appointments in BT Logistics, including running BT’s heavy lorry fleet in UK, before moving on to head the Services Procurement unit in 1997. In this role, he managed BT’s spend of 1.5bn pounds, reducing the whole of life costs in the supply chain by adopting a collaborative approach with customers. Andrew was then appointed Head of Sales and Marketing for BT UK Business Services, where he led the start-up of a new business in BT Supply Chain Solutions.
Andrew holds an Honours degree in Electrical Engineering from Sheffield University. He started his career designing electronic hardware and software at GEC Telecoms, before taking up a sales role with Racal.
A Singapore Permanent Resident, Andrew is married with four young children and lives in Singapore.
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 Promod Haque,
Managing Partner,
Norwest Venture Partners and the #1 venture capitalist, Annual Forbes Midas List 2004
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 Mr Bruce Hicks,
Group Managing Director,
SUNDAY Communications, Hong Kong
Mr. Bruce Hicks has been with SUNDAY Communications Limited since the company's inception in 1995 when he led the team which successfully acquired SUNDAY's PCS license. He has been a partner, director and chief technical officer of Distacom Communications Limited of Hong Kong since 1994.Prior to joining Distacom, Mr. Hicks was at Hutchison Telecom, where he was responsible for technical operations in Hong Kong and actively involved in new business development in Asia and Europe. Mr. Hicks, a Canadian, began his career with Motorola Inc. in the United States. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from Michigan Technological University in 1983 and an M.B.A. from the International Management Institute in Geneva, Switzerland in 1987.
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 Mr Vu Hoang Lien,
CEO,
Vietnam Post & Telecommunications, Vietnam Data Communications Company, Vietnam
Vu Hoang Lien is the CEO of Vietnam Data Communications Company, a Vietnam Post & Telecommunications company. Vu Hoang Lien’s areas of specialization includes telecom management, business management, project and program management, project development, project financing and human resources management.
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 Mr Yukimasa Ito,
Vice President, Global IP Network Group, Global Services,
NTT Communications, Japan
As a vice president of Global Services Business Division for NTT Communications (NTT Com), Yukimasa Ito oversees the global Tier1 IP backbone; NTT/VERIO Global IP Network. In this role, he directs NTT/VERIO Global IP Network’s efforts to expand its presence in Europe, focusing on the U.S. and Asia market and to launch new global services. Mr. Ito has worked for NTT Com and its subsidiaries since 1980.Mr. Ito served as vice president of service planning for NTT Worldwide Telecommunications from 1997 to 1999.
Before that, he was vice president of service planning for NTT PC Communications Inc. from 1995 to 1997. Previously, Mr. Ito was director of corporate planning at NTT America Inc. Mr. Ito received a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in engineering from Waseda University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Washington. In 1990, Mr. Ito was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University.
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 Martin Jansson,
Founder,
Ascade AB, Singapore
Mr. Jansson is co-founder of Ascade and is currently responsible for the functional design within the product management. He has previously held the position Director of Professional Services.
Jansson has a background from Cambridge Technology Partners where he worked as an IT-consultant in the U.S. and Stockholm. Additionally he has had his own independent consultancy in Hong Kong and China, focusing on development of complex business support systems for telecom companies. In 1997 he founded Ascade together with Jon Simonsson.
Martin Jansson has an M Sc in Industrial Engineering & Management from Linköping Institute of Technology. Currently he is stationed at Ascade's Singapore office.
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 Mr Ryan Jarvis,
Chairman,
Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance, Chief of Products and Partnerships, BT Mobile, UK
Chairman, Fixed Mobile Convergence AllianceChief of Products and Partnerships, BT Mobile
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Ulisses Kameyama,
Director, Investment and Operational Cost Analysis,
Brasil Telecom, Brazil
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 Mr Kristiono,
CEO,
PT TELEKOM, Indonesia
Kristiono assumed the position of CEO of PT Telekom, the incumbent fixed line carrier in Indonesia since 2002. Prior to becoming a CEO, Kristiono was the Director of Technology Planning and has been with PT Telekom since 1978.
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 Wilfred Kwan,
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,
Asia Netcom, Hong Kong
Wilfred Kwan is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to the acquisition, Kwan was Senior Vice President of Network Operations at Asia Global Crossing since joining the Company in June 2002.
With more than 16 years of experience in the telecom industry, Kwan's experience ranges from software development and integrated circuit design to product development, network planning and operations. Kwan joined the company from WorldCom Asia Pacific, where he was the Director of Operations responsible for overall operational efficiencies such as MTTR, on-time delivery and operations cost. He also led the implementation of ISO 9000 and cross-departmental processes for quality assurance at WorldCom. Kwan has also held various management positions with Global One, Lucent Technologies, Motorola and Nortel. Since 1999, Kwan has served as an advisory committee member to OFTA in Hong Kong.
Kwan has an MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, where he also received his undergraduate degree in the same discipline.
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 Ms Anne D LeBoutillier,
Director, Asia Pacific,
T Soja & Associates, Inc, Singapore
Anne LeBoutillier joined T Soja and Associates, Inc. (TSA) as Director, Asia-Pacific in December, 2000. Ms. LeBoutillier has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry, with a strong focus on the Asia-Pacific telecommunications marketplace and the global undersea fiber optics market.
As Director, Asia-Pacific, Ms. LeBoutillier manages all of TSA sales, marketing, research and analysis activities for the Asia Pacific market which includes telecom service providers, infrastructure developers, equipment manufacturers, banks and financial institutions.
Ms. LeBoutillier is a frequent guest on CNBC News, providing commentary and analysis on subjects such as market demand and corporate activities in the Asia Pacific region, and global telecom markets. She speaks frequently at regional and global telecommunications conferences and also provides commentary to numerous telecom publications for which she continues to be a source of insight into telecommunications demand requirements, market and financial analysis, telecom networks, and the undersea fiberoptics marketplace. Prior to joining TSA, Ms. LeBoutillier held management positions in business development, strategic marketing, and product management with AT&T International Operations Group, AT&T Submarine Systems, Inc., AT&T Labs, and Tyco Submarine Systems, Ltd. Upon opening Tyco's Singapore regional office in 1998, Ms. LeBoutillier directed business development and marketing efforts for Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd. throughout the Asia Pacific region.
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 Mr Calvin Lee,
Vice President, Asia Pacific and Middle East, International Carrier Sales & Solutions,
T-Systems Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore
Calvin Lee is responsible for T-Systems’ carriers’ carriers business, International Carriers Sales & Solutions (ICSS), for the Asia Pacifc & Middle East region. Mr Lee joined the Deutsche Telekom group in Singapore 1997. Since then he has steered the growth of the business, and increased local presences in the region with set-up of sales offices in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Under his lead, sales has quadrupled.
Prior to joining the Deutsche Telekom group, Mr. Lee was with Corporate Access, where he was involved in international VSAT service satellite communication for enterprise and carriers in the South and South East Asia regions. Mr Lee started his career in sales with IBM Singapore for IBM’s Global Services.
Mr. Lee earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and obtained an Honours Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
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Mr Gary Leonard,
Vice President of Marketing,
MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance, Director of Solutions Marketing, Riverstone Networks
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 Jian Li,
Chief Technology Officer,
Virtela Communications, USA
Jian is well known within the Internet community as one of its top technology experts. His background includes developing leading-edge IP networks and services at Qwest, Sprint and GlobalOne (a joint venture between Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom). At Virtela, Jian is responsible for the company's innovative IP-based network architecture and advanced customer network design services. He ensures that customer technology requirements are met and identifies new and emerging technologies for the company's service portfolio.
Before joining Virtela, Jian was responsible for IP engineering and emerging technologies at Qwest, where he founded the IP architecture team and led the design of the first OC-48 and OC-192 nationwide IP backbones. Previously, Jian was a principal architect of Sprint's IP service backbone. He also designed and built GlobalOne's international IP service backbone. He was also a major contributor to the design and deployment of the first commercial Internet network in China, sponsored by China Telecom in 1994.
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 Ms Eva Lindqvist,
President,
TeliaSonera International Carrier, Sweden
Eva Lindqvist, President of TeliaSonera International Carrier, has held a long line of positions within the telecom industry.
Eva was previously employed by the Ericsson Group, where for 18 years she held leading positions in Japan, Australia and the US. Back in Sweden in 1998, Eva was nominated R & D Director for Corporate Technology at Ericsson.
After a year as Managing Partner at Sandberg & Trygg B2B advertising agency, Eva joined Telia in 2000 as Senior Vice President and project leader for broadening the ownership of companies in the Enterprises Business Area. The following year she was appointed Head of the Equity Business Area and became a member of Telia’s Group Management.
Early in 2002, Eva left Equity for Telia Mobile where she was assigned Senior Vice President with special responsibility for all staff units and overall strategic business development. In September 2002 Eva Lindqvist was appointed President of Telia International Carrier. Presently, Eva is responsible for all international carrier activities within the TeliaSonera Group and President of TeliaSonera International Carrier.
Eva Lindqvist was born in 1958 and holds a Master of Science, Engineering degree, in Applied Physics from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, and a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Graduate School of Management, Melbourne University, Australia.
TeliaSonera International Carrier, fully-owned by the TeliaSonera Group, provides wholesale, capacity and IP services to network and service providers. The services are based on the wholly-owned European and trans-Atlantic fibre network, and the IP network with peering points in Europe and in the US. The international voice business is focused on international interconnect agreements and bilateral routes.
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 Mr Stefano Mazzitelli,
CEO,
Telecom Italia Sparkle, Italy
Stefano Mazzitelli was born in Rome, Italy, in 1960. Holds a Law Degree from the University of Rome and an M.B.A. from Boston University.In 1988 he joined AT&T Italia in Rome, and in 1991 was appointed Director of Marketing. He later moved to AT&T’s International Headquarters in Morristown, NJ (USA), where he was Associate Director of AT&T Global Strategy. Promoted Director, Strategy of AT&T EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), he was responsible for market entry strategies in Europe, and the development of AT&T’s offer in the region.
In 1996 he joined Olivetti/Infostrada, as VP Marketing and Business Development. In this position he was in charge of the company’s strategies for long distance services, fixed/mobile services integration, and regulatory issues and strategies. He also managed market analysis, definition of market segments and targets, offer development, and was responsible for the company’s strategic marketing planning.In 1997 he joined Sprint International as Executive Director, EMEA, based in Rome.In 2002 he joined Telecom Italia as President, International Services Division. Following the spin-off of the Division, on January 1st, 2003 he was appointed to his current position of Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Italia Sparkle.
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 Mr Simon Naylor,
Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan,
Sonus Networks, USA
As Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, Simon Naylor is responsible for the company’s sales, marketing and business operations throughout the entire Asia Pacific region, including Japan. In this role, Mr Naylor is focused on generating a greater awareness of Sonus Networks and the advantages of class-leading voice over IP (VoIP) solutions throughout the region. He is also responsible for forging strategic partnerships with industry-leading telecommunications providers, while building a network of resellers and channel partners.
Mr Naylor brings more than thirteen years experience in the Asia Pacific region to his position at Sonus. Prior to joining Sonus in 2000, Mr Naylor was Vice President, Asia Pacific for RSA Security, where he was responsible for the company’s operations throughout the region. With Mr Naylor at the helm, RSA Security Asia Pacific’s revenues quadrupled in the three years since 1997 when Mr Naylor was running the company. The company’s distribution channels also grew from 16 partners in six countries in 1997, to 65 partners in thirteen countries in 2000. In addition, new offices were set up in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Sydney, and an R&D centre was also set up in Brisbane.
Mr Naylor began his career in Asia in 1989 with Case/Dowty Communications, ending his tenure there in 1992 as General Manager (GM) for Asia Pacific. In 1992, he joined ITS (now named Equant) as General Manager, South Asia and was later promoted to Sales Director, Asia Pacific, in addition to the South Asia GM role. In 1995, Mr. Naylor was further promoted to Managing Director, Asia Pacific, for ITS, a post he held until his departure from the company in October 1997. While at ITS, Mr Naylor was instrumental in ITS meeting its revenue targets every year, with revenues quadrupling from US$20 million to US$80 million and with 400 staff in 11 countries across Asia Pacific.
Mr Naylor holds a BA in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK.
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 Mr Jean-Louis Nicolle,
Director, Partner Services,
Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong
Jean-Louis Nicolle has been 14 years with Cable & Wireless holding positions in Sales, Product Management, and Planning.
Jean-Louis worked with C&W in France, in Japan, in the UK, and in the USA.Jean-Louis is responsible for C&W Carrier Sales in Asia and is working with fixed line and mobile carriers in Asia, developing and promoting carrier services in close cooperation with C&W colleagues around the world.Jean-Louis graduated as a Geophysicist Engineer from the University of Strasbourg, France, and he holds an MBA from Warwick University, UK.
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 Ms Claire Paponneau,
Executive Vice President, International Wholesale Solutions,
France Telecom Group
Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Wholesale Solutions, providing innovative services to more than 1000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers.
Before taking up her current position in 2002, Claire was Executive Vice-President of International Networks, responsible for developing France Telecom’s wholesale business in markets all over the world.
Claire joined France Telecom in 1984 and has been involved in the management of networks, services and video planning as well as finance, planning and information systems. She was also responsible for setting up a unified organization of multicultural teams in 2000 following the France Telecom Group’s acquisition of Global One (later to become Equant, the world leader in the corporate services market).
Previously she worked as IT project manager, then as research manager on radar and as an oil trading market analyst.
Claire is a graduate of the French National School of Telecommunications and the Ecole des Mines, Paris. She also holds a research degree in Mathematics from the Ecole Normale Superieur, Paris.
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 Mr Ian Pulford,
President & Representative Director,
BT Japan Corporation, Japan
Ian Pulford leads the BT Global Service regional wholesale operation in Asia Pacific and MEAF addressing the needs of carriers, licensed operators, service providers and mobile operators. His responsibilities include leveraging BT’s global infrastructure, offering a full spectrum of services through to solutions to support customers’ international requirements.
Ian has over 25 years of experience in the telecoms industry. In 1987, he moved to BT (CBP) Limited, a specialist company in the finance sector supplying and manufacturing dealing room equipment. Based in London, he was responsible for the support of the Asia Pacific region. Extensive travel to the region led to a two-year term in Hong Kong, followed by a further term based in Tokyo. In the latter post, he moved into Japan Telecom’s Network Information Service to lead the Corporate Sales division. On his return to the UK in 2000, Ian rejoined BT, initially playing a part in the emerging Broadband wholesale environment, then moving to Carrier Services where he led the European sales team on behalf of mobile and ISP customers. Ian spent 11 years with the Army reserves as a radio technician and physical training instructor, with involvement in the recruitment and training of early candidates. He has recently completed an MBA programme with Temple University, Japan, attaining the Dean’s award for excellence. Married, with three young daughters, his other interests extend to golf, squash, swimming, marathon running, cricket, soccer and rugby.
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 Mr Vichaow Rakphongphairoj,
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Member of Executive Board,
True Corp., Thailand
Vichaow Rakphongphairoj has been the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of TRUE Corporation Pcl, (formerly named TelecomAsia Corp. Pcl.) since year 2000. He is also a Member of Executive Board.Vichaow Rakphongphairoj has been with the company since 1992 and obtained his Master of Science Electrical Engineering with a Major in Computer Engineering from the University of Wiscousin, Madison, WI.
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 Ms Adrienne Scott,
Vice President, International Settlements and Cost Operations Management and Global VoIP Acceleration,
AT&T, USA
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 Mr Dick Simpson,
CEO,
Reach
Dick Simpson brings a wealth of experience and vision to REACH gained from more than 30 years in operations, marketing and senior management roles in leading Australian and international technology and telecommunications organisations. He was appointed President of Telstra International in March 2001 and was responsible for Telstra's offshore operations, managing the strategic development of the business units and all joint venture operations within Telstra's international portfolio.
Prior to that he was Group Managing Director of Telstra's mobile business. Dick began his career in the information technology sector, spending 10 years with IBM, three with Toshiba and a decade with Unisys. He worked with Unisys in the United States for four years, before returning home to act as Managing Director of the company's operations in Australia and New Zealand. In 1995 he was appointed Director of the Residential Division in Optus.
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 Mr AK Sinha,
Chairman and Managing Director,
BSNL India
Shri AK Sinha joined the Indian Telecommunication Service of Govt of India in the year 1969. He obtained B.Sc (Engineering) from MIT Muzaffarpur. Prior to joining Indian Telecom Service he worked as a Lecturer at Bihar College of Engineering,Patna. Sh AK Sinha has wide experience in installation and commissioning of various switching systems in the network of Calcutta Telephones and Delhi Telephones.
While working as Divisional Engineer (Installation), he was instrumental in commissioning first C-400 type Japanese Telephone Exchange in the network of Calcutta Telephones and thereafter in MTNL, Delhi Telephones. Sh Sinha has got installed C-400 and many Analogue as well as Digital Telephone Exchanges. Sh AK Sinha has worked as General Manager (Dev) in MTNL Corporate Office as well as MTNL Delhi Telephones. He has taken extensive training both within the country and abroad in various Telecom Switching Systems and many other important fields of Telecommunications. He has also worked for three years on deputation to the Telecom Department of Government of Nigeria as Principal Engineer Training. Sh Sinha has worked as Chief General Manager of Andaman and Nicobar Island Telecom Circle and Jharkhand Telecom Circle. Sh AK Sinha joined as CMD BSNL on 16.09.2004. Prior to joining as CMD, he was working as Sr. DDG (Switching) in BSNL Corporate Office.
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Milt Smith,
Sr. Program Manager, Global Voice, Data & Video Networks,
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, USA
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 Mr David Storrie,
Head, Network & Wholesale Services,
Starhub, Singapore
David first joined StarHub in 1997 and worked during the licence tender phase. After the successful bid, he was put in charge of the fixed network implementation.David is responsible for ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations of StarHub's networks, both fixed and mobile as well as charting its future strategic technological directions.
He also heads international carrier relations and domestic wholesale services which focus on the provision of communications infrastructure, facilities and services with other carriers and service providers. This involves international network, business planning, product management and carrier services development. In addition, David is also responsible for StarHub's core fixed network products.A Scotsman, he is a veteran in the telecommunications industry with 24 years of working experience in countries like Germany, Holland, France, Kuwait, Britain, United States, and Singapore. He has an MBA from Leicester University, a Degree in Business Management as well as a Degree in Electrical Engineering. He started his career in BT whilst studying at Edinburgh University for his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Throughout his career, he assumed a variety of positions including project management and network design and planning. David was also involved in the restoration of telecommunication services to Kuwait after the Gulf War and in providing satellite services to Russia.
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Jeff Sugimoto,
L2 VPN Services Team Leader,
Nortel Networks
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 Ms Puyi Tam,
Director of Business Development, Asia,
Virtela Communications, USA
Puyi has more than eight years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked in both the United States and Asia Pacific. Since 1999, she has been at Singapore Telecommunications in a number of different sales and business development roles within the Corporate Business Group.
Most recently, she was responsible for business development and alliance partnerships for SingTel's overseas operations in the United States, Australia/New Zealand, South East Asia, Africa and Latin America. Before joining SingTel, Puyi was with SkyTel - a subsidiary of MCI - and was responsible for managing the Microsoft account in the United States.
Puyi graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Political Science. Her native language is English but she also speaks Cantonese.
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Kevin Taylor,
Vice President, Solutions, Propositions & Outsourcing, Asia Pacific,
BT, Hong Kong
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 Mr Lars Theobald,
Managing Consultant, Strategy & Marketing Section,
Detecon, Germany
Lars Theobald – more than 15 years experience in the ICT market, 4 at Detecon. Responsible for the competence area “Marketing Management”, his specialities are convergent products & portfolios and Client Solution Marketing & Sales.
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 Mr Edward Tian,
CEO,
China Netcom, China
Edward Tian is vice president of CNC Group and president of CNC International.
In 1994, he set up Asiainfo with a few Chinese students in the US. In 1995, he moved Asiainfo to China by first bringing Internet core technology back to China to be engaged in Internet network system integration and software development. In less than 4 years, Asiainfo quickly grew into a international national hi-tech enterprise with 450 staff members and an annual sales volume of 600 million Yuan. In 1999, it was appraised by International Economic Foreign Forum as one of the Top500 enterprises of the fastest growth; in 2000, Asiainfo was appraised by Forbes as one of the world's Top 300 small enterprises. In March, 2000, Asiainfo successfully went public in Nasdaq in the US.
At the invitation of the Board of Directors of CNC, in March, 1999, he became president of the Corporation. With the approval of the State Council and Relevant authorities, China Network Communications Co., Ltd undertakes the construction and operation of high-speed Internet pilot project—CNCnet. At the same time, the Corporation also shoulders the historical mission of “combining institutional innovation and technological innovation, exploring the establishment of pattern of the management, development and competition of China’s new generation communications corporation to strategically serve SOE reform, telecommunications institutional reform and knowledge innovation. On August 20th, 2001, CNCnet was conferred the plate of “National Hi-Tech Industrialization Model Project”.
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 Mr Gareth Williams,
President, Global Markets,
Interoute
Gareth Williams joined Interoute in February 2002 as Vice President Sales & Marketing. He was promoted to President of Global Markets in July 2002 and is responsible for all of Interoute's Sales activities and country operations. Gareths early career was spent in product management, marketing and pricing before moving toward more strategic roles setting up sales and business development teams in Europe, the USA and Asia. He has held senior executive positions with Concert and QoS Networks and was responsible for the provision of the first ever international two megabit circuit as well as the creation of one of the worlds first specialist IP sales teams.
Gareth has over 15 years experience in the telecommunications industry and holds a BSc degree in Economics and Business Studies from Cardiff University.
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 Mr Chan Wing Wa,
Managing Director, Cascade,
PCCW, Hong Kong
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 Mr Peter Wong,
CEO,
Hutchison Global Communications, Hong Kong
WONG King-fai, Peter, aged 55, has been an Executive Director since March 2004, and the Chief Executive Officer of HGCH group since April 2004. Mr. Wong has a wealth of experience in telecommunications and computing industries in USA, Canada and Southeast Asia. In his current capacity, Mr. Wong oversees the business development of HGCH group and leads the company to develop into a leading information and communication technologies ("ICT") service provider in the region, which offers a wide array of services including local and international voice, data, broadband and multimedia services. Mr. Wong has been appointed to oversee the development of Hutchison Global Communications Limited since it was spun off from Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited ("Hutchison Telecom") in January 2000. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Wong was the Fixed Network Director of Hutchison Telecom since he joined the company in 1996, responsible for the establishment of infrastructure, service and market development of its fixed network business. Before joining Hutchison Telecom, Mr. Wong gained extensive telecommunications experience with Cable & Wireless Hongkong Telecom through his responsibilities in various senior roles. Mr. Wong holds a Master's degree in Telecommunications from the University of Birmingham, UK and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers.
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 Mr Amir Yazdanpanah,
Chief Executive Officer,
Telarix
Amir Yazdanpanah is responsible for the overall strategic vision and operations of the company. Amir, is a 20-year veteran in the global telecommunications industry, with extensive experience in software application development in the telecommunications industry. Prior to founding Telarix in 1996, he was the Director of Applications Development for Sales and Marketing Systems at Cable & Wireless USA. Prior to that, he worked on the technical side at British Telecommunications. Amir obtained an MBA from the Cranfield University School of Management (U.K.) and his BS in electronic engineering from Sussex University (U.K.).
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