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Kazuyoshi Terada
Vice President
NTT Communications
Filippo Bettini
CSO
Telecom Italia
Rinaldi Firmansyah
CEO
PT Telkom
Tunc Yorulmaz
VP Strategy & Business Development
Turk Telekom
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Conference:
Day 1
15th April 8:30am - 5:30pm
Day 2
16th April 8:30am - 5:30pm
Day 3
17th April 8:30am - 5:30pm
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Meet our speakers
Senior VP, Head of WIMAX,
Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co KG
Marc Achhammer is heading the global WiMAX business at Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices since November 2006. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. Their product range includes cordless telephones for fixed networks and Internet telephony (VoIP), broadband products and home media devices.
Achhammer’s career at Siemens started in 2000, when he joined Siemens Management Consulting. After 3 years he joined the strategy department of Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, which he headed starting October 2005. Since November 2006, Achhammer is managing the WiMAX business. The WiMAX product range includes modems and gateways for both WiMAX standards (802.16-2004/-2005) providing wireless broadband access and enabling several services like Internet telephony (VoIP) and video streaming.
Achhammer studied Physics and holds a Doctorate in theoretical particle physics. In parallel, he also studied philosophy and graduated with an MA. He started his professional career at Siemens in 2000.
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As Chief Marketing Officer, Essa Al Haddad is responsible for Consumer, Small/Medium Business and Enterprise customers, the Contact Centre and E-VISION.
Essa Al Haddad joined Etisalat over 25 years ago, beginning his career in the Network Planning section of the engineering department. He moved through Project Implementation, Technology Strategy Development to Executive Vice President of Engineering. He was then appointed as Chief Marketing Officer in May 2006, to develop Etisalat’s marketing strategy with the goal to make Etisalat a customer-centric operation whilst ensuring Etisalat’s engineering excellence remains at the core of operations.
Mr. Al Haddad chairs several internal committees including the Numbering Plan Committee, Next Generation Network Steering Committee, and the Corporate Billing & Customer Care Steering Committee. He is also a member of the Etisalat Internal Investment Committee, Future Challenges Steering Committee and the Etisalat Branding Strategy Steering Committee.
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Chief Marketing Officer, EMEA,
Global Crossing
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Nikos Angelopoulos is the managing partner of Accenture’s Network Technology Service Line for UK & Ireland with responsibility for advancing Accenture’s practice in next-generation networks and services. Prior to his current role, he was a partner with Accenture’s Global Solutions Group in the Communications and High-Tech practice working with service providers across the world.
Mr. Angelopoulos specializes in advanced business solutions for digital television and broadband communications. He also has extensive experience helping global telecommunications companies drive toward high performance with their next-generation network and service strategies. Mr. Angelopoulos has worked with major European service providers in a variety of roles such as technical delivery lead for IPTV capabilities, video services, digital terrestrial TV and rich multimedia interactive services through TV over ADSL or cable. He also was instrumental in creating Accenture’s IPTV reference platform and held discussions with numerous industry leaders to form an ecosystem for a standards-based, open architecture
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Michelangelo Barbera is an Executive Partner in Accenture’s Communications & High-Tech industry group. He is responsible for leading Accenture’s Growth & New Service Development activities for clients, defining offerings and helping Accenture’s clients achieve high-performance in Europe and Latin America.
Mr. Barbera has extensive experience working with clients around Western and Eastern Europe. For the past twenty years, he has led engagements with industry-leading wireline and wireless telecommunication operators in areas of Corporate and Marketing strategy, Service Creation, Portfolio Optimization & Operating Marketing & Sales. He has been leading the development of several Accenture Point of Views in different Communication subjects including Fixed Mobile Convergence .
Formerly, Mr. Barbera was responsible for Accenture’s strategy and business architecture services in the Italy, Greece, Eastern Europe & Middle East region.
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Executive Vice President, Head of Personal Line of Business,
Orange
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Matt Bross, BT Group CTO is responsible for setting the BT Group technology strategy and the vision and direction of innovation across BT.In his role at BT Matt is responsible for BT’s Research and Venturing efforts globally.
Matt is the leading force behind BT’s multi-billion pound, 21st Century Network transformation, and is leading innovation for BT. He has served on the Boards of many companies providing strategic technology and business leadership.
He is a commissioner of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC) since December 2005, as Regional Director for Europe. GIIC is a confederation of CxO level executives engaged in the development, deployment, operation, financing, and use of ICT services and products.
Matt is also a board member of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a United States based body focusing on the development and promotion of technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technology industry globally. ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Matt is the Chairman on the Board of Advisors for the Global Innovation Research Centre (GIRC), the organisation that works to foster innovation in Malaysian Government, industry and education sectors.
Matt is widely regarded as a visionary speaker on media and telecommunications issues globally. In recognition of this, Matt was recently awarded a Stevie International Business award for ‘Best MIS & IT Executive’
He is married with 5 children and proud to have one of the coolest jobs on the planet.
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Managing Partner,
Accenture
Philippe Chauffard is the Managing Partner of the Accenture Network Service Line, within the Communications and High-Tech operating group, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Over the last ten years, Mr. Chauffard has focused on the telecommunications industry. He was responsible for creating and developing Accenture's Network Service Line in the Cmmunications industry group in EMEA and Latin America. This specialized resource group helps Accenture clients transform their services and operations to achieve high performance as the industry in general continues to evolve toward next-generation IP networks and broadband services.
Mr. Chauffard has broad and extensive experience within the communications industry, including business and technology strategies, network engineering and services integration, operations transformation and integration, and deployment of operations support systems for traditional and next-generation IP broadband networks and services.
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Ross Cormack has been CEO of Nawras the newest GSM operator in Oman since June 2004. Cormack was seconded to Nawras from Qtel which he joined in May 2003 as Executive Director Wireless Services, bringing over 20 years of international telecommunications experience including mobile start-ups and operations. Earlier he was CEO and founder of Singapore based Virgin Mobile Asia. Previously, he was Managing Director of Hong Kong CSL, the market leader in one of the world's most competitive and crowded mobile markets with six operators and was a member of the Chief Executive Committee of Hongkong Telecom. Other roles have included Managing Director of AirTouch in Italy, Managing Director Asia of Cable & Wireless Mobile based in Singapore and Regional Director for Cable & Wireless Mobile in Europe based in London. Cormack has served on the Boards of Bouygues Telecom in France, M1 in Singapore, CSL in Hong Kong, Europolitan in Sweden, One2One in the UK and Pronto Italia in Italy.
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Sally Davis is CEO BT Wholesale and her role is to lead the Wholesale team in its delivery of existing business at the same time as exploiting new opportunities in an IP-enabled world. She also champions Wholesale's contribution to helping BT become number one for customer service. Sally is a member of BT’s Operating Committee.
Prior to this Sally was BT’s first Chief Portfolio Officer providing overall leadership for the shape and future of the company’s portfolio. Sally’s role was to apply a clear commercial logic to managing today’s portfolio whilst ensuring that we built innovative convergent services and solutions for the future.
Sally is recognised as a fine strategic thinker, but also demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the core business issues. She is keen to push the boundaries of possibility and passionate about exceeding customer expectations.
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Sanjay demonstrates the rare ability to recognize and realize new business opportunities when markets and technologies are in transition. He has driven the success of both large companies and start-ups, and he is a highly successful serial entrepreneur. As President and Chief Operating Officer of Aricent, Sanjay is responsible for its software business units, sales organization, strategic business initiatives, and a variety of corporate functions.
Prior to joining Aricent, Sanjay was Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Inkra Networks, which defined the virtual networking market segment through its highly acclaimed product lines. Before starting Inkra, Sanjay was Vice President of Business Development at Netopia, a leader in DSL access products. He fueled rapid growth at Netopia by focusing on sales to service providers in Europe and Asia. Sanjay joined Netopia when it acquired StarNet Technologies, which Sanjay co-founded and led as its President and CEO. Prior to building StarNet, Sanjay oversaw the Systems Engineering Business Unit at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Sanjay has authored several networking-related publications, including two books on data networking. He has led several industry consortiums and has chaired IEEE 802 and ANSI X3T9 standards sub-groups.
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Ray Dogra is a Partner at Accenture, responsible for Accenture’s work in New Product Innovation for Telecoms & Media clients. He is based in London.
He has worked extensively in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US helping telecommunications, media and hi-technology clients on a variety of projects over the past 15 years in areas ranging from Business, Product and IT strategy through to service implementation and operations.
For the last eight years, Mr Dogra has worked in the Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile TV, and Broadband areas, helping telcos, media companies and broadcasters plan and launch their digital video and broadband services. For the past two years, he has led Accenture’s IP Video campaign with responsibility for asset development, offering creation, client team support, practice development and alliance management.
He is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to Telecoms New Services.
Prior to joining Accenture, Ray worked in software engineering at Marconi Radar Systems.
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Mr. Douglas has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and on the Board of Directors for LCC International since October 2005. Prior to joining LCC, he was Vice President, Communications and Distribution Sectors, IBM Global Services and has 25 years experience in the systems and telecommunications industries.
Before joining IBM, Mr. Douglas was General Manager of Invisix, a Cisco/Motorola joint venture created to exploit emerging wireless IP technology. In addition, he was responsible for worldwide business development for Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group prior to his Invisix responsibilities. Mr. Douglas is a business administration graduate of the University of Mississippi.
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Member of the Reding Cabinet, Informations Society and Media,
European Commission
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Rinaldi Firmansyah serves as President Director and Chief Executive Officer of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. (TELKOM) - a full-integrated infocom provider, publicly listed at JSX and NYSE, since March 2007. Prior to his recent appointment to this top post, Rinaldi Firmansyah held the position of Chief Financial Officer at the firm and was named as the best CFO by “Asia Money” in 2004 and by “Finance Asia” in the category “Best Managed Companies” in 2006. Prior to joining TELKOM, Rinaldi Firmansyah served as Director of Investment Banking, President Director and Vice President Commissioner, of PT Bahana Securities from 1997-2003. He was also the Head of the Audit Committee and Commissioner of PT Semen Padang in 2003.
Rinaldi Firmansyah is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology and a Masters degree in business administration from the Indonesian Institute of Management Development (IPMI), Jakarta.
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Senior Consultant,
Huawei Technologies
During the past 10 years John has focused his attention on identifying and qualifying new technology market directions, and on the development of cost effective yet innovative solutions for large-scale deployment. John has spent much of his time supporting the BT 21cn network activities and on other service provider Next Generation Network projects and programs. This focus has required John to lead and develop several, often geographically diverse teams, in providing comprehensive solutions to either internal or external customer requirements.
John continues to work towards developing an outstanding track record in both academic and professional achievement, having focused his academic development in on the areas of strategic management, marketing and technical consultancy, where he holds several degrees and has been accredited as a Chartered Marketer.
John is currently working as a Senior Consultant for the Huawei CTO office and is based in the United Kingdom.
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Systems Engineering Manager,
Redback Networks
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Group Strategy Director,
Belgacom
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Director,
Afghan Wireless
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Director of Product Management,
Cable & Wireless
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Executive VP, Enterprise Division,
du
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Director General,
Intellect
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Executive Vice President, Marketing,
Colibria
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Member, Advisory Board,
Altimo
Sir Julian Horn-Smith, a member of Altimo’s International Advisory Board, was Deputy Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc until July 2006. From September 2006 to April 2007 he was Chairman of The Sage Group.
Julian joined Vodafone in 1984 as a Marketing Executive in the UK and has held a number of senior posts including Chief Operating Officer. During his career with the company, he was closely involved in many of Vodafone's major transactions, including the formation of Vodafone AirTouch in 1999 as a result of the merger of the UK and U.S. businesses to create one of the top 25 companies in the world and the agreement to acquire Mannesmann in 2000, almost doubling the size of the Vodafone Group to make it the world's largest mobile telecommunications company. In 1996 he was appointed to the Vodafone Group Plc Board and in 2005 became Deputy Chief Executive, taking responsibility for global business development.
In 2004 he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to international telecommunications.
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Vice President, Marketing Standards and Solutions,
Redback Networks
Mr. Joshipura is the VP of Marketing, Standards and Solutions for Redback Networks, where he is responsible for Marketing operations globally. Previously, as the Vice President of Product Management, Mr. Joshipura was responsible for the strategic direction and service applications of Redback’s flagship SmartEdge router family. In this role, he collaborated with leading Service Providers around the world and consults on next generation IP network architectures, encompassing wireline and wireless services.
Prior to Redback, Mr. Joshipura was the Vice President of Portfolio Marketing at CIENA Corp. for their Metro Ethernet and Optical Ethernet products. He has also held leadership positions in engineering at Caspian Networks and Nortel Networks. Mr. Joshipura received his M.B.A., M.S. in computer engineering, and B.S. in electrical engineering degrees from North Carolina State University.
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Director of Networks & Technology,
ONO
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President & CEO,
Mobilink
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Managing Director for Public Policy,
Liberty Global Europe
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Senior Expert,
Rostelecom
Ms. Irina Komarova joined Rostelecom in April 2004 as Senior Expert in International Carriers Business Department establishing partnership with international carriers, negotiating on exchanging traffic, capacity issues, offering digital services, caring on analytical researches for international traffic optimization, exploring foreign markets for international business opportunities
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Thilo Kusch is Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Management of Magyar Telekom Nyrt (plc) listed on the Budapest and New York stock exchanges. He has 15 years experience in various roles in telecommunications.
From 2001 to 2006 he worked for Deutsche Telekom group as Senior Executive Vice president investor relations and as Senior Director in charge of IPO preparations and investor relations for T-Mobile international.
From 1998 to 2001 he was a Director and telecoms equity analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort and from 1992 to 1998 he worked in leading positions in Arthur D. Little’s Telecoms, IT, media and entertainment practice as a management consultant focussing on strategy and organisational development as well as establishing business opportunities in multimedia, electronic commerce and settlement services.
From 1989 to 1992 Thilo successfully established his own company selling PCs and PC network to residential and small business customers.
Thilo studied communication engineering and business administration at TU Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin).
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Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach, EVP, Strategy,
T-Mobile International
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EVP, New Markets and Concepts,
Elisa
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Chief Commercial Officer,
Afghan Wireless
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Managing Director,
DIGITALK Ltd
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Academic Qualifications: Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra University, MBA in Business Management from the Higher Institute of Business Studies of Porto University, Doctorate in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, attended SEP - Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University.
Professional Experience: Executive Director of Optimus. Chairman of the Executive Committee of Novis, Non-Executive Director of Sonaecom Sistemas de Informação. Executive Director of Modelo Continente, Chairman of Banco Universo and Marketing Director of Sonae Distribuição.
Responsibilities at Sonaecom: Executive Director and COO of Sonaecom
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Managing Director Hutchison Europe,
Hutchison Europe
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Managing Consultant,
Detecon International GmbH
George Salisbury is a Managing Consultant for Detecon and is in charge of the “Technology Strategy“ Group. His main consulting subjects are Next Generation Networks (NGN) and the development of technology strategies for international telecommunications companies. Before joining Detecon he held a management function in an international telecommunications company, where he gathered more than four years of business and strategy experience. Prior to this George worked for an international telecommunications equipment producer with an emphasis on the design and development of voice, IP and data communications networks for public and private customers. In total he has over 28 years of experience in the telecommunication industry and has been closely involved in the development of NGN concepts since 1995.
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Head of IPTV & Multiplay Solutions Marketing,
Comverse
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Head of Strategy,
Zain Group
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Peter Skodny is a Partner and Country Managing Director for Accenture. In this capacity, he oversees the Slovak office of Accenture and has helped strengthen its position as a market leader. Mr. Skodny has extensive experience working with clients within the Central and Eastern Europe region. During his more than 15 years of experience, he has led engagements with prominent and leading companies from a wide range of industries, including telecommunications.
In addition, he has directed projects that have involved IT architecture strategy and design and business process analysis, design and implementation, as well as a number focused on CRM.
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Director Connectivity Services,
Global Crossing
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Chief Technology Lead - Network Practice,
Accenture LLP
Larry Socher is the chief technology lead for the Accenture Network practice within the firm’s Communications & High Tech industry group. He has more than 18 years of experience building and operationalizing a wide variety of voice and data networks and services for communications service providers, large enterprises, and government agencies.
Mr. Socher Larry is currently responsible for the network components of Accenture Communications Solutions (ACS), a set of pre-integrated offerings that provide a holistic solution to help service providers plan, create, and operate traditional and next-generation IP networks and services such at VoIP, IPTV, and fixed-mobile convergence.
In addition, Mr. Socher has worked with numerous Tier 1 operators around the globe, helping them build order management, operations support systems (OSS), and service delivery platform (SDP) solutions to accelerate service introduction and streamline operations. He is also responsible for all network-related alliances and industry points of view.
Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Socher spent seven years with NetSoft, a communications software company specializing in network and communications solutions to the federal government.
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General Director of Rostelecom,
Rostelecom
From 1989 to 1998 Konstantin served in the military where he was involved in a number of design projects in the field of radio electronics. In 1999, he was appointed as Director for Business Development at Central Telegraph, Moscow’s leading data transmission service provider.
As the Director for Business Development, Konstantin Solodukhin was responsible for generating and implementing the company’s strategic development programs as well as launching new projects and services, such as telephone and Internet access services for corporate customers in Moscow and the Moscow region on the back of the Centel integrated digital network. In 2002, he was promoted to First Deputy General Director.
In November 2004 Konstantin Solodukhin was appointed as First Deputy General Director of Multiregional Transit Telecom (MTT) and than in February 2005 became MTT’s General Director.
In December 2007 – Russian national long-distance telecommunications operator Rostelecom announced the appointment of Konstantin Solodukhin as the Company’s General Director
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Managing Partner,
Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd.
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Head of Fixed Networks,
Telenor
Berit Svendsen holds an MSc in Electronics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (1988), and a Master of Technology Management from NTNU and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1995).
She joined Telenor in 1988 as a Research Scientist. From 2000 to 2005 she was Executive Vice President and CTO of Telenor and also working Chair of Telenor R&D.
In January 2005 she took up the position as Vice President of Telenor Nordic Fixed with overall responsibility for the fixed network in Norway. From January 2008 she is responsible for both the fixed network and the mobile network in Norway.
Her special areas of interest are convergence of telecommunications and internet, and industrial development and innovation.
From 2002 to 2007 Berit Svendsen was a member of the European Commission / IST Advisory Group.
She has a seat on the Board of EMGS AS.
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Vice President,
NTT Communications
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VP Strategy & Business Development,
Turk Telekom
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