Dr. Uddenfeldt has been with Ericsson since 1978, in various positions like head of Research in Radio Systems, Vice President of Global R&D and in 1998, he was appointed Chief Technology Officer for Ericsson. Since 2004, Dr Uddenfeldt has held the position as Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor, Technology to the CEO. In his current position, he is responsible for Technology Strategies and chairing Ericsson Research Board and the Ericsson Standardization Board. He is also responsible for handling Technology Alignment with leading operators worldwide.

Mr. Eriksson was appointed Vice President and General Manager for Research and Development at Ericsson on April 14, 2003, and was responsible for development activities carried out in Ericsson’s Core Network Development, Radio Network Development and Service Network and Applications, as well as for Ericsson Research. Prior to this, Mr. Eriksson served for five years as head of Ericsson Research. Mr. Eriksson graduated with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and in 2005 was awarded an Honorary Ph D, both from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 1985.

Shailesh is Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Mobile Access, Routing and Services Business Unit, with several product lines focused on the service provider and enterprise access and edge including Cisco’s DPI and mobile backhaul solutions. Prior to joining Cisco, Shailesh was at Juniper Networks for 3 years and Redback Networks for 7 years as Vice President in Marketing, Strategy and Business Development functions. Prior to his Silicon Valley career, Shailesh worked in the management consulting (Mercer, Booz Allen) and the service provider (Sprint) business. He has a BSEE from BITS Pilani, India, an MSEE from University of Kansas and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Dr. Pouya Taaghol is the CTO of Intel’s Mobile Wireless Group overseeing wireless technology innovation, standardization, and global ecosystem strategy. Prior to Intel, Pouya was a founding member and Chief Architect of a Silicon Valley startup (Azaire Networks). Pouya also worked in various senior technical disciplines (research, development, network architecture, and standardization) at Motorola and NEC affiliation. Pouya has been an active member of 3GPP from its inception and has led development of world’s first 3G systems. Pouya received his PhD in Mobile and Satellite Communications from University of Surrey, England and B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, Iran in 1993 and 1998, respectively.

Willie was former professor of Stanford University, chief architect of Infineon Technology with expertise in advanced wireless and mobile communications. He is worldwide well-known for his invented Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) core technology which is being widely used in mobile handheld devices and portable devices by Fortune 500 companies. He founded many world-class technology events including World Wireless Congress, Mobile World Congress, Global Mobile Congress, 4G Mobile Forum and 4G Summit with over 100,000 global wireless professionals involved in his events. Willie is currently heading the China 4G R&D teams in Shanghai area with over $5B investment from the governments & privates, focusing on 4G global IPRs & Innovations.

Arpit moved to Ericsson from Redback where he was the VP of Product Management, Marketing, Standards and Solutions (CTO/CMO Role), responsible for the strategic success of Redback’s flagship SmartEdge router family and its acquisition through Ericsson. Prior to Redback, Mr. Joshipura was the Vice President of Portfolio Management CIENA/ONI focusing on Metro Ethernet and Optical Architectures. He has also held senior leadership positions in Engineering at Caspian Networks and Nortel Networks.

Sudhakar Ramakrishna is responsible for directing Motorola’s Wireless Broadband (WiMAX and LTE) Development and Software Operations teams across the globe. Sudhakar’s responsibilities include the design, development, and deployment of 4G products and solutions for operators worldwide. Sudhakar’s teams are also responsible for creating and driving revenue growth with innovative software solutions that enable media mobility.

Ari is an executive vice president of wireless solutions in Elektrobit (EB), and member of the corporate executive board since 2008. Prior to EB, he was vice president of Nokia in charge of networks, IP services core, network platforms and mobile packet core as well as MSC & HLR business.

Dr. Shakouri, corporate vice president, strategy, for Alvarion, has 22 years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks. Previously, during three years at Lucent, Dr. Shakouri was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. He also spent 14 years in technical and management positions with Hewlett-Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems.

Prof. Rao is the director of the University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). In 2004, he was appointed the first holder the QUALCOMM Endowed Chair in Telecommunications and Information Technologies in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, where he has been a faculty member since 1984.

Kevin Shatzkamer is a Customer Solutions Architect at Cisco with responsibility for long-term strategy and architectural evolution of mobile wireless networks. He has worked at Cisco and in the mobile wireless industry for ten years, focusing on various technologies ranging from GSM/UMTS to CDMA networks, packet gateway, networkbased services and security, video distribution, Quality of Service, and end-to-end design theory. Kevin has 25 pending patents related to all areas of work. Kevin holds a bachelor's in engineering from the University of Florida and a master's of business administration from Indiana University.

Dr. Fwu is currently working as a Senior Wireless Systems Architect of Wireless Standards at the Mobile Wireless Group in Intel Corporation. He is a member of the IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX Forum. He presently serves as vice-chair of IEEE 802.16 Task Group m (TGm), a task group focusing on defining next generation WiMAX for mobile internet evolution. He actively contributes to IEEE 802.16m and the WiMAX Forum in various areas such as PHY Structure, UL Control, multicast/broadcast services and multicarrier operation. He holds several patents on communication system designs.

Dr. Song is currently responsible for worldwide marketing and business development of Samsung’s Mobile WiMAX and Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions. He joined Samsung Electronics in 2000 and worked in strategic marketing, business development, and global business management roles for the fixed and mobile communications network systems division. Dr. Song has more than 20 years of international management experience in telecommunications industry and has held a number of technical and marketing roles in telecommunications service and communications companies including U S WEST, Bellcore and AT&T Bell Laboratories.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Michael Manzo oversees all aspects of marketing and product management. Prior to joining Openet in July 2006, Michael worked in the Enterprise Solutions group at Nokia, where he consulted on M & A integration and marketing of enterprise mobility solutions. Michael has also held executive positions at Traverse Networks (acquired by Avaya), Omnisky (acquired by EarthLink), Telocity (acquired by Hughes DirecTV), and Notify Technology Corporation.

Kay Johansson serves as the Chief Technology Officer at MobiTV, Inc. driving the creation, development and deployment of video and TV technologies on hundreds of mobile handsets on all major device platforms. In this capacity, he is responsible for the strategic direction of the company’s technology plan and has been instrumental in scaling MobiTV’s end-to-end video and TV delivery infrastructure to meet the increasing consumer demand of entertainment on mobile handsets and devices.

Jay has been with Sprint Nextel since 1998, in various roles in Technology Development, Network Engineering and most recently in Network Development. He is Director, Voice and Data Services Development, and is responsible for all network related development for Text Messaging, Multimedia Messaging, WAP services, LBS, E911, Audio and Video services, Voicemail systems and Call Tones/Ringback Tones. This responsibility is from concept to field deployment and is for iDEN, CDMA and WiMax.

Jay Iyer is a distinguished engineer at Cisco Systems, working in the Mobile Internet Technology Group. He is currently responsible for setting Cisco's mobility products technology strategy. He has over 16 years of experience in designing and developing products in routing, switching, wireless and service aggregation. He holds numerous patents in the area of network and wireless convergence. Jay holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a Masters from Ohio State University.

Chris Steck is Head of Advance Technology, for RealNetworks’ RealLabs where he oversees programs for Strategic Analysis, Standards & Industry Relations, Innovation Prototyping, and New Product Incubation. Chris also served concurrently as the CTO and a board member of the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC). In the past Chris has architected CTI call control software for Interactive Voice Response and worked on networking and communications protocols and APIs at Microsoft including TAPI, WinSock II and RSVP.

Gaurav is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on systems and services investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2001, Gaurav was a Founder and Senior Vice-President of Product Management at Redback Networks (RBAK). Earlier, Gaurav held various engineering positions at SynOptics and Bay Networks. Gaurav has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis.

Pankaj Kedia is the Director of Ecosystem Programs in the Corporate Technology Systems Labs at Intel Corporation. In this role, Pankaj is responsible for leading lab-to-lab engagements with premier companies and industry players in the Compute and Communications ecosystem. Prior to this role, Pankaj held a range of senior business development, strategy, planning, and marketing positions in the Server, Mobile PC, and Handheld groups at Intel over a 8 year period.

Jahangir founded Jasper Wireless in 2004 and serves as the company’s chief executive officer. Prior to founding Jasper Wireless, Jahangir founded and served as the CEO of Kineto Wireless. Kineto pioneered the convergence of WiFi and Cellular technologies. Kineto’s technology has become a GSM standard.

Ron is employed by Intel as an executive member of the Mobile Wireless Group. In June 2002, Ron launched and became general manager of Intel’s Broadband Wireless business startup focused on developing a baseband modem for last mile broadband access based upon WiMAX technology. Ron managed technology commercialization efforts within Intel’s labs and concurrently served as an Investment Director within Intel's New Business Initiatives, an internal venture fund of Intel Capital established to launch and incubate new business efforts internal to Intel.

Sean Cai serves as Deputy General Manager of ZTE WiMAX Product Line. Cai is responsible for the development of advanced WiMAX technologies, as well as strategic marketing and technical support for business development. Cai leads a team in ZTE USA that regularly participates in the Working Groups of various standards, and has been an active contributor to the development of IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX Forum standards.

Mark Cudak is a senior technologist with the Motorola Networks Wireless Broadband Access Solutions Business. He manages a research group working on next generation WiMAX technologies and has been a member of IEEE 802.16 since 2003. Mark joined Motorola in 1990 and has been working on wireless data systems for over a decade. Mark has made significant contributions to several wireless data standards including GRPS, WCDMA, HSPA and IEEE 802.16. Mark holds 37 patents and is a Motorola Dan Noble Fellow.

Dr. Olfat received the M.S. and PhD degrees both in electrical engineering from University of Maryland, College Park, and continued Post-doctoral studies at the same University. He joined Nextel Communications in 2003, and ever since he has been actively participating in the development of IEEE802.16 standard and mobile WiMAX technology. He is currently in charge of Clearwire technical Standard Development, and is primarily responsible for the company’s involvement in WiMAX, IEEE, ITU, 3GPP, etc.

Randy Cavaiani is the VP of global marketing & Americas/Asia business development for Novarra. Previously, he was EVP for First International Digital (FID). At FID Randy developed & marketed Java & BREW client/server solutions for mobile multimedia, pre-installing apps on millions of handsets & deploying at China Mobile & Verizon Wireless. As VP of marketing & sales at National Semiconductor, he led teams focused on the wireless, telecom, networking & computing markets growing the business to $400 million.

Chandra Tekwani is a mobile networking and security thought leader with 19 years of experience securing 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G networks. As VP of mobile operations at Cloudmark, he’s responsible for leading the mobile carrier business, product architecture, strategy and management. Prior to joining Cloudmark, Tekwani founded Core Mobile Networks, Inc. He has also held senior positions at Juniper Networks, NetScreen, Telsima and Nokia, and additional positions at Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, AT&T Bell Labs, HarrisStratex Networks and Unisys.

Senza Fili has in-depth expertise in financial modeling, market research, business plan support, business development, RFPs and vendor selection support, due diligence, white paper preparation, and training. Clients are international and span the entire value chain: they include fixed and mobile operators, ISPs, greenfield operators, vendors, solution providers, system integrators, investors, and industry associations. Monica has a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego, an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a BA/MA in Philosophy from the University of Bologna (Italy).

As Senior Vice President of Marketing, Mohan Sadashiva brings to FusionOne a deep experience in the telecommunications industry, as well as experience in managing multiple large-scale licensed software and software-as-a-service products through the product life cycle. Before joining FusionOne, Mohan was the Vice President of Products at Trimble where he was responsible for a $100 million on-demand field force solution. Mohan has also served as the Chief Product Strategist at Openwave Systems, where he led engineering, product management and product marketing for platform products, and has held leadership positions at Schlumberger and Nortel.