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Leonard Bosack, CEO, XKL, LLC
Bosack co-founded Cisco Systems in 1986 and is largely responsible for pioneering the widespread commercialization of local area network (LAN) technology to connect geographically disparate computers over a multiprotocol router system. While commonplace today, this technology was unheard of at the time Mr. Bosack perfected his first viable router in the mid-1980s.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bosack held significant technical leadership roles at AT&T Bell Labs (now part of Alcatel-Lucent) and Digital Equipment Corporation. He earned a masters degree in computer science from Stanford University, where he went on to become director of computer facilities for the university’s computer science department. While at Stanford, Mr. Bosack was a key contributor to the emerging network technology driven by the U.S. Department of Defense known as the ARPAnet that was the genesis of today's Internet. Using his growing expertise in networking, he and a team of fellow staff members successfully linked the university’s 5,000 computers across a 16-square-mile campus area, overcoming incompatibility challenges to create the first true LAN system.
On the heels of this success, Mr. Bosack and his partner, Sandra Lerner, co-founded Cisco Systems in the late 1980s. In its first month alone, Cisco landed contracts worth more than $200,000 and the pair worked tirelessly for the next year to grow the demand for its products. Through Mr Bosack's technical genius, the company continued to dominate the marketplace with revolutionary technology such as the first multiport router-specific line cards and sophisticated routing protocols. This technical foundation still persists at Cisco and throughout the Internet today.
In late 1987, with the help of an infusion of $2.5 million in venture capital, Cisco began to thrive. The company went public in 1990 and continued to be one of the most popular tech stocks on the market for much of the decade.
In 1990, Mr. Bosack used his considerable financial interest in Cisco to establish what he describes as an international hedge fund. At that time he also started XKL where he has remained a thought-leader in the evolution of technology innovations that drive fundamental change. The company’s optical transport terminal technologies allow companies with large and complex data transmission needs to gain unprecedented bandwidth and data transmission speeds with greater reliability, lower power consumption, and better value than is currently available from traditional sources. By offering tighter integration between existing fiber optic connections and the enterprise network, XKL can help companies light dark fiber and regain control over the efficiency and cost of their network infrastructure. |
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Henk Doornspleet, Senior Industry Analyst TMI Group, Rabobank International
Henk is part of Rabobank International’s Telecom, Media and Internet Group, which develops and manages Rabobank’s lending
portfolio in these industries. His role is to cooperate with bankers and credit officers in assessing deals, opportunities
and tracking industry developments. Henk has been involved in the telecoms industry for over 20 years, initially in technical
roles and for the past 8 years, in financial roles. Since 2001 he has been focusing on FttH developments, especially in the
Netherlands. |
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Kevin Dunphy, Partner, Magnum Opus
With over 18 years in the telecommunications industry, Kevin has worked across a diverse range of technologies including
Satellite based GSM, Carrier IP, Cable Television and Residential Telephony markets. He commenced his career at Telewest
Communications a UK based provider of voice and data services to the business and residential markets, where he held a
number of line management and corporate roles in the IT and Customer Care divisions.
An early member of the Level3 Communications team in London he participated in the accelerated launch of services in Germany,
Netherlands, UK, France and Belgium. Level 3 was one of the first telecommunications companies to build an international
communications network using Internet Protocol (IP) technology end-to-end. An early member of the Formus Communications
team he was responsible for all customer facing functions as Director of Customer Operations. Subsequently as
Operations Programme Director at ICO Global Communications in London he co-ordinated the consolidation of the Engineering,
Marketing and Operations programme launch functions for their satellite based GSM network. He has been involved in the
deployment of the Irish Government’s Regional Broadband Networks. More recently been involved in ITC based projects, and
developing models for strategic use of fibre and broadband networks.
A graduate of the University of Limerick, he holds a BSc in Computer Systems.
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Graham Dupree, Business Manager, Government/Thames Valley, H2O Networks, part of the i3 Group
Graham has more than 25 years experience in the ICT industry, predominantly addressing solutions for the Public Sector within
both infrastructure and systems /applications development . More recently he has been involved with provision of large interconnect
projects for carrier internet connectivity, instrumental in the Broadband Aggregation Programme set up with the DTI in 2004
to address supply and demand for broadband in “notspots”, and more recently has led a team for proof of concept secure
systems development for Central Government Departments.
Currently Graham leads the sales and marketing focus within Government and Thames Valley for H2o Networks, part of the i3 Group,
and lives in Suffolk.
Visit www.h2onetworksdarkfibre.com for more information. |
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Richard Elliott, Managing Director, Apollo Submarine Cable System Limited
coming soon. |
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Chris Gibbs, Director, Future Options, Openreach
During his career Chris has undertaken a variety of senior roles within the company over the past 30 years and has been
involved in a number of the transition programmes the company has undertaken in dealing with the enormous changes it
has faced.
His career started as an engineer, initially in operations and then within the development division in the early
days of the digital exchange modernisation programme. There he was responsible for the development of the network
management environment for BT’s initial advanced services including Freephone and Centrex. This was followed with
Chris leading the team responsible for the development of the systems managing the intelligent network.
Chris then moved into billing where he was responsible for the definition and procurement of billing systems from
external companies. During this period he delivered the first flexible billing platform within the company as well
as the billing capability for BT’s global venture with MCI.
This activity resulted in Chris taking a role within the product organisation as a General Manager where he had
P&L responsibility for all of BT’s advanced voice services. During that time he introduced integrated computer and
telephony services that enabled BskyB to launch the first automated pay per view service in the UK. The success
of this activity resulted in Chris taking control of the global inbound and call centre activities as part of the
planned merger with MCI.
As the emphasis on data services was growing Chris led the team developing the UK data strategy and as a direct result
of that he was appointed as the Director for Broadband. In this role he had complete control of the product definition
and development, the commercial and procurement activities, and the rollout of capacity across the UK.
Chris is currently the Director, Future Options in Openreach. Having recently led the NGA strategy team in defining the
near term approach, Chris now looks at the longer term environment that Openreach faces, and the challenges that it
will need to address. Openreach, which was launched in January 2006, is the division of BT responsible for the access
and infrastructure services supplied by BT to all Communication Providers in the UK.
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Alex Goldblum, Managing Director, Eurofiber
Alex Goldblum has been Managing Director of Eurofiber since Jan 2007, steering the company through Eurofiber's transformation from dark
fiber provider to a fully fledged national network transmission provider.
Alex joined Eurofiber in 2006 as Chief Commercial Officer, making the transition from the Oil and Gas industry. Here Alex spent 8 years
in business development and sales and marketing functions in Europe and Africa. Alex is active in public-private partnerships aimed at
stimulating the use of broadband in the Netherlands. Eurofiber has recently been awarded the 'Netherlands Best Managed Companies'
title for 2009. |
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Moreno Grassi, COO, Metroweb SpA
Moreno – a telecommunications graduate - has been working at Metroweb since the acquisition by Stirling Square Capital Partners in
October 2006.
Prior to that, Moreno was Wholesale Director at Fastweb, and he was Business Development Director of NextEdge Partners, a
company specialised in consultancy for the development of the triple–play business model.
During his experiences he has established strong relationships with domestic and international telco operators and has
developed many new market opportunities. |
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Dr. Eric Heitzer, Director Regulatory & Public Affairs, Member of the Management Board, HanseNet
Telekommunikation GmbH
Since 2004 Dr. Eric Heitzer has been the director responsible for regulatory & public affairs at ALICE/HanseNet Telekommunication
GmbH. HanseNet, Germany´s No. 3 in the fixed telecommunication market offers all broadband services to private and business
customers namely tv, internet and telephony.
Before Dr. Heitzer joined HanseNet´s management board, he took responsibility for regulatory affairs of the cable network
operator ISH (today: Unity Media) in Cologne. Previously, from 1998 until 2000, he belonged to the management of Interoute
Telecom in Frankfurt. Dr. Heitzer started his career in 1997 as attorney at law in Aachen.
Dr. Heitzer holds a banking diploma from the Westdeutsche Landesbank and a PGD from the University of Bonn. He lives in
Aachen and is married with 4 children. |
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Ken Johnson, Director of Marketing, euNetworks
As director of Marketing for euNetworks Group Limited, Ken Johnson is responsible for driving the branding and
marketing programme. He joined the company in January 2009.
Previously he worked for Virgin Media, where he ran the Business Data Product Management team. In his time
there, he oversaw the integration of the former Telewest and ntl data product portfolios,
and through leadership of product marketing, product development and channel enablement, he
grew the IP and Ethernet based revenues to £350m through Enterprise and Wholesale markets.
Prior to that he held roles at Energis (now Cable & Wireless), Vodafone, and O2.
Ken graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Economics.
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Malcolm Kirby, Executive: Sales and Marketing, Dark Fibre Africa
Malcolm has more than 20 years experience in the Data Communications and Telecommunications industry. During this time he has been involved in some local
industry firsts including implementing one of the first private packet switched networks in South Africa and also being instrumental in implementing the first
FDDI and switched Ethernet solutions in the country.
Thereafter he moved on as a KAM in the GSM industry providing solutions to operators across the continent. Ultimately this led to the
introduction and establishment of Muvoni Weltex a specialist mechanical infrastructure burial company in South Africa. |
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Dr. Chad Lamb, Director of Engineering, XKL
As XKL’s Director of Engineering, Dr. Chad Lamb has managed the development of XKL's DarkStar™ product line, led by the flagship DXM Optical Transport. A 12 year veteran of XKL, Dr. Lamb has been involved in all phases of research, design, and development of the XKL portfolio of products.
Prior to XKL, Dr. Lamb has had diverse and significant roles in engineering, project leadership, and consulting for HP, GE, Polaroid, Allegro Microsystems, the University of New Hampshire, and Innovative Solutions International.
Dr. Lamb received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, and his BS in Computer Engineering from Northeastern University. |
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Eric Lakin, Executive, Alchemy Partners
Eric has spent 16 years in the telecommunications industry in a variety of roles. He is currently an investment
professional at Alchemy Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, and has completed several investments in the
telecoms and technology sector.
Prior to Alchemy, Eric was Corporate Finance Manager at BT Group head office, with responsibilities in business
development and M&A. Previously, Eric was a sell-side telecoms research analyst at Bank of America and Donaldson,
Lufkin and Jenrette. Before then, he was a consultant at international strategy consulting firm Arthur D Little.
Eric holds an MA in Electrical and Information Sciences from Cambridge University and an MSc in Satellite Communications
from Surrey University. He is currently a Board Director of Geo Networks (a specialist in dark fibre leases that
owns a nationwide fibre-optic network and the London sewer network) and Datapoint, a European systems integrator for
call centre solutions.
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Bert Meijerink, Director, Area Development and Construction, Reggefiber ttH bv
Bert Meijerink (1962) joined Reggefiber in June 2008 as Director, Area Development and Construction. He is responsible for
the planning, implementation and management of all FttH rollout projects. From late 2007 he was CEO of Operator BV and
responsible for the technical and operational management of all Reggefiber Networks. Previously he was COO and CTO of Essent
Kabelcom / @Home and as a member of the Executive Board he was also responsible for the business market (@WORK. Since the
early nineties Bert worked in various management positions at EDON, CasTel and Essent Kabelcom and played an important
role in the liberalized telecom landscape in the Netherlands. Since 1994 Bert has been responsible for the development,
management and upgrade of all-coax networks for Essent Kabelcom and its predecessors. In the nineties he was responsible
for the release of various telecom services in the enterprise market, the introduction of @HOME Internet including digital
television and later VoIP in the consumer market.
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Hirander Misra, COO, Chi-X Europe Limited
Hirander Misra is Chief Operating Officer of Chi-X Europe Limited and was one of the founding Directors of the company. Hirander was
instrumental in taking the company from concept to reality resulting in a successful launch on 30th March 2007.
Previous to this Hirander held a variety of roles in the electronic trading space during his 8 year tenure with Instinet, most notably
SVP Head of Product Development and Head of the European Exchange Linkages Group, delivering Instinet Europe's direct exchange
connectivity product suite and launching the first European Smart Order Routing system.
Hirander started his career as a graduate at Reuters. He is also a member of the Project Management Institute, a certified Project
Management Professional. Hirander has a BSc from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Business Systems Analysis and
Design from City University London. |
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Hunter Newby, Chief Executive Officer, Allied Fiber
Hunter Newby is CEO of Allied Fiber, LLC, a New York-based neutral provider of integrated and abundant long and short-haul dark
fiber with cell towers created to meet booming market demand. Prior to founding Allied Fiber Mr. Newby was Chief Strategy Officer
and a Director at the Telx Group, Inc.
During his career Mr. Newby has successfully led strategy, managed and motivated multiple teams, created and implemented new,
innovative solutions and been directly involved in corporate financial transactions totaling more than $500 million. Mr.
Newby is a Contributing Editor for Internet Telephony and IP Business Magazines and is a former Vice Chairman of the PTC Advisory
Council. Mr. Newby holds a B.S. in Communications from Drexel University. |
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Dr Rainer Nitsche, Managing Director, ESMT Competition Analysis
Dr Nitsche is a managing director of ESMT Competition Analysis and an expert in providing economic advice in competition and litigation
cases before the European Commission and national competition authorities in Germany, Austria, the UK and the Netherlands. He has 15 years’
experience in supporting clients in all fields of competition policy enforcement, including cartel and abuse of a dominant position cases
as well as merger control (Phase I and Phase II investigations). In addition, he has advised undertakings on a variety of regulation
issues in network industries and several European national governments and State aid recipients in State aid control proceedings.
Prior to his work for ESMT Competition Analysis Dr. Nitsche was Vice President in the Competition Practice and Director of the
Brussels office of CRA. Before his five years in Brussels he was an economic consultant at Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen in
London and Berlin. |
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David Parkinson, Partner, Magnum Opus
David has worked for 30 years in the Telecommunications industry, including activities in wireline and wireless operations with
LM Ericsson in Ireland, Europe, Asia and Africa. He moved to Ericsson Business Communications in 1986 a separate company
supplying voice and data solutions to the enterprise market in Ireland. His was tasked to implement and support the growing
customer base of medium and large enterprise customers which involved close liaison with the Ericsson product departments in
Sweden and United States. He also was responsible for implementing strategies, which enhanced the company’s positioning in
the Irish market place in WAN’s, CTI, and IP.
In 2000 David joined Formus Communications, an innovative broadband solutions provider. His role, as Technical Director,
was to build a high quality Broadband Wireless Access and Point to Point network which would allow licenced services
be implemented with the flexibility to allow future services such as VoIP.
Joined Magnum Opus in 2001 to its client’s advice, consultancy services and project management in the Information,
Communications and Technology areas. Most recently he has been involved as Programme Director of the deployment of
the Irish Government’s deployment of the Regional Broadband Networks. He has assisted clients with ITC based projects
at a strategic level and project management, including IPT systems integration. |
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Markus Reinisch, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Fixed Services, Vodafone
Markus is heading the fixed regulatory function at Vodafone Group, the largest alternative broadband operator Europe's. At
Vodafone Markus is responsible for defining the overall fixed regulatory strategy for current and in particular for next generation
networks. He ensures the execution of that strategy across all 25 operating companies and provides regulatory support for business
development and M&A activities with regards to fixed assets.
Prior to working for Vodafone, Markus was the Director, Group Regulatory Development at COLT Telecom. Before that Markus held roles at
Orange Group and Deloitte Consulting. Markus holds an LL.M. from Warwick University and a Master of Law from Vienna University. |
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Christel Sandstedt, Head of Sales and Marketing Division, Stokab AB
Christel joined Stokab as Head of Sales and Marketing division in June 2008 and is focussed on reaching Company strategic goals,
market positioning and revenues. She has over 20 years experience across sales, strategic planning and Management Board roles.
Prior to joining Stokab, Christel worked in sales and business development in the area of Business Process Outsourcing at
a Tele2 company, Datametrix BPO. Educated as a Security Manager, Christel has always worked to create new opportunities
without compromising security. |
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Chris Smedley, Chief Executive, Geo
One of the co-founders of Geo in 2002, Chris led the development of the company's unique strategy, to use its network
assets to provide dedicated fibre and infrastructure services to end users and other industry players. Since then,
Chris has overseen the company’s growth and the evolution and execution of its strategy and business plans.
Chris started his career as a lawyer with Linklaters & Paines, and moved to COLT Telecom prior to its flotation in 1996
where he held a number of senior management positions ultimately with responsibility for the legal, regulatory, project,
property and HR departments.
Geo enables network solutions throughout the UK and in the London area. Customers include mobile operators, service providers,
major banks and the public sector.
Geo is listed as the 7th fastest growing technology company in the UK in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 list for 2009.
Visit www.geo-uk.net for more information. |
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Stefan Stanislawski, Founding Partner, Ventura Team LLP
Stefan Stanislawski has over 20 years in telecom first as a leading industry regulatory and financing consultant
(achievements included starting local loop unbundling in the EU) and more recently as entrepreneur and company
Director. Current projects include FTTH / ADSL consolidation on behalf of investors, spectrum auction bids and
supporting a major FTTH deployment by a Mid East utility. Stefan is a also an angel investor in telecom
technology companies such as all fibre true broadband operator Riksnet in Sweden which has grown to over 30,000
fibre only customers in four years.
Stefan has extensive experience throughout the telecom industry helping Boards, senior managers and regulators to
make critical decisions in both fixed and mobile telecoms, his work has encompassed all aspects of telecommunications
strategy, business development and litigation as well as participating in some $100 billion worth of telecom auctions,
financings or acquisitions. |
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Tomáš Strašák, Chief of Sales, Member of the Board, Dial Telecom, a.s.
2004- Dial Telecom (Chief of Sales, Member of the Board)
2000-2004 CESKY TELECOM, a.s. (Team Leader -- International Data 1998-2000 Internet Securities, Inc.
(Product Director for Czech & Slovak Republic)
Degree: M.A. in Economics of International Trade & European Integration (Staffordshire University, University of
Antwerpen, University of Economic Sciences - Prague) |
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Andy Sutton, Principal Design Consultant, Transport Network Design, Orange UK
Andy Sutton is an experienced engineer with almost 25 years experience within the telecommunications industry. Andy is the
Principal Design Consultant for transport networks with Orange UK. Andy has overall Design Authority for broadband, fixed and
mobile transmission and transport network architecture, strategy and technology. Andy returned to Orange in March 2007 to take
up this role having spent the previous two years working for 3UK as initially, a WAN Specialist and then Lead Network Architect.
Prior to 3, Andy was with Orange for 12 years. Prior to joining Orange (for the first time), Andy worked for Mercury
Communications on fixed network transmission, switching, and synchronisation systems. Andy is a Member of the Institution of
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Tomaž Tomsic, Head of International Carrier Services, Telekom Slovenije
Tomaž started his career in 1995 as a business analyst in Telekom Slovenije. In 1997 he became the Head of Business Support
Team within Carrier Services Department being in charge of billing, reporting and sales analysis for the whole Carrier Services
sales segment. In 1999 he moved on to become the Head of Sales Development in Business Customers Sales Department where he was in
charge of the product management team and sales activities planning. In 2003 he was promoted to the position of Director of
Residential Sales Department where he was responsible for residential sales at Telekom Slovenije including call centres and retail
shops. In 2005 he took over International Carrier Services where he is in charge of voice and data services trading team as well
as provisioning and product management for international carrier services.
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Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries
Ed Vaizey MP was elected as the Member of Parliament for Wantage and Didcot in May 2005. Since November 2006, he has been the Conservatives’ Shadow Minister for Culture, looking after arts and broadcasting policy.
Born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, he spent two years working for the Conservative Party’s Research Department, before training and practising as a barrister.
In 1996, he left the law, and became the director of a highly successful public relations company based in London. In 2004, he left to become the chief speech writer for the then Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard.
Ed also built up a career as a freelance political commentator, writing regularly for The Guardian, and appearing on programmes such as Despatch Box and The Wright Stuff, as well as broadcasting frequently on Five Live.
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Jonathan Wright, Director, Wholesale Products & Services, Interoute
After an brief foray into the law industry, Jonathan Wright started his telecommunications career in 1996 at Global One, where he
oversaw a service delivery team before project managing major client roll-outs. From there he moved to Cable & Wireless where
he held the role of Product Manager for their European Bandwidth products, after launching the C&W bandwidth products, Jonathan
joined interoute in 2001 and since then has created their Infrastructure, Bandwidth, Ethernet and Network Outsourcing product
portfolios, he is now the director of interoute’s wholesale product team and is a key decision maker on the strategic direction of
the company. Jonathan holds an honours law degree from the University of Manchester and a diploma in legal practice from the law
Society College of Law. |
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