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Hear the Expert Panel on VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (or VoIP) is changing the way companies,
suppliers, employees and even home users communicate with each other.
Today's voice over IP providers have worked hard to improve quality, reduce cost,
and implement new services and applications that go far beyond the capabilities
of the most modern legacy PBX. VoIP has proven that it is an exceptionally effective
way for people to communicate and to facilitate convergence within businesses.
As the market for VoIP products approaches a billion dollars in equipment sales
in 2005, enterprise interest is gaining extraordinary momentum. You need to know
the ins & outs along with pros & cons of VoIP for your business.
MODERATOR
Toshiba | Ed LaBanca | Sr. Product Manager | Irvine, CA
Ed has over 30 years computing & telecommunications experience; more recently
as Sr. Product Manager for Toshiba Telecommunication Systems Division and Fujitsu
Business Communication Systems. At Toshiba, he wrote the initial product specifications
for the company's IVR and voice processing enterprise server. He has been an independent
consultant for over 6 years for clients including Los Angeles Department of Water
and Power (LADWP) and the Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension and Health Plans
(SAG-PAC). As President & Principal Analyst for CollabGen®, Ed is now authoring
a White Paper Series on Unified Telecommunication Model (UTM©), including a recent
paper titled UTM© for Voice-over IP Network Design, including Wi-Fi & Mobility
(co-authored by Tim Connelly), which is being sponsored by NEC Unified Solutions.
EXPERT PANEL
Toshiba | Tim Connelly |
Analyst and Solution Designer |
Foothill Ranch, CA
Tim is an analyst and solution designer currently focused on mobility solutions
including Wi-Fi, VoIP and multi-media applications; with nearly 20 years of engineering
experience in the computer and communications industry. He speaks at many industry
events on the topic of emerging wireless technologies. Tim has held positions at
several industry leading companies, most recently as Director of Engineering for
Toshiba. There he was in charge of developing Toshiba’s wireless mobility solutions,
including solutions to provide VoIP over Wi-Fi for Enterprises with PBX integration
and Seamless Roaming capabilities.
Nuera Communications | Larry Greenstein
| Director of Product Management |
San Diego, CA
Larry is responsible for the VoIP media gateway product line
that is marketed to cable service providers, long distance carriers, and large enterprises.
His experience includes product marketing, system architecture, and international
standards. He has worked for GTE Telenet, Sprint International, and Alcatel Data
Networks with a focus on packet data networking. He has a BSEE degree from Floridia
International University and an MBA degree from San Diego State University.
Sundog International | Steve Gulsvig
| IT Manager | Anaheim, CA
Sundog International is a manufacturer and distributor of t-shirt and sports apparel.
They are headquartered in Anaheim with offices in Honolulu, Hawaii and Hayward,
California with manufacturing in Mexico. Steve is a multi-talented individual, providing
technology support for his wife's rapidly growing company in addition to a second
career in writing and video/film production. With the help of a good glossary, asking
lots of questions, and some blind ambition, he has successfully launched three networks
for the fledgling company and kept on top of new software and hardware tools including
Wi-Fi, Bar coding, RFID, Virtual Private Networking, and VoIP. In partnership with
SOHO Network Services, Steve has implemented numerous technology innovations to
provide cost and efficiency benefits for his company. He recently completed a VoIP
project.
NetSapiens, Inc | David Wang |
President and Founder
David Wang is the President and Founder of NetSapiens, Inc, which provides Voice
over IP Software Applications to New Generation Service Providers. Prior to NetSapiens,
David was the Chief Technical Officer for Nuera Communications, where he was the
driving technical force behind the companies award winning carrier class VoIP solutions.
During the earlier days of VoIP standardization he served as the Rapporteur for
the ETSI Project TIPHON, and also extensively contributed to and participated in
the IMTC, IETF, and Frame Relay Forum. Prior to that, David served as the Director
of Signal Processing at Cirrus Logic/PCSI, which built voice and data convergence
equipment, voice coders, and modem chip sets; David started his career as a Senior
Engineer at M/A-COM Linkabit. David holds various patents in the areas of Signal
Processing and Communication Systems. He was a graduate of the University of California
at San Diego and a Fairchild Scholar at the University of Maryland.
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