Industry Thought-Leaders and Contributors

Parm Sandhu

Parm Sandhu is the Group Vice President of Enterprise 5G Products and Services at NTT DATA Inc. He has over 30 years of industry experience...
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Alexander Van Overveld

Alexander is a senior leader at Nokia responsible for Partner Sales for Mobile Networks in North America. He has 24+ years of experience in the...
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Carlijn Williams

Carlijn Williams is Head of Marketing for Nokiaโ€™s Enterprise Solutions business. Well-versed in digitalization of industries including 4G and 5G private wireless networking and edge...
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Bill Wright

Bill Wright is a Senior AI Architect/SSP in the telecommunications vertical at Red Hat, assigned to Tier 1 operators. He is also the Chair and...
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Venky Swaminathan

Venky is an entrepreneur, mentor, and co-founder of Trilogy Networks, where he leads award-winning innovations in cloud computing and agriculture technology. He launched the Rural...
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George Woodward

George is President & CEO of Trilogy Networks. Heโ€™s a member of the Congressionally Mandated, Precision Agriculture Task Force, a Billion dollar initative driven by...
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Troy Hege

Troy is the Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF). In this role, he leads efforts to build and foster...
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Adam Baxmeyer

Adam is the Director of the Purdue University Airport in West Lafayette, Indiana. A proud Boilermaker, Adam is only the sixth person to hold this...
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Craig Macinkowski

Craig Marcinkowski is the Director of Strategy for Saab, Inc. Prior to Saab, Marcinkowski worked as the Senior VP of Business Development for Fotokite, a...
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Adam Schipper

Adam Schipper has over 25 years working in the transportation industry. With a proven passion for the transportation industry, he received his Certified Transportation Professional...
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Jan Diekmann

Jan Diekmann has been with Ericsson for over 26 years, contributing in various impactful roles. Over the past five to six years, he has focused...
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Paul Tse

Paul TsePaul Tess has been with Ericsson since 2010, contributing in various roles with a primary focus on rolling out innovative radio technologies. In recent...
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Kirstin Sym-Smith

Kirstin Sym-Smith is the Ericsson North America Director of Business Development for the mining industry. She is a seasoned sales and business development leader with...
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Morgan Rody

Morgan Rody is a Senior Project Manager at Epiroc Rock Drills AB, where he has worked for 15 years. Epiroc produces and sells mining and...
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Hans Sjรถstrand

As Product Manager for Synchronization at Net Insight, Hans has the responsibility for the companyโ€™s synchronization product portfolio in applications such as 5G in mobile...
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Christoffer Ramm

Christoffer is a marketing and sales executive with 15 years of experience in the global telecoms industry. He is responsible for Strategic Product Marketing for...
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Marjan Rajabi

Marjan Rajabi is a seasoned IT professional with expertise in digital transformation through automation, predictive analytics, and AI/ML. She has led large-scale projects, implementing cutting-edge...
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Allen Proithis

Allen Proithis is chief executive officer of GXC, a leading provider of an award-winning, private enterprise 5G networks, and the worldโ€™s only provider of private...
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Matthew Twomey

Matthew Twomey is Head of Product Marketing and Marketing at Anritsu Service Assurance. Matthew is a seasoned professional in the field of service assurance, with...
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Jean-Franรงois Dyon

Jean-Franรงois Dyon spearheads global business development for Aniristuโ€™s Service Assurance Division, focusing on enterprise mobile private networks. With over 30 years of experience in enterprise...
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Mika Skarp - Cumucore

Mika Skarp

Mika Skarp is an award-winning telecom network technologist, entrepreneur, and executive who currently serves as the Senior Product Manager at Cumucore. With a stellar career...
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Dr. Jose Costa-Requena

Co-founder and CTO of Cumucore, Jose specializes in telecommunications and software design. His role involves integrating innovative technologies to deliver agile and effective solutions for...
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Aaron Huslage

Aaron specializes in providing rapid and reliable network coverage for humanitarian and press operations during critical situations. With expertise in satellite systems and mobile communications,...
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Liron Ben Horin - VP of Systems Engineering at OneLayer

Liron Ben Horin

Liron Ben Horin is VP of Systems Engineering at OneLayer, which provides enterprise grade security dedicated for private LTE/5G networks. He oversees the technical aspects...
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Ganesh Harinath

Ganesh Harinath is the Founder and CEO of Fiducia | AI, Inc., leading innovations in sports tech and fan engagement through immersive technologies and Generative...
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Daniel Rascher

Dr. Rascher has taught sports economics and finance, business research methods, and master's project. As President of SportsEconomics, his clients have included organizations involved in...
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Bhaskara Rallabandi

Bhaskara Rallabandi is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Invences Inc., with over 20 years of experience in wireless technology and telecommunications. He specializes in...
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Lisa Garza

Lisa Garza is an experienced marketing leader with proven success in directing multi-million dollar marketing programs for complex products. She is highly skilled at collaborating...
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Juan Santiago

Juan Santiago is VP of Products at InfiniG. He previously held various executive and product positions at Meta, Commscope, Ruckus Wireless, Google and Powerwave Technologies....
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Bren Tully Walsh

Awarded broadcast journalist, producer and strategic brand and growth advisor, Bren works with startups to fortune 100 companies to drive sustained growth through compelling content...
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Eugina Jordan

Eugina, a Russian immigrant, started her telecom career as a receptionist and is now the CMO of the industry organization Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and...
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Hema Kadia, Founder and CEO, TeckNexus

Hema Kadia

Hema Kadia is the Founder and CEO of TeckNexus, where she expertly generates and disseminates insights in 5G, private networks, and Open RAN, leveraging over...
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Greg Burrill - Dell Technologies

Greg Burrill

Gregory Burrill is the 5G and Networking Alliance Manager for Dell Federal, where he manages an ecosystem of technology partners that provides innovative solutions for...
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Kevin Fernandes - Dejero

Kevin Fernandes

Kevin Fernandes joined Dejero in 2017 and leads the global sales team as Chief Revenue Officer. He brings 15 years of experience working with audio...
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Manav Bhalla - Intel

Manav Bhalla

Manav Bhalla is a Sales Director at Intel with a focus on Private Networks. Manav works closely with Intel partners including TEMs, Hyperscalers, System Integrators,...
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Hitesh Solanki - GXC

Hitesh Solanki

Hitesh Solanki serves as head of product at GXC, where he is responsible for setting and executing product strategies for GXCโ€™s private cellular networks solutions....
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Maureen Haverty

Maureen is the Investment Principal at Seraphim Space Manager LLP. Maureen joined the business following a successful career in the Space industry. She was COO...
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Eric Menard

Eric Mรฉnard has over 20 yearsโ€™ experience in the Aviation, Aerospace and Telecommunication industries, developing infrastructure and services of telecommunications around the globe. After having...
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Thorleif Astrup Hallund

Thorleif Astrup Hallund has more than 25 years of experience with product and business management in telecommunication companies and tech startups. Currently, he holds the...
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Ignacio Chechile

Ignacio has 14 years of experience in the space industry, starting his career as a software engineer and now serving as ReOrbitโ€™s Chief Technology Officer...
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Alex Miller

Alex Miller leads editorial at E-Space. Based in Denver, he's a longtime journalist who's been involved with the satellite industry for over a decade.
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Thomas Heyn

Thomas Heyn received his degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl.Ing.) from Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen in 1996 and joined Fraunhofer IIS shortly after. Initially, he implemented several...
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Ravi Puvvala

Ravi is a Silicon Valley resident & is currently the Managing Director of Orkay Consulting through which he advises Center for Automotive Research, Automotive Startups...
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Karin Loidl - Technology Advisor at Fraunhofer IIS

Karin Loidl

Karin Loidl has been with Fraunhofer IIS since 2004 and is an experienced, multidisciplinary engineer whose constant goal is to bridging successfully the gap between...
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Muriel Medard

Muriel Mรฉdard is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at MIT, where she leads...
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Prabhakar Chitrapu

Prabhakar has served SCF in various capacities over the years, including as the Chair of the Forum. Presently he is the Vice-Chair and leads the...
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Caroline Gabriel

Caroline Gabriel serves as SCFโ€™s content director. She is a research director at Analysys Mason and was a co-founder of Rethink Technology Research. She has...
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Diane Rinaldo

Diane Rinaldo is one of the countryโ€™s leading authorities on 5G, telecommunications supply chain security and privacy. She served as Acting Administrator of the National...
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Arun Bhikshesvaran

Arun serves as Radisys CEO where he is responsible for the vision, strategies, and execution to further Radisysโ€™ role in transforming the telecom industry. He...
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Raj Shah

Raj Shah

Raj Shah is the Industry Lead for Publicis Sapientโ€™s Telecom, Media and Entertainment, and Hi-Tech (TMT) vertical in North America. In his role, Mr. Shah...
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Ron Lev

Ron Lev is a seasoned strategy and technology leader with a successful track record of driving growth and implementing complex initiatives across a diverse range...
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Nida Sahar

Nida Sahar

Nida has a decade-long experience in enterprise application and development and half a decade in startups. She has worked with computing giants like HPE, Oracle, and...
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Sagar Nangare - Coredge

Sagar Nangare

Sagar Nangare is a technology blogger, who writes on the cloud-native stack, cloud, 5G, edge, multi-cloud, and networking technologies. Currently, he serves as a Manager -...
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Tim Pflugradt - Vice President Customer Solutions at Gotransverse

Tim Pflugradt

Tim brings more than 30-years of end-to-end billing and customer management to Gotransverse. Tim was the Director of Sales Engineering at ACE*COMM, where he supported...
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Michael Lesniak - Business Development at SK Telecom

Michael Lesniak

Michael Lesniak is an expert at New Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for emerging technologies. He has extensive experience working with Enterprise Partners and Startups...
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Fredrik Sundling - Senior System Architect at Net Insight

Fredrik Sundling

Fredrik is a senior system expert who works in close relation with key customers and partners in Net Insightโ€™s rollout of 5G synchronization solutions. Fredrik...
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Dean Rayne - Director of 5G & IOT Solution Enablement & Delivery at BT

Dean Rayne

With nearly 20 years of business and telecoms industry experience, including both globally and in the UK. Having started his career at BT as a...
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James Messer - Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Gotransverse

James Messer

James Messer is the Founder and CEO of Gotransverse, a 25-year veteran of global enterprise software with a focus on monetization. He served as Vice...
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Zahid Ghadialy | Principal Analyst & Consultant at 3G4G

Zahid Ghadialy

Zahid Ghadialy is a Principal Analyst & Consultant at 3G4G, the analysis, consulting and training company he founded back in 2004. Over the years he...
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Michael Clegg - Vice President and General Manager for 5G and Edge at Supermicro

Michael Clegg

Responsible for 5G and Edge at Supermicro, Michael has helped secure wins with 5G operators and in Smart City deployments. In prior roles, Michael has...
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Francisco Martin - Vodafone Group Head for Open RAN

Francisco (Paco) Martin Pignatelli

Francisco (Paco) Martรญn Pignatelli is a Vodafone Executive +22 years of Experience in Mobile. Heยดs worked internationally in US and UK and has great breadth...
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Petr Ledl - Vice President, Head of Network Trials and Integration Lab, Deutsche Telekom

Petr Ledl

Petr Ledl is VP of Network Trials and Integration Lab and chief architect of the Access Disaggregation program at Deutsche Telekom. Petrโ€™s main responsibility is...
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Geoff Hollingworth - Chief Marketing Officer at Rakuten Symphony

Geoff Hollingworth

Geoff is a software engineer by birth, being fortunate to be involved in both mobile and the internet as they have started and have grown....
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Manish Mangal - Global Business Head for 5G & Network Services at Tech Mahindra

Manish Mangal

An accomplished telecom industry veteran with 20 years of professional experience. Held various leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies leading technology initiatives from incubation to...
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Preetham Uthaiah

Preetham Uthaiah

Preetham Uthaiah is the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Marketing at Saankhya Labs. He comes to Saankhya with more than 2 decades of global...
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Chuck Brooks,

Chuck Brooks

Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International, is a globally recognized thought leader and subject matter expert in Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies. Chuck is also...
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Sylwia Kechiche - Ookla

Sylwia Kechiche

Sylwia Kechiche, Currently Principal Industry Analyst, Enterprise at Ookla. Previously Principal Analyst, IoT and Enterprise at GSMA Intelligence, where she was responsible for the development...
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Jeff Johnston - CoBank

Jeff Johnston

Jeff Johnston is a lead communications economist in CoBankโ€™s Knowledge Exchange research division, where he focuses on the communications industry. His work revolves around identifying...
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Heikki Almay

Heikki Almay

Heikki Almay is cofounder of Poutanet, www.poutanet.com, a startup delivering simple private mobile networks for enterprises and communities in Europe and Africa. Heikki has a...
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Adolfo Hernandez - AWS

Adolfo Hernandez

Adolfo Hernandez is the vice president of Amazon Web Services, global telecom business unit. He leads a worldwide team who are focused on enabling communication...
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Kwasi Fraser

Kwasi Fraser

Mayor Kwasi Fraser is completing his fourth term as Mayor of the Town of Purcellville in Virginia and has led initiatives that successfully maintained Purcellvilleโ€™s...
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Tomas Delden - Net Insight

Tomas Delden

Tomas Delden is heading the global sales of business area Synchronization, and has been with Net Insight for 14 years. Previously he was in the...
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Phillip Coleman - AT&T

Phillip Coleman

Phillip Coleman is an AVP of Product Management and Development at AT&T. His responsibility includes 5G, Private Cellular Networks, and mobility network services for businesses....
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Stephane Remy - BT

Stephane Remy

Stephane has 25 years of mobile and telecom experience in domestic and international marketplaces. He has facilitated and built world-class teams and solutions in both...
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Jason Inskeep - AT&T

Jason Inskeep

As AVP AT&Tโ€™s 5G Center of Excellence, Jason Inskeep leads a cross-functional team focused on 5G Solutions for Business. Jason and his team, comprised of...
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Kaustubha Parkhi

I am Principal Analyst with Insight Research. I manage the research agenda for Insight Research. I have championed Insightโ€™s ongoing coverage in the areas of...
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Amar Kapadia | Aarna Networks

Amar Kapadia

Amar Kapadia is co-founder and CEO of Aarna Networks. Aarna solves enterprise edge and private 5G management complexity through zero-touch edge infrastructure, applications, and network...
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Roy Chua

Roy Chua

Roy Chua, an entrepreneurial executive with 20+ years of experience, is the principal and founder of AvidThink, an independent analyst firm covering infrastructure technologies for...
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Ranny Haiby LF

Ranny Haiby

Ranny is in charge of driving technical innovation further, creating opportunities for synergies among open source projects, and identifying emerging trends and projects. Ranny is...
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Timon Sloane ONF

Timon Sloane

Timon Sloane is the general manager of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).  He leads the organizationโ€™s efforts building an open source ecosystem, thus helping to...
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