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Neil joins StarHub on 1 January 2010 as its CEO. Neil has over 34 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. He was the CEO and a Board Director of M1 in Singapore since 1 April 1996. Prior to that, he was the Director, Mobile Services at Hong Kong Telecom CSL Limited, the largest cellular operator in Hong Kong. Neil joined The Cable and Wireless group in 1976 and held various marketing and engineering management positions in Hong Kong, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom until 1983. In 1983, he joined Cable and Wireless Systems Ltd in Hong Kong and was appointed as Chief Executive in 1987. In 1989, he moved to the United Kingdom as Managing Director of PakNet Ltd, a joint venture owned by Cable and Wireless PLC and Vodafone PLC which developed and launched the world's first public packet radio data network. Neil returned to Hong Kong in 1991 as Managing Director of Chevalier (Telepoint) Ltd until 1995.

Neil is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

As CEO of Skype, Josh Silver man oversees the company’s direction and strategy and is ultimately responsible for its performance.

An experienced entrepreneur, Josh has helped build several startups to become world-class brands and companies. He joined Skype from Shopping.com, where he served as CEO following eBay’s acquisition of the recently- listed company.

Prior to that, he launched eBay’s European online classifieds business, and built it into the pan-European leader through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. Under his direct management, MArkplaats.nl (the leading Dutch eCommerce business) grew traffic, revenues and profits more than five-fold in a period of three years.

Josh was co-founder and CEO of Evite, the leading social event planning site in the Web, which he led until its sale to Ticketmaster/Citysearch (now IAC) in 2001. He has also held management positions at ADAC Labs; was a Senior Consultant at Booz* Allen & Hamilton and started his career on the staff of U.S. Senator Bill Bradley.

He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and holds a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and elected co-President of his class.

Tarek A. Robbiati was appointed Group Managing Director of Telstra International on 1 December 2009 and is also the Chief Executive Officer of CSL Limited which operates Hong Kong's first and largest mobile network.

Tarek has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications, finance, media and technology industries. As CEO, he has spearheaded and implemented strategies that have seen CSL retain and strengthen its position as a market leader in arguably the most competitive mobile telecommunications market in the world.

Immediately prior to taking up his current appointments, Tarek worked in Australia as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Telstra Corporation Limited from 2005 to 2007.

From 2003 to 2005, Tarek was a Vice President and Head of Corporate Finance at Orange PCS in London where he oversaw Orange International strategy, Business Development / M&A, Treasury, Investor Relations and Strategic Planning. Prior to that from 1999 to 2003, he worked as Vice President and senior equity research analyst in London with Lehman Brothers, in the number one ranked team for three consecutive years, and between 1989 to 1999, he worked as a senior manager with Accenture.

Tarek holds a Master of Business Administration from London Business School, a Master of Science in Business Administration from Institut d'Administration des Enterprises, Caen, France and a Master of Science in Nuclear Physics and Electronics Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supèrieure d'Ingènieurs, Caen, France.

Tarek speaks six languages and is based in Hong Kong.

Dato’ Zamzamzairani Mohd. Isa, 49, holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering from Plymouth Polytechnic, United Kingdom and had attended the Kellog School of Management’s programme in Corporate Finance, Strategies for Creating Shareholder Value.

He has vast experience in the telecommunications industry, having held senior positions in several multinationals such as Global One and Lucent Technologies (Malaysia), where he led the company as the CEO.

He joined TM as the Senior Vice President, Group Strategy and Technology in 2005. Before assuming his current role as the Group CEO, Dato’ Zamzamzairani was the CEO of Malaysia Business, TM.

He also sits on the Boards of several TM Group subsidiaries, including as Chairman of VADS Berhad and Deputy Chairman of GITN Sdn. Bhd.

Tim Cowen is Chairman of the Open Computing Alliance an Alliance of companies in the information technology sector dealing with issues of common concern in Public Contracting, Competition and data transfer and interoperability between platforms and systems.

Tim is also a Fellow of Res Publica, the public policy think tank, Visiting Fellow of the British Institute of international and Comparative Law (Biicl), Member of the EU Business Affairs Council, and a Board member of the International Institute of Communications (IIC). He is the outgoing Chairman of the Competition Panel at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and immediate past Chairman of the International Association of Commercial and Contract Management (IACCM). He was awarded the title of ‘Distinguished Visiting Fellow’ at the European Business School in London in November 2008. He is a Visiting Professor at the City of London Law School, the largest law school in the UK.

From qualification as a Barrister in 1986, Tim worked in private practice and industry; from joining BT in the early 1990s he held a variety of roles including General Counsel for BT’s international businesses.

Dr. Hukill is Senior Advisor to the Pacific Telecommunications Council where he leads program planning, organizational development and governance support. His own consultancy practice includes services for educational institutions and industry organizations in a broad range of areas including international telecommunication policy and development, broadcast media and journalism, digital video training, and travel industry information systems. Dr. Hukill was previously Associate Dean, School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawaii. Prior to that, he was Head, Electronic and Broadcast Media Division, School of Communication Studies (now Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Melvin Lew is Head of Product & Portfolio Management for T-Systems in Singapore. He is responsible for defining the ICT service portfolio. With his leadership, Melvin steers the future of ICT innovations to meet the customers’ requirements. 

He has over 10 years of industry and leadership experience. In 2001, Melvin joined T-Systems as Senior Manager for Sales Support and Solutions to spearhead all product management and network technology related solutions in the Asia South region. Prior to joining T-Systems, he honed his skills in the telecommunications sector; overseeing functions such as sales, marketing, project and product management.

As senior vice president of corporate business development, Punit Minocha is responsible for mergers and acquisitions for the company. As senior vice president of datacenter solutions and cloud computing, he is responsible for defining and executing the strategic direction for Trend's datacenter and cloud computing solutions. During his tenure, he has transformed how Trend Micro views M&A activity and has led the company through over a dozen transactions.

Punit has been with Trend since 2002 and has held numerous roles including Strategic Alliances with key vendors like Microsoft and Cisco and driving Incubation businesses for the company where he was chartered with cultivating a steady stream of new businesses for the company. These include Data Protection and SaaS which are now one of the highest growing businesses for the company. Currently Punit is focused on driving Trend's Datacenter strategy including Virtualization Security and Cloud Computing.

David Olds is a senior associate at DLA Piper’s Hong Kong offices. David advises technology and telecommunications clients on data privacy, technology licensing and data security issues in Asia-Pacific markets.

Kei is the Founder and CEO of Infinita Inc (www.infinita.co.jp/en), a multinational mobile research, consulting and development firm located in the heart of Tokyo. His company is one of the very few companies in Japan that covers the 3 business areas all under one roof, consisted of a multinational team and possesses in-depth working knowledge of the worlds most advanced mobile market. Their goal is to help clients across the globe create world-class services on connected devices. He is also the EVP of International Business Development at mobile AR leader Tonchidot.

Kei was born in New York and moved to Japan in the late 80's. After graduation, he has worked for Panasonic, Lucent Technologies and Cybird, all leading companies in their respective industries. Kei is fully bilingual in Japanese and English, and is a regular keynote at industry events such as the Mobile Marketing Forum, Ad:Tech, Telecom Asia and has spoken in over 10 countries around the globe. His passions, aside from work, include playing tennis, snowboarding, travelling, cooking with his wife and collecting mobile devices from around the world. His collection includes the Magic Cap, first generation Sony Clie and Sharp Zaurus.

Venkat Eswara is a marketing director for Applications Services and Mobile Video Marketing for Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility. In his current role, Eswara is responsible for developing and driving marketing strategy and deliverables for Motorola’s Mobile Video Solution Offerings and the Applications Practice. He is also responsible for developing and driving marketing strategies with joint ventures.

For more than thirteen years, Eswara has been in the telecommunications industry and worked in areas of marketing, strategy, portfolio management and product development. Prior to joining Motorola, Eswara spent over five years consulting for the electric industry in strategy, design and planning of power plants and electric grid systems.

Eswara is an accomplished presenter at various telecom industry events and has also contributed to numerous authored articles in the trade publications.

Eswara holds a master’s degree in management from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and a master’s degree in engineering from University of Massachusetts, MA. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Osmania University, India.

Dinesh Saparamadu is the founder and CEO of hSenid Group of Companies. Having established the company in April 1997, he has led it to become a proven leader in the software industry with offices and partners in Europe, USA, Singapore, India, and R&D Centers in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. He has been the driving force behind a high caliber and passionate team, taking hSenid to the global stands within a short span of time. hSenid Mobile holds a solid track record in developing state of the art mobile applications and backend integrations (middleware) for the Telecom, Financial and Enterprise markets that is evidenced by its highly satisfied world wide client base.

Dinesh has over 20 years of hands-on expertise in the Information Technology sector which include key positions he held in the USA. Having begun his career at Aetna Life and Casualty, USA as an Enterprise Technology Consultant for Aetna Strategic Business Units. Later, he joined Pepsi Cola, New York as a Software Consultant, and was responsible for successful implementation of many nation-wide Information Technology Projects.

Dinesh has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport Connecticut, USA.

Amrish Kacker leads the operator strategy consulting practice for Analysys Mason in Asia-Pacific out of Singapore.

He has been working in the telecoms sector since 2000 with Analysys Mason in the UK / Singapore, and in strategy consulting since 1997 in Germany / India. Prior to being a consultant, he worked with a leading FMCG firm for five years. He has an MBA and a degree in Computer Science.

Michael has over 14 years experience in the Internet industry and has spent the last 10 years in the mobile telecoms sector.

Michael ensures the organizations product direction matches customer’s needs for today and the future, ensuring that Amdocs ChangingWorlds remains a market leader and authority in the mobile Internet space.

He was a founder member of Genie (a British Telecom venture that later became O2) which delivered advanced mobile data services to over 12 million customers in Europe and South-East Asia. During his time at O2, Michael had responsibility for O2 Active, it’s mobile data offering. Under his stewardship O2 Active became Europe’s leading mobile portal.

Michael began his career at publishers Reed Elsevier where he was responsible for executing the online strategy for their premium titles.

Bryan has been in the Telecom industry for 24 years, first with AT&T, then Lucent Technologies, and now with Alcatel-Lucent. He has held a variety of management positions in development, sales, and marketing of core network equipment both in the TDM and Next Generation Networks spaces. Bryan’s current responsibility, based in Singapore, is to lead Marketing for Alcatel-Lucent’s End-to-End IMS Solution Platform.

Arvind has significant expertise and experience in media and telecommunications, having held a wide range of executive management roles in entrepreneurial as well as corporate environments. Since 2007, Arvind has been leading the fast-growing mobile wireless and enterprise business units at Geodesic, a global, $130 Million, 500-employee mobile and web software products company targeting handset vendors, carriers, content providers and consumers. In this capacity, he has closed partnerships and deals with leading mobile wireless companies worldwide, and played a key role in the company’s rapid growth.

Prior to Geodesic, Arvind was VP of Strategy and Business Development at SpectraLink Corp and VP of Marketing at Hellosoft Inc. He has also held senior marketing and business development positions at Morphics Technology (acquired by Infineon), Zoran Corp. and Synopsys. Arvind has an MBA (Sloan Fellow) from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an MSEE from Syracuse University, New York.

In addition to his role at Geodesic, Arvind is a market/business strategy adviser to several silicon valley startups and assists VC and PE firms worldwide with deal sourcing and due diligence. He is also a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and teaches classes on entrepreneurship, while mentoring several startups. In addition, he is the founding CEO of Malabar Associates, a business strategy-consulting firm targeting mobile wireless and telecom opportunities in the US and in Asia.

Russ Shaw is responsible for developing marketing, sales and business development strategies to drive Skype’s business in EMEA.

In addition to leading the EMEA business, Russ is also directly responsible for developing, articulating, and driving Skype’s overall mobile strategy and value proposition globally. A critical part of his role involves developing an appropriate ecosystem focussed on strategic partnerships that are driven by customer needs.

Russ joins Skype following four years with Telefonica/O2, where he held a number of senior executive positions. Most recently he was the Global Innovation Director for the Telefonica Group, based from Madrid. Prior to this, Russ worked at O2, first as UK marketing director where he negotiated the breakthrough sponsorship deal to create The O2 music venue in London. He was then appointed as Innovation Director for O2’s UK operations.

Russ has a BS from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a non-executive director for Dialog, a publicly-traded semiconductor company.

Ram Alluri is the APAC Deals Manager with Intel Finance and Director, South Asia Business Development with Intel’s Wireless Program Office (WPO).

Over the last 3yrs, Ram has represented Intel on multiple WiMAX deals in Latin America, Europe and Asia. He recently relocated to India to lead WPO’s business development activities in South Asia and is responsible for driving Intel’s wireless solutions, deals and partnerships with Telecom Operators, TEM’s and other solution providers.

Prior to joining Intel, Ram has over 8 years of product development lead and consulting roles with various technology and telecommunication companies like IBM, Verizon, Level 3 and Avaya Communications.

Ram has a Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering from Anna University, India along with Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from Kansas State University, USA and a MBA from University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, USA.

Anand Venkat
Director OS, Sales and Channel, Asiapacific, Telcordia Singapore

Anand Venkat is Director for Telcordia's Asia Pacific region (APAC).  For over
16 years, Anand has provided consulting and support services to help service providers, technology vendors, and business partners design and implement solutions.  He manages the sales and channel partners for Telcordia products and consulting services in the region.  Personally, Anand has architectured legacy-to-NGN OSS migration solutions for several clients and been a domain expert for usage based billing solutions and customer knowledge Management.

Mark Williams is the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Acision in Asia Pacific. His responsibilities include aggressively driving growth in the region by developing existing partnerships with local carriers, creating new strategic relationships and delivering sales across Acision’s propositions in mobile data solutions.

Mr. Malik is a Senior Product Manager for global markets working in Nanjing & Shanghai R&D center of ZTE Corporation for Fixed networks and Triple-play solutions such as;

• Broadband Access networks including XPON networks (GPON,EPON,GEPON)
• MSAG,MSAN,DSLAM
• Green Solution of NGN & Access Network
• IMS and Pre-IMS Technologies
• NGN and F3G (Convergent Multiplay solutions)

Martin Dawson is the director of GeoLENs™ location server business unit with CommScope. He is based in Wollongong, Australia, the key facility in which the product portfolio is developed. Previously, with Nortel, Telstra, and British Telecom, Martin worked on cellular location, intelligent network services, service creation environments and speech recognition systems. He worked at the University of Sydney doing network management and the deployment of one the world’s first campus wide Ethernet networks.

Martin participates in standards and industry forums related to network location technologies and emergency services as well as consulting to industry and regulatory authorities. He is a member of the North American National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and the Emergency Services Interconnectivity Forum (ESIF) focused on developing location solutions for next generation emergency services. He regularly authors papers on location technology and applications and co-authored the book IP Location (McGraw-Hill, November 2006)

Mr. Chi Lin is the President & CEO of Altai Technologies. Mr. Lin has extensive experience in enterprise management and commercialization of advanced technologies. Prior to his current role, Mr. Lin was the Vice President of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI). Previously he was the President of Lucent Technologies (China ) Optical Networking group as well as the President of Lucent Technologies ( China ) Central Region. Before Lucent had been spun off from AT&T, Mr. Lin had been a system engineer, software developer, and system architect for Bell Labs. He was named "The Father of DACS IV-512 Switch" to recognize his contributions in creating the product. Mr. Lin received his B.S. of EE from McGill University and M.S. of EE from Columbia University.

Peter Smyth, an Information Agenda Communications Industry Consultant for IBM, has more than 10 years of global experience in IT and services industries. He helps operators optimize their business and leverage their information as a strategic differentiator in the marketplace. 
Prior to IBM, Peter held management positions in services businesses related to Business Intelligence and Data warehousing, Reverse Logistics and ICT Repair, as well as Venture Capital.

A Canadian, Peter is based in Singapore for the past 9 years and holds a Bachelor of Science from University of British Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from University of Victoria in Canada.

Mark Barnett is a Solution Architect of the Networks segment within Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks business in South Asia and India. Based in Sydney Australia, Mark works with operators around the region on 4G technologies and their plans for deployment of WiMAX and LTE to provide the greatest possible return on investment. Mark has also worked closely with teams within Motorola and partners on new options for operators such as machine to machine applications that add to the traditional voice and data based business case.

Stewart White is a lawyer by training and has spent more than 25 years specialising in ICT and media law, regulation and policy as well as other regulated sectors. He is CEO of Stewart White Consulting, which he established in 2005. He is also the Public Policy Advisor of Solaris Mobile, one of two pan-European mobile satellite operators awarded pan-European 2GHz spectrum for mobile broadband and television services. He has a long history of advising both the public and private sectors.

He is currently part of the Blake Dawson team (an Australian law firm of which he was a partner 1983-1988) advising the Australian Government on the creation of NBN Co, the next generation broadband network provider.

He is working on NGN and NGA issues in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Australasia as well as related issues such as functional and/or structural separation of operators with market power, convergence and those arising from IP telephony. He is working on NGN and NGA issues, including relevant market reviews, in Europe with and international consultancy for a major European telco and for another consultancy on NGN policy issues with regard to a GCC country.

Originally from Australia, he moved to Europe in 1988 to join a UK based law firm where he advised on satellite related issues for the Murdoch group and on the first satellite procurements of SES-Astra. He has advised a number of satellite operators, such as Thuraya, as well as service providers such as CNN, as well as fixed and mobile operators. He has been an expert advisor to the European Commission on a range of policy issues in the ICT sector.

He has also advised a number of governments on sector reform, drafting legislation to implement and establish regulatory authorities, drafting licences and interconnection agreements, particularly in the Middle East. This included advising on the international policy and regulatory aspects surrounding the original privatisation of SingTel and the creation of the original regulator, the precursor to the IDA.

From 1999 to 2005, he was the Group Public Policy Director of Vodafone Group, where he was described by its CEO, Sir Christopher Gent, as ‘Vodafone’s Foreign Minister’, with responsibility for Vodafone’s public policy and government relations worldwide.

He has had a long involvement with the International Telecommunication Union and has been an advisor to a number of Secretaries General, including Hamadoun Touré.

Voted 2009 Best Asia Pacific Telecom Executive by readers of CommsDay and named 2008 Telecom CEO of the Year by Telecom Asia, Bill Barney presided over the transformation of one of Asia's first Chapter 11 casualties (Asia Global Crossing), into one of the region's leading providers of IP and WAN services (Asia Netcom). In 2007, Mr. Barney led the company's successful acquisition of regional ISP, Pacific Internet, which operationally merged with Asia Netcom and relaunched as Pacnet in January 2008.

Michael Stolpen is currently the Head of Fixed Broadband & Convergence in Region ANZA, SEA & Oceania (RASO).  Based out of Singapore, Michael brings with him over 14 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

In his current role, Michael is responsible for Ericsson’s Fixed Broadband offering as well as Transmission & Transport solutions. He works closely with the local Ericsson sales teams and customers’ senior management teams, with a focus on providing technology and solution insights in the areas of Network Strategy & Planning, Technology Evolution and Business Case Modelling.

Michael hails from Sweden where he started his career at Ericsson in the mid 90’s, gaining vast industry expertise while working in different markets, such as Ukraine, Turkey and the Nordic countries.

Michael has an all-rounded experience in the telecommunications industry, where he handled various roles ranging from services and support, sales and marketing to network design, product management and implementation. With an extensive knowledge of the Ericsson product portfolio, Michael has created and maintained product portfolio business plans, as well as developed and executed effective sales and marketing plans for some of Ericsson’s key products.

Michael is currently a Technology & Architecture committee member of the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council Asia Pacific.

Former Chairman of US International Trade Commission, Dr Watson worked in the White House as National Security Council’s Director of Asian Affairs before serving as Chairman/CEO of US Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He is now President and CEO of Dwight Group, which supports global transactions. Dr Watson received his doctorate degree in International Economic Relations from MCGill University. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ras Al Khaimah Centre for Advanced Materials, and as a member of Deutsche Bank Asset Management’s Scientific & Policy Advisory Board. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr Patterson has been the New Zealand Telecommunications Commissioner since July 2007. Prior to this appointment he was a partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers in Auckland and Sydney, where he headed the competition and regulatory practice. His principal areas of expertise include all aspects of competition law, telecommunications law, and competition policy initiatives. He has a PhD in commercial law, and has regularly provided commentary and articles for publication and journals.

Andrew Messenger heads the Corrs communications practice and is recognised as one of Australia's leading lawyers in the area of communications and technology. In 2008 he was appointed specialist legal adviser to the Australian Government on its National Broadband Network Project and is now the legal advisor to NBN Co Limited, the Australian Government owned corporation responsible for building and operating the $43 billion National Broadband Network. Andrew has advised clients in the UK, Asia and Australia, including advising Vodafone Group in relation to the joint venture between Vodafone Australia and Hutchison Australia.

Thomas Jones is a highly skilled telecommunications, regulatory and competition lawyer who specialises in access to regulated infrastructure. His particular expertise is in third party access issues and advising clients on competition and administrative law aspects of the operation of regulatory regimes. Thomas has extensive experience advising on telecommunications law and regulation through the Asia-Pacific region, and has acted for Telstra, StarHub and the Government of Papua New Guinea on access and competition issues. Since joining Corrs, Thomas has advised NBN Co on various regulatory issues in relation to the roll-out of the National Broadband Network.

Richard has over 15 years experience in telecommunications and technology law. He advises a wide range of clients including telecommunications operators, technology vendors, governments and regulators in Australia, as well as the UK, the Middle East and Asia. Richard has significant expertise in telecommunications regulation; complex fixed and mobile network outsourcings, acquisitions and rollouts; interconnection and access arrangements; infrastructure development and sharing; and joint ventures and strategic alliances. In 2009 Richard was recommended in the PLC Cross-border Media & Communications Handbook and in 2010 he was listed in Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer for Telecommunications.

Kip is a board member of Ingenious Media and Chair of the Ingenious Consulting Network.

Kip is also Chair of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, a group set up to advise the UK government on broadband issues.  In addition to the above, Kip is a director of the RadioCentre, the body representing commercial radio in the UK and of Phorm.  Kip was asked to be the ‘Independent Spectrum Broker’ by the UK government in February 2009 with the objective of facilitating the highly contentious ‘refarming’ process, associated with the 900 MHz spectrum band.

Prior to joining Ingenious, he was at Ofcom where he held a variety of responsibilities, including chairing the European Regulators Group.  Kip led the negotiations with British Telecom (BT) that lead to the establishment of Openreach, the functionally-separated division of BT.  Before joining Ofcom, he was Managing Director of Spectrum Strategy Consultants.

Harin is the Director of Interconnection and Access in IDA's Policy and Competition Development Group. His team formulates and implements policies relating to economic and technical regulation and competition development in the telecommunications sector.

Prior to this, Harin headed the Next Generation Broadband Network division at IDA. During his tenure, his team successfully conceptualised and awarded the Requests for Proposal (RFPs) to appoint the Network Company (NetCo) and Operating Company (OpCo) of Singapore’s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN). The Next Gen NBN is globally unique as its open-access model has been designed through a combination of structural and operational separation requirements set out by IDA.

In his 20 years at IDA, Harin has also led the Manpower development team at IDA - responsible for ensuring that Singapore’s infocomm manpower meets the changing needs of the industry and the Wireless Mobility team -  which drove IDA's “Wired With Wireless” programme.

Harin is an Electrical Engineer by training. His specialisations are in Wireless Telecommunications and Telecommunications Policy.

Alan Hadden has 23 years’ experience in the mobile communications industry, and has been President of GSA since its formation in 1998.

Previously he was on the senior management team of a PCN/GSM 1800 operator (today called T-Mobile UK), involved in start-up, launch, and expansion phases. He assisted in discussions with stakeholders and overseas regulators to establish 1800 MHz as a mainstream band for cellular systems. He represented the company at the GSM Association and the UMTS Forum. Previously Alan was Industrial Advisor to the UK communications regulator, and represented views influencing regulation and standardization at national and international level.

Mr. Peter Wang Guoxin owns Master of Telecommunication Engineering degree from the University of Melbourne in Australia. He has 10 years of telecom and IT experience with global corporations including Neusoft and Motorola. He is currently holding the position as the Chief Engineer of Wireless Technical Sales in South Pacific Region. Major contribution includes helping operators plan, develop, and deploy next generation wireless networks, deliver unique customized solution and ensure optimized network performance. Additionally, he supports operator’s market strategies with the focus on value chain.

Stephen Hire is Director of Marketing for Aeroflex Asia Limited and Aeroflex Limited and is based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for APAC marketing, strategy and business development for Aeroflex’s wireless test and measurement products. Stephen joined Racal Instruments in 2001 prior to its acquisition by Aeroflex in 2003. Prior to that he spent 12 years with Marconi Instruments and IFR which were also acquired by Aeroflex in 2002. He has been closely involved with the Chinese TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE industry since 2002.

Tina Radford is a recognized expert in the mobile devices wireless industry and has in excess of 15 years sourcing and program management experience spanning CDMA450, TETRA, Analogue 450 LEMS, GSM and ETACS.

Tina is based in Hong Kong and is CDG’s representative supporting the needs of CDMA2000 carriers in South East Asia, focusing primarily on devices.   

In addition, as former Chairman of the International 450 Association (IA450), Tina now Chairs CDG’s industry initiative the CDMA450 SIG (Special Interest Group) which was formed as a result of the unanimous vote by IA450 members to merger with the CDG in June 2008.   The CDMA450 SIG supports the evolution and global deployments of CDMA450.  

Dr. Song is currently vice president of the Global Marketing Group in Telecommunication Systems Division. In this capacity, he is 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.

John Cole is the Product Line Director Microwave Systems at Andrew Solutions, A CommScope Company. John has been involved in management of several product lines utilized on mobile communications microwave backhaul networks for over 20 years. John works closely with OEM’s and operators to understand and develop new microwave antenna technologies to meet the demands of the industry whether increasing performance or reducing delivery costs.

Ronny Haraldsvik, VP Marketing has 20 years global strategic marketing and industry experience across several technology segments including wireless broadband, wire line networking and IP services, RFID, personal computing, wafer fabrication, software, and consumer devices. Before he was VP of marketing and industry relations for Alien Technology, leading company for UHF RFID solutions.

Prior to Alien, Mr. Haraldsvik was at Qualcomm, Inc., as VP strategy and market development and VP marketing for mobile broadband. Before, Mr. Haraldsvik was VP marketing at Flarion Technologies, company acquired by Qualcomm, where he led all marketing efforts for Flarion and its FLASH-OFDM technology.

Dr. Mark Reed is a sought after speaker on the topic of mobile communications and Femtocell technology, he gives workshops and tutorials on the topic to industry and government and has been involved in the industry for the last three years.

He is a Principal Researcher and Project Leader at NICTA, Australia’s center of excellence in ICT (www.nicta.com.au) where he leads a femtocell modem development project.

Recently Mark’s team realized a world-first interference cancelling WCDMA Femtocell modem working at RF. This realization significantly reduces the interference impact onto legacy macro systems while improving the femtocell uplink throughput and range.

Johann Ginger is a highly experienced telecommunications executive with an 18-year career in technology strategy and leadership. As PBBI’s Strategic Industry Director, Johann is focused on strategic initiatives for the Next Generation OSS and solutions innovation programs that drive performance improvement, value and profitability to customers. Prior to PBBI, Johann was VicTrack’s group manager for telecoms strategy and network planning. He has extensive global senior management and operational experience with Newbridge, Fujitsu, Nortel and Telstra. He has also helped start up a venture-funded fabless semiconductor organisation. Johann holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering respectively.

Chin Ngee Ming is the deputy Director of Network Solution in Huawei Technologies. Currently, he is responsible for pre-sale technical marketing and business development for Huawei’s wireline product portfolio including Transmission, IP and Fixed Access Network.

Mr. Chin has more than 10 years of experience in telecom industry, focusing in optical transmission technology and Wire-line network solutions. Prior to joining Huawei Technologies, Mr. Chin has worked in Alcatel-Lucent as Head of Solutions & Marketing in Malaysia.

Mr. Chin holds a Master Degree and Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University, U.S.A.

Alex Orange is director of government affairs for South East Asia and the Pacific at Qualcomm Incorporated. In this capacity, Mr. Orange directs Qualcomm’s public policy and regulatory agenda and oversees its relationship with Government and regulatory agencies in the region. Mr. Orange works with Ministries, policy makers and independent regulators on national frequency allocation plans, licensing and regulations for 3G, mobile broadcasting and broadband wireless access systems. Alex also interfaces with multilateral organizations and governmental forums, for example the International Telecommunications Union and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity, to coordinate regional and international efforts in support of Qualcomm’s next-generation wireless technologies.

David Thomas is a partner in KPMG's UK firm and leads our global communications regulatory advisory practice.  He has worked with over 80 operators and regulators around the world over the past 26 years.  Prior to joining KPMG David was a director of Ofcom, the UK's regulatory and competition authority for the communications sector.  In the region, David has worked for clients in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Tay Yeow Lian is currently the Vice President of Consumer and Mobile Engineering. He is responsible for ensuring a high level of quality, reliability, responsiveness and efficiency in the mobile networks.  His role involves reviewing and enhancing systems to reduce time to market and cost. Other strategic projects include IPTV planning and Fix Network Engineering of Core networks 

Yeow Lian had his first overseas stint in NetCom, Norway in 1995 and was responsible for developing radio planning strategies. He was then posted to Advanced Info Services (AIS) in Thailand from 1999 to 2002 as an Engineering Consultant to develop strategies for network planning, operations and quality.  Yeow Lian was also Vice President, Product Development, AIS from 2007 to 2008, where he was responsible for the engineering and planning of mobile networks, implementation of innovative services and strategic projects to achieve market share.

Between 2004 and 2006, Yeow Lian was posted to Optus Australia as General Manager of Mobile Data / Value Added Services.

Yeow Lian joined SingTel in 1991 after graduation. His exposures are largely in the engineering and mobile network space. He graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Roger Björk is Sales Development Director at Ericsson AB where he leads a sales development program on Next Generation Broadband. The aim of the program is to create thought leadership on the strategic and financial aspects on next generation broadband networks and to further strengthen Ericsson's position as prefered business partner for broadband. In his current role Roger has lead complex customer engagements in Asia, Europe and North America.

Roger has been with Ericsson since 1997 and has been one of the frontrunners on the fixed broadband area, being involved in many of Ericsson's Fiber-To-The-x projects Globally. Roger is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

As a native New Mexican, Steven brings over 15 years of IT experience, 9 of which have been security focused, along with 7 years commercial training program management and development. Steve was previously a Program Director for one of the world’s largest training provider. Under his leadership are EC-Council | Education, EC-Council | Press, EC-Council | Media Services and EC-Council | Global Services.

Since Joining EC-Council, Steve has lead multiple teams in North America in the creation of an online Learning Platform to serve remote Learners and Partners on EC-Council Certifications, as well as creating the Academic Solution (EC-Council | Press) in partnership with Cengage Learning.

Steve has coordinated the launch of EC-Council Media Services including an online Newspaper with globally syndicated news, Online Information Security Magazine, and Security Blogs, as well has liaising with different Entities of the United States Government regarding program requirements ranging from City programs up to the Department of Defense teams coordinating Directive 8570.1m.

Ginnwann Teo is the Technical Manager of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, responsible for managing the system engineering team for Southeast Asia.

As a recognised industry security veteran with more than 15 years experience in various security consulting roles across Asia. Teo is widely regarded as a respected authority on information security.

In Check Point he works closely with all the Check Point partners and customers through his team of engineers to advise and support the sales consultants during the pre-sales cycle. He is also the leadership point of contact between prospects and potential partners, strategic customers and channels, as well as Check Point’s technical marketing and product management groups.

Prior to joining Check Point, Teo worked at Datacraft, Fisher-Rosemount, and Computer System Advisory (CSA Automated Pte Ltd) where he was involved in software development, Internet security projects, as well as providing consultancy services for companies such as DBS, CSO, Omni, MOE, SGH, and many others.

Teo earned his Bachelor of Science, Computer Science degree from the National University of Singapore in 1997, and has worked in the I.T. industry since then, specialising in software development and Internet security. Teo is also a Check Point Certified Instructor, a Cisco Certified Network Associate, and a Certified Solaris Administrator.

Jayson is an author of the book "Dissecting the hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network" http://f0rb1dd3n.com/ from Syngress.

He has also spoken at DEFCON, BRUCON, UCON and at several other 'CONs and colleges on a variety of Information Security subjects.

He is the co-founder and speaker of ExcaliburCon held in Wuxi China.

He's a highly carbonated speaker who has partaken of Pizza from Beijing to Brazil. He doesn't expect anybody to still be reading this far but if they are please note he was chosen as one of Time's persons of the year for 2006.

Johnny Kho is currently a Product Manager in SingTel Managed Services handling the Product portfolio of Managed Security Services.

Prior to SingTel, he is a Regional Business Development Manager with Systex Corporation, as part of the team guiding the solution strategy for the Asia Region. He constantly engages with Vendors, Partners and Customers in a business and advisory role; covering key areas in Web Application Security, Compliance and Risk Management as well as IT Operations Optimization.

He has previously taken on Product Management and Consulting roles with NetIQ (Attachmate), BT Frontline and Internet Security Solutions (IBM) mainly in the area of enterprise security especially in areas of intrusion prevention, vulnerability management and security incident and event management from solution and operations perspective.

Lasse Wieweg, Director, Government and Industry Relations at Ericsson, has worked with telecommunications his whole professional career, starting in 1973 with Ericsson. In 1986, following some over-seas assignments, he took up a position at the Frequency Management department within the Swedish Telecommunications Authority. In 1994, he took up a new position within the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, on Frequency Management for the Swedish Defence Forces. Since 1997, Lasse is back in Ericsson, particularly addressing international policies in the Radio Regulatory and Spectrum domains within the Ericsson Group Function in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mr. Jose Puthenkulam is the Director of WiMAX Standards in Intel’s Mobile Wireless Group and Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group developing Broadband Wireless standards. In this role, he has been instrumental in mobilizing the industry to accelerate the development and evolution of IEEE 802.16 standards for Mobile WiMAX. Presently he is leading the standardization efforts for the 802.16m project targeted at satisfying the requirements for 4G technologies as set forth by the ITU.  He was the Assistant Technical Editor of the IEEE 802.16e Mobile Broadband Standard and the Co-Technical Editor of the IEEE 802.16g Air Interface Management Standard. He was also the technical editor of the initial ITU-R contribution for inclusion of IEEE 802.16e into the IMT-2000 family of mobile wireless standards.

He also chairs the 802.16 Project Planning committee responsible for 802.16 Standards Evolution planning efforts.

At Intel since 1996, he has worked on wireless communications, security, video conferencing and information management protocols. He has broad wireless communication protocol standardization experience having worked in IEEE, IETF, 3GPP, WiMAX Forum and GSM Association. He is currently an IEEE Senior member, member of the IEEE Communication Society.

Dr. Shakouri serves in the executive management team of Alvarion Ltd in the position of Corporate Vice President of Innovation and Strategy. In addition, Dr. Shakouri serves in a prominent industry role as a Vice President of WiMAX Forum and is also a member of WiMAX Forum board of directors.
 
Dr. Shakouri is regarded as a visionary in WiMAX industry where he has been instrumental in growing WiMAX into a multi billion dollar industry. Considered to be the leading voice for the WiMAX industry, Dr. Shakouri’s diligent efforts have created a global reach for WiMAX Forum with regional presence in many countries.
 
Prior to joining Alvarion, Dr. Shakouri was with Lucent Technologies where he was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. Before joining Lucent, Dr. Shakouri spent fourteen years in technical and management positions with Hewlett Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems. He co-founded the wireless systems division, where he was responsible for the engineering team developing low-cost residential digital wireless systems for U.S. and Asian markets.
 
Dr. Shakouri earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAs Wafer Probe Systems. In addition to his industry leadership position with the WiMAX Forum, Dr. Shakouri is also on the advisory board for the Wireless Communication Alliance and is an IEEE MTT-SVC 2004 chairman.

• 2009-Now:   Vice President of China Satellite Communications Corporation. My responsibility mainly rests in the Marketing, Business Development, Risk Management and some aspects of Legal Affairs.
• 2007-2009: Vice President of China Direct Broadcast Satellite Company LTD. His responsibility rests in the Marketing, Business Development. 
• Senior Vice President of SINO Satellite Communication Co. Ltd. His responsibility rests in the Marketing, Business Development, Risk Management and Legal Affairs.
• Vice President of Hong Kong Satellite Technology Holdings Limited;
• Assistant President of Huadi Computers Co. Ltd.;
• Department Leader of China Great Wall Industry Corporation;
• Department Leader of EurasSpace GmbH in Munich, Germany

Mr. Ramaswamy began his career at Hughes in 1986 as a software engineer and was one of the original designers of the VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite product line. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ramaswamy was assistant vice president and general manager of the Asia/Pacific Region, responsible for business development and profit and loss for the region. Previously, he was responsible for business development in the Middle East/Africa region and before that, was responsible for program management including installation of and technical support to VSAT systems around the world.

Mr. Ramaswamy holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA and a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Madras in India.

Todd McDonell is a founding director of TC Communications, now holding the role of CEO.  TC is a leading satellite specialist in SE Asia with a reputation for providing innovative, business-building data communications solutions via satellite.

Todd holds qualifications in communications, engineering, marketing and computer sciences and had over 10 years experience in maintaining the RAN’s submarine communications system before entering the satcoms industry. He is a well-respected specialist in the industry and is in demand as a speaker – having spoken at many conferences around the world. Todd has provided consultation to various organizations including the RAN, World Vision, CSIRO, UNHCR and Australian Customs. 

Nile Suwansiri is the Vice President of Marketing & Sales - Southeast Asian Region of THAICOM Public Company Limited and has over 18 years of experience in the satellite industry.

Nile has been with THAICOM since its inception in 1992. He previously held positions of Satellite Engineering Manager, Satellite Control Manager and Head of Marketing.

Presently, his responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the IPSTAR broadband businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines.

Nile holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and an Executive MBA degree from SASIN Graduate School of Management in Bangkok in collaboration with the Kellogg and Wharton Schools of Management.

Chris D'Aguiar is Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Inmarsat, and is responsible for market development and raising market awareness of the company’s world-class capabilities and comprehensive product portfolio.  Mr D'Aguiar also oversees the distribution of Inmarsat's mobile satellite services through a network of over 400 partners around the world.

Since joining Inmarsat in 1996, Mr D'Aguiar has directed Inmarsat's sales, channel management and regional business development teams.  Latterly he led Inmarsat's distribution development programme and the Global Satellite Phone Service commercial team.

Prior to joining Inmarsat, Mr D'Aguiar undertook a variety of business development, commercial and financial management roles within Marconi, GPT (a telecoms joint venture between GEC and Siemens), and Fibreway (an optical broadband network, now part of Easynet).

Mr D'Aguiar holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Sciences.

Mr.Tian has 10 years of telecommunication experience in the industry, 8 years of them working overseas as marketing and sales head. Former position of Mr.Tian is the president and country manager of ZTE Philippines Inc. He has very good understanding and in-depth observation of the modern telecom development and the future trends. He has helped a lot of world famous operators build their network. Now he is working as the CSG(Comprehensive Solution Group) Director in the wireless operation division.

Kenneth Bodahl –a senior executive and industry leader in telecom power solutions - has extensive experience in the areas of engineering, sales and business management since starting his career in Eltek Valere in 1996. After moving to Singapore in early 2000, he has been a key driver in the development of Eltek Valere in APAC. He was appointed Managing Director for APAC in 2005, and is also part of EV strategic management team.

His focus on innovation, quality and value add services and support to customer has been main drivers for the success of Eltek Valere in APAC.

Lars Bondelind has 35 years of experience from large enterprises like Philips, Ericsson and Huawei in management roles ranging from engineering, product management to marketing.

This has given him a familiarity with all facets of the life cycle of large real-time systems like air traffic control, banking and telecommunication systems.

He joined Huawei in April of 2001 to build the Swedish branch, working with the development of next generation radio networks. Since, he has transferred to Huawei China 2009 and currently holds the position as Vice President Wireless Marketing.

Hastings Singh is Director - Distribution and Channels for Southeast Asia, at Research In Motion (RIM). Based in Singapore, his remit is to drive RIM’s distribution efforts for BlackBerry hardware, accessories and software, a key component in RIM’s Southeast Asia business strategy, and to support the significant regional business growth.

As Assistant Director, Next Generation Programmes Office, Henry Quek is involved in the Next Generation Interactive Multimedia Applications & Services (NIMS) project, with a focus on policy, regulatory and commercial aspects of this project.