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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Wireless space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Greg O’Connor
Vice President, Network Core and Access of Sprint
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About Sprint: Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Charles McKee
Vice President, Government Affairs Federal and State Regulatory of Sprint
Vice President, Government Affairs Federal and State Regulatory at Sprint.
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About Sprint: Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Ivo Rook
COO & President, North America of 1NCE
Ivo Rook is a recognized IoT pioneer with a long experience in the cellular telecommunications market. He was previously CEO IoT at Vodafone and Senior Vice President at T-Mobile US/Sprint and working as liaison officer to SoftBank Group. As a proven expert on the IoT market, he is an independent advisor to I Squared Capital, a U.S. private equity firm, and board member of Global Telecom, California-based manufacturer of IoT modules and devices. He is also member of the advisory board of Digitize Things Inc, an IoT software development company also based in California, USA. Rook studied Master of Science in Information Technology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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About 1NCE: 1NCE offers managed connectivity services for IoT solutions at a global flat rate.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Sanyogita Shamsunder
Vice President Of Product Innovation of Verizon Wireless
Sanyogita Shamsunder is the Vice President of Technology Development and 5G Labs at Verizon. Previously, she was Director of Advanced Wireless and Mobile Technology Planning, and has led the 5G network planning and Device Technologies teams at Verizon. Sanyogita has directed and managed teams in all areas of the wireless business, including silicon, and network technology development, marketing, planning and strategy. Sanyogita received an MBA from The Wharton School, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Math from The University of Virginia.
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About Verizon, Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Ed Chan
Senior Vice President – Chief Network Engineering Officer of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Joan T. Bowyer
Vice President, Customer Service of Verizon Wireless
Joan T. Bowyer is vice president of Midwest Area Customer Service for Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless company in the United States, with responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operations for the area’s seven customer service centers that primarily support customers in the Midwest Area including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin. A premier technology company, Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest and most reliable 4G LTE network. Bowyer began her wireless career in 1997 in human resources and has held positions of increasing responsibility with Verizon Wireless including director of compensation, before being promoted to executive director of Midwest Human Resources in 2002. In her most recent position, Bowyer was responsible for employee training and communications. Bowyer earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychobiology from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Monica Hammond
Vice President of Business and Government Customer Operations of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Steve Smith
Senior Vice President – Corporate Finance of Verizon Wireless
Steve Smith is senior vice president of business development for Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless company in the United States, with responsibility for the company’s merger and acquisition activity, expanding the company’s national footprint and acquiring additional radio frequency spectrum for new products and services. A premier technology company, Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest and most reliable 4G LTE network. Before assuming his current position, Smith served as chief financial officer for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, responsible for overseeing strategic and financial planning. Previously, he served as president of the South Central Region for Verizon Wireless, responsible for directing sales, operations, financial performance and marketing for the region. With more than 20 years of telecommunications experience, Smith has held a variety of senior leadership positions at Verizon and its legacy companies, including vice president of transition planning and staff vice president of strategic and financial planning for Verizon Wireless. He also served as group vice president of international finance and director of international strategic planning for Verizon. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in mechanical engineering technology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA with honors from the University of Rochester. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Michelle Miller
Vice President – Retail Sales & Operations of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Archana Jain
Vice President Information Technology of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Victoria Lonker
Vice President Of Public Sector Solutions & Product Management of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Nicki Palmer
Senior Vice President of Technology & Product Development of Verizon Wireless
Nicola Palmer is the senior vice president of technology and product development at Verizon.
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Stephen Trundle
President & Chief Executive Officer of Alarm.com
Steve Trundle is the president and chief executive officer of Alarm.com. Previously, he was the chief technology officer of MicroStrategy. Trundle holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering sciences and government from Dartmouth College. He lives in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Reed Grothe
Senior Vice President of Business Development of Alarm.com
Reed Grothe has served as our Senior Vice President of Business Development since April 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the pro audio division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated from 2006 to 2010 and as the Chief Global Sales Officer of Gibson Guitar Corp. from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Gibson, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President and General Manager as well as Vice President of Global Sales at GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Grothe holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Donald Natale
Senior Vice President of Sales of Alarm.com
Donald Natale has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales since July 2014 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Sales since June 2006. Prior to us, Mr. Natale served as Vice President of Dealer Sales for GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Natale also has served as Vice President of Sales for Sequel Technologies, LLC, Territory Manager for Interactive Technologies Incorporated, and Sales Manager for Rollins Protective Services Company. Mr. Natale holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Daniel Ramos
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alarm.com
Daniel Ramos has served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since June 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ramos served as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense. Prior to his service with the Air Force, Mr. Ramos was the Vice President of Legal and Business Planning at The Away Network, a business unit of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Before joining The Away Network, he was a senior transactional attorney with the law firm of Shaw Pittman LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). Mr. Ramos holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Jason DaCosta
Vice President of Customer Operations of Alarm.com
Jason DaCosta has served as our Vice President of Customer Operations since May 2014. Joining Alarm.com as a Sales Associate in 2004, Mr. DaCosta has served us in a variety of roles, currently overseeing Alarm.com’s customer service and support organization. Prior to working at Alarm.com, Mr. DaCosta started his career as a Marketing Associate with the Corporate Executive Board. Mr. DaCosta holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Victoria Schillinger
Vice President of Human Resources of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Steve Chazin
Vice President Of Products of Alarm.com
Steve is a Chief Product and Marketing Officer. He is equally adept at product strategy and tactics and has an excellent on-stage presence. He is a rare individual who has synthesized a stellar background in engineering, sales, marketing and management to become a true product leader.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Hock Tan
President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom
Hock Tan is Broadcom President, Chief Executive Officer and director. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology. Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Hock. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Hock Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo and General Motors. Hock Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, a venture capital fund in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988.
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About Broadcom, Broadcom Wireless Infrastructure Backhaul Business, Micro Networks, Sandburst Corporation: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Bryan Ingram
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division of Broadcom
Bryan Ingram is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Wireless Semiconductor Division (WSD). Mr. Ingram served as Chief Operating Officer of Avago Technologies from April 2013 until October 2015. In this role, he led all Avago product development and manufacturing. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division where he oversaw the development, production and marketing of Avago RF and wireless components used in handsets, cellular infrastructure and satellite applications. From 2005 to 2007, he was Vice President of WSD. Prior to the founding of Avago from the Agilent Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) in 2005, Mr. Ingram was Vice President and General Manager of the SPG Wireless Semiconductor Division. Mr. Ingram holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Michael E. Hurlston
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Connectivity Products Division of Broadcom
Michael Hurlston is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division. He is responsible for the company’s mobility products. Prior to his current role, he held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2001, Mr. Hurlston held senior marketing and engineering positions at Oren Semiconductor, Avasem, Integrated Circuit Systems, Micro Power Systems, Exar and IC Works. Mr. Hurlston earned a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom, Synaptics: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Boon Chye Ooi
Senior Vice President, Global Operations of Broadcom
Boon Chye Ooi is Senior Vice President, Global Operations at Broadcom, responsible for managing worldwide manufacturing, outsourcing, procurement and logistics, planning and quality programs. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since January 2009. From November 2003 until 2008, Mr. Ooi was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Xilinx, where he was responsible for all worldwide plant operations, supply chain processes, inventory controls, as well as contract electronic component manufacturers. Prior to Xilinx, Mr. Ooi had a long career at Intel, where he served in a variety of management positions.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Lorenzo Longo
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Physical Layer Products Division of Broadcom
Lorenzo Longo is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Physical Layer Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for the company’s physical interconnect and automotive Ethernet products. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2000, Mr. Longo served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering at Newport Communications. He also held senior engineering positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Newbridge Networks and Bell-Northern Research. Mr. Longo earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University at Ottawa, Canada.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Hassan Hussain
Vice President and General Manager, Motion Control Products Division of Broadcom
Hassan Hussain is Vice President and General Manager of the Motion Control Products Division. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2006. He oversees the development, production, marketing and sales of motion control products used in factory, industrial and office automation. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hussain held a variety of management positions within the Optoelectronics and Disk Drive divisions at H-P and Agilent. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Hussain was a Process Engineer at Motorola Semiconductor.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ed Redmond
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Compute and Connectivity Division of Broadcom
Ed Redmond is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Compute and Connectivity (CCX) division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for Ethernet controllers, connectivity switches, Knowledge-Based Processors and ARM-based SoCs. Mr. Redmond joined Broadcom in 2010 after serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager at NextWave Wireless, where he led a merchant silicon chipset business unit delivering a leadership 4G wireless solution including a broadcast over WiMax service. Prior to joining NextWave he served in various engineering leadership roles at Intel in both wired and wireless networking, including where he delivered the first several products and customer programs for the launch and subsequent volume ramp of Intel’s Centrino Mobile Technology Wi-Fi modules. Mr. Redmond received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Communications and Digital Signal Processing from Santa Clara University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Rich Nelson
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division of Broadcom
Rich Nelson is Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for driving worldwide set-top box and cable modem strategies to enable services to and throughout the home, with system-on-a-chip solutions targeting end products and end markets. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1995, Mr. Nelson served as a U.S. consumer accounts sales manager at LSI. Mr. Nelson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Anthony Maslowski
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom
Anthony Maslowski is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Broadcom. Mr. Maslowski joined Avago, now Broadcom, in 2006 as Vice President of Internal Audit. Prior to that role, Mr. Maslowski served as the Chief Financial Officer for Allegro Manufacturing and before that, he held senior finance management positions at Lam Research and Hitachi Data Systems. Mr. Maslowski holds a B.A. in Business Administration from University of Michigan.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Jim Bland
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Controller Division of Broadcom
Jim Bland is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Controller Division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for silicon solutions for the hard disk drive and custom solid-state drive (SSD) markets. Previously, he was vice president of sales and marketing for the Data Controller Division and Storage Peripherals Division at LSI, with responsibility for marketing and sales of LSI SoCs and preamplifiers to hard disk drive, tape storage and solid-state drive customers. Prior to joining LSI in 2005, Mr. Bland was senior vice president of sales and marketing, as well as a board member, for two European wireless startups, which were subsequently acquired. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Bland was vice president of sales and marketing for Siemens/Infineon HDD business unit based in Munich, Germany. Mr. Bland began his 40-year semiconductor career in operational roles with Intel, Amdahl and Zilog. From 1986 to 1996, he formed a sales representative company concentrating on custom semiconductors for the HDD business.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Greg Fischer
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Carrier Access Products Division of Broadcom
Greg Fischer is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadband Carrier Access Products Division. In this role, he is responsible for driving carrier access semiconductor solutions, enabling wireline and wireless broadband services to and throughout the home. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2004, Mr. Fischer served in various executive roles with Conexant Systems, including Vice President of Marketing and Vice President and General Manager of the Video Products Group. Mr. Fischer earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of Iowa.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Tom Swinford
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group of Broadcom
Tom Swinford is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Solutions Group at Broadcom, responsible for developing and delivering silicon, software and adapters for data center storage solutions to cloud service providers, enterprise customers and embedded OEM systems. Prior to his current role, he was the general manager of the data center solutions group at LSI, responsible for PCIe Flash, hard disk drive and solid state drive adapters and associated software. Prior to joining LSI, Mr. Swinford was the Vice President and General Manager of the Connectivity and Networking Group in Intel’s Data Center Group, providing Ethernet silicon, software, and adapters to data centers, OEMs and embedded customers. Mr. Swinford received a B.A. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mitchell Fields
Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division of Broadcom
Mitchell Fields is Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Fiber Optics Products Division (FOPD). In this role, Dr. Fields leads the business unit responsible for developing and manufacturing devices used in optical communications including lasers, detectors, integrated circuits, planar light circuits and diffractive optics. He has been at Avago Technologies, now Broadcom, for more than 10 years and has held various positions that include Field Applications Engineering, Strategic Marketing, and, most recently, Senior Director of Marketing for FOPD. Prior to joining Avago, Dr. Fields was an optical engineer at Sycamore Networks, architecting and designing optical interconnect solutions for the SN16000 core optical switch. Earlier, he was a staff scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, where he was Chief Scientist of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. Dr. Fields received his B.S. in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Fatt Lun Ho
Vice President and General Manager, Optoelectronic Products Division of Broadcom
Fatt Lun Ho is Vice President and General Manager of the Optoelectronic Products Division at Broadcom. In this role, He oversees the overall development, marketing and sales of LED lighting products used in industrial, automotive and consumer applications. Based in Singapore, Mr. Ho began his career in 1977 as a Product Line Manager and has held a variety of management positions across several different product lines at H-P/Agilent/Avago. Most notably, he served as Manufacturing Manager from 1985 to 1998, and was SPG’s Operations Manager for many years until assuming his current position in 2008.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Patrick Henderson
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Patrick Henderson is Vice President, General Manager and Co-Leader of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for growing share and revenue in the high volume Mixed Signal ASIC market. Prior to his current role at Broadcom, he served in sales roles of increasing responsibility up to Senior Vice President of America Sales. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1998, Mr. Henderson held a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions at Integrated Device Technology and National Semiconductor. Mr. Henderson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ah-Chee Neo
Vice President, Worldwide Quality of Broadcom
Ah-Chee Neo is Vice President of Worldwide Quality, responsible for product quality across all Broadcom business divisions. Mr. Neo was instrumental in establishing the quality system, product compliance and in-depth failure analysis and reliability lab capabilities at Avago. Neo joined Avago, now Broadcom, as part of the spin-out from Agilent. Previously, Neo was the quality manager for Agilent’s Semiconductor Products Group and Quality Director for Singapore. Prior to joining Agilent, Neo worked at Bell Labs, AT&T and Lucent in various supply chain and quality roles for the company’s Asia Pacific region.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Bob Mantz
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis of Broadcom
Bob Mantz is Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition in May 2014. Previously, he held positions as Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Unit and Operations Controller for LSI. Prior to that, he was vice president, Business Unit and Operations Controller for the Semiconductor Solutions Group, supporting LSI’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mantz joined LSI as part of the company’s merger with Agere Systems in April 2007. Before joining LSI, Mr. Mantz worked at Agere Systems as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, BU and Operations Controllership. He has held various financial planning, business unit and operational controllership roles during his career with AT&T Microelectronics, Lucent Technologies and Agere Systems. Mr. Mantz holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Stetson University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Frank Ostojic
Senior Vice President and General Manager, ASIC Products Division of Broadcom
Frank Ostojic is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the ASIC Product Division (APD). He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2007. In this role, he is responsible for product strategy that enables APD to grow in market share and revenue in the Networking and Data Center ASIC market. He is also responsible for the development of IP design that enables APD to be the leader in SerDes-based ASICs. Mr. Ostojic came to Avago as a design engineer for computer ICs in 1996 through a series of acquisitions and roles with H-P and then Agilent. Mr. Ostojic has held a variety of senior research and development, and marketing management positions. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Sally Doherty
Vice President and General Manager, PreAmp Components Division of Broadcom
Sally Doherty is Vice President and General Manager of the Preamp Components Division at Broadcom. In this role, Dr. Doherty leads the business unit responsible for developing analog and mixed signal products and technologies for storage markets. Dr. Doherty joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition where she served as Vice President of Research and Development for the Storage Peripherals Division. In that role, she was responsible for product development, silicon germanium technology development and led the LSI global expansion strategy in China. Since 2009, Dr. Doherty has been an inside Director for Silicon Manufacturing Partners Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Before joining LSI, Dr. Doherty worked at Lucent Technologies and its spinoff, Agere Systems, in a variety of engineering and management roles. Dr. Doherty received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ivy Pong
Vice President, Global Taxation of Broadcom
Ivy Pong is the Vice President of Global Taxation, responsible for worldwide tax planning, reporting, compliance, audit and inquiry, and local statutory compliance functions. She has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since September 2008. Prior to joining Avago, Ms. Pong was with KLA-Tencor and Altera, where she was responsible for the International Tax function. Pong started her career in tax with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she spent seven years serving public high-tech clients. Pong is a senior tax executive with extensive experience in offshore tax structures, development and execution of tax strategies, foreign governmental interactions for tax incentives and rulings, transfer pricing, business restructuring and reorganizations, cash repatriation, improvement to tax processes and controls, and income tax accounting and reporting.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Myles Wakayama
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Myles Wakayama is Vice President and Co-General Manager of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for developing Custom Mixed Signal ASICs. Prior to his current role, he held a variety of engineering design and management positions, including Senior Vice President of Central Engineering for all Mixed-Signal/RF and Library IP Development. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1996, Mr. Wakayama held research positions at Toshiba Research and Development Center and Hitachi Central Research Laboratory. Mr. Wakayama earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mark Terrano
Vice President and General Manager, IP Licensing Division of Broadcom
Mark Terrano is Vice President and General Manager of the Intellectual Property Licensing Division, responsible for all worldwide outbound patent licensing programs. Mr. Terrano has more than 20 years of experience in the protection, licensing, and litigation of intellectual property in various technology areas. Mr. Terrano joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition, having served as Senior Director and Managing IP Counsel of the LSI IP litigation and licensing team. He joined LSI through its merger with Agere Systems in 2007. Prior to joining Agere in 2006 as a Senior IP Counsel, he was a Senior IP Counsel at Ericsson for eight years, where he was primarily responsible for managing the Ericsson IP litigation in North America. Before that, Mr. Terrano practiced IP litigation with the law firm of Fenwick & West in the Bay Area. He was also an electrical engineer at MCI Telecommunications prior to attending law school. Mr. Terrano holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Doug Clark
Assistant Vice President – FirstNet State Outreach and Consultation of AT&T
Doug Clark is responsible for a team that engages with district / state & territories to consult on providing FirstNet based on specific state first responder needs. His special focus areas include LMR-LTE interoperability, mobile data communications, deployable technology & mobile security. Doug has 16 years of telecommunications experience, including business development, consulting and sales leadership roles at AT&T. In his career at AT&T he has been responsible for delivering advanced connectivity solutions across Public Safety and Government customers. A majority of his focus has been delivering wireless solutions including mobile VPNs, fleet management, workforce management, and LMR-LTE interoperability. Doug engaged early in BC14 discussions in 2009 and led the development of AT&T’s LMR-LTE interoperability strategy until his appointment to the FirstNet team. Doug holds Bachelors degrees from the Ball State University in marketing and history as well as a Master’s of Science in Information & Communication Sciences. In addition Doug holds a MBA from the Kennesaw State University. He has been a speaker at events including IWCE, IACP, APCO, NENA, LEIM, NOBLE, IJIS & NASTD. He lives in Dallas with his wife and has three daughters.
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About AT&T: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Joni Arison
Senior Vice President, Finance Services of AT&T
Joni Arison is senior vice president of Finance Services. She was appointed to this position in August 2017. Joni is responsible for call center strategy, operations, and shared services activities that support AT&T Communications including revenue cycle operations, risk management, workers’ compensation, claims management, transaction tax compliance, and subpoena processing. Prior to this role, she held numerous leadership positions including: senior vice president of Emerging Consumer Markets, Small Markets Solutions, and Advertising Solution Sales. Joni also served as chief marketing officer for Home Solutions and Small Business Marketing responsible for wireline marketing, product definition, lifecycle management, customer experience and key consumer and business marketing programs. Joni is a member and mentor of Women of AT&T, AT&T Women of Finance, AT&T Women of Business and a National Advisory Board Member for the AT&T employee resource groups OxyGEN and AT&T Veterans. Joni is a supporter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and has participated in the very special Breast Cancer 3-day walk. She also serves as a board member for WiNGS of Dallas. After graduating from Quinnipiac University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in business management, Joni earned a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in marketing from the University of New Haven. Now residing in Southlake, Texas, Joni enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons.
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Scott Mair
President – AT&T Engineering and Operations of AT&T
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Andre Fuetsch
President AT&T Labs & Chief Technology Officer of AT&T
Andre Fuetsch – President – AT&T Labs and Chief Technology Officer Andre Fuetsch is responsible for delivering the architecture and design of AT&T’s future networking evolution.This transformation will utilize software-defined networking and network function virtualization to deliver products and services to the customer with greatly reduced time to market and significant operational efficiencies. He leads a team of over 2,000 engineers and computer scientists working on programs encompassing both the business and mass market customer segments.
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Sorabh Saxena
President — Business Operations, AT&T Business Solutions of AT&T
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Joe Mosele
Vice President: Mobility of AT&T
Joe Mosele – Vice President of AT&T’s Internet of Things Solutions. Joe leads the global business development and account management team.
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Bill Hague
Executive Vice President Global of AT&T
Bill Hague, Executive Vice President Global Connection Management, is responsible for developing both international and domestic strategy and partnerships around network access and connection agreements. These areas include domestic and international wholesale and retail roaming support, global and national access management and international voice termination. He also manages the company’s wireless operations in the cruise ship business, company wireless merger integrations and global wireless resale operations. Hague had previously served as Executive Vice President-International Development, responsible for developing and implementing international partner and roaming strategies for voice and data for both Cingular Wireless and the former AT&T Wireless, before it was acquired by Cingular. Hague previously managed the former AT&T Wireless’ mergers and acquisitions department on both the national and international front; part of his duties included managing strategic investments. Prior to joining AT&T Wireless, Hague was with Pacific Northwest Cellular/Western Wireless Communications where he headed legal, human resources and regulatory affairs. Prior to that time, he served as a partner at the law firm of Stokes, Eitelbach & Lawrence. Hague currently serves on the board of directors of the global GSM Association, is the Chairman of the GSMA Finance Committee and is Chairman of the GSMA Ltd. He is also president of the African Education Foundation, a private foundation he established in 1980, after serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Colorado, a Master’s Degree in Health Administration and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Washington.
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Johannes Jaskolski
Assistant Vice President of AT&T
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Andrew Goodman
Vice President, Content Partnerships of AT&T
Andrew is VP of Content Partnerships for AT&T, where he is responsible for managing content partnerships across traditional and software based pay TV systems, mobile devices, and data bundles. In this role, he balances strategic planning, business development, and product innovation with partner engagement. Most recently, he oversaw AT&T’s partnership with HBO Max, including the go-to-market (GTM) strategy and terms for bundling HBO Max with AT&T’s mobile and broadband assets. His work focuses on expanding the digital entertainment experience through mobile and over the top video initiatives (OTT), multi-screen extensions for subscribers of DIRECTV and U-verse Television (TV Everywhere), and other emerging technologies such as 4K UHD, leading cross functional teams to bring innovative new streaming video products to market. He also oversees AT&T’s relationships with Premium TV Networks (e.g., HBO), SVOD services (e.g. Netflix), and works closely with AT&T and The Chernin Group’s joint venture, Otter Media, focusing on video investments for a digital native audience. Andrew is a frequent speaker and panelist at technology and media industry conferences. Before joining AT&T, Andrew was a Manager in the technology, media, and telecom practice of Deloitte Consulting, where he focused on helping film studios and other large media companies manage the transition from analog to digital. Andrew began his career working in film development for director Robert Zemeckis’s ImageMovers. Andrew received his MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Theater and Political Science from Amherst College.
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Karim Lesina
Senior Vice President International External and Regulatory Affairs of AT&T
Karim Antonio Lesina is the Vice President of AT&T, covering International External Affairs for the European Union, Caribbean, Central and Latin America Regions and in charge of Trans-Atlantic Relations. In this role he leads AT&T’s advocacy in those regions. AT&T is a premier global communications company, providing wholesale services and mobile roaming services to over 220 countries and territories, and providing business enterprise services to countries representing over 99 percent of the world’s economy. In addition to developing and implementing market access strategies to enable AT&T’s global expansion to satisfy customer needs, other responsibilities for Mr. Lesina include ensuring compliance with international telecom regulations, and advocacy on a wide range policymatters related to the stable growth, innovation and investment by the information and communications technology sector. Mr. Lesina is based in AT&T’s Brussels (Belgium) office. He is an active member in several industry and community organizations, including current service as: Vice Chair of the Board of of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU and Chair of the Presidency Group of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU. He is a Board Member of the European Internet Foundation and of the Transatlantic BusinessCouncil and also President of the Association EGO. He also represents AT&T in different associations such as ETNO, GSMA, TPN, etc. Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Lesina held senior positions with another leading US-headquartered ICT company (Intel Corporation), and a number of leading public affairs agencies in Brussels. Born in Dakar (Senegal) Mr. Lesina is an Italian-Tunisian national and has a Master Degree in Economics of development at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.
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Robert Boyanovsky
Vice President Enterprise Mobility Product Management of AT&T
Robert Boyanovsky is Vice President of Enterprise Mobility at AT&T Business. He oversees all aspects of product management supporting AT&T’s mobility business customers. In a highly competitive market, Robert creates and implements new strategies to improve products, reach new customers and differentiate offers while driving revenue and operating income. Robert has over 20 years of telecommunication experience including positions in consumer, business, marketing, sales and operations, wireline, wireless and eCommerce at AT&T plus Cellular One and Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems.
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Marian Croak
Vice President of AT&T
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Jill Singer
Vice President, National Security of AT&T
Jill Singer leads AT&T Global Business across the national security community, overseeing delivery of strategic technology solutions/services to national security agencies. Prior to AT&T, Jill was a partner with Deep Water Point consulting firm and served on several advisory boards for companies in the federal space. In government, she served as chief information officer (CIO) for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), deputy CIO for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and director of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service for Department of State (DoS). Her awards include Wash100, CloudNow, Top Ten Global Breakaway CIO, and Top Ten Women in Cloud.
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Jeff Brueggeman
Vice-President of Global Public Policy of AT&T
Jeff Brueggeman is Vice President-Global Public Policy for AT&T, responsible for developing and advocating AT&T’s global public policy positions on privacy, cybersecurity and internet policy issues. In addition, he leads AT&T’s engagement with various privacy and internet policy organizations. Mr Brueggeman supports AT&T’s business in the operation of its global network and development of emerging technologies, including Internet of Things and cloud computing services. Prior to assuming his current rule, Mr Brueggeman helped manage AT&T’s privacy policies and coordinate the implementation of data privacy and security programmes across the company. He has participated extensively in international internet policy events and organizations, and served on the Internet Governance Forum’s Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group. Before joining AT&T in 2001, Mr Brueggeman was an attorney in private practice, specialising in communications law. He holds a JD from the University of Virginia and a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota.
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Mike Troiano
Vice President – Corporate Strategy and Business Development of AT&T
Mike Troiano is currently responsible for AT&T’s Industrial IoT (Internet of Things) organization, including Business Development, Product Management and Strategy for products including AT&T M2X. Mike previously led AT&T’s Advanced Mobility Solutions Product Management organization.
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Michael Zeto
Vice President of IoT Solutions and General Manager of Smart Cities of AT&T
Michael leads Boingo’s corporate strategy and growth initiatives, responsible for capitalizing on the company’s unique position in the wireless industry. He is focused on driving new opportunities across 5G, CBRS, Wi-Fi 6, IoT and smart cities. A seasoned corporate executive, Michael has a successful track record for building new businesses and creating profitable growth. Prior to Boingo, he was Vice President, Internet of Things Solutions, and Founder and General Manager for AT&T’s Smart Cities and emerging IoT solutions. Before joining AT&T, Michael co-founded and served as CEO of Proximus Mobility and previously held leadership positions with top technology companies. Michael serves on the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber and Technology Association of Georgia. He holds an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University and BA from Wilkes University.
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Tad Reynes
Regional Vice President, Healthcare Solutions of AT&T
Tad brings more than 20 years of experience in sales, sales management, alternate channels, equipment and maintenance solutions, technical support, and product management. Tad presently serves as a Regional Vice President in the Internet of Things organization within AT&T. He is responsible for coordinating product strategy across AT&T’s enterprise healthcare portfolio and business development efforts with medical device manufacturers. Tad is responsible for identifying industry trends and developing best-in-class solutions for AT&T’s healthcare customers and developers. Tad’s experience has focused on development and delivery of solutions within Fortune 500 Companies, large Healthcare Entities and Government and Education Institutions. Tad has an extensive background in enterprise sales management, technical and overlay sales support and product management. Prior to working in product management for AT&T, Tad led AT&T’s equipment and solutions organization in the Government, Education and Medical division. Tad has held several additional positions within AT&T, including Director of Alternate Channels, Director of the State of IL and Associated Accounts, Director of Field Marketing and Director of Sales and Channel Support.
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Bill Soards
President, Indiana AT&T of AT&T
Bill Soards is a President, Indiana AT&T at AT&T.
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Jeff McElfresh
President DIRECTV Latin America of AT&T
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Hank Hultquist
Vice President-Federal Regulatory of AT&T
Vice President of Federal Regulatory, Hank Hultquist represents AT&T at the Federal Communications Commission on a number of issues, including spectrum and wireless policy, Internet and broadband policy, interconnection, and intercarrier compensation. Hank joined AT&T in 2004. Prior to joining AT&T, Hank was with MCI for eight years. He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Exchange Carrier Association. Hank is a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and two children.
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Tyler Leshney
President of Ultra Mobile
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Karri Kuoppamaki
Senior Vice President, Technology Development & Strategy of T-Mobile
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Grant Castle
Vice President, Engineering Services & Quality Assurance of T-Mobile
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Kathleen Ham
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs of T-Mobile
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Rick Chandler
Vice President of Product Management of T-Mobile
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Andrew Cowell
Senior Vice President of Power Management of Intersil
Andrew Cowell is Senior Vice President of Intersil’s Mobile Power Products. Mr. Cowell joined Intersil from Micrel Semiconductor in 2011, where he served for four years as Vice President of Analog Marketing. Prior to this, Mr. Cowell served as the head of Micrel’s Strategic Applications division with responsibility for new product definition for power products. He also served in the role of Marketing and Applications Manager for the power product line. Prior to joining Micrel, Mr. Cowell worked for Siliconix Semiconductor where he held a variety of technical positions throughout the world. Mr. Cowell began his career as a design engineer at Advanced Power Supplies. Mr. Cowell holds a First Class Honors degree in Electronics from Middlesex University in the UK.
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About Intersil, Renesas Electronics Corporation: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Vern Kelley
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Intersil
Vern Kelley is Intersil’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Kelley joined Intersil in February 2003 from National Semiconductor where he was Vice President of Human Resources for the product divisions. In his 19-year tenure at National, Mr. Kelley held a variety of leadership positions within human resources and oversaw HR activities associated with National’s acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture activities. His HR management experience includes development and implementation of performance management, success sharing, productivity improvement, and training and development programs. Before joining National in 1983, Mr. Kelley was a division employee relations manager for Allstate Insurance Company. Mr. Kelley earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. He is a recipient of the 2007 HR Symposium “HR Excellence” Award. He also served on the Board of Directors of the United Way Silicon Valley from 2005 to 2008.
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About Intersil: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Rachel Samren
Senior Vice President, Chief External Affairs, and Governance & Trust Officer of Telia Company
Rachel joined Millicom in July 2014 and manages the group’s Government Relations, Corporate Communications and Corporate Responsibility functions. Her focus is on developing and driving Millicom’s global engagement with particular responsibility for special situation strategies. Rachel’s background is in the risk management consulting sector, most recently as Head of Business Intelligence at The Risk Advisory Group plc. Previously, she worked for Citigroup as well as non-governmental and governmental organisations. Rachel currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reach for Change and Zantel. She holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a MLitt in International Security Studies from the University of St Andrews. Rachel Samrén holds 500 Millicom shares.
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Victor Alston
President and CEO of IXIA
Victor Alston is a professional who’s multi-faceted career has helped him acquire impressive skills in a number of industries, including real estate development – where he’s working as President and CEO at Big Sur Construction and Luxe Living – as well as venture funding, where he identifies and invests in late-stage tech development companies. Previously in his career, Victor Alston assumed Ixia’s chief executive role in May of 2012, where his vision has aggressively moved the company forward into exciting industries such as cyber security, data center visibility, and more. Vic was instrumental in architecting Ixia’s success as it grew from a startup to a 350 million per year, leading enterprise IT solutions provider. Since joining Ixia in 2004, Vic has led Ixia innovation and growth as the head of product and technology development, engineering, and as chief operating officer for the company. Prior to joining Ixia, Victor Alston was senior director of engineering at SAP, a publicly-traded enterprise software company. Vic honed his entrepreneurial skills as a co-founder and vice president of engineering in two successful enterprise software companies – later sold to Computer Associates and Oracle Corporation, respectively. Before starting those two companies, Vic rose through the ranks at Oracle in the RDBMS and PLSQL group. Victor Alston received both his B.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Computer Science (MSCS) from Stanford University.
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About IXIA: Ixia provides IP network validation and network visibility solutions for equipment manufacturers, service providers and government agencies.
Recep Ozdag
Vice President of IXIA
Vice President and General Manager at Keysight Technologies.
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Chris Williams
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of IXIA
Chris is responsible for global Human Resources at Ixia. As a leader, Chris is known for being a highly collaborative and results-driven executive, striving to align business strategy, culture, and values. Joining in August 2008, Chris brings a diverse background in wireless communications, and Internet media, services, software, and bio-pharmaceuticals to Ixia. His broad functional expertise and management acumen were honed while working for public companies such as Yahoo!, Overture, Kinko’s, Dassault Systeme, and Pinkerton. Chris holds a Masters in Human Resources and undergraduate degrees in Management and Finance from the University of Utah.
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About IXIA: Ixia provides IP network validation and network visibility solutions for equipment manufacturers, service providers and government agencies.
Liang Hua
Chief Supply Chain Officer & President of the Global Technical Service Dept of Huawei Technologies
Born in 1964,Liang Hua holds a doctorate degree from Wuhan University of Technology. Liang joined Huawei in 1995 and has served as President of Supply Chain, CFO of Huawei, President of the Business Process & IT Mgmt Dept, President of the Global Technical Service Dept, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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Xiaolong Song
President of Huawei Digital Service Product Line of Huawei Technologies
– President of Digital Service Product Line, Carrier Software Business Unit. – Ex-vice president of Southern Pacific Region Carrier Software & Core Network Business Dept, SC (2008-2012) – Ex-vice COO of Nanjing Institute (2005-2008) – Ex-head of R&D of
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Sujai Hajela
Co-founder, President & CEO of Mist Systems
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About Mist Systems: Mist built a wireless platform for the Smart Device era that delivers intelligent wireless network products that leverage machine learning.
Don McGuire
Vice President Global Product Marketing of Qualcomm
Don McGuire is currently the Senior Vice President Global Product and Technology Marketing for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He is responsible for leading all global product marketing strategy, planning and execution across QTI’s businesses including mobile, IoT, voice and music, connectivity and automotive. McGuire has helped redefine Qualcomm’s strategic approach to product marketing for the past 7 months, recently joining Qualcomm from Intel Corp. At Intel, McGuire leads the end-user product marketing team in support of Intel’s Client Computing business. He has served in several additional leadership positions prior to his current role and has over 20 years’ marketing and sales experience. Previously, he was a founding member of a marketing strategy consulting firm with a client roster that included Intel, NBC Universal, Dell, Motorola, Cricket and many others. McGuire lead the firm’s technology engagement practice. Before that, McGuire was the chief marketing officer of Amp’d Mobile, the vice president of global marketing for Kyocera, the vice president of sales and marketing for Leap Wireless and the vice president and general manager for Sprint PCS. McGuire began his career as a sales and marketing executive at McCaw Cellular Communications. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University in business administration and has attended an executive master’s program at Stanford University’s Schwab School of Business.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Cristiano Amon
President & CEO of Qualcomm
Cristiano Amon serves as executive vice president, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and co-president of Qualcomm Mobile and Computing (QMC), the world’s largest provider of wireless chipsets and software solutions. In this role, and in partnership with Murthy Renduchintala, he is responsible for the oversight of all activities related to Qualcomm’s semiconductor business within the mobile and computing segment. Amon also serves as a member of Qualcomm’s executive committee. Prior to his co-president role, Amon served as Senior Vice President of Product Management of QMC, managing the company’s wireless chipset portfolio. While at Qualcomm, he was also the chief technical officer of Vésper, a wireless operator in Brazil.
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About Qualcomm, VeloCom: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Kedar Kondap
Vice President Product Management of Qualcomm
He is the Vice President for Product Management at Qualcomm.
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About Qualcomm, Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Edward Tiedemann
Senior Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr. is a Qualcomm Fellow and a Senior Vice President of Engineering of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He leads Qualcomm’s worldwide standardization and industry organization activities. Dr. Tiedemann was instrumental in the design and development of the TIA/EIA/IS-95 CDMA system, also called cdmaOne™. He led Qualcomm’s, and much of the industry’s, efforts in the design and development of the third-generation cdma2000® system. Dr. Tiedemann led the offline industry group on M2M convergence, which resulted in oneM2M. In addition to being on the board of the MulteFire Alliance, Dr. Tiedemann is also on the board of the Open Mobile Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation. Prior to becoming involved with terrestrial wireless communications, Dr. Tiedemann was involved with numerous commercial and military satellite systems. From 1977 to 1988, Dr. Tiedemann was at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked on mmWave satellite communications systems. Dr. Tiedemann holds a Ph.D. degree from MIT where he worked in the areas of queueing theory and communications networks. He holds a Master of Science degree from Purdue University where he worked on bandwidth efficient modulation. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity (Va Tech). Dr. Tiedemann is past chairman ofthe Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity (Va Tech). He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Peabody Essex Museum. Dr. Tiedemann was General Chair of GLOBECOM2015, one of the IEEE Communications Society flagship conferences.
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About Open Connectivity Foundation, Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Durga Malladi
Senior Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
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Ev Roach
Vice President of Product Management of Qualcomm
Everett Roach is vice president of product management for the power management product line at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Everett has over 35 years of sales, marketing, and product management experience with a number of leading semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Qualcomm in 2012, Everett was vice president, worldwide sales, for Summit Microelectronics. Everett has held executive sales and marketing positions at numerous companies, including Nucore, SiliconWave, Tripath Technologies, National Semiconductor, Cyrix Corporation, Weitek and Intel Corporation. He has extensive sales experience domestically as well as having held international posts in Europe, Japan, and Hong Kong. Everett has a degree in economics from the University of California at Davis.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Chidi Chidambaram
Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Rashmi Char
Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
Rashmi Char serves as vice president of engineering for Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated. Her current responsibilities include leading the Global Product and ToolsOrganization responsible for delivering world-class mobile chipsets to markets aroundthe world and leading the next generation 1-Gbps Class Modem for smartphones,tablets and mobile broadband products as Software Project Engineer. Rashmi Char joined Qualcomm in 1997 and has held roles of increasing responsibility inMobile Product Development and Commercialization since that time. One of her firstkey positions was in UMTS Protocol Stack Development. She then moved on to leadglobal Software Design and Development teams to support High-Speed Data Servicesover all air interface technologies (UMTS, LTE, CDMA). As Software Project Engineerand Architect, she led the worldwide commercialization of the first worldwide LTE (4G)capable handsets launches on all major carriers’ networks including VZW, ATT, SKT,LGU+, and Sprint and a number of cutting-edge 4G modems for mobile products.Rashmi excels at directly leading hundreds of employees, and also simultaneouslyleading projects comprised of thousands of engineers around the world.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Charles Bergan
Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
Charles leads the software department for Qualcomm Research. He also oversees Qualcomm Research’s robotics program. While at Qualcomm, he has been involved in the research and development of most of the modern cellular radio standards, including CDMA, UMTS, UMB and LTE. Previously, he led the software development team at Ensemble Communications, a start-up company which pioneered the development of LMDS point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul systems. Charles has a B.S. in Computer Engineering, and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from the University of California, San Diego.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Eduardo Esteves
Vice President Product Management of Qualcomm
Eduardo Esteves is vice president of product management in Qualcomm’s Research group. He currently leads a team responsible for technology incubation, strategy and industry collaboration. Dr. Esteves has contributed to the evolution of satellite and wireless communications for more than 20 years. His areas of expertise include 5G, wireless modem design, mobile computing and its applications leveraging sensor processing, computer vision and neural networks. Dr. Esteves received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California. Dr. Esteves holds more than 35 patents related to wireless communications and applications.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Matthew Grob
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Qualcomm
Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Bradley University; Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. With Qualcomm: 1991, Engineer; 1997, Co-Project Engineer, High Data Rate programme; 1998, led R&D System Engineering Group; 2006, Head, Qualcomm Research; currently, Exec. VP and Chief Technology Officer, Qualcomm Technologies, responsible for oversight of the company’s technical path, coordination of R&D activities and development of next-generation wireless technologies; directs the company’s portfolio of research projects, leads Qualcomm Research and Corporate Engineering Services, and Member, Exec. Cttee. Member, IEEE. Holder of over 70 patents.
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About Qualcomm, XCOM Labs: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Joe Glynn
Vice President, Business Development of Qualcomm
Joe Glynn serves as the Vice President of Business Development. In this role he builds and manages strategic relationships with CDMA, UMTS and LTE carriers, and OEM/ODM’s around the world, with the primary goal of creating demand for Qualcomm products and services. In 2007 Joe created the CDMA Summit, which now has evolved into the 4G/5G Summit. (Link) With sights set on expanding the 4G/5G ecosystem, the summit continually proves to be an ideal venue for worldwide operators, device manufacturers, and software and component technology companies to showcase their products and services while also gaining exposure to key Qualcomm executives. Taking place annually in Hong Kong, this 3 day premier event engages attendees in pointed breakout sessions and panels addressing the most anticipated new technologies and trends. The highlight of the meeting is unparalleled “matchmaking” where attendees are connected in over 500 meetings with 100 carriers representing over 3.3 billion subscribers. As the organizer and master of ceremonies, Joe facilitates these connections and influences the relationships that result in significant revenue and profit for both Qualcomm and participating companies. Joe is a graduate of Texas Christian University where he received a BBA in Marketing and was a student-athlete on the highly competitive Division 1 men’s soccer team.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
John Smee
Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
John Smee serves as vice president of engineering at Qualcomm.
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Alex Rogers
Executive Vice President of Qualcomm
Alex Rogers is executive vice president and president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), a division of Qualcomm Incorporated. As the head of the company’s licensing business, Rogers is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of QTL, including managing the division’s day-to-day operations. Rogers has led QTL since March 2016, applying his legal and business experience to manage intellectual property, regulatory and commercial matters for QTL, as well as ensuring continued growth and monetization of QTL’s existing and future licensing programs through negotiation of significant licensing agreements. Most recently, Rogers has been instrumental in driving the conclusion of new license agreements with key OEMs in China.
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Paul Guckian
Vice President Engineering of Qualcomm
As vice president at QUALCOMM, Mr. Guckian is responsible for corporate engineering services including companywide responsibility for regulatory engineering and compliance. He is responsible for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Regulatory certification of new wireless technologies being introduced into different market segments including consumer electronics, automotive, aviation, industrial, and medical markets. He works directly with QUALCOMM customers and industry groups as well as country regulators, such as the FAA, FCC, and FDA in the US to ensure streamlined processes for device development and ease of radio certification. In 2016, Paul leveraged his experience with the FAA and obtained clearance for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) testing at Qualcomm’s San Diego campus, which is within a few miles of an active military air station and controlled Class B airspace, making Qualcomm the first commercial company to receive an FAA authorization for UAS flights in Class B airspace. Prior to joining QUALCOMM in 1996, Mr. Guckian held positions with several European based companies where he was responsible for design and certification of both commercial and military projects.
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Susie Armstrong
Senior Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm
Susan M. Armstrong started at Qualcomm working on Globalstar and then early CDMA base station projects. She was a pioneer in bringing internet protocols to the cellular industry, resulting in the first web surfing on a cellular phone in 1997, and Qualcomm’s commercialization of packet data in 1998. Since then she has held various leadership positions, first as the head of Software Engineering in Qualcomm’s mobile chipset division, and then as the head of worldwide Customer Engineering, the group who integrates and commercializes the company’s products in phones and other wireless devices. She has worked extensively with phone and device makers in Asia and Europe to bring Qualcomm’s technologies to market. Recently, Armstrong has joined Qualcomm’s Government Affairs group, where she brings an engineering and product background the Government Affairs work in worldwide public policy, including intellectual property protection, trade and immigration reform, STEM and STEM diversity. Prior to joining Qualcomm in 1994, Armstrong worked for 10 years at the Xerox Systems Development Department and the Xerox Webster Research Center, holding a variety of software engineering positions that focused on data protocols and operating systems, and advanced development in high-speed data networking. Armstrong holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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Rahul Patel
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm
Rahul Patel serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity for Qualcomm Technologies Inc., (QCT), where he is currently responsible for QCT’s connectivity and networking businesses and leads the Wired/Wireless, Infrastructure and Networking (WIN) and Mobile, Computing and Location (MCL) product management organizations. Prior to this role, Rahul was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Wireless Connectivity in the Broadband and Connectivity Group at Broadcom where he managed the product roadmap, market, business development and applications engineering organizations to expand Broadcom’s WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS leadership across all market segments. During his 13 year career with Broadcom, Rahul has had a strong track record of developing successful product lines, driving P&L growth and developing strong teams. Before his work at Broadcom, Rahul worked at HIFN, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Tritech Microelectronics and EPSON.S-MOS Systems. Rahul is a veteran of the semiconductor and telecommunications industry with more than 20 years of experience in product and business development for networking and wireless connectivity solutions. Rahul holds an MBA from Santa Clara University in California, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from NIT in Warangal, India.
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Jan King
Vice President of Qualcomm
Jan King is Advisor at A Human Right.
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Sergio Letelier
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel – Corporate, Securities and M&A of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sergio is Vice President of the HPE Office of the General Counsel’s Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Ventures group. In this capacity, Sergio and his team are responsible for global M&A, Corporate Compliance and Governance matters, and support to HPE’s worldwide Tax Department around corporate restructurings. Sergio has held this position since May 2013. Prior to this, he led the International Operations team of HP’s Corporate Securities and M&A legal section, ensuring oversight and management of M&A transactions in EMEA, governance matters across HP’s subsidiary structure and support to HP Tax. Sergio joined HP France’s legal department in 2002 as corporate lawyer. He subsequently joined HP’s Corporate, Securities and M&A EMEA section in 2004 and worked on a variety of M&A transactions, integrations, restructurings and governance matters before assuming the role of Corporate, Securities and M&A International Operations Director in 2008. Sergio started his career as a tax lawyer in Paris, France and founded an advisory firm specializing in tax advice to small and medium-sized businesses. He earned a Master’s and a Postgraduate degree in Law from the University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, a Master of Laws from the University of Cologne in Germany, and a Postgraduate degree in taxes and international financial strategy from HEC Paris. Sergio is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish. He is happily married to his wife Laure and has two children, Alice and Martin.
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Eng Lim Goh
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Eng Lim Goh joined SGI in 1989, becoming a chief engineer in 1998 and then chief technology officer in 2000. He oversees technical computing programs with the goal to develop the next generation computer architecture for the new many-core era. His current research interest is in the progression from data intensive computing to analytics, machine learning, artificial specific to general intelligence and autonomous systems. Since joining SGI, he has continued his studies in human perception for user interfaces and virtual and augmented reality. A Shell Cambridge University Scholar, Goh completed his Ph.D. research and dissertation on parallel architectures and computer graphics, and holds a first-class honors degree in mechanical engineering from Birmingham University in the U.K.
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Kara Long
VicePresident, Worldwide Sales, Planning, and Programs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Throughout her 20+-year career, Kara Long has worked in several capacities toward one goal – connecting customers with the right opportunities for their growth. Starting with a firmly-held belief that solving customer problems is the singular key to good business, Kara’s outside-in approach couples with her proven business acumen to drive results for HPE and its customers. As Senior Director of Service Provider Growth Markets within HPE Servers, Kara leads a cross-functional team of engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, channel and services professionals with a simple mandate: deliver the right product at the right cost at the right time, every time. Kara and her team turn meaningful customer conversations into delivered infrastructure solutions that help clients win today and grow tomorrow. Previously, Kara led HPE’s Core Enterprise Server marketing group, managing all outbound marketing efforts for the world’s best-selling server platform. Prior to that, Kara served as an M&A Executive for Dell’s Software Security and Cloud Compute businesses and as Co-Lead of Services Strategy and Consumer Marketing, where she was recognized with the Vice President’s “Most Valuable Player” Award for her stewardship of Dell’s multi-billion dollar Services business.
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Hedley Potts
Vice President, Strategic Customer Engagement of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hedley Potts is the Vice President leading Strategic Customer Engagement at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He is charged with leading a pan-HPE effort to drive the executive dialogue and mutual value creation between HPE, its clients and partners, and ensure that HPE’s vast offerings are strongly positioned in the market. Prior to this position, he worked for two years in HP’s Office of the CEO, leading the transformation of the Strategic Customer Engagement program. He has worked closely with a number of startups and incubators, introducing HPE’s clients to the broader ecosystem and innovation engine found in Silicon Valley. Hedley joined HP in 2008 as part of their Strategic Business Development. He focused on expanding HP’s business in EMEA and created a multi-billion dollar pipeline, which has delivered some of HP’s largest client partnerships. Previously, Hedley served as Lead Technology Consultant for NM Financial Management, spearheading a number of technology and business workstreams throughout the acquisition of NM by Friends Provident. Prior to that, Hedley worked at Lloyds Bank for 16 years, holding a number of technology leadership roles including Chief Architect and Chief Technology Officer. During this time, Hedley led the implementation of the bank’s first cloud service and worked to strengthen ties between the business and IT leaders. Hedley studied Geology at Portsmouth University before transitioning into Financial Services.
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Satish Iyer
Vice President, Products & Strategy, Hybrid Cloud of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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