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We have many individual who are dedicated to the growth and success of the Telecom ecosys-tem in the Silicon Valley and are involved in the leadership of the Telecom Council. We thank everyone listed below for their time and effort, and encourage more people to join us in our various boards and committees.
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[+] Telecom Council Board
[-] Telecom Council Board
Tim Chang |
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Tim is founding member of the Telecom Council because the need for our industry to connect and collaborate was evident in his daily work. In his day job, he is a Principal at Norwest Venture Partners and focuses his investment activity on wireless and digital media.
Company: Norwest Venture Partners
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Liz Kerton |
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Liz has been involved with the Service Provider Forum in the area for 6 years before venturing into building an association to support the larger telecom community. Her day job is Managing Director of the Kerton Group, which does marketing and business consulting in the telecom industry.
Company: The Telecom Council
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David Britts |
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David has been advising, building and investing in leading communications and digital media companies for almost 20 years. David is a founding partner of Fuse Capital and served as a General Partner of ComVentures prior to the merger.
Company: Fuse Capital
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Derek Kerton |
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Derek Kerton is the head of the Kerton Group's Strategy Consulting Practice and an internationally recognized telecom industry expert who consults for companies throughout the telecom value chain (NTT DoCoMo, SKTelecom, Disney, Sony, Broadcom...); sits on the boards of Aegis Mobility, KeyZap, and The Telecom Council; publishes research and analysis across the industry; advises the financial community on telecom issues (Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley); is frequently interviewed on CNN, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal among others.
Company: The Kerton Group
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Stefan Kuentz |
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Stefan Kuentz is VP of Business Development at Swisscom's Silicon Valley Office. He is responsible for identifying innovations, developing partnerships and driving new business opportunities into Swisscom's business units and affiliates. Stefan joined Swisscom in 2003 where he held positions as Head of Professional Services and Head of Business Development. Under his responsibility new solutions and services for unified communication, security and managed contact center were successfully introduced in the Swiss market. Prior joining Swisscom, Stefan worked for IBM in several national and international positions where he last was heading IBM's Swiss IT Strategy Practice.
Company: Swisscom
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Sanjiv Parikh |
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Sanjiv Parikh is Managing Director, Corporate Ventures at HP where he is responsible for driving new growth opportunities for HP via equity investing and venture outreach. Sanjiv's role is to accelerate innovation, foster entrepreneurship and assess early trends on behalf of HP. Sanjiv and his team engage with venture capitalists and startups to drive business development, commercial and investment relationships across HP.
Company: HP
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Nayeem Islam |
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Nayeem has 15 years of experience managing R/D groups to create innovation and advanced products in: mobile phone software, mobile phone applications, enterprise applications, security, and partnership management. His executive management skills have been proven useful to Qualcomm, NTT DOCOMO, Amazon.com, and IBM.
Company: Qualcomm
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Steven Gray |
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Dr Steven D. Gray, CTO and Vice President of Corporate Research with Huawei Technologies, he is responsible for driving the strategy and work programs for next generation wireless infrastructure. Prior to Huawei, Dr. Gray held senior positions across R&D, product architecture, marketing, sales and product development in many wireless companies including Nokia, HYPRES, Intel's Cellular and Handheld Group, and Marvell. Dr. Gray is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and is a member of the honorary engineering societies Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi. He has numerous journal papers, contributed to two books and given numerous invited presentations on wireless communications. He holds 10 US patents related to transceiver design and future wireless communication systems.
Company: Huawei
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[+] Executive Forum
[-] Executive Forum
Adam Zawel |
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Adam is a well connected person and respected analyst in the mobile telecom industry and chairs the Telecom Council's Executive Forum. His day job is managing collaboration amongst mobile industry execs at INmobile.org.
Position: Chair
Company: INmobile
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[+] Mobile Forum
[-] Mobile Forum
Ryan Gorostiza |
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Ryan Gorostiza is Director of Strategic Marketing and Industry Relations at Qualcomm. He is an active promoter of the company's technologies and solutions, partnering with various industry organizations to foster key technology trends and innovations. Ryan has been with Qualcomm for 12+ years, serving roles in market development, strategy, industry analyst relations and market intelligence.
Position: Steering Committee
Company: Qualcomm
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[+] Service Provider Forum
[-] Service Provider Forum
Derek Kerton |
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Derek Kerton is the head of the Kerton Group's Strategy Consulting Practice and an internationally recognized telecom industry expert who consults for companies throughout the telecom value chain (NTT DoCoMo, SKTelecom, Disney, Sony, Broadcom...); sits on the boards of Aegis Mobility, KeyZap, and The Telecom Council; publishes research and analysis across the industry; advises the financial community on telecom issues (Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley); is frequently interviewed on CNN, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal among others.
Position: Chair
Company: The Kerton Group
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Rob Hull |
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Rob heads up the Innovation Scouting function to introduce innovative technologies and business models into the BT Lines of Business. He is also the author of BT's external venturing strategy and the evaluation of innovative technologies to their strategic fit within BT.
Position: Steering Committee
Company: British Telecom
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Rob Trice |
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Rob is a long time supporter and sponsor of the Service Provider Forum and gets kudos for bringing together so many members of the ecosystem. His day job is as a Sr. Managing Director at SK Telecom Ventures.
Position: Steering Committee
Company: SK Telecom Ventures
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[+] Entrepreneur Forum
[-] Entrepreneur Forum
Randall Fahey |
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Randall is a co-founder and managing partner of Global Affinity Partners, an international business advisory firm focused on global expansion opportunities for early stage technology start-ups. He is an industry expert in DSP and wireless communications, an entrepreneur, and a seasoned technology executive.
Position: Chair
Company: Global Affinity Partners
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Peter A. Howley |
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Peter A. Howley is a serial entrepreneur with unprecedented experience in building high growth disruptive technology and service companies in the telecom sector. As Chairman of The Howley Management Group he works closely with Entrepreneurs, CEO's and Boards to turn great ideas into great businesses.
Position: Steering Committee
Company: The Howley Management Group
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[+] Investor Forum
[-] Investor Forum
Liz Kerton |
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Liz has been involved with the Service Provider Forum in the area for 6 years before venturing into building an association to support the larger telecom community. Her day job is Managing Director of the Kerton Group, which does marketing and business consulting in the telecom industry.
Position: Chair
Company: The Telecom Council
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Bernard Slede |
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Bernard Slede has held a number of positions in entrepreneurship, venture capital and innovation in the US and in Europe. Bernard has been working with the Telecom Council since its inception in 2007. Now at HP Corporate Ventures, his role is to orchestrate and deliver HP's engagement with the venture ecosystem as well as drive equity investments of relevance to HP. He focuses on disruptive models in such areas as Telecom, Cloud Computing, Networking and Information Management.
Position: Steering Committee
Company: HP
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