Council Leaders

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 there time and effort, and encourage more people to join us in our various boards and committees.

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Aymerik Renard

Aymerik has worked with Internet technologies since 1989, and focuses on enterprise and telecom software investments. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, and has been on the advisory board of IBF's Corporate Investing & Strategic Partnering Conference numerous times over the years.

Company: Innovacom

Tim Chang

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

Liz Kerton

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

David Britts

David has been advising, building and investing in leading communications and digital media companies for almost 20 years. David is a founding partner of Velocity Interactive Group and served as a General Partner of ComVentures prior to the merger.

Company: Velocity Interactive Group

Peter A. Howley

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.

Company: The Howley Management Group

Derek Kerton

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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Gary Kovacs

Gary Kovacs is general manager for mobile and device solutions at Adobe. In this role he is responsible for Adobe�s overall mobile and device strategy, products, and customers and for driving the success of Adobe technologies across multiple screens. Prior to this role, Kovacs was vice president, mobile product group, where he helped establish Flash as the standard on over half a billion mobile and consumer electronics devices world wide.

Kovacs is a veteran of the mobile and software industries. Prior to joining Adobe in 2004, he served as president of Zi Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed technology company specializing in embedded software and services for mobile and consumer devices. Kovacs also spent 10 years at IBM in a variety of leadership positions across products and sales. He serves on the board of various privately held technology companies

Kovacs holds a bachelor of commerce degree and an MBA, with distinction, from the University of Calgary.

Position: Chair

Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Cindy Ping

Cindy Ping is a Senior Manager in the Qualcomm Corporate Marketing department. She is responsible for gathering market intelligence related to the wireless industry, creating relevant analysis and developing pertinent Qualcomm marketing messages. Prior to this role, Ms. Ping worked for Kyocera Wireless in Account Product Management. She was in charge of negotiating technical requirements with carriers and defining carrier-specific product roadmaps. Ms. Ping also worked for Ericsson in Product and Technical Marketing. She developed CDMA infrastructure product launch plans, defined product marketing strategies and managed marketing programs.

Position: Steering Committee

Company: Qualcomm

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