Richard O'Hara

Dick O'Hara is the Director of Global Strategic Alliances at AVAYA and oversees the identification, creation, and management of relationships with select companies to develop solutions and/or create complementary products/services -- companies like Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks. He is involved with defining mutual goals and building global awareness/support of the strategic benefits of these alliances. He has more than 20 years of experience in wireless and networking (AVAYA, Cisco/Aironet, BellSouth/RAM Mobile Data, and Motorola), Dick also consulted for Securicor Wireless, founded 7 businesses while continuously employed, and is currently CEO of Hydro Electric Power Inc. (HEPI). His efforts at Aironet were instrumental in taking that company public and subsequently seeing it acquired by Cisco. Dick has extensive knowledge of the Wireless LAN industry and is presently immersed in the IP Telephony (VOIP) / Convergence market space. For more information, see www.dickohara.com. (This is me - Update Profile)