Leading Experts in Communications Equipment Experts

William Gewirtz, Ph.D., is the Lead Partner of Communications and Networking at the Market Strategy Group, a management consultancy. He is also the Principal of WLG Consulting, a company providing consulting services to operating and investment entities in the enterprise networking and the telecom sector.

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Sam Greenholtz is the Co-Founder and Principal of Telecom Pragmatics, Inc., a consulting and market research company specializing in the telecom market. He has expertise inc FTTx, optical networking, VoIP, ethernet and wireless technologies including WiMAX, 3G, CDMA and EV-DO. Prior to joining the consulting...

Richard Grenier is currently an independent consultant currently on engagement with Qualcomm Corporation, and has previously consulted for Enigma Semiconductor and Xelerated networks – both manufacturers of networking semiconductors, as well as Sony and IBM with a focus on RISC and Communication Processors....

Linley Gwennap is a principal analyst at The Linley Group, a technology analysis firm specializing in communications silicon chips. Mr. Gwennap has more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He specializes in processors for wireless handsets and communications infrastructure. He...

Nick Hamilton-Piercy is a recently retired Senior Technology Advisor at Rogers Communications Inc., a cellular wireless and cable provider/ MSO. He is responsible for advising the corporation on broadband and video related technology directions and programs. Previously, he was the Chief Technology Officer...

Gerald Harris is an independent consultant. He is currently a program manager and consultant for the UMTS roll-out for a wireless carrier in the US. He is responsible for site acquisition and development, RF design, construction and core network integration. Previously, Mr. Harris was the Senior Project...

Mark Harris is an Application Delivery Architect at Trace3. Previously, he was a principal systems engineer at F5 Networks Inc., a networking equipment manufacturer. He has over 16 years of experience in the technology industry. He specializes in application delivery networking. He is experienced in...

Ben Hass is a consultant at IVOXY consulting, a value added reseller. Prior to that, he was an account manager at PWI Technologies, a value added reseller providing products and solutions from Sun Microsystems, StorageTEK, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Network Appliance, Check Point, Hitachi Data Systems,...

Mike Heller is a senior technology and business consultant to Cisco Systems, and to several other high-tech firms. He is also a former employee of Cisco, where he worked for 8 years. Previously, he has worked at HP, AT&T, Bell Labs, and SBC. Mike has experience in a wide range of network engineering,...

Donald S. Holcombe is an Area Manager of Virginia and Washington D.C. Field Operations with Qwest Communications, an incumbent local exchange carrier. He has twenty two years of experience in the telecommunications field involving equipment design, installation, and maintenance. He is responsible for...

Joseph Holop is an independent Consultant. He was until September 2008 the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Telscape Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier. Mr. Holop was responsible for engineering, network, switching, field operations, IT development and IT infrastructure....

Michael Horsch Fizz is a Senior Advisor at FCI, a company providing system integration and strategy consulting services. Mr. Fizz specializes in monitoring and predicting industry trends coupled with quantitative and qualitative reviews of technology vendors. Vendors include Avaya, Brocade, CA, 3Com,...

Mazhar Hussain is an independent technology consultant. He has over 18 years of experience in telecom infrastructure, wireless, handsets, semiconductor, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, broadband DSL, Cable, WLAN and 3G, and networking. Previously, he was Senior Director- worldwide data, voice, and video at Motorola;...

Peter Jarich is a Research Director at Current Analysis, a market research company. He is responsible for managing the wireless infrastructure practice, and research on mobile infrastructure and mobile networking trends, and IP Multimedia Subsystem and carrier application infrastructure deployed by...

Hong Jiang, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer in HJ Solutions, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang has expertise in the Chinese mobile industry. She focuses on Chinese operators’ reorganization efforts, 3G wireless developments including the domestic standard TD SCDMA and wireless...

Jon Kenton is the Founder and the Principal Consultant of JRDR Marketing. He has extensive experience in technology markets. Jon’s focus covers the breadth of both analytical and practical aspects of managing and marketing a business. Capabilities include; Advertising, PR, promotions, marketing/business...

Mahesh Khera is a Head in corporate strategy and business excellence function in Reliance Communications, a telecommunications company based in India. Mr. Khera is involved in strategizing launches of wireless (GSM/CDMA/WiMax) wire line, satellite, broad band, DTH, IP TV and multi play services. His...

Jerald Kolansky is Worldwide Vice President of Sales at PLX Technology, a semiconductor company involved in high speed interface circuits, particularly PCI express. Previously, Mr. Kolansky was a Vice President at Cree a high power LED manufacturer. Prior to this, he was the President-Sales at M-Systems,...

Bill LaPerch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet, Inc., a provider of fiber optical connectivity solutions for business and carriers. He has successfully guided AboveNet through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and has extensive experience with SOX compliance issues. He has initiated a major...

Jacob Larsen is the Vice President Merger Integration for the Carrier Business Group at Alcatel-Lucent. He oversees the consolidation of Alcatel’s and Lucent’s activities in broadband access, optical networking, carrier routing, wireless networking (CDMA, GSM, 3G UMTS, WiMax, and LTE) and NG networking....