Leading Experts in Handset Evaluators

Puneet Chopra, BE, MBA is an Independent Consultant, looking after Service Layer Solutions for the Fixed and Wireless market place. These include: Broadband Access Technologies; Mobile Packet Backbone Architectures; RADIUS; WAP Gateway; Intelligent Network Services like Mobile-VPN & Fixed network VPN;...

Michael Cote is an Independent Telecommunications Consultant. He specializes in enterprise mobility, sales and distribution strategy, online strategy, smart phones, and customer care and billing. Mr. Cote has over 15 years of sales, marketing, and operational experience in the telecommunications industry....

Peter Curnow-Ford is the Chairman at Eisar Ltd, a handset manufacturer. He is responsible for the development, sales, marketing and branding of mobile and cellular handset products from Chinese and Taiwanese handset manufacturers into EMEA. He is also the Chairman of Bluenowhere Ltd, a municipal wireless...

Nigel Dixon is the Chief Executive Officer at Wireless Intelligence, a London based market data and analysis consultancy for the wireless industry. He is currently also consulting Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group company which provides true single-chip CMOS solutions for OFDM-based radio communications...

Ken Eisner has a decade of senior executive experience in e-commerce and wireless. He runs a stealth Web 2.0 e-commerce firm and a consultancy focused on e-commerce, mobile, m-commerce, and new media. A sample client is SaaS e-commerce platform provider Demandware (platform for Timberland, House of...

Steve Fanchiu is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Genttix, a start-up in San Jose, California, specialized in electronic green technologies: LCD display, LED, and semiconductor. Previously, Mr. Fanchiu as EVP at Wieson America, was responsible for overseas operations of LCD businesses, supplying...

Hussein Fawaz is VP of ASIC and Design Solutions (ADS) at Infineon Technologies A.G. in Munich, Germany. Since July of 2003, he has managed a team of 200 engineers, business development and operations staff...

Tarik Fawzi is the Chief Executive Officer at Aeneas Strategy, a consultancy for operators, infra suppliers, content and application parties, specializing in strategy and partnering. He has over 11 years of experience in the telecom sector. Previously, he was manager business development at T-Mobile,...

Robert Gilstrap is the President at Peachnet Communications, Inc., a wireless retailer and reseller. Peachnet represents Cingular Wireless, Nextel, T-Mobile, Sprint PCS, DirecTV, Dish Network, Direct-Way, StarBand Sirius Satellite Radio. They also represent smaller companies in the prepaid cellular...

Ira Horowitz is the President at I-Wireless Inc., a company providing cellular wholesale distribution and liquidation he is also COO of a firm that specializes in importing the latest GSM phones (appx 2500/month) for distribution to tier 3 carriers. He has over seven years of experience in product distribution,...

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;...

Gregg Kail was a reseller manager at AT&T, a long distance and data communications providers. He started with AT&T in the equipment unit that became Lucent and Avaya. He has worked for Pacific Bell SBC before moving to Cingular/AT&T for four and a half years. He is experienced in equipment, data and...

Dirk-Jan (DJ) is currently self-employed as independent consultant, primarily in telecoms. He is doing both national as international assignments with all major carriers. Previously, he was Product Rollout Manager for a leading Caribbean mobile operator, and launched operations in several new countries...

Tony Kypreos was most recently Group EVP - Business Development & Innovation at T-Mobile International where he lead 3 business units reporting to the current Deutsche Telekom Group CEO (March 2004 - March 2007). Mr. Kypreos’ responsibilities included proposition development, new business models, strategic...

Jen O'Connell is the President of Voice of Wireless, Inc., and consults for the wireless industry developing new product strategies such as Mobile Banking, Mobile Device Management, Location Based Services as well as developing mobility strategies for other industries. She has over 12 years of Tier...

Mark Oskowsky has formed his own hi-tech development consulting firm exclusively focused on wireless technology after spending over 25 years in various engineering and management positions at cellular, satellite, semiconductor and wireless telecommunication companies...

Steve Ospalak is the Director of Subscriber Equipment and Channel Support in the Products and Services Division of Telus Mobility, a wireless CDMA (3G- 1X) and iDEN network service provider. He is experienced in subscriber equipment devices (voice and data), product acquisition and development, specifications,...

John Salisbury is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Go Wireless, Inc., a wireless retailer. He has over 12 years of experience in the wireless industry. Previously, Mr. Salisbury was the General Manager of the Paging Division, General Manager for the Los Angeles Market, Director...

Ron Solanki is the Chief Executive Officer and the President of Solanki Group Inc., a management consultancy to major US, Asian and European Electronics Corporations in the areas of business strategy, portfolio management, business development, manufacturing, and supply chain management. He also serves...

Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, and rose...