Study Group: Converged Voice/Data Services Purchasers(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 28
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
George KaadiVP & Chief Information Officer
Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America
George Kaadi is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America. Prior to Sompo he was CTO at AboveNet, co-location and Optical Fiber provider. Prior to AboveNet he was CIO at Marvel Entertainment Group "Publishing and Studios". Prior to Marvel, Mr. Kaadi...
Joseph HolopSenior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Telscape Communications
Joseph Holop is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Telscape Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier employing 600. He is responsible for engineering, network, switching, field operations, IT development and IT infrastructure. Mr. Holop is a member of the executive...
Cliff BellChief Information Officer
Infogain Corporation
Cliff Bell is the Chief Information Officer and the Vice President of Business Development at Infogain Corporation, an information technology outsourcing company with 1,000 employees. He has also held IT management positions at Apple Computer...
Senior Director IT
OSI Systems, Inc.
Ralph Behar is the Sr. Director IT of OSI Systems, Inc, a vertically integrated, worldwide provider of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices and value-added subsystems. He is an acknowledged authority on mini-computers, security, data...
Edward MoranPrincipal
Inforan Int'l Telecom and IT Advisory Services
Edward Moran is the Founder of Inforan Int'l Telecom and IT advisory services, a company providing strategic and management consulting and advisory services, macroeconomic research, regional and sector studies, risk and credit assessments, and regulatory and tariff studies for developed and developing...
President
SPARK INTERACTIVE, INC.
William Dever is the President at Spark Interactive, a managed service provider. He specializes in deployment of interactive television services in Metropolitan Indianapolis utilizing AT&T Dark Fiber....
Lester Warby, IIIFormerVPIT/CIO
Firstmark Credit Union
Lester Warby III was most recently (7/08) the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Firstmark Credit Union, a full service, financial services organization. He specializes in credit union operations, management, and technology. He was responsible for the security, purchasing, budgeting, vendor...
Matt StandishPrincipal
Interactive Mobile Media
Matthew Standish is the Owner and Principal of Interactive Mobile Media, a consultancy. He was most recently (9/07) the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for BroadSoft’s Wireless, IMS and VoIP soft-switching solutions. He is now consulting on his own within the telecom field. Previously Mr. Standish was...
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- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- Systems Integrator (SI)
- Academic Institution*
- Cable Provider/MSO
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- Drug Distributor, General or Full-Spectrum
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