NEWSLETTER Enter your email and get the latest IPVoice Meeting News		>>Agenda>>Speaker List >>Ir para a Versão Portuguesa Alberto Montilla Bravo TME-Voice EMEA Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems Inc Alberto Montilla Bravo is Technical Marketing Engineer - Voice at Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems Inc. He is responsible for pre-sales and technical marketing activities related to VoIP and IP Telephony solutions from Linksys in EMEA, this includes technical engagements for Service Providers as well as contributing to Service Providers definition of service offering using Linksys solutions. Prior to joining Cisco Systems in 2005, he had been working as a Senior Systems Engineer in the All-IP UMTS architecture group for Motorola Inc. where he held several positions in the 3G R&D Centre in Madrid, including participation in the Third Generation Partnership Group (3GPP) from 2000, with more than 30 contributions in the IP convergence area. Prior to Motorola he worked at Nokia Networks and Telcel Bellsouth in different engineering positions. He holds an Electronics Communications Engineering degree from the Venezuela Armed Forces University, a Master of Engineering degree in Telecommunication Systems and Services from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a Researcher Certification in Networking Engineering from the University Carlos III of Madrid. Ari Takanen CTO Codenomicon Ari Takanen, founder and CTO of Codenomicon has since 1998 been researching information security issues in security-critical environments. His work at Codenomicon and at the OUSPG (University of Oulu) aims to ensure that new technologies are accepted by the general public by providing means of measuring and ensuring quality in networked software. Ari Takanen is one of the people behind the PROTOS research that studied information security and reliability errors in e.g. WAP, SNMP, LDAP and SIP implementations. His company, Codenomicon Ltd. provides automated tools with a systematic approach to test a multitude of interfaces on mission critical software. Christian Wieser Universidade de Oulo (Finlandia) Christian Wieser is currently working as a research assistant at the Secure Programming Group (OUSPG) in Oulu, Finland. His interest lies in the area of vulnerability research particular in the area of Voice over IP networks. You might remember the advisories from work stemming from his VoIP robustness suite http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-06.html Diana Cionoiu CEO and founder of Null Team, Yate project manager Yate   Ejovi Nuwere Fundador e CEO SecurityLab Technologies Named by BusinessWeek to be one of America’s top 20 entrepeneurs. Nuwere has been a career security specialist working having worked with clients in telecom, government and investment banking. Prior to founding SecurityLab Technologies Nuwere gained media attention and international recognition for his highly publicized security audit of Japan’s National ID system--JukiNet. Nuwere is the Founder of SecurityLab Technologies a boutique security consultancy that focuses on VoIP security auditing and lead American Fonero for FON.COM. He currently lives in New York and is working on his second book, Practical Penetration Testing (O’Reilly). Eli Katz CEO XConnect Eli Katz é o fundador e presidente da XConnect, uma organização realiza a visão das comunicações globais IP utilizador final a utilizador final. A XConnect é o primeiro e o maior fornecedor no mundo de serviços de interconecção VoIP “Plug and Peer”, dedicados a ligar os fornecedores de comunicações IP e ultrapassando os PSTN do passado. Eli co-fundou e preside da organização de comércio de VoIP ITSPA britânica – a Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association e tem um excelente palmarés nas telecomuniocações. Em 1996 aeriu à Telco Global, na sua criação, e em 1999, como Director Executivo, a empresa cresceu rapidamente, oferecendo serviços de telecomunicações, Internet e telemóvel a um milhão de clientes com um retorno anual de cerca de milhões de €365. Foi uma presença fundamental na IPO da empresa mãe. Eli é o autor de várias patentes de directoria e segurança de VoIP. ´fala frequente e dinamicamente sobre os tópicos de problemas de peering de VoIP e de regulamentos, partilhando os seus conhecimentos em numerosas conferências internacionais. Formou-se no Imperial College em 1992, com honras de primeira classe em Ciência Informática. Fernando de Vicente Head of Product Operations BT Spain Professional development 3/01 onwards Head of International Operations. BT Global Services. Responsible for operational product-related activities. 7/98 – 3/01 Marketing director. COLT Telecom España. Responsible for COLT´s marketing activities within Spain. 8/95 – 7/98 Product manager. BT Global Services.. 11/89 – 8/98 Project manager. SIEMENS. Academic studies 9/97 – 7/98 MBA at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid 9/83 – 9/88 Telecommunication Engineer (6 years degree) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Guy Redmill European Market Development Manager Brooktrout Guy Redmill is EMEA market development manager at Brooktrout Technology. In this role, his primary responsibilities include developing Brooktrout’s enterprise voice and carrier enhanced service businesses in the EMEA marketplace. This involves working on and ensuring that the company’s strategic objectives are met, devising tactical programmes, and building strong partner relationships within the EMEA region.Previously, he was Senior Market Development manager for the VoIP and SS7 market segments where he managed strategic direction and business investments for Brooktrout. Formerly, he was responsible for Brooktrout’s SS7 product line, providing specialist technical knowledge to the sales, marketing and support teams. Prior to joining Brooktrout, Mr. Redmill was Marketing Manager at Telesoft Technologies, where he spent five years, involved with the complete life cycle of Telesoft's products, from development through to installation and product validation.  Mr Redmill holds an MSc from Bath University and a BSc from Leeds University. He is a frequent speaker are International conferences and the author of numerous articles and white papers.   Jay Batson Chairman SIP-Forum Jay serves as the chairman of the SIP Forum Board of Directors, and is its current Managing Director, leading a drive to provide increasing value to an accelerating SIP industry. Prior his current role with the Forum, Jay was the founding CEO of Pingtel Corp., the first commercial company to adopt SIP as the foundation for its products. The company today is a leading provider of open source SIP solutions for enterprises. In his CEO role at Pingtel, Jay helped the company achieve a position of industry prominence by introducing xpressa, the first, SIP-compliant, Java-extensible SIP business phone. This phone was, and remains the industry-standard by which all SIP phones are judged for SIP compliance and functionality. Following the successful introduction of xpressa, he led Pingtel to develop SIPxchange, the industry's first all-SIP enterprise IP PBX and voicemail solution. Prior to founding Pingtel, Jay was an executive in several networking technology companies, as well as an industry analyst with Forrester Research. Early in his career, Jay was a C/Unix programmer. Jay has a J.D. from the University of Denver.  Juan Parra EMEA Business Development Manager, Telco Hewlett-Packard Juan Parra has been working for HP during 7 years different networking group positions. He is currently the EMEA Cisco Alliance Manager for the Telco business. Before joining HP, Juan was working for 2 years in Vodafone Spain in the GSM Voice Network Planning Juan F. Rueda Europe & South, Sales & Marketing Vice President - Strategic Sales Programs Alcatel Telecommunications Technical Engineer from the College of T.T.E. of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Graduated in Senior Management Program - PADE. IESE business school. Diplomas in Managing People for Results, Marketing and Finances. Euroforum University Institute. In Alcatel since 1988, Information Systems subsidiary, dedicated to define and deliver IT-based services to the Spanish market. Previously, since 1984, working for Xerox Spain and National Westmister Bank, always linked to the IT dept. May 2004 to date. Alcatel Head Quarters (Paris). Vice-President, Strategic Sales Programs - Europe & South  (Europe, Africa, Middle-East, India and Latam). Strategic Sales Programs for 2.005: Triple Play, Convergence and Managed Communication Services. May 2002 – April 2004. Alcatel Head Quarters (Paris). Director, Strategic Sales Program SERVICES - Europe & South (Europe, Africa, Middle-East, India and Latam). May 2000 – April 2002. Alcatel Servicios, S.A.. General Manager, member of the board. Alcatel Servicios was created to define and concentrate Alcatel Spain’s service offer for telecom operators. Lino Santos Technical Managment FCCN Luís Martins Director Enterprise Business Development Siemens Has a degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications by the Instituto Superior Técnico. Joined the Telecommunications business unit of Siemens in 1991, where he developed activities in the area of Data Solutions Projects. In 1998 he coordinated the Presale Information & Broadband Group, involving solutions for Operators and Companies. In 1999 became responsible for the Siemens Portugal IP Technology Group and in 2001 the Consultant Direction for Corporate Solutions of the same company. In 2002 joined the Corporate Account Direction in the same unit, and is now responsible for the Technical Sales and Business Development for Corporate Solutions Direction of Siemens Communications in Portugal. Martin Phelps Head of Global IP Convergence AT&T Business Michael Coulston Regional Director Pactolus Communications Software Corporation Peter Kamm Solution Consultant Avaya -          Born in 1966 -          Graduated of Technical University München and of Ludwig Maximilian Universität München -          Manager Technical Operations, Octel Communications -          Senor Project Manager and Solution Architect, Lucent Technologies -          Solution Consultant for telephony applications, Avaya  Roberto Mestriner Chief Technology Officer Telsey Roberto Mestriner, Chief Technology Officer, Telsey Communications, joined Telsey in 1996 as head of the software development division and with his team Mestriner developed a distinct software for Telsey's STBs. In 1998, he was promoted to manage the Communication Systems Business Unit and during this experience he leads the development of a Call Router Device. In 1999, he moved on to head the research and development of the @Link Product family which technology he patents. Mr. Mestriner was nominated Telsey's R&D Manager, a role he maintains until the end of 2002 when he is appointed chief technology officer. Rui Águas System Engineer Nortel Rui Águas is a System Engineer in Nortel with seven years of experience in Nortel products. His role is to design voice solutions, traditional and VoIP, Contact Centers, Unified Messaging and Colaborative solutinos. Steve Jenkins VP Marketing Europe Globalcrossing   Tore Aarønæs Managing Director Norsk Telecom AS Tore Aarønæs is the Managing Director of Norsk Telecom AS - an independent market analyst company specialising on the Norwegian Telecom sector. The company publishes a comprehensive market study (TeleInfo) twice a year, covering development and outlook in terms of market values, traffic and volumes, subscribers, technology and regulation. Norsk Telecom has also produced a comprehensive Broadband report for the Nordic Council. The company recently launched a Copper report – presenting critical issues on the regulation of the copper access market in Norway. Aarønæs holds an MBA degree from Arizona State University in the USA, and has worked for a number of Norwegian telcos during the last 13 years. Vitor Magalhães Administrador Netcall Degree in Computer Engineering, by Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Started is professional activity on PUUG - Portuguese Unix Users Group - where he helped to build the first Portuguese ISP - Internet Service Provider. Also helped to build EUnet Portugal, being responsible for the residential market. Consulter for network security. In 1997, founded Infopulse Portugal, Comércio Electrónico, Lda, a company that developed e-business solutions in several areas (homebanking, electronic procurement, marketplaces, electronic billing). Consulter in several companies, with special focus on Portugal Telecom (from 1997 to 2004) where was coordinator of it Internet and intranet sites.