WiMAX Broadband Convergence: Emerging Fixed and Mobile Revenue Opportunities

WiMAX Broadband Convergence: Emerging Fixed and Mobile Revenue Opportunities

Special Event from MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) and SVASE. Sponsored by Intel Corporation. Location is at Intel in Santa Clara (not Stanford GSB)

Location:

Intel SC12 Auditorium, Building SC12
3200 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara, CA, 95052 (directions )

Opening Remarks – Sriram Viswanathan , GM of WiMAX Program Office, Intel Corporation

Moderator:

Panelists:

Event Description:

WiMAX Broadband Convergence
Emerging Fixed and Mobile Revenue Opportunities

The demand for mobility and broadband will be satisfied only with true mobile broadband services and the technology that can support them. At the forefront of the evolution to mobile broadband, and with the support of several industry heavyweights, WiMAX looks to be the leader for extending broadband to underserved areas and driving the Mobile Internet. WiMAX has gained momentum in the last year and is set to have a major impact on the converging fixed and mobile broadband.

The panel discussion will explore these topics, and provide further insights to the following questions:

o Where do key industry players stand on incorporating WiMAX into their existing strategies?
o Will 2008 be the breakout year for WiMAX and what is its role in shaping the mobile Internet of the future?
o What opportunities do these represent for aspiring entrepreneurs?
o Where are the current opportunities to monetize in WiMAX?

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Bios:

Berge Ayvazian
Chief Strategy Officer
Yankee Group

As chief strategy officer, Berge Ayvazian oversees Yankee Group’s new growth mission, providing thought leadership for the firm’s research, consulting and events in the mobile, telecom, IT, applications, media and entertainment industries worldwide. Working with the company’s diverse research groups, Ayvazian ensures Yankee Group is aligned with clients to help them visualize, navigate and generate value from current and future business opportunities. As a senior industry analyst and consultant, Ayvazian directs a wide range of research and consulting projects across a broad group of topics, including communications industry structure, broadband service provider strategy, mobile network infrastructure, enterprise networking strategy, information technology and applications.
Ayvazian has directed more than 100 consulting projects forecasting product and service markets, assessing strategies and analyzing investment opportunities in the telecommunications, wireless, computer, internet, cable and broadcast TV industries. He is currently leading several new research, consulting and product initiatives on the convergence of broadband and mobile network technologies, and the emerging business strategies of mobile broadband service providers. He recently led the launch of Yankee Group’s new research and consulting practice, Municipal Broadband Technologies & Services. He also plans to launch a Yankee Fellows program and form a company advisory board later this year.
Ayvazian is Yankee Group’s principal public spokesperson and has served as conference chairman and keynote speaker for the company’s Telecom Industry Forums and Enterprise Network Decision Summits. He is currently the co-chairman of Trendsmedia’s WiMAX World Conference, keynote speaker at W2i Digital Cities Convention and a featured moderator of a CIO panel on wireless and broadband at Telefonica’s fourth annual Leadership Conference of the Americas.
During his nearly 20-year career at Yankee Group, he served as strategy director for the Reuters Research and Advisory unit and was a consultant and researcher with Kalba Bowen Associates. In addition, Ayvazian was the company chief executive officer from 1999 through 2001. Web site is http://www.saffo.com

Rama Shukla
VP Mobility Group & Director, WiMAX Program Office
Intel Corporation

Dr. Rama K. Shukla is Vice President of the Mobility Group and Director, WiMAX Program Office at Intel Corporation. Dr. Shukla joined Intel in 1979.

Previous to his current assignment, Dr. Shukla has held a number of technical and business management positions spanning 28 years of his career with Intel Corporation. These include positions such as Engineering Manager and Centrino® Platform Program Management in Mobility Group, General Manager & Director of the Silicon based Photonics Optical Components business group and various positions ranging from individual technical contributor to group manager/director involving the development of Silicon IC process and associated packaging/interconnect technologies.

Dr. Shukla received his master’s degree in solid state chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India & Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979. He holds several patents and has published numerous papers related to silicon device processing and assembly technologies. He received IEEE Manufacturing Technology of the Year Award in 2000 for leading IC industry transition to flip-chip laminated package & interconnects technologies at Intel Corporation.

Rehan Jalil
Founder and CEO
WiChorus

Rehan has over 15 years of technical management and sales experience in telecommunications, networking, and multi-core processors. Prior to WiChorus, he was the chief architect for Aperto Networks and played diverse leadership roles in technology and sales. Aperto was a key contributor of technology that became part of IEEE802.16 and was a founding member of WiMAX Forum. He developed multiple generations of broadband wireless silicon, carrier-grade base stations and terminals, and also brought multi-million dollar orders. These systems are used to deploy networks globally, in over 75 countries, by more than 400 operators. At Sun Microsystems, he helped develop one of the industry’s earliest advanced multi-core multithreaded processor for throughput computing and graphics applications. Part of the technology is now used in Sun’s 32-threaded Niagra and Rock processors. At Siemens, he managed projects related to system-level design and implementation. He also contributes to social entrepreneurship projects and is a charter member of OPEN Silicon Valley. He has over 18 patents pending and graduated with an MSEE from Purdue University.

P.Kelley Dunne
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Bridge Communications

Kelley Dunne was formerly Executive Vice President, Operations for Verizon Avenue, the Verizon subsidiary focused on providing bundled communications services to concentrated communities nationwide. Mr. Dunne’s responsibilities included leadership of Network Operations, Program Management, Customer Care, and Field Operations for Verizon’s multi-dwelling unit and concentrated community markets. He was also responsible for initiating and leading Verizon’s rural broadband trials nationwide. Previously, Mr. Dunne held positions as Vice President of HR, Vice President of Provisioning and Customer Care, and Director of Carrier Services at OnePoint Communications prior to Verizon’s acquisition of OnePoint in 2000. Mr. Dunne has over 15 years experience in the field of telecommunications, including 7 years with AT&T and Bell Labs, where he held management positions in Network Operations, Data Network Planning, and Network Security. In addition, Mr. Dunne served as an enlisted serviceman and later as an Army Officer in the US Army’s Signal Corps. Mr. Dunne received his BS degree in Communications Systems Management from Ohio University and his MS degree in Information and Communications Sciences from Ball State University.

Sandesh Patnam
Partner and CFO
Bay Partners

Sandesh is a Partner and CFO at Bay. Prior, Sandesh was with TeleSoft Partners, where he co-led investments in Aarohi Communications (acquired by Emulex), Amberwave Systems, Redclover Networks, Sierra Design Automation (acquired by Mentor Graphics), Validity Sensors, Xambala and Xpedion Design Systems (acquired by Agilent Technologies). He was also associated with Ikanos Communications (Nasdaq: IKAN), Lara Networks (acquired by Cypress Semiconductor), Catamaran (acquired by Infineon) and Empowertel (acquired by IP Unity).
Before TeleSoft, Sandesh was at Malleable Technologies (acquired by PMC-Sierra), an early stage startup developing a VoIP chipset. There, he had a variety of roles from design engineering to product marketing. Prior, Sandesh was at MIPS/Silicon Graphics, where he was involved in developing next-generation computing architectures and microprocessors. He has also spent time at Integrated Device Technologies (IDT), Cirrus Logic and Tandem Computers (acquired by HP)

Tom Gruba
Senior Director of Marketing for MOTOwi4
Motorola

Tom Gruba is the Senior Director of Marketing for the MOTOwi4 WiMAX within the Home and Networks Mobility business of Motorola. Gruba started marketing Motorola’s wireless broadband products with the 2002 launch of its award winning Canopy(R) wireless broadband portfolio.

He has been with Motorola for ten years and has served in various business development and marketing roles in both Motorola Networks and the Internet Content and Software Group. Prior to joining Motorola, Gruba was at ATT Bell Laboratories, ATT Network Systems and Lucent Technologies for 13 years where he held numerous management roles in engineering and product marketing.

Gruba earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois, and an Associate in Applied Science degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Sriram Viswanathan
GM of WiMAX Program Office
Intel Corporation

Sriram Viswanathan is managing director of Intel Capital and general manager of the WiMAX program office. As the head of the mobility sector, Viswanathan is responsible for investments on a worldwide basis in the mobile area. He is also responsible for the mobile content and services sector, mobile communications sector and mobile platforms sector. In January 2007 he also assumed responsibility for leading Intel’s WiMAX efforts, acting as the corporate focal point for our customers and business partners in this strategic effort for Intel.

Previously, Viswanathan served in a variety of positions for Intel Capital, including director of the eHome and broadband sectors and director of the mobile communications sector. He also served as director for the Hollywood/media programs, leading Intel’s activities in the media industry in support of Intel’s content efforts.

Viswanathan joined Intel in 1993 as a technical marketing engineer for corporate demos, responsible for showcasing Intel’s leading technologies in industry events supporting Intel’s top executives.

Viswanathan received his bachelor’s degree in physics from American College in 1984. In 1987, he received his second bachelor’s degree in computer science and automation from the Indian Institute of Science. Viswanathan received his master’s degree from UCLA Anderson School of Business in 1997.

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Directions

3200 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara, CA, 95052