ETSI Workshop on
Machine to Machine (M2M)
26 – 27 October 2011
Sophia Antipolis
BIOGRAPHIES
http://www.etsi.org/M2MWORKSHOP
MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE and CHAIRPEOPLE
Marylin ARNDT, Orange-FranceTelecom, Programme Committee Member,
ETSI TC M2M Vice Chair - Chairing session 4 on M2M Experiences
Dr Marylin Arndt works presently for the French operator Orange-Francetelecom as Standardisation Manager
coordinating M2M and IOT activities.
After having initiated successfully the creation of a new technical committee on M2M at ETSI end of 2008, she
has chaired this committee for two years, with a continuously growing participation of worldwide industrial
actors. She is now occupying the position of Vice chair, in charge of the European mandates.
Josef J. Blanz, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
Chairing session 5 on M2M Services
Josef Blanz is a principal engineer with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies focusing on M2M communications. Josef
coordinates Qualcomm's participation in various M2M related standards and industry organizations, conducts
related internal design work and serves as an interface to product management and business development
teams.
From 1990 through 1993 he worked on implementation of physical layer algorithms for mobile radio systems in
integrated circuits at the Centre for Microelectronics at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. In 1993 he joined
the Research Group for RF Communications at University of Kaiserslautern where he investigated receiver antenna algorithms for
CDMA mobile radio systems. Josef joined Qualcomm in 1998 focusing initially on smart antenna processing for CDMA base
stations. In 1999 Josef started attending 3GPP meetings with responsibility for radio and measurement performance requirements.
Later on Josef lead a number of internal R&D projects with main focus on HSPA physical layer enhancements, such as MIMO for
HSDPA. In 2009 he started to coordinate Qualcomm's activities in M2M standards and industry organizations with technical focus
on M2M service layers. Overall Josef looks back at more than 20 years of experience in communication systems design and more
than 12 years of experience in standardization. Josef holds a Master's degree (Dipl-Ing.) and a Ph.D. degree (Dr-Ing.) in electrical
engineering, both from Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
David BOSWARTHICK, ETSI, Programme Committee Member, ETSI TC M2M Technical Officer
Chairing the closing session
David has been extensively involved for over 10 years in the standardization activities of mobile, fixed and
convergent networks in both the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the 3rd
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). He is currently involved in the M2M standards group which is defining an
end to end architecture and requirements for multiple M2M applications including Smart Metering, healthcare
and enhanced home living. David holds a Bachelor's Honours Degree in Telecommunications from the University
of Plymouth, and a Master's Degree in Networks and Distributed systems from the University of Nice and Sophia
Antipolis.
Omar ELLOUMI, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Programme Committee Member, ETSI TC M2M Vice Chair
Chair of Session 2 on the ETSI M2M Standard
Omar Elloumi is a standardization manager with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs focusing on M2M and Smart Grid
architectures and protocols. Serving as ETSI M2M Vice-Chair, he is the editor of the M2M functional architecture for
the service layer.
Omar joined Alcatel-Lucent in 1999 and held several positions including research, strategy and system architecture. He holds a
Ph. D. degree in computer science and served on the ATM Forum and IPSphere Forum Board of Directors.
R.C.FORBES Ph.D., Ericsson, Programme Committee Member
Chair of Session 6 on Telco technology enables M2M
Educated at Loughborough University of Technology between 1977 and 1984, he joined Plessey
Telecommunications where he worked on Software Engineering and Analysis. In 1987 he moved to GEC
Telecommunications to work on network development and later joined GPT to work on Network Design for GSM.
Since 1990 he has worked on network development in the area of Intelligent Networks and the standardisation
thereof. In 1993 he became chairman of ETSI NA7, in 1995 ETSI NA6 was also in 1996 elected to be Rapporteur
of Question 5 (Requirements for Intelligent Network Capability Sets); these groups being requirements setting
bodies for the standardisation of Intelligent Networks. He later chaired the Architecture Group in ETSI SPAN. Since its creation he
has chaired the NGN Protocols in Work TISPAN WG3 (which included the IMS adaptation to fixed network access) and with the
Common IMS programme he was elected as 3GPP SA2 IMS Sub Working Group Vice Chairman in 2006. In 2010 he was elected as
ETSI TC M2M Protocols WG Chairman. Also has been actively involved in the ITU-T Smart Focus Group.
Joachim KOSS, Cinterion Wireless Modules, ETSI TC M2M Vice Chair
Programme Committee Member, Chair of Session 5 on M2M Services
Joachim Koss is looking back to more than 25 years of experience from different Siemens telecommunications
business units, where he held various management positions in HW/SW Engineering, International Project and
Process Management, Conformity Testing and Approval, IPR Management and Standardization. Today he is
responsible for Standardization Management at Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH, a leading supplier of GSM
based machine-to-machine communication devices and solutions for customers worldwide. In November 2008
Joachim Koss was elected into the Board of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and in
May 2009 as a Vice-Chairman of the ETSI Technical Committee Machine-to-Machine communications. This TC M2M is the ETSI
main centre of expertise in the area of M2M and its main objective is to develop and maintain an 'end to end' M2M global vision,
targeting total machines IP connexion, from connectivity to services.
Patricia MARTIGNE, R&D Project Manager in M2M (FT/Orange Labs), ETSI TC M2M WG1 Chair
Programme Committee Member
Patricia Martigne obtained her Engineering diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications from the 'Ecole
Polytechnique Féminine', France, in 1994. She has been working in telecommunications companies for more
than 15 years, covering a panel of aspects from telecom manufacturer to the operator through the regulator:
- in Nortel Networks : as an integration & validation R&D engineer on GSM900/1800/1900MHz base stations
(radio testing, EMC and Safety testing, and validation for type approvals of the base stations in the World); she
was also responsible for the accreditation of the Nortel radio tests laboratory in France.
- in the 'Agence Nationale des Fréquences': working in standardization and regulatory fields (ETSI, ITU-R, CEPT) for various
radiocommunication systems such as IMT-2000, DVB-T and digital HF; she also took the European leadership for an agenda item
of the World Radiocommunications Conference in 2003.
- in France Telecom R&D since Sept.2004: first promoting new technologies such as UWB or cognitive radio through actions to
standardization and regulation bodies, with the leadership of the corresponding sub-working-package in the European Project E2R
on cognitive radio. She is now working in the M2M (Machine to Machine communications) domain, as an R&D project manager for
elaboration of M2M demonstrators and as a Rapporteur in ETSI M2M standardization committee, contributing to the evolution
towards the IoT. She has also been nominated in August 2010 the Liaison Rapporteur between ITU-T Smart Grid Focus Group and
ETSI M2M.
Enrico SCARRONE, Telecom Italia, ETSI TC M2M Chairman
Programme Committee Member, Chair of Session 1 on Introducing M2M
ENRICO SCARRONE joined in CSELT (now Telecom Italia LAB), the R&D division of the Telecom Italia Group in
1992.
He contributed to several main research projects during the 90's and subsequently cocentrateitsactivity on
standardization activities (ETSI, ITU-T, ATM Forum, 3GPP (RAN3, CT, SA and RAN), 3G.IP, including
chairmanships in 3GPP and ETSI) in the fields of signalling first and then of UMTS and its integration with IP.
Participation and promotion of several early studies on integration of IP and mobile cellular networks has permitted to participate
from the beginning to the work of 3G.IP, and indirectly to stimulate the work on release 2000 in 3GPP about the all-IP solution
and the Multimedia Network principles.
At the same time he was involved in in several Telecom Italia projects in technology planning and selection, including network
budget forecasts, RFI, RFQ and testing, mainly in the mobile and fixed mobile convergence fields. This has allowed him to keep a
strong link between real networks and standardization/research.
This includes roll out of GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, EV-DO, Fixed broadband, FMC, IMS and other technologies in Austria, Spain,
Greece, Turkey, Brasil, Peru', Indonesia, , and technical consulting in several other countries including Venezuela, Vietnam, The
Netherlands, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
He is currently chairman of ETSI M2M (from 2011) and 3GPP SA1(from 1996), dealing with service and operational requirements.
He is also coordinator for M2M standardization inside the Telecom Italia Technology department.
Dr. Jörg SWETINA, NEC Europe,
Chair of session 3 on M2M Cooperation
He studied Chemistry and Mathematics at the University of Vienna, Austria and continued there to conduct
research in Theoretical Chemistry.
Changing to Siemens Austria in 1990 he led a development team dealing with GSM call processing and
software testing. Since the early days of 3GPP he represented Siemens and later Nokia Siemens Networks in
mobile communications standardisation bodies like ETSI SMG, 3GPP and OMA.
Beginning 2008 he moved to NEC Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, continuing his standardisation activities.
Dr. Swetina is equally at home in Vienna and Heidelberg. He is now vice chair of 3GPP SA1 (3GPP's
requirements group) and represents NEC there.
He is active in M2M standardisation in ETSI and 3GPP.
Milan ZORIC, ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability
Programme Committee Member
Milan Zoric joined European Telecommunications Standards Institute in 1998. As Senior Techical Expert in the
Centre for Testing & Interoperability his task is to provide expert support to ETSI Technical Committees in the
area of protocol standards development and/or technical leadership and management of test specifications
development. A typical example was a 5 year project that was at the heart of the joint work agreed at the time
between ETSI and WiMAX Forum. The project developed and validated WiMAX/HiperMAN conformance test specifications. Recently
Milan has been contributing to FP7 Projects in the domain of eHealth and lead a joint project with China Accademy of Telecom
Research developing an IMS (IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM) test tool.
Milan received a Dipl.-Ing diploma in Electrical Engineering and M.Sc. in Telecommun¬ications and Information Technology from
Univer¬sity of Zagreb, Croatia in 1972 and 1982 respec¬tively. Before joing ETSI Milan worked in telecom industry and the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb, Croatia where he contributed to numerous research and development projects. With
his strong expertise in specification techiques and languages he also contributed to related standardization activities in ITU-T and
ETSI.
SPEAKERS
Roberto GAVAZZI, Telecom Italia
After completing his Electrical and Computer Science engineering studies at Politecnico in Turin, Roberto worked
for three years in the aerospace area where he spent one year in Toulouse in a European Consortium for
designing and developing SW for manned shuttles and satellites. Since then, Roberto has spent more than 15
years in Telecom Italia Laboratories in the telecommunication area focusing first on network management.
Afterward Roberto was responsible for the 'Service Management' department unit. Since 2001 Roberto Gavazzi
is responsible for Programs (projects cluster) of Service Developments for Telecom Italia.
In the last period he worked on Convergent IMS based services (Messaging, Telecom Italia VideoPhone and WI
FI VoIP IMS based services, Dual Mode VoIP service) with main focus in the services innovation and engineering area in the
Telecom Italia Laboratories. He is currently involved in projects regarding M2M, Smart Grid, Smart City and Safecity and he is a
member of the Architecture Board for the FI – PPP projects.
Marc JADOUL, Alcatel-Lucent
Marc Jadoul is Customer Marketing Director in Alcatel-Lucent, acting as EMEA marketing lead for the company's
'Internet of Things' program.
Marc has 20 years experience in the ICT sector. Since he joined Alcatel in 1992, he has held positions in
research & innovation, product, solution and portfolio management, marketing, communications, strategy,
market and business development, and solutions consulting for fixed and mobile service providers worldwide.
Holding a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Brussels, he is author or co-author of over
90+ papers, magazine articles and conference presentations, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events.
Benoît JOUFFREY, Gemalto
Benoît Jouffrey is VP m2m and mobile device management at Gemalto and VP m2m value added services at
Cinterion, a Gemalto company. In this position he is in charge of all cards and services delivered to the
machine-to-machine (m2m) market. Benoît is also chairing the SIMalliance m2m working group aiming at
enhancing and promoting the role of the SIM in m2m environment with telecom operators, application
developers and handset manufacturers.
In 2009-2010, based in Overath (Germany) Benoît was heading the Gemalto Digital Life Management software
activities and is still member of the supervisory board of O3SIS AG, a Gemalto company. From beginning 2008
until July 2009 he was VP Strategy & Development for the Gemalto Telecom Business Unit coordinating notably the Gemalto
telecom strategy and the telecom long range plan.
He held before various sales management positions at Gemplus (now Gemalto).
From 1993 until 1999 Benoît was previously with Credit Agricole Indosuez (formerly Banque Indosuez).
Thomas KESSLER, Deutsche Telekom
Thomas Kessler received his diploma degree in communications engineering from the Technical University of
Brunswick, Germany, in 1987. He joined the Research Centre of Deutsche Telekom in Darmstadt, Germany, as
a Scientific Staff Member. He worked on the research and development of DSL. From 1998 to 2002 he was
delegate in the ETSI working group TM6. During his time at T-Systems he was also involved in other network
technologies like Ethernet, optical transport, Storage Area Networks, and coaxial networks. Since 2008 he is
working in the fixed network standardization group of Deutsche Telekom. His actual topics are DSL, Home
Networks, PLC and M2M (focus on Smart Energy). He currently participates in the ETSI Technical Committees
M2M, ATTM, PLT, and TISPAN.
Ulrich T. KEULING, 7 Layers AG Business Development
Ulrich has 25 years working experiences in the telecommunications area. After his diploma in electronics, he
was working for Toshiba Electronics in England and Japan to set up a new telecommunication business unit.
From 1994 to 2000, he was working in a management position at Deutsche Telecom Mobile to set up the value
added services business. In 2000, he was the founder of a joint venture with Vodafone and Cap Gemini in
London to establish the mobile data business. Ulrich was CEO of this start up and has managed the company
successful until 2007. Since 2007, he is working as an independent management consultant and business
angel. His specific working areas over more than 20 years are mobile managed services. He has brought
together several companies and set up projects of managed data services and value added services. Today,
his focus is in the M2M business and future pan European road toll services. Since 2009, he is working for 7 Layers AG in the field
of new business development and interoperability management services.
Contact:keuling@keuling.de
Shashidhar KRISHNAMURTHY, HCL Technologies
Shashidhar Krishnamurthy is Global Practice Director, Engineering and R&D Services (ERS), HCL Technologies
and has been focusing on Product Engineering in Telecom and Convergence technologies for last 20 years + in
HCL. He has designed and developed several products in enterprise network, wireless and consumer
electronics space and has held several leadership positions in Delivery, Business Development and Solution
Strategy in HCL ERS Group. His current focus is in creating new technology solutions and IPs that will drive the
Convergence market for next few years and M2M, IPv6, Mobility and Automation are some of the key areas.
Holding an Engineering Degree in Electronics and Communications from the University of Mysore, he is author
or co-author of over 20+ papers, magazine articles and conference presentations, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry
events like CES etc."
Manfred KUBE, CINTERION, a Gemalto Company
Manfred Kube is responsible for the mHealth segment within the business development group at CINTERION, a
Gemalto company. His role includes the assessment of market trends, analysis of eco systems and future
business models, and support in the development of strategic business directions.
Manfred has studied electrical engineering at the Technical University Munich and the University of Melbourne
and did an MSc programme at the Institute for IT in Healthcare in Konstanz. He looks back on more than 10
years of experience in the mobile business and M2M arena, consulting mobile network suppliers and mobile
phone manufacturers. Manfred is a member of the GSMA embedded mobile working group for mHealth, the
Continua Health Alliance mobility task force and the EFMI working group Personal Portable Devices.
Current focus areas include cellular based Tele Monitoring, Tele Care, Fitness Monitoring and Wellness, Chronic Care Management
and Ambient Assisted Living.*
Guang LU, InterDigital
Guang Lu was elected as the rapporteur of the WG3 of ETSI TC M2M in 2011, where she is responsible for
developing the Stage 3 specification for ETSI M2M. Guang joined the R&D department of InterDigital in 2001 as
a senior research engineer. Throughout her career she has worked on system architecture and solutions on
various technologies including UMTS, IEEE 802.11, LTE, media independent handover (IEEE 802.21), media
mobility, and M2M. Guang has contributed to various standard organizations including 3GPP, IEEE, IETF, and
ETSI.
Prior to joining InterDigital, Guang worked on Broadband Wireless Access solutions at Nortel and Information
Systems at Unisys. Guang received her Master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in telecommunications from the
University of Calgary.
Helmut LEOPOLD, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Helmut Leopold holds a degree in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology and a degree in
Electronics and Communications from the Technical College HTL Rankweil (Austria). He started his career as a
research engineer in the field of high performance networking at Alcatel ELIN Research Center in 1989.
Between 1994 and 1999 he worked at Alcatel Austria, where he was responsible for the Austrian CATV market.
From 1999 until 2008 Helmut Leopold worked at Telekom Austria, where he held the position of Managing
Director Platform and Technology Management and was responsible for IT, Network and Product Management
Wholesale. During his assignment with Telekom Austria, Helmut Leopold played a leading role in the innovation
process of the company and was the driving force behind Telekom Austria´s IPTV and NGN transformation
programs with a special focus on IT and network management. Since January 2009, Helmut Leopold has joined the AIT Austrian
Institute of Technology, where he currently holds the position of Department Head.
He was chairman of the "Broadband Services Forum (BSF)", Vice President of the Austrian Telecommunication Research Center
(FTW). Moreover, he has served on the Boards of many companies providing strategic, technology and business leadership.
Helmut Leopold is President of the Austrian Organization for Information and Communication Technology (GIT) and Board Member
of the Austrian Electrotechnical Association (ÖVE). Helmut Leopold has always been actively involved in numerous research
programs at European level as well as in international standardization processes. Moreover, he has served on the Boards of many
companies providing strategic, technology and business leadership.
Per LJUNGBERG, Ericsson
Per Ljungberg is project manager at Ericsson Corporate Research in Stockholm for new industry solutions.
He joined Ericsson in 1990 to work on the GSM system. Since then he has worked with system engineering and
systems architecture for mobile systems (GSM/UMTS) in various R&D positions in Stockholm and at Ericsson
Eurolab in Aachen, Germany.
He is currently working with business development and applied research for m2m applications.
He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Linköping, Sweden.
Oliver MAIWALD, Dialog Semiconductor B.V,
Oliver Maiwald started architecting and developing DECT data applications in 1997.
Since 1999 he works for Dialog Semiconductor in the marketing and technical customer support
department especially in the strategic fields of digital cordless, home networking and gaming
applications. Beginning 2008 Oliver invented the idea of DECT ULE. He is member of ETSI TC
DECT, TC DECT ULE and board member of DECT Forum and several other working groups.
Oliver Maiwald holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hanover in
Germany.
Yuichi MORIOKA, Sony Europe Limited
Yuichi Morioka is a principal researcher of wireless telecommunications at Sony Europe Limited. Since joining
Sony Corporation in 2002, he has been extensively involved in various wireless standards including WiFi (IEEE
802.11), WiMedia and ZigBee. He is currently active in 3GPP RAN1/RAN2 standardization, focusing on
incorporating LTE technology to the M2M space.
He graduated from the Department of Information and Computer Science of Keio University, Japan under the
supervision of Professor Masao Nakagawa, a pioneer in CDMA technologies.
Toon NORP, TNO Information and Communication Technology
Toon Norp is a Business Consultant at TNO Information and Communication Technology. Toon Norp joined TNO
(former KPN Research) in 1991, where he has since been working on network aspects of mobile
communications. Toon advises European operators on strategy, impact analysis, RFI/RFQ and architecture
design related to mobile core network, IMS, and M2M. He has been involved in standardisation of mobile
networks architecture aspects and requirements for 15 years. In 2008, Toon initiated the work item Network
Improvements for Machine Type Communications in 3GPP SA1 and is now rapporteur and the chairman of the M2M Subworking
Group in 3GPP SA1.
Toon holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Barbara PAREGLIO, Ericsson, ETSI TC M2M WG2
Barbara Pareglio has been working in several aspects of Telecommunication for more than 13 years. After
joining Ericsson in 1998, Barbara has work in several areas of the telecommunication, but primarily in the area
of the Intelligent Networks and the supplementary services. She held several positions within Ericsson, from
developer, system architecture and overall coordinator of standardization activities in several areas.
She holds a degree in Electronic and Telecommunication engineering at the Politecnico in Turin.
Gilles PRIVAT, Orange Labs
Dr. Gilles Privat received engineering and doctoral degrees in systems theory from TELECOM ParisTech
Institute. He has been a research associate with CNRS and a research engineer and head of a research group
with CNET, a french public research laboratory in telecommunications. He has been since 2000 a senior
scientist and project leader with the 'Human Interface' and 'Technologies' Divisions of France Telecom R&D,
currently Orange Labs, where he pioneered the new research theme of 'smart devices' that has from then on
branched out into Ambient Intelligence/Smart Spaces and M2M/Internet of Things. He is currently working in
applications of M2M technology to energy management and the smart grid. He has authored or co-authored
more than 60 technical peer-reviewed publications and holds 12 patents.
Luis Jorge ROMERO, ETSI
Luis Jorge Romero, Director General of ETSI has over 20 years international experience in the
telecommunications sector. His career has successfully run between the technological innovation and the
development of new businesses, be it as a freelancer or as part of the top management team in several
companies of the Telefónica group. Among his achievements we can highlight his involvement in the start up of
Telefonica Romania in 1993 and in Médi Télécom (Morocco) in 1999, his participation in the merger of Telefonica
Moviles Mexico and Pegaso Comunicaciones in 2002 or the set up of Telefonica Moviles Spain roaming business
from scratch. Besides, Mr. Romero has led several initiatives within different associations in the telecom sector,
such as the Spanish Technology Platform for Wireless Communications in Spain, the Ecosystem Working Group
in the NGMN Alliance or the Services Review Group in the GSM Association.
Asit SOM, Vodafone Global, Machine-to-Machine
Asit is an M2M Solution Architect with Vodafone Global Enterprise based in UK and has responsibility for solution
sales in the North European market. He is an engineering Graduate with over 10 years of energy utility
experience in systems engineering of telemetry and communication systems at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
and at Power Grid Corporation. He completed his Master's degree in Energy Systems from IIT and is also an
MBA. Prior to joining Vodafone in 2001, he was responsible for technical sales and project marketing at Cisco
Systems, Siemens, Asea Brown Boveri and Philips. Asit is a member of Cigre, IEEE-USA and IET-UK. He has
previously authored and published papers for International and National conferences.
Larry Taylor, ZigBee Alliance
Larry Taylor represents the ZigBee Alliance as Director of Standards Development Europe promoting the
adoption of ZigBee specifications. Larry is active in both ETSI M2M and ERM TG28 in work related to Smart
Energy, Smart Metering and Smart Grid and is also an active participant in ETSI responses to EC Mandates on
Smart Metering and Smart Grid. Larry is a regular contributor to IEEE and other international standards on
wireless communications. Larry's career spans the computer and communications industries over more than 30
years and he now leads DTC (UK), a specialist consulting company providing services in wireless
communications standards. Larry holds degrees in Physics and Computer Science from the University of London.
Fumihiko TOMITA (I3C/TTC and NICT, Japan)
Dr. Fumihiko "Tom" Tomita is responsible for the leadership in future inter-industry ICT innovation projects in
the Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC), and also in the research strategy in the National Institute
of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan. He received the B.S. degree in physics and the
M.S. and Ph.D. degree in geophysics from the Tohoku University of Japan. After the Assistant Professor at the
Faculty of Science of the Tohoku University, he joined the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL), the direct ancestor
of NICT. He launched the "Space Weather Program" in Japan in 1988, and, has been supervising much kind of
research strategy and program in NICT. He has been a Director of the Kashima Space Research Center, an
Executive Director of the Basic Research Department, an Executive Director of the Planning Department of the NICT, and a
Secretary General of the ICT Standardization and Intellectual Property Promotion Center (iSIPc) since 2008, and a Director
General of the Inter-Industry Innovation Center, TTC since 2011.
He has been interested in the next-generation smarter communication world based on ICT. Especially, an on-going revolution
around new energy vehicles and smarter energy environment has a potential to be an entrance to the new social infrastructure for
the world sustainable human happiness.
Bruno Conde TOMÁS, Portugal Telecom
Bruno C. Tomás received the BsC in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the MsC (major in
Telecommunications and minor in Energy) from the Technical University of Lisbon. Before joining the industry
he conducted research in the Image Group of the Telecommunications Institute of Portugal under the
supervision of Professor Fernando Pereira, a pioneer in MPEG standardization activities. Since joining Portugal
Telecom, he has worked on multi platform TV architectures (IPTV, DTT, RFoGPON, DVB-T, Mobile and OTT),
network platforms, services engineering and headends management. He is currently working in the innovation
management division and his role includes the strategic analysis of new long term technologies and actively
contribute to standardization activities in M2M and IoT arenas. He is involved in the M2M working group which is defining a future
proof strategy for both domestic and international market.
Musa UNMEHOPA, Alcatel-Lucent
MUSA UNMEHOPA is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Software, Services and Solutions group at
Alcatel-Lucent, where he is a senior manager for converged applications and services standards. His career in
the communications industry spans 15 years, first at Bell Labs, and now at Alcatel-Lucent. Musa, a member of
the Alcatel-Lucent Technical Academy, has held several key leadership positions in various standards
organizations and industry consortia, including vice-chairman of 3GPP CT5 and chairman of the OMA
Architecture working group. Musa currently serves as the chairman of the Technical Plenary of the Open Mobile
Alliance. Musa has co-authored two books: 'The Open Mobile Alliance' on enablers for mobile applications, and
'Parlay/OSA - From Standards to Reality' on application programming interfaces for telecommunications networks. He has
published numerous journal and conference papers, holds two patents, and has several patents pending in the area of service
mediation and application technology. Musa holds an M.Sc degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Twente in
the Netherlands, and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Bradford in the UK, and at TiasNimbas Business School, in
the Netherlands.
Jason WALLS, University of New Hampshire
Jason Walls is a senior technologist and technical ‘evangelist' for Broadband technologies for the University of
New Hampshire InterOperability laboratory. In his current role he is overseeing the creation of a new
department at the University that seeks to unify UNH's academic, technical, and political experience around the
topic of Broadband. He has broad experience working directly with industry forums and standards bodies,
vendors, and service providers alike.
Jason began working in the InterOperability Laboratory as an undergraduate in 2001. While finishing his degree
he was primarily responsible for completing the development of the test automation system software used to
perform repeatable DSL physical layer interoperability testing. Upon completing an MBA in 2007, he took over
the role as manager for the UNH-IOL's Broadband testing programs and was integral in the creation of test events for Broadband
Forum TR-069, eventually forming its own testing program for TR-069 testing.
Jason works closely with several standard bodies, including the ITU-T and Broadband Forum. He holds the co-chair position of the
Broadband Forum BroadbandHome Working Group, the working group responsible for the CWMP protocol, and assists in the
direction and development of various test programs across the industry.
MBA University of New Hampshire 2007
Email: jason.walls@unh.edu