Speakers
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JR Wilson
VP Tower Strategy & Roaming
AT&T Services
JR Wilson leads operations, partnerships, and strategy for AT&T’s roaming and tower portfolios including both macro sites and small cells. JR is also responsible for AT&T’s deployment of FirstNet across AT&T’s domestic roaming footprint and wireless merger integrations. Wilson is also the Chairman of the Wireless Broadband Alliance as well as an Executive Committee Member of the High-Altitude Platforms Stations (HAPS) Alliance.
Previously, JR served as CEO and Chairman of Wireless Maritime Services (WMS), dedicated to providing satellite-based cellular connectivity on major Cruise Lines. JR also led international partnerships and alliances for AT&T’s global Internet-of-Things (IoT) business and was the architect of the AT&T Global SIM.
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Johannes Opitz
VP Commercial Roaming
Deutsche Telekom
Johannes Opitz is Vice President for Commercial Roaming and International Mobile Wholesale at Deutsche Telekom where he leads global negotiations and strategic partnerships with world’s leading Telecom Groups. His expertise includes Telecommunications; IoT; Roaming; Strategic Partnerships & Operator Alliances; Strategy; Product Development & Marketing; TV & Media; Corporate Finance & Business Planning. Johannes holds a PHD Degree in Accounting & Corporate Finance.
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Miguel Carames
Director Network and Technology Planning
Verizon Wireless
Miguel Carames is currently a Director of Network and Technology planning at Verizon. Leading a team of engineers responsible for planning, engineering and design of the Verizon wireless core network including the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), 5G Core (5GC) as well as a number of critical services including the wireless enterprise portfolio, public safety core, messaging, and OSS/BSS evolution. Miguel has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has worked in R&D in 3G (UMTS), 4G (WiMAX and LTE) and now 5G. Prior to Verizon, Miguel worked at Motorola for nine years.
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Dr. Asif Rashid
CIO
Robi Axiata
Dr. Asif Naimur Rashid is the CIO of Robi Axiata, the second largest Mobile Operator in Bangladesh and a subsidiary of Axiata Group, Malaysia. He is also in a dual role as the Managing Director of Red Dot Digital Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of Robi. Dr. Asif has been working in the industry for about 20 years. Prior to joining Robi Axiata, he has worked in Telenor Myanmar, Telenor HQ, Grameenphone, Siemens AG and Mentors’ Technologies.
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Mohan Gyani
Former President & CEO of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services
Active investor in early stage companies and a seasoned executive with a wide range of experiences, including serving on numerous Public and Private company Boards in various industries and geographies. Public Boards have included Safeway, Blackhawk Networks, Ruckus Wireless, Audience Inc.,SirF Technologies Union Bank, Keynote Systems, Mobile Telesystems ( Russia ), IDEA Cellular (India).
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Bobby Srinivasan
Founder and CEO
Mobileum
Bobby Srinivasan is the Chief Executive Officer of Mobileum. Bobby has been instrumental in transforming the company from a startup into a global leader in roaming&network services, testing, risk management and security. All targeted in helping the CSP's in their digital transformation.
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Adil Kaya
CEO
SIGOS
Mr. Kaya is a world wide established international manager of broad experience in telecommunications. With his in-depth technical and market knowledge he has made significant contributions to network operators, vendors as well as standardization institutes. He provides as keynote speaker as well as moderator international events like Mobile World Congress (MWC in Barcelona).
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Avnish Chauhan
CTO and Co-Founder
Mobileum
Avnish is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Mobileum, a recognized provider of innovative solutions in Roaming, Security, and Counter-Fraud. Avnish lives in Silicon Valley, and has been instrumental in defining, building, and launching many “firsts” in the industry. He studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
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Tony Poulos
The Host
Tony has a strong telecom BSS knowledge in billing, revenue assurance, managed services, payments and mobile content delivery. In June 2011, Tony was recognized as one of the 25 most influential people in the telecom software industry.
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