Mr. Hosain is responsible for the architecture and future direction of Aeriss networks, development programs and technology strategy. He joined Aeris in 1996 as Vice President, Engineering and member of the founding executive team of Aeris.Mr. Hosain has over thirty-two years experience in the semiconductor, computer and telecommunications industries, including product development, architecture design and technical management. Prior to joining Aeris, he held senior engineering and management positions at Analog Devices, Cypress Semiconductor, CAD National and ESS Technology.Mr. Hosain is Chairman of the International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology (IFAST) and represents Aeris at the CDMA Development Group (CDG). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Win is Area Vice President for Emerging Devices with AT&T. He leads the business development team for automotive, navigation, monitoring and tracking segments. Win has been a member of the Emerging Device team since its inception. He has over 20 years of wireless experience, was involved in the launch of 3 markets and has worked at BellSouth, Cingular and now AT&T. Win has been in a headquarters role for the last 11 years.

Gale Lightfoot currently serves as senior staff program manager for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer in Cisco’s Service Provider Group. In this role, he assists with business development by pursuing business/technology opportunities. He is also assists in intellectual property management and development; internal collaboration of business and technology groups, and helps to manage the standards strategy.

Recently, Lightfoot has worked with the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) in its home network (HNET) focus group, and currently serves as co-Chair of the ATIS M2M Focus Group. Additionally, Lightfoot has served in the International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) IPTV Focus Group as co-chair of the end systems work group and currently serves in the ITU-T Study Group 9 as rapporteur of Q8/9.

Joe Biron has worked as a software engineer, architect, and technology leader for more than 15 years. An expert in machine-to-machine (M2M) platform and application technology, Joe is responsible for running cross-functional initiatives that drive technical strategies across the company and served as Senior Architect during the design and implementation of Axeda’s award-winning cloud platform. Joe also leads the Axeda Innovationeers – a group that enables both new and existing customers to get the most out of M2M through innovative applications and enterprise integrations, all built on the Axeda Platform.

Before joining Axeda, Joe served as a technical consultant and implementation lead with a Web application and design firm, Senior Architect for enterprise and financial products at EDS, and as proprietor of Biron Software Solutions, Inc. - a consulting and software development group serving Boston area technology startups and financial firms.

Joe holds a B.S. degree in computer science from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Ammar Rayes is a Distinguished Engineer / Director at Cisco Systems leading Cisco Smart Services including Internet of Things (IoT), Machine to Machine, Mobility and IP strategy . He has been at the core of developing IP-based network and service management solutions for over 15 years. Dr. Rayes has authored / co-authored over a hundred papers and patents on advances in telecommunications-related technologies, including a book on Network Modeling and Simulation and one on ATM switching and network design. He is an Associate Editor of ACM “Transactions on Internet Technology”, Editor-in-Chief for “Advances of Internet of Things” Journal. He has also served as an Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Ammar chairs Cisco’s Smart Services Patent Council and is a part of Cisco’s University Research Program. He is also an active member of ITU’s Internet of Things and TIA’s Smart Devices Standards.

He received his BS and MS Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1986 and 1988, respectively. He received his Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1994 where he received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Telecommunications.

As senior strategist with Compass Intelligence, James Brehm’s primary responsibilities are to increase client value by evaluating, recommending, and creating innovative market strategies for Compass Intelligence’s high-tech clientele. Additionally, Mr. Brehm directs the content, product development, and vendor / customer relations activities as it relates to the M2M syndicated and portal services. This includes leading and conducting primary and secondary market research, market sizing, forecasting, and other analyst responsibilities where needed.

The scope of his work deals with all aspects of the IP value chain; from delivery infrastructure and communication management to end user content and applications. Brehm is frequently quoted by media outlets such as The New York Times, Business Week, Computerworld and Wireless Week. He is a regular contributor to CNBC and has an ongoing blog on connected devices and M2M / any-to-any device communication. Brehm has also spoken to various groups on topics including mobile applications, mobile commerce, emerging wireless devices and vertical market deployment of Web-enabled services.

Brehm joined Compass Intelligence after spending nine years in multiple roles with Frost & Sullivan. Most recently, Brehm served as Senior Consultant in Frost & Sullivan’s Information and Communication Technology practice where he led much of the bespoke research for Frost & Sullivan’s wireless customers.

Prior to Frost & Sullivan, Brehm worked in marketing, sales management and business development roles for Rackspace Managed Hosting and Interland (now Web.com), two of the largest pure play Web hosting companies in the U.S. His responsibilities included research on the competitive landscape of the market, developing new product offerings, assessing emerging markets, improving the overall value chain for Global 1000 clients, due diligence, and acquisition analysis. Brehm entered the high-tech arena in the mid-1990’s working in sales management within the telecom arena for MCI and later working for Gateway Inc. in multiple roles including product marketing, product management, training and sales management.

Ron Zimmer is President & CEO of Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), and is committed to achieving CABAs mission.

To encourage the development, promotion, pursuit and understanding of integrated systems and automation in homes and buildings.

Mr. Zimmer began his career with CABA in 1997 working with groups of industry leaders who promote integrated systems and home/building automation throughout the world. CABAs members include manufacturers, dealers, installers, telecommunication companies, energy utilities, builders, consultants, research organizations, publishers, educational institutions, governments, associations and service providers.

In addition to working closely with the CABA Board of Directors, Ron is actively involved with a number of industry Committees/Councils including the CABA Standards Committee, CABA Marketing & eBusiness Committee, CABA Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council, CABA Information Council, National Housing Research Committee, Net-at-Home Advisory Committee, Intelligent Community Forums Building of the Year Committee and the Consortium for Electronic Systems Technician Training.

Ron is a Certified Association Executive with over 20 years of Association Management experience. He has authored a number of articles and documents including, Smart Communities: A Concept Paper, and he regularly speaks about integrated buildings and home/building automation at industry events.

At CradlePoint, Ken has served in both Product Management and more recently Business Development, where his focus is on wireless carriers, network equipment manufacturers and system integrators. Ken has 23 years experience in marketing, sales, development and manufacturing. Prior to joining CradlePoint, Ken served as VP of Marketing for Casabyte (later acquired by JDS Uniphase), the leading provider of service validation solutions to wireless service providers. Ken also served as VP of Business Development for GoAhead Software (later acquired by Oracle), the leading provider of high availability software to communication infrastructure providers. Ken earlier spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard with cable modems & headends, set-top boxes and personal computers in a variety of engineering and engineering management roles. Ken holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Manufacturing Engineering, both from Stanford University.

Justin Daya was introduced to medical research at the tender age of eight, accompanied his father, Dr. Kanti Daya, then himself a medicalstudent, to the local slaughterhouse to harvest viable beef hearts forproduction of the VDRL Antigen for the manufacturing of the DayaSyphilis Test (DST). In the years following, he has assisted in developing the Daya Clinical Protocol (DCP), Carvasin™, the D-Mantoux Test, and is currently integral to developing four disruptively innovative biotechnology products.

Justin’s work with his father and the vision set forth by the companyof Sanitas Pro Omnibus–Health for All, manifests the endemic primedirective of DayaMed in developing industry transforming medicalservice, technology, product research, development, regulatoryapproval and market implementation. Accordingly, he is the Chief Operating Officer of Daya Medicals, Inc. (DayaMed) responsible for all operations globally.

Justin’s recent innovative contribution to the completion of the theoretical construct of the Daya Clinical Protocol (DCP) has been its pragmatic empowerment for mainstream commercialization in the fields of patient customized pharmaceutical therapy. This wasembodied by the development of the DayaMed’s recent and signature innovation, the MedPod, it’s database, and telecommunications IP. Justin has also jointly filed four additional patents for disruptive, innovative biotechnology in the biomedical M2Mspace, and as COO of DayaMed, is bringing these products to market in the near term. Justin is essentially an out-of –the-box thinker, and as such has led DayaMed in structuring the first consortium of four international business Fortune 100 icons augmenting the launch of a healthcare M2M product that will restructure the delivery of medical therapeutics. This will be manifested by the reduction of costs of pharmaceutical therapeutics and its delivery, elevation of health outcomes and end-points, and accompanied by the creation of substantial high-quality jobs.

Additionally, Justin has taken the lead in building relationships with domestic andforeign multi-national pharmaceutical distributors in the Middle-East, SouthAmerica, Asia, and Europe as well as negotiated for offshore manufacturingand acquisition of products for global distribution for DayaMed. Justin also functions as the lead in structuring and completing clinical trials and FDAsubmissions. Finally, he has played a key role in negotiating the licensingand use of DayaMed products with major U.S. pharmaceuticals, healthinsurance companies, labor union organizations, large corporate

Highly accomplished Senior Technology Executive with 25 years of experience demonstrating success in planning, developing and executing technology strategies. Extensive experience leading in-house and outsourced development teams providing technical and business leadership. Alex is responsible for overall technology strategy at Global Convergence and leading the development of standards based mobile video communications applications. Prior to Global Convergence Alex designed and implemented a consumer VoIP network with over 150,000 video phones in US, Canada and Europe.

J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. is Principal Analyst, Mobile & Wireless, MobileTrax LLC. As a nationally recognized industry authority, he focuses on monitoring and analyzing emerging trends, technologies and market behavior in the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry in North America. Dr. Purdy is an ‘edge of network’ analyst looking at devices, applications and services as well as wireless connectivity to those devices.

Dr. Purdy provides critical insights regarding mobile and wireless devices, wireless data communications and connection to the infrastructure that powers the data in the wireless handheld. He is author of the column Inside Mobile & Wireless that provides industry insights and is read by over 130,000 people a week. He is also a Freelance Columnist and writes each week for the respected and widely read eWeek. Finally, Dr. Purdy is an Affiliate Analyst with GigaOM and writes regularly for them as well as speaks at a number of their events.

Jim has years of experience designing and managing wireless communications products and solutions. Currently he applies these skills at Multi-Tech Systems leading their product and soluitions strategy and supporting marketing efforts. He has helped expand Multi-Tech’s M2M portfolio to more broadly satisfy common customer needs and reduce the ever present complexity in creating an M2M solution. He has held several Executive position in the industry and earned his M.A. in engineering (physics) at the University of Colorado and his B.S. in physics at Boston College.

As a scientist for Motorola, The Robotics Institute, and the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), Dr. Smith has worked on wireless sensor and control systems developed for the FBI, CIA, DOD, DOE, NASA, and USPS - from autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles to particle accelerators. In 1993, he co-founded and served as President and CEO of OnRamp Technologies, a pioneer Internet Service Provider, subsequently acquired by Verio, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT communications. In 2002, Dr. Smith founded SensorLogic, a leading Telemetry Service Provider (TSP). He also co-founded Via; Vericenter; Vaultnet; Memorial.com; Advanced Home Automation; and Ublip, which was acquired in late 2008 by Numerex, a company at the vanguard of the machine-to-machine communications industry. Dr. Smith is currently Chief Technical Officer of Numerex. He has served or serves on the boards of several prominent high tech companies. In February 2010, he was elected Chairman of TIA TR-50 Smart Device Communications Engineering Committee.

Mr. Rosen is long time veteran in the wireless industry – extending back to the mid 1980’s when he led the advertising account team that introduced Southwestern Bell’s cellular service to the market.He is an expert in the emerging field of wireless Machine to Machine communications – with a focus on Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring. At Numerex he is involved in various M2M business development and product management efforts focused on bringing integrated solutions to market. He is actively involved with Telehealth clients at Numerex who provide both chronic disease and post-acute care management, such as CHF, Diabetes, Implantable Cardiac Devices, MCOT (Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry), and Vital signs monitoring. Mr. Rosen’s M2M Business Solutions group recently was responsible for developing innovative wireless remote monitoring solutions for the world’s leading maker of Total Artificial Hearts – as well as for a leading provider of ventricular assist devices.Before Numerex, Mr. Rosen was part of the founding team at Ublip, which created and sold GPS tracking solutions. Ublip was acquired by Numerex in 2008. Previously, at SensorLogic, Mr. Rosen spearheaded the company’s focus on Remote Monitoring capabilities in the healthcare, agricultural, energy and industrial automation industries. In addition he helped Fortune 500 companies use wireless sensor network technologies for solutions such as Predictive Maintenance, Remote Monitoring & Control, and Energy Management. Prior to SensorLogic, Mr. Rosen’s consulting firm, Cogito Consultants, helped implement mobile technology solutions for blue chip clients, including Procter & Gamble, the U.S. Air Force, and New York City. He has also provided consultation to several emerging companies, including Quickoffice (www.quickoffice.com), makers of numerous products which extend the desktop to mobile workers, Mr. Rosen is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University, with Distinction in Economics. He has spoken before many industry groups, from San Diego to Singapore and New York to Nice – and published several articles in trade journals. Mr. Rosen is married and has three children.

Steve Hudson has almost twenty years of telecommunications related experience and has been a leading force and thought leader in location based services (LBS). Mr. Hudson authored Sprint’s enterprise LBS business plan and is a frequent speaker and contributor for related industry conferences, media, and analyst briefings. As Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Omnilink, Mr. Hudson is currently responsible for expanding the global distribution, product portfolio, and capabilities of Omnilinks solutions through business partnerships with wireless carriers, device manufacturers, systems integrators, independent software vendors and direct enterprise companies. Prior to Omnilink, Mr. Hudson joined Sprint PCS at launch, and spent eight years in various management positions; first helping drive the emergence of Sprints wireless Private Label Services Group, then assuming a Strategic Business Development role over the Location Based Services initiative. Prior to Sprint PCS, Mr. Hudson started his career in Sales with Sprint Long Distance and then ran operations for two start-up resellers and facility based carriers. He holds an MBA from Rockhurst University and dual bachelor degrees in Business Marketing and Management from Kansas State University.

Nikki Cuban is no stranger to machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies and services, bringing to OnAsset ten years of professional marketing experience with wireless networking and data services. Cuban first started in wireless networking as an industry analyst with Parks Associates covering ultra-wideband communications and the penetration of at home networks into the consumer markets. From there, she joined the commercial and industrial division of TXU’s Energy Services where she worked as a product manager launching a web-based service to help companies remotely monitor machine assets over the Internet to help reduce energy spend. Cuban joined Sensorlogic in 2003 as director of marketing, helping grow the company from a small technology group to a well recognized brand name in the industry. Cuban is currently responsible for sales and marketing at OnAsset Intelligence, Inc. She has a B.A. from Loyola University, New Orleans.

Cuban also serves as Associate PR Representative for the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) as well as an Advisory Council Member for the IQPC Pharmaceutical Cold Chain for Distribution Events.

Mike Sapien is responsible for Ovum’s US Enterprise Practice. Based in southern California, Mike is focused on North American and global enterprise telecom markets. This includes WAN, managed, and advanced voice and data services to address Global MNC, large enterprise, and SMB customers. His focus areas also include data center services, emerging cloud and hosted services, enterprise mobility services (including M2M services) and related product development, market launch, and channel programs of enterprise services.Mike leads the design, development, and implementation of Ovum’s research and advisory services on enterprise network services and managed solutions in North America with a major emphasis on the tier 1 carriers, infrastructure vendors and providers. Mike works directly with clients to help them understand and implement recommended strategies from Ovum research, consulting experience and his extensive telecom services expertise. He is a regular contributor to Ovum’s enterprise research, and provides analysis of industry, vendor, and product trends included emerging managed services such as SIP trunking, unified communications, VoIP, and complex managed services.Mike has over 27 years in the telecoms and internet services industry including executive positions at large carriers, CLEC, and a data center provider. Before joining Ovum, Mike was a consultant advising carriers, vendors, and enterprise customers on business development, marketing and go-to-market strategies. This included the development, introduction, and marketing of data and voice services such as Centrex, DSL, ISDN, and SMB integrated bundles. Mike was one of the first published authors to write about ISDN applications for IT personnel (Mastering ISDN by Sybex - 1997).Mike is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University (BBA & MBA) and Columbia University executive management program.

Tim Wagner joined Samsung Mobile in 2010 as Vice President and General Manager of Business to Business (B2B) Sales. Mr. Wagner’s responsibilities include the management and growth of Carrier, Channel and Direct Sales of Samsung’s Enterprise Solution Portfolio (Smartphones, Tablets, Accessories and Vertical Applications) in the United States. He is also responsible for the evaluation, evolution and marketing of Samsung’s Enterprise Solutions, now called SAFE (Samsung Approved For Enterprise), with both internal Samsung Development Organizations as well as Strategic Partners.

Mr. Wagner joined Samsung from Research In Motion (RIM), where he was responsible for Business Solution Sales in North America. During his tenure at RIM, he was responsible for creating, managing and growing overlay solution sales and support teams for RIM’s Carrier Business Units, Direct Sales Organization and Channels Organization. Prior to his work at RIM, Mr. Wagner was responsible for Sales at Ascendent Systems which was acquired by RIM in March of 2006. Mr. Wagner has held senior leadership positions at several other high-tech companies such as Watch Hill Partners (acquired by MasterCard Advisors) and GreenPages Technology Solutions.

Mr. Wagner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Vermont’s Kalkin School of Business with a double concentration of International Business and Management Information Systems (MIS).

With more than 20 years experience in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and International Marketing, Chris Swearingen is currently leading the SenseAware effort for FedEx. In his role, Chris oversees the US domestic and global rollout of SenseAware.

He has spent the last seven years at FedEx fulfilling a multitude of roles. Chris was hired by FedEx to launch its entry into NASCAR. In 2007, he was asked to move to the Innovation Department to utilize his start-up experience on the SensAware project. He was responsible for prototyping various business models, customer deployment and the day-to-day business operations of SenseAware.

Chris’ duties were recently expanded to include overseeing the SenseAware strategic direction including product development, customer experience, User-Interface design and market expansion.

His career has been eclectic with a mix of entrepreneurial, corporate and agency experience. He has worked with McDonald’s and various other Fortune 100 companies. He owned multiple Play It Again Sports stores and was the President of 360¬¬? Sports Marketing. Roush Racing acquired the agency and Chris went on to work as a senior member of the race team.

Robert Gustin currently serves in the role of Business Development Manager Utilities for Sprint’s Emerging Solutions Group. Based in Atlanta, GA he has worked for Sprint Nextel for 6 years and has more than 20 years of experience in the utility and energy related industries. He has national responsibilities for the electric, natural gas, and water industries. His experience includes responsibilities in Engineering, Product & Program Management, Marketing, and Business Development for a variety of manufacturing and technology companies, including Sprint Nextel.

His responsibilities are focused within Sprint’s Public Sector, Enterprise, Federal, and General Business divisions supporting products, services, applications, and technology partnerships dealing with critical voice dispatch, enterprise mobility, and fixed telemetry and automation initiatives.

Wayne Ward is Vice President of Emerging Solutions for Sprint Nextel. Ward was named to lead the company’s newly formed Emerging Solutions unit in October 2009, with responsibility for developing M2M (machine-to-machine) and mobile computing solutions. The Emerging Solutions unit combines the network, systems and open-device expertise of Sprint Nextel and its strategic partners to deliver innovative integrated product applications to the business and consumer markets. As part of Sprint’s Integrated Solutions Group, Ward’s organization plays a lead role in the creation of a broad range of solutions for B2B and B2C customers and partners, including “infotainment “ (such as e-readers and netbooks), asset tracking, fleet management, telematics, smart grid and telemedicine initiatives, to name a few.

Paget L. Alves is the President of the Business Markets Group (BMG) for Sprint Nextel. He is responsible for all of Sprints sales and marketing to enterprise, general business and public sector customers. The Business Markets Groups portfolio of services includes IP, international wireless and wireline and domestic 3G and 4G wireless. As part of his BMG responsibilities, Paget also oversees the development of strategic alliances for Sprint.

Prior to his current position, Alves was the President of Sales & Distribution for Sprint Nextel. Previously, he served as President - South Region for Sprint, with responsibility for managing the P&L, all sales and distribution channels and local marketing programs in an 11-state region.

Alves has more than 20 years of experience with technology companies. In addition to his Sprint career, he has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Internet telephony services provider PointOne Telecommunications, Inc., President & Chief Operating Officer of Centennial Communications and Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Murata Business Systems, Inc. He began his career as an attorney with IBM.

His business and professional affiliations include his current role as a member of the Board of Directors of Herman Miller, Inc., a global provider of office furniture.

In November of 2008, Alves was recognized for his leadership and success in business and community endeavors with the CareerFOCUS Eagle Award, presented by the National Eagle Leadership Institute.

Alves holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.

John is the General Manager responsible for M2M solutions for ThingWorx. John came to ThingWorx from the Palantiri Systems acquisition, where he was founder and CEO. John has over 25 years of experience in the electronics, software and device networking industries. As manager of the electronics group of the University of Rochesters Laboratory for Laser Energetics, he was responsible for the development and deployment of what was at the time the largest networked microprocessor control system in the world. In his following years as CTO of Questra Corporation, Mr. Canosa was the main driver in that companys transition from a traditional consulting firm to a leader in the M2M software space.

John is a contributing editor at Embedded Systems Design magazine and was recently named an M2M Pioneer by M2M Magazine for his strategic vision and the advancement of machine-to-machine technology.

Michael A. Rouleau serves as Senior Vice President – Business Development and Strategy and has been with tw telecom since November 1999. His extensive experience in the telecom and data communications industries resulted in the successful implementation and delivery of many advanced and innovative products. In his current position, Mr. Rouleau is responsible for developing tw telecom’s strategic direction and integrating new services and technologies over the next several years. Prior to joining the company, he spent 15 years with US WEST where he was responsible for the development, deployment and management of data, Internet, and DSL businesses.

Brad Sherrard is an accomplished senior executive with a 20-year track record in the international high-technology industry. His roles included product marketing , business development, management, and sales for RF/microwave (Sabritec), satellite communications (Iridium/SDSI) and wireless/global positioning products and services (u-blox). He is currently Vice President of Sales for the Americas at u-blox. Brad holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Irvine, and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Stephen Barna is currently an Associate Director for M2M within Verizon’s SMB Solutions Development organization, Steve’s current role is to leverage his background in vertical industry solutions and develop focused solutions and enable them to be delivered to the SMB marketplace through the appropriate channels that meet the specific needs of this customer segment.

Steve has thirty plus years within the Telecommunications industry in multiple roles ranging from engineering, sales, operations and marketing for companies like Bell Laboratories, AT&T Network Systems / Lucent Technologies, ADC Telecommunications, AT&T Mobility and now Verizon Wireless.Steve holds a B.S. in Industrial Technology, Education, from The College of New Jersey and an M.S in Technology Management from NYU/Polytechnic University.

Chris Mayer is Vice President, Systems Integration and Testing, at Verizon. Since 2006 Chris has led Verizon’s ISO-certified labs in testing new products and services before their network deployment and assuring the safety and reliability compliance of supplier equipment. SIT performs testing and NEBS compliance work in support of new product and service introductions for the Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business networks. Chris has worked for Verizon and its predecessors for 32 years.

Prior to his current role, Chris held positions in engineering and technology and was previously Director – Access Systems Testing and Director – VoIP Systems Testing in SIT. Before joining the Technology organization in 1994 to test video and access systems, Chris worked in video and transmission engineering at C&P Telephone, a subsidiary of Bell Atlantic.

Chris holds an Executive Masters degree in Technology Management from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Chris and his wife live in Morristown, NJ and he works at Verizon Center in Basking Ridge, NJ.

Sai is responsible for Verizon’s M2M strategy for key verticals including OEM & Aftermarket Telematics, Healthcare and Security. His focus is to strategize current and next-gen innovative wireless solutions across these verticals and create M2M leadership.

Previously he was leading OEM telematics Strategy, business development and products for Verizon Wireless. In this role, he worked with major Auto OEMs, several Telematics ecosystem partners in establishing next-gen telematics product & architecture. He joined Verizon’s Open Development Group in mid-2009 soon after it was formed to lead M2M innovation.

He comes to Verizon Wireless from Alltel which Verizon acquired early 2009. In his last job at Alltel, Sai was the lead for strategy and products for mCommerce and launched several Mobile banking applications.

Prior to that he was product manager for Alltels Enterprise Location Based Services and was responsible for development and launch of customized LBS products for the enterprise that helped win major deals for Alltel across various markets.

Mr. Branham is a Principal Consultant in the Verizon Consulting Services organization within Verizon Business. This organization provides strategy, architecture, design, and integration services covering all aspects of Mobility and Machine to Machine systems and services. He has over 25 years of experience as an electrical engineer and IT professional developing and deploying innovative technology including business and operational support software, wireless carrier infrastructure, consumer products, and government systems.

Edward has demonstrated his effectiveness in a variety of IT, Engineering, and Operations roles. The bulk of his Mobility and Machine to Machine experience is comprised of working with organizations to renovate, improve and transform operations through process innovation. He focuses on taking a big picture view of business and technology landscape, then developing and deploying changes and innovations in the organization structure, processes, governance, and technologies – both enterprise and product - that best implement the enterprise vision. He has developed not only products and services, but has also created centers of excellence for governance, business innovation, and project management for many organizations.

Tom Shafron serves as CEO of Viewbiquity. In this capacity, he is responsible for the strategic development and execution of the company’s advanced M2M solutions. A recognized innovator in the technology sector, he is credited with the invention and patent of Browser Interface Overlay technology – the foundation of browser toolbar implementations. Along with his brother David, he co-founded Log-Me-On, eventually selling that company to Yahoo! While with Yahoo!, Tom built and led their Toolbar development group, growing it to 40 million active connected users, and generating more than $100M annual revenue. Tom attended the University of Wisconsin.

Sir Terence Matthews is the founder and Chairman of Wesley Clover, an investment vehicle and holding company. Terry has either founded or funded over 80 companies since 1972 including Newbridge Networks, a company he founded in 1986 and which became a leader in the worldwide data networking industry. In 1972, before launching Newbridge, Terry co-founded Mitel, a world leader in the design and manufacture of enterprise communications solutions. Wesley Clover now has interests in a broad range of next-generation technology companies, real estate, hotels and resorts.

In addition to being the Chairman of Wesley Clover, Terry is also Chairman or Director of a number of private and publicly traded companies.

Terry holds an honours degree in electronics from the University of Wales and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 1994, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in the 2001 Queens Birthday Honours, he was awarded a Knighthood. In 2011, he was appointed Patron of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute.

Brian develops product strategy and works with internal and external customers to increase the company’s visibility in M2M. Before joining Wilson in 2010, Allred spent three years managing a sales support center for Symantec Corp.

Brian Allred is senior account manager for the Wilson Electronics M2M group, where he develops product strategy and works with internal and external customers to increase the company’s visibility in the M2M space. Before joining Wilson in 2010, Allred spent three years managing a sales support center for Symantec Corporation, Inc. He has worked as a technical sales specialist for Larson Davis, a manufacturer of sound and vibration measurement equipment, and has held sales and account manager positions at software firms.

Stephanie Atkinson is a seasoned high-tech analyst, specializing in vertical markets, technology segmentation, and overall business/enterprise research and consulting for telecommunications, information technology, network infrastructure, and other high tech industries. Ms. Atkinson maintains unique insight and research expertise by having worked within the telecom equipment and service provider market prior to working as an analyst/consultant. In June 2005, Ms. Atkinson became a founding partner of Compass Intelligence, a research-driven ideation and market research consultancy firm specializing in the optimization of go-to-market strategies for businesses in a variety of industries. With her direction, Compass Intelligence also became a certified woman-owned business, and in 2010 made the Aggie 100 list for one of the fastest growing Aggie-owned businesses.

Ms. Atkinson has become a well-known and respected analyst in Vertical Market research and consulting, and is widely recognized as a market expert in the implementation and evaluation of vertical market programs in the telecom/IT industry. She has been quoted in numerous business and trade publications including Washington Technology, EE Times, The Congressional Quarterly, CNN Money, Network World, Healthcare Informatics, the Wall Street Journal, Finance News, America’s Network, Wireless Fidelity Magazine, CEO Magazine, Campus Technology, and many others. She has also conducted numerous custom and consulting projects targeted around vertical markets in the telecom and IT industries including Healthcare, Government, Public Safety, Retail, Banking, and many others.

Prior to founding Compass Intelligence, Ms. Atkinson held a position as Senior Analyst with In-Stat. There she managed the Vertical Market Deep Dive services, as well as drove many large initiatives around business intelligence and new market research services. Prior to In-Stat, Ms Atkinson was employed with Frost & Sullivan as an Industry Analyst and Program Leader within the Telecom Services Division. There she developed and initiated one of the first Vertical Market research programs, in which she was the Senior Analyst. Ms. Atkinson also held a position as an Information Services Manager with a Texas-based CLEC, Tex-link Communications (Formerly Taylor Communications Group, Inc). There she managed the development of a custom billing and OSS system. Prior to Tex-Link, she worked for Alcatel USA, where she served as an Engineering and Production Planner in the Lightwave Products Division. At Alcatel, Ms. Atkinson coordinated with electrical, design, process, manufacturing, software, product, ASIC and PCB engineers for the research and development of the Alcatel 1680 Optical Gateway Manager project.

Ms. Atkinson holds a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She resides in Bandera, Texas with her husband and 2 sons.

As senior strategist with Compass Intelligence, James Brehm’s primary responsibilities are to increase client value by evaluating, recommending, and creating innovative market strategies for Compass Intelligence’s high-tech clientele. Additionally, Mr. Brehm directs the content, product development, and vendor / customer relations activities as it relates to the M2M syndicated and portal services. This includes leading and conducting primary and secondary market research, market sizing, forecasting, and other analyst responsibilities where needed.

The scope of his work deals with all aspects of the IP value chain; from delivery infrastructure and communication management to end user content and applications. Brehm is frequently quoted by media outlets such as The New York Times, Business Week, Computerworld and Wireless Week. He is a regular contributor to CNBC and has an ongoing blog on connected devices and M2M / any-to-any device communication. Brehm has also spoken to various groups on topics including mobile applications, mobile commerce, emerging wireless devices and vertical market deployment of Web-enabled services.

Brehm joined Compass Intelligence after spending nine years in multiple roles with Frost & Sullivan. Most recently, Brehm served as Senior Consultant in Frost & Sullivan’s Information and Communication Technology practice where he led much of the bespoke research for Frost & Sullivan’s wireless customers.

Prior to Frost & Sullivan, Brehm worked in marketing, sales management and business development roles for Rackspace Managed Hosting and Interland (now Web.com), two of the largest pure play Web hosting companies in the U.S. His responsibilities included research on the competitive landscape of the market, developing new product offerings, assessing emerging markets, improving the overall value chain for Global 1000 clients, due diligence, and acquisition analysis. Brehm entered the high-tech arena in the mid-1990’s working in sales management within the telecom arena for MCI and later working for Gateway Inc. in multiple roles including product marketing, product management, training and sales management.

Kate Pearce joined Compass Intelligence in August 2011 as a Research Strategist and Consultant, where she participates in custom consulting projects, conducts market research (primary and secondary), and develops content for M2M, Mobility, and other Compass Intelligence markets. Ms. Pearce supports the content, development, and vendor activities as it relates to the M2M syndicated and portal services. She is also involved in other business and client development activities for the company.

Ms. Pearce has 15 years of telecommunications experience, including management roles in corporate strategy and product development groups at Sprint PCS, Sprint Corporation and EMBARQ (now CenturyLink). Ms. Pearce brings to Compass Intelligence diligent intelligence gathering and research; effective industry analysis, and actionable recommendations for improved decision-making.

Ms. Pearce holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She currently resides in Stilwell, KS.

Nikki Cuban is no stranger to machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies and services, bringing to OnAsset ten years of professional marketing experience with wireless networking and data services. Cuban first started in wireless networking as an industry analyst with Parks Associates covering ultra-wideband communications and the penetration of at home networks into the consumer markets. From there, she joined the commercial and industrial division of TXU’s Energy Services where she worked as a product manager launching a web-based service to help companies remotely monitor machine assets over the Internet to help reduce energy spend. Cuban joined Sensorlogic in 2003 as director of marketing, helping grow the company from a small technology group to a well recognized brand name in the industry. Cuban is currently responsible for sales and marketing at OnAsset Intelligence, Inc. She has a B.A. from Loyola University, New Orleans.

Cuban also serves as Associate PR Representative for the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) as well as an Advisory Council Member for the IQPC Pharmaceutical Cold Chain for Distribution Events.

Mike Sapien is responsible for Ovum’s US Enterprise Practice. Based in southern California, Mike is focused on North American and global enterprise telecom markets. This includes WAN, managed, and advanced voice and data services to address Global MNC, large enterprise, and SMB customers. His focus areas also include data center services, emerging cloud and hosted services, enterprise mobility services (including M2M services) and related product development, market launch, and channel programs of enterprise services.Mike leads the design, development, and implementation of Ovum’s research and advisory services on enterprise network services and managed solutions in North America with a major emphasis on the tier 1 carriers, infrastructure vendors and providers. Mike works directly with clients to help them understand and implement recommended strategies from Ovum research, consulting experience and his extensive telecom services expertise. He is a regular contributor to Ovum’s enterprise research, and provides analysis of industry, vendor, and product trends included emerging managed services such as SIP trunking, unified communications, VoIP, and complex managed services.Mike has over 27 years in the telecoms and internet services industry including executive positions at large carriers, CLEC, and a data center provider. Before joining Ovum, Mike was a consultant advising carriers, vendors, and enterprise customers on business development, marketing and go-to-market strategies. This included the development, introduction, and marketing of data and voice services such as Centrex, DSL, ISDN, and SMB integrated bundles. Mike was one of the first published authors to write about ISDN applications for IT personnel (Mastering ISDN by Sybex - 1997).Mike is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University (BBA & MBA) and Columbia University executive management program.