November 10, 2009, Washington, DC – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced today that John Donovan, AT&T CTO, has been re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. Donovan has held the Chairmanship since January 2009. The Board also re-elected Nick Adamo, Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems, as First Vice Chairman and Mark Wegleitner, Senior Vice President of Verizon, as Second Vice Chairman. Newly elected as Board Secretary was Qwest’s CTO, Pieter Poll.

In addition to electing Officers, the Board also elected Alcatel-Lucent’s CTO, Paul Mankiewich, as Chairman of ATIS’ Technology and Operations (TOPS) Council. In this role, Mankiewich will lead the Council’s focus on the industry’s business-driven priorities. Mankiewich succeeds Pieter Poll in this role.

ATIS welcomes the following new board members: Kuntal Chowdhury, Vice President of Standards and Technology at Starent Networks; and John Shelnutt, Goodman Networks’ Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development. The following Board members have been re-elected for another term: Terry Metze, Spirit Telecom’s Vice President of Business Development; Rich McBee, President of Tektronix; and Lonnie Martin, Positron’s Vice President of North American Sales.

“ATIS’ Board comprises the industry’s top technology and operations thought leaders,” said Susan Miller, ATIS' President and CEO. “I look forward to working with newly-elected and returning officers and board members over the coming year.”

About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 20 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Home Networking, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org.