Events and Webinars

Richard Ejzak
Director, Corporate Standards
Alcatel-Lucent

Richard consults in the development of architecture and standards evolution plans for IP-based communications systems while currently focusing on WebRTC and the evolution of the PSTN.

Since joining AT&T in 1983, Richard has stayed with Lucent and then Alcatel-Lucent to the present, focusing primarily in wireless communications as systems engineer and then as a member of CTO. He has participated in multiple standards and industry organizations and has over 42 patents awarded, many of which are utilized in existing standards and products.

Richard has a PhD in CS from Northwestern University and a BSEE from the University of Michigan.

Carroll Gray-Preston
Senior Director, Technology and Planning
Office of the CTO
GENBAND

Carroll-Gray-Preston is responsible for leading the planning of GENBAND's technology strategy including management of standards and IPR development. With more than 20 years experience in real-time communications development, Carroll has a proven track record of successfully leading advanced technology initiatives to deliver products and solutions to meet customer needs across a global market. Prior to joining GENBAND, Carroll worked at Nortel, where she held a variety of leadership positions within Research and Development. Most recently, she was Director of Architecture for the Carrier VoIP and Applications Solutions business where she led development of voice and multimedia solution architecture for Fixed, Wireless, and Cable Service providers. Carroll holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate certificate from North Carolina State University, where she studied Computer Science.

Mike Nawrocki
Director
Wireline Standards
Verizon

Mike Nawrocki is Director – Wireline Standards in Verizon’s Network and Technology organization. He has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including technology development, network planning, engineering, and product evaluation. Mike’s current responsibilities at Verizon include standards strategy for video services, optical systems, cloud-based services, VoIP, network interconnection and in-home networks. Mike has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a MS degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University.

Brian Daly
Director
Core Network & Government/Regulatory Standards
AT&T Labs - Network Technologies

Brian K. Daly – Director, Core & Government/Regulatory Standards, manages the team responsible for the strategic standards engineering for the 3GPP evolved packet system, the IP multimedia subsystem, femto cells, machine-to-machine system, regulatory aspects including emergency services, CMAS, SMS to 9-1-1, and CALEA, homeland security, public safety broadband, PSTN transition standards, and wireless-wireline convergence. Brian has a working knowledge of wireless security standards, homeland security aspects including citizen-to-citizen, citizen-to-authority, and authority-to-citizen communications, and regulatory aspects including public safety/law enforcement requirements. Brian is an appointee to the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council and the Emergency Access Advisory Committee, and was part of the Commercial Mobile Alert Service Advisory Committee where he led the Communications Technology Group, and was active in the development of industry standards for CMAS. Brian is a member of the FCC’s Communication Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council working groups for Transition to NG-9-1-1 and Next Generation Alerting. He currently is Chair of the North American Fraud Forum and Security Group and Emergency Services Task Force under the GSM Association’s North American Regional Interest Group.

Brian holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University with an emphasis in electromagnetic engineering (antennas and microwaves) and communication systems.

Todd Humphreys
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
University of Texas at Austin

Todd E. Humphreys is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the UT Radionavigation Laboratory. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. He specializes in applying optimal estimation and signal processing techniques to problems in radionavigation. His recent focus is on radionavigation robustness and security.

Martin Nuss, Ph.D.
Vice President, Technology and Strategy and Chief Technology Officer
Vitesse Semiconductor

Martin Nuss joined Vitesse in November 2007 as Vice President, Technology and Strategy and Chief Technical Officer. With more than 20 years of technical and management experience. Mr. Nuss is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a member of IEEE and a member of the ATIS Board of Directors. Mr. Nuss holds a doctorate in applied physics from the Technical University in Munich, Germany.