Network Virtualization & SDN Americas 2019 | Informa | 17 September 2019 | Dallas Marriott Las Colinas, 223 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, TX 75039, USA

Hot topics include automation from service assurance to security enforcement, the rapid development of innovative services and successful monetization of the cloud by CSPs. Join us in Texas to learn, network and connect with North America's virtualization experts.

2019 Speakers

Josh Goodell
Vice President, Edge Solutions, AT&T

Amy LaFebre
Director of Technology, Commercial Data Systems, Verizon

Wadah Ely
GM of the Networks & Cloud Connectivity, Bell Canada

Edward Fox
CTO, MetTel

John Isch
Practice Director - Network and Voice Center of Excellence, Orange Business Services

Kevin McBride
Principal Architect, SDN & NFV Technologies, CenturyLink

Bryce Mitchell
Director of NFV, Cloud, Innovation Labs & Support Networks, Telus

David Hughes
VP, IP Engineering, PCCW Global

Kazi Ahmed
Director of Technology, Verizon Wireless

Vineet Anshuman
SME- Next-generation Networks Practice, TCTS

Joe Baeumel
VP, Business Development, KGPCo

Alessandro Barbieri
Vice President, Product Management, Pluribus Networks

Rodrigo Beyer
Head of Portfolio & Offering, business area managed services, Ericsson

Jason Brummal
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon

Eric can Vliet
Business Development Manager, Advantech

Mike Capuano
CMO, Pluribus Networks

Caroline Chan
VP Data Center Group, GM Network Business Incubator Division, Intel

Christina Cheng
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Mobility, AT&T Business

Vibha Chhatwal
Manager, Network Sales Engineering, Fujitsu

Rupesh Chokshi
Assistant Vice President, Edge Solutions Product Marketing Management, AT&T Business

Jennifer Clark
Principal Analyst, Cloud Infrastructure and Edge Computing, Heavy Reading

Tim Danks
VP Risk Management & Partner Relations, Huawei

Michael Dennis
Business Development Leader, Cisco Cloud Security, Cisco

Jordan Dukes
Global Network Edge Practice Lead, Equinix

Bob Everson
Global Director, Mobility and 5G, Cisco

Mike Frane
Vice President of Product Management for SD-WAN, Windstream Enterprise

Sven Freudenfeld
CTO - Telecom Applications, Lanner

Jason Gadsby
Assistant Vice President, Product Management - Edge Solutions, AT&T Business

James Greene
Global Director, Mobility and 5G, Intel Corporation

Phil Harvey
US News Editor, Light Reading

Mike Heffner
Vice President Product Line Management Edge Cloud, ADVA

Jim Hodges
Chief Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading

Rajat Jain
Senior Solutions Architect, Mirantis

Prajakta Joshi
Senior Product Manager and Telco Networking Lead, Google Cloud

Martyn Lambert
Chief Marketing Officer, Zephyrtel

Steve Marsh
CTO, North America, Intraway

Rajesh Mishra
Founder, President, and CTO, Parallel Wireless

Vasile Nedelcu
Global Service Portfolio Director - MS IT & ADM Portfolio and Offering, Ericsson

Mats Nordlund
Founder & CEO, Netrounds

Bejoy Pankajakshan
EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Mavenir

Satya Parimi
Group Vice President, Data and Navisite, Spectrum Enterprise

Lisa Partridge
Director, Data/Video/Voice Product Marketing, Frontier Communications

Prayson Pate
Chief Technology Officer of Edge Cloud, ADVA

Sterling Perrin
Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading

Dilip Pillaipakam
VP, Service Provider Business, Infoblox

Hans Raj Nahata
Director: Strategy & Technology Architecture, Verizon Communications

Kishore Raja
Vice President, Engineering Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless

Marcus Rebelo
Director of Sales Engineering, Resolve

Christina Rodriguez
Vice President Data Center Group General Manager Wireless Access Network Division, Intel

Sue Rudd
Director, Strategy Analytics

Vikram Saksena
Chief Solutions Architect, Office of the CTO, NetScout

Anil Simlot
VP of Virtual Services Development & Support, CenturyLink

Gary Sockrider
Director, Security Technologists, NETSCOUT

Nurit Sprecher
Vice Chair, ETSI ISG ZSM, ETSI ISG ZSM

Sanjay Srinivasan
Vice President and Chief Architect, Vonage

Natasha Tamaskar
Vice President Global Marketing & Sales Strategy, Radisys

Sandro Tavares
Head of Mobile Networks Marketing, Nokia Networks

Dashella Taylor
Director, Optical Business Unit, Fujitsu

Mitch Wagner
Executive Editor, Light Reading

Ray Watson
Vice President, Global Technology, Masergy

Ofer Weill
Director of Product Marketing, Drivenets

Rami Yaron
Co-chair, Marketing and Education Committee, MEF

Tom Yin
Senior Business Development Manager, Equinix

Kelsey Ziser
Editor, Upskill U & Senior Editor, Light Reading

2019 Sponsors, Partners and Exhibitors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Huawei

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• Ericsson

SUPER PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• NETSCOUT
Xilinx

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• ADVA
• Drivenets
• Pluribus
• Resolve
• Tata Communications & Transformation Services

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Cisco Umbrella
• Infoblox
• Intraway
• Lanner
• Mirantis
• Netrounds
• Telco Systems
• Wave2Wave
• Radisys

EXHIBITORS:
• Altran
• Advantech
• KGPCo
• RAD
• Utimaco

PARTNER SUMMIT SPONSOR:
• Intel

WOMEN IN COMMS BREAKFAST SPONSOR:
• Fujitsu

BREAKFAST BRIEFING SPONSOR:
• Zephertyl

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Telecom Reseller
• Telco Professionals
• Infocom
• Telecom Engine
• Light Reading
• Ovum
• Tractica
• The Fast Mode
• Heavy Reading
• telecoms.com
• Vanilla Plus

ENDORSING ASSOCIATION:
• ETSI