Speakers List
Meet the speakers who presented during both of our virtual events in 2020 – the WGC Summer and Autumn Webinar Series. Interested in speaking at any of our future events? Click here to contact our Events team directly.
WGC Autumn Webinar Series 2020 Speakers
Bernard Herscovici
Founder & CEO, NetExperience
Blaz Vavpetic
Chief Technology Officer, Single Digits Inc.
Bob Friday
CTO & Co-Founder, Juniper Networks, Driven by Mist AI
Brian D. Jacks
CEO, WiConnect LLC
Bruno Tomas
Program Director, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Dr. Carlos Cordeiro
Wireless CTO, Intel Corporation
Chris Beg
Senior Mixed-Signal Architect, Cognitive Systems Corp.
Chris Bruce
Managing Director, GlobalReach Technology
Derek Peterson
CTO, Boingo Wireless
Doron Ezri
CTO Wi-Fi of Data Communication Product Line, Huawei
Eric McLaughlin
Vice President, Client Computing Group, General Manager Wireless Solutions Group, Intel Corporation
Irvind Ghai
Vice-President of Marketing, Wireless, Connectivity and Signal Process Division, ON Semiconductor
Jonas Björklund
CTO, Aptilo Networks
Malcolm Smith
Senior Technical Lead, Cisco
Manish Malhotra
Assistant Vice President, Intelligent LAN Product Management, AT&T Business
Matt MacPherson
Wireless CTO, Cisco
Michel Van Bellinghen
Incoming Chairman, Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC); Chairman of the Council, Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT)
Dr. Nicola Millard
Principal Innovation Partner, BT
Raj Gajwani
Director, Area 120, Google
Shantanu Kulkarni
Head of Network Software, STL
Tiago Rodrigues
CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Tuncay Cil
Chief Strategy Officer, ASSIA
Vijay Nagarajan
Vice President, Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division, Broadcom Inc.
William Webb
CEO, Webb Search
Yang Jie
Vice President, Campus Network Domain, Huawei Technologies
WGC Summer Webinar Series 2020 Speakers
Adlane Fellah
CEO, Maravedis LLC
Ajit Pai
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Bahar Sadeghi
Research Scientist, Intel Corporation
Bill McFarland
CTO, Plume Design
Bruno Tomas
Program Director, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Chris Beg
Senior Mixed-Signal Architect, Cognitive Systems Corp.
Chris Bruce
Managing Director, GlobalReach Technology
Chris Busch
Solution Engineering, Telecom Infra Project
Chris Rothey
VP Multifamily Product Solutions, Comcast
Dave Green
IT Manager, Mettis Aerospace
David Hutton
Chief Engineer, Telecom Infra Project
Derek Peterson
CTO, Boingo Wireless
Don Buchman
Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Aviation, Viasat, Inc.
Doug Lodder
SVP, General Manager of Carrier Services, Boingo Wireless
Edgar Figueroa
President & CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
Eilon Lotem
CTO & Co-Founder, SAM Seamless Network
Elton Ware
Sr. Director, Global Technology, Mcdonald's
Eric McLaughlin
Vice President, Client Computing Group, General Manager Wireless Solutions Group, Intel Corporation
Felipe Rangel
Wi-Fi and Devices Expert, Tigo - Millicom
Gabriel Desjardins
Director of Product Marketing, Broadcom
Greg Dorai
Vice President, Product Management & Strategy, Cisco
Irvind Ghai
Vice-President of Marketing, Wireless, Connectivity and Signal Process Division, ON Semiconductor
Jim Allison
Manager of Planning, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority/Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Johan Terve
VP Marketing, Aptilo Networks
JR Wilson
Chairman, WBA, and Vice President Tower Strategy & Roaming at AT&T
Karthik Swarnam
Vice President of Global Information Security, AT&T
Kishore Raja
VP Engineering and Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless
Koen Van Oost
Staff System Architect, AirTies
Lakshmi Thanayankizil
Wireless Connectivity Specialist, General Motors
Mark Grayson
Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Cisco
Mark Law
Director of Product Management, Boingo Wireless
Matt MacPherson
Wireless CTO, Cisco
Mikhail Minkovskiy
CTO, Maxima Telecom
Mohamed Raad
Project Manager, SDATAWAY
Necati Canpolat
Sr. Staff Architect, Intel
R. Page Heller
CEO, Endpoint Security
Raj Gajwani
Director, Area 120, Google
Randall Schwartz
Founder & Principal Consultant, Wireless 20/20
Shantanu Kulkarni
Head of Network Software, STL
Swalé Nunez
Head of B2B Developer Relations, Samsung
Tiago Rodrigues
CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance
Todd Zeiler
Assistant Vice President of Network Services, AT&T
Venkat Korvi
Head of Product, ZenKey
Xing Li
President of Campus Network Domain, Huawei
WGC 2019 Speakers
Adlane Fellah
CEO, Maravedis LLC
Agron Haxhimali
Executive Director of Association of Albanian Municipalities (AAM)
Al Jenkins
Co-Chairman, Connected City Advisory Board and former Deputy Commissioner of Telecoms for NYC
Dr. Alexander Lautz
Senior Vice President 5G, Deutsche Telekom
Angelos Mavridis
Senior Manager Wi-Fi Roaming, Deutsche Telekom
Asbjorn Christofferson
Vice President – Airline Connectivity Management, Inmarsat
Bart Brinckman
Director Engineering, Cisco
Ben Toner
General Manager - Mobility, Carnegie Technologies
Betty Cockrell
Director Product Management, BSG Wireless
Berge Ayvazian
Senior Analyst/Consultant, Wireless 20/20
Bill Williams
VP Global Sales, Purple
Cam Witt
Senior Marketing Manager, Wi-Fi Alliance
Carl Bedingfield
Lead Member, Technical Staff, AT&T Foundry
Carlos Sanchez Baena
Telco Service Manager, Fira Barcelona
Cédric Gonin
Senior Marketing Director Mobile Services, Orange
Chittabrata Ghosh
Wireless Systems Engineer, Intel
Brent Herd
Pacifica Partners, CEO & Founder
Chris Elliott
Managing Partner, Gaviota Partners
Chris Greco
Vice President, Business Development, Symantec
Chris Spencer
CTO, GlobalReach Technology
Chuck Lukaszewski
VP Wireless Strategy & Standards, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Claus Essmann
Associate Partner, Detecon
Corbett Gilliam
Corporate Development Manager, Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) Georgia Tech
Dan Harkness
CEO, Quantum Wireless
Darrell S. Haskin
Director of Flight Crew IT Systems, Delta Air Lines
Dave Green
IT Manager, Mettis Aerospace
David Stevenson
Chief Revenue Officer, ASSIA
Derek Peterson
CTO, Boingo Wireless
Edgar Figueroa
President & CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
Eric McLaughlin
Vice President, Client Computing Group, General Manager Wireless Solutions Group, Intel Corporation
Eric Schaefer
SVP and GM, Communications, Data and Mobility, Comcast Cable
Eric Sullender
VP Products, Eleven Software
Felix Wunderer
VP IoT Products & Services, T-Systems International GmbH
Finbarr Coghlan
CTO, Accuris Networks
Gabriel Desjardins
Director of Product Marketing, Broadcom
Dr. Gerhard Koch
CEO, Thought-X
João Barros
Founder & CEO, Veniam
JR Wilson
Chairman, WBA, and Vice President Tower Strategy & Roaming at AT&T
Kishore Raja
VP Engineering and Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless
Mark Grayson
Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Cisco
Necati Canpolat
Sr. Staff Architect, Intel
Steve Andrews
Chairman Luminet, NED Edgewater Wireless & WBA Board Advisor
Xing Li
President of Campus Network Domain, Huawei
