Alan Clark Ph.D., TMCnet VoIP Performance Management Columnist, founded Telchemy Incorporated in August 1999. Prior to Telchemy, Clark was the Chief Technical Officer at Hayes Corporation and played a key role in establishing industry-wide voice/data integration standards.
Dr. Clark is the inventor of the V.42bis data compression algorithm and the architect and editor of the V.58 network management standard. Published widely, he has nine granted and five patents pending and is recognized as a major authority in QoS and Packet Voice research and development.