As VP of Marketing for Alvarion Ltd., Ashish provides leadership for Alvarion’s corporate marketing and public relations efforts worldwide, serving as company spokesperson. Ashish is very active within the WiMAX industry, playing a prominent role within the WiMAX Forum Marketing Working Group. He was instrumental in the development of the WiMAX industry during its infancy, and has continued to contribute to its growth by leading key activities with Alvarion and the WiMAX Forum.

Ashish’s past experience covers a broad spectrum of roles in business development, marketing, strategy and engineering. Prior to joining Alvarion, he served as a director in multiple key roles for Ericsson and helped grow the company’s business in several key regions. Prior to Ericsson, Ashish was with Qualcomm, where he helped to develop some of the early CDMA systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of District of Columbia, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University and a Masters of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Kurt Schaubach, NRTC’s vice president of Broadband Technologies, develops the direction of NRTC’s broadband strategy, including the successful deployment of 4G technologies with members, spectrum management, and ensuring that NRTC offers the latest Internet and communications solutions to meet member needs.

Kurt has more than 19 years of experience in the wireless industry and 11 years of experience in senior engineering positions. This experience includes communications network design, deployment, operation and advanced technology development.

Kurt was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering at NextWave Wireless, Inc. During Kurt’s tenure, NextWave became an early provider of WiMAX products and services. Prior to joining NextWave, Kurt provided consulting services to numerous clients, including SKT/Korea Mobile Telecom, QUALCOMM, and Nextel Communications. He started his career with Southwestern Bell Technology Resources.

Kurt earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Carl Ford is Co-Founder of Crossfire Media focused on the impact of communication technology on consumers and industry. Carl has been highlighting the key initiatives around the advances of the Commercial Internet since the beginning. From developing Product and service strategies to moderating meetings at ETSI, Carl’s 20+ years have always focused on the impact that service cost, regulatory and marketing issues have in rolling out new services.

As a community developer for Pulvermedia, Carl developed all of the VON Conference content. As an integral part of the IP Communications community, Carl has been instrumental in helping develop various trade organizations and has advised many companies on both strategic and technical issues to satisfy the needs of these company’s customers.