Ali is responsible for working with Communications Service Providers and vendors who are looking to provide stateful Fault Tolerant and resilient Cloud Computing Software for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN). He brings over 20 years of carrier telephony, IP telephony, SS7, mobility, cloud computing and IT networking infrastructure experience, working for various high-tech start-ups and multinational companies. He is also an adjunct professor at Suffolk University’s and holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in physics.

Steve has over 25 years of experience of technology leadership across multiple industries, including networking, computing, telecommunication, and high-performance computing. Most recently, he has served as Chief Architect at Jabil Circuit and as Technical Advisor to the Siris Capital Group. As an entrepreneur Steve has worked in a number of start-ups including: Synernetics, Nexion and Paceline Systems, where he was the Founder and CTO, and whose technology was later acquired by Motorola. He has demonstrated the ability to act as a catalyst within highly talented teams towards the creation of innovative solutions incorporating emerging technologies (over 30 granted patents).

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Erik oversees the daily operation of TMCnet, which delivers news, information, videos, white papers, podcasts, and more to three million visitors each month. He is also a contributor to TMCnet as well as TMC’s IP Communications publications. Prior to joining the TMC team, several years ago, he was Managing Editor at Global Custodian, a global securities services publication, where he also managed the magazine’s survey research. Erik began his professional career at management consulting firm Leadership Research Institute.