Real Time Web Solutions

PKE Consulting LLC & UC Strategies.com

Phil Edholm is the President of PKE Consulting. PKE consults to end users and vendors in the communications and networking markets. Phil is the organizer of WebRTC World Conf & Expo, the global eco-system event for WebRTC. Phil Edholm has over 30 years experience in creating innovation and transformation in networking and communications. In his career, Phil has worked with all of the major vendors and with hundreds of large customers around the world. He is recognized as an industry expert in VoIP, networking for real-time usage, Unified Communications, and business models for technology adoption. Prior to founding PKE , he was Vice President of Technology Strategy and Innovation for Avaya. In this role, he was responsible for defining vision and strategic technology and the integration of the Nortel product portfolio into Avaya. He was responsible for portfolio architecture, standards activities, and User Experience. Prior to Avaya, he was CTO/CSO for the Nortel Enterprise business for 9 years. At Nortel, he led the development of VoIP solutions and multimedia communications as well as IP transport technology. His background includes extensive LAN and data communications experience, including 13 years with Silicon Valley start-ups.Phil is recognized as an industry leader and visionary. In 2007, he was recognized by Frost and Sullivan with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Growth, Innovation and Leadership in Telecommunications for dreating the VoIP industry. Phil is a widely sought speaker and has been in the VoiceCon/Enterprise Connect Great Debate three times. He has been recognized by the IEEE as the originator of “Edholm’s Law of Bandwidth” as published in July 2004 IEEE Spectrum magazine and as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications by Internet Telephony magazine. Phil was a member of the IEEE 802.3 standards committee, developed the first multi-protocol network interfaces, and was a founder of the Frame Relay Forum. Phil has 16 patents and holds a BSME/EE from Kettering University.

Plantronics

Jennifer Adams serves as the director, Enterprise Solutions Marketing. In this role she directs strategic marketing for enterprise business products and solutions globally, including traditional office headset solutions, unified communications and collaboration solutions. She also manages the Alliance Marketing team which works with the company’s major strategic alliance partners. Jennifer joined Plantronics in 2006, working in the home office division for three years until it was integrated into the enterprise division and her focus shifted to global enterprise product marketing. While at Plantronics, Jennifer launched the Plantronics Unified Communications Portfolio in 2010, which continues to be the largest growth segment for the company, and spearheaded strategic marketing initiatives including the globalization of a Virtual Collaboration sales and marketing program designed to provide richer engagement with customers in order to ease transitions around communication evolution.Prior to Plantronics Jennifer managed marketing at Celestron, a leading consumer optics manufacturer.Jennifer holds a BA, Public Relations from the Annenberg School of Journalism at University of Southern California.

AudioCodes

Eric Bauer, AudioCodes VP of Marketing and Business Development, is a resonating voice in the telecommunications industry. In this role, He oversees corporate marketing and communications for AudioCodes while managing strategic partnerships in North America. In his career he has held titles of Global Head of Product Marketing, Director of Unified Communications and Consulting Director. He also possesses a Bachelor’s Degree from Juniata College in Computer Science. His background, giving insight to the architecture behind various solutions, has catapulted his positioning as a leading industry voice through blogging, online presentations, and contributions to analyst and press interviews. Eric resides in Colorado with his wife and children where he can be found hiking or enjoying a Mets game in his free time. If you’d like to connect with Eric he’s happy to hear from readers on his blog at www.blog.audiocodes.com

OnSIP

John Riordan is the Cofounder and CTO of OnSIP, a cloud real-time communications provider that has served over 40,000 customers. John studied computer science and cognitive science at MIT in the late 80s. After spending a few years as a software engineer on Wall Street, he cofounded an ISP that was later acquired by RCN. He has since cofounded OnSIP in 2004, received an 2011 American Business Award for Management Team of the Year in Product Development, and been named a WebRTC Pioneer.

Daitan Group

Mr. Holt, CTO, Daitan Group brings 2 decades of accomplished product and technical expertise in information technologies including big data, analytics, cloud computing, social enterprise collaboration, unified communications, IT service management (ITSM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM). His Engineering and Computer Science degrees are from Leeds University.

Temasys Communications

Chip has over 25 years of experience with an international track record in leadership, general management, planning, product marketing and operations management. He was a Product Manager for Yahoo! Mail and Messenger (SEA) and has held senior roles in Digital Media, Healthcare, Consulting, Insurance and Financial Services with Yahoo!, International SOS, CapGemini, and others. He joined Temasys in 2014 as SVP Operations, was CEO from May 2014 to December 2015, and now holds responsibility for global marketing and public relations for Temasys. He holds a BA from DePauw University and earned an MBA from the University of Washington Foster School of Business.

MegaPath

Dan Foster is the President of Business Markets for MegaPath, where he is responsible for direct and indirect sales, sales operations, marketing and product development. Mr. Foster joined MegaPath in 2000, serving in key leadership roles through 2015. Prior to rejoining the company, Mr. Foster was the Chief Revenue Officer at Tuul, a SaaS software developer for mobile workflow communications services. Foster rejoined the company in June of 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and data communications industry.Mr. Foster has a strong background in growing successful companies and channel organizations. Before joining MegaPath, he was the CEO and President at Phoenix Networks. He also served as Vice President of Consumer Markets at Rhythms Net Connections. Mr. Foster received dual engineering and liberal arts degrees from Tufts University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s executive PMD program.

Blacc Spot Media

Lantre Barr is the Founder & CEO of Blacc Spot Media, a mobile and web development agency located in Atlanta, Ga focusing on the emerging technology, Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC). He founded the company with the goal of creating innovative solutions using new technologies that are centered around live audio and video capabilities in order to develop custom applications, enterprise platforms and mobile applications for a wide array of clients around the world. Lantre’s professional career path with emerging technology started through untraditional means. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Tuskegee University and holds a Master of Construction degree from Auburn University. During the economic downturn due to the housing crisis in 2008, Lantre found himself laid off with a bleak outlook on a promising career path. After experiencing 18 months of unemployment and without any job prospects on the horizon, Lantre decided to create an opportunity for himself in the software development world. He became a self-taught developer and upon mastering his newfound skill sets, he opened the doors to Blacc Spot Media in April 2011. Five years later, Blacc Spot Media has become one of the worlds leading development agencies that focus solely on WebRTC implementations for clients all over the world. Due to his unique and keen insight into all things WebRTC related, Lantre is touted as one of the premier thought leaders in his industry.