Carsten Rossenhövel is Managing Director and Co-Founder of EANTC AG (European Advanced Networking Test Center). Based in Berlin, Germany, EANTC is a test lab specializing in telecommunication technologies and offers vendor-neutral network testing services for manufacturers, service providers, and enterprise customers.   In this role, Carsten has over 20 years of experience in telecommunication networks testing and is responsible for EANTC's business development and marketing. His technical areas of expertise include Network Functions Virtualization and transport network solutions

Rami has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry as a technology leader. Throughout his career, Rami held various senior leadership positions in architecture, product strategy, and business development at NEC, Telco Systems, DragonWave, Axerra Networks, Carrier Access, and Paragon Networks. He also served as a member of many global standardization organizations such as MEF, BBF, ETSI, IETF, IEEE and ITU-T.   Currently Rami serves as an advisor/consultant in the area of technology, business development, product strategy, and knowledge delivery for SDN/NFV, SD-WAN, Security, Carrier Ethernet, MPLS and 5G.

Chalan Aras leads the SD-WAN, Secure Access and Intelligent traffic management product lines within Citrix Networking. His portfolio includes offerings for enterprise and service provider SD-WAN, enterprise security, cloud partnerships, SaaS and cloud performance, Workspace delivery, and traffic management solutions.   Chalan’s background includes significant general management and product leadership roles in leading technology companies in Silicon Valley. Chalan joined Citrix in 2012 from Cisco where he led the Enterprise Mobility (Wi-Fi) strategy as VP of Marketing for the Wireless Networking Business Unit. Prior to Cisco, Chalan was Acting GM and VP of Product Management for Polycom’s Voice Communications Solutions Division, and the VP of Marketing and Strategy at Ditech Networks, a Mobility and Interexchange carrier VoIP Platforms provider. He has held other senior marketing roles at various voice and video networking startups, and started his career at IBM.   Chalan received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from the North Carolina State University, and attained his MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has secured six U.S. patents and is fluent in Turkish and French.

Sunil founded Nuage Networks in 2013 with the goal of making networking as easily consumable as cloud compute and storage, starting with SDN in the data center and expanding to the WAN with the introduction of Virtualized Network Services (VNS) in 2014. Sunil has led the Nuage Networks business through 7 years of growth, winning numerous industry awards along the way and being recognized as an innovator and leader in SDN and SD-WAN.  Prior to Nuage Networks, Sunil led EMEA business development and global product management for the IP business at Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia). He was an early employee at TiMetra Networks (sold to Alcatel for $155m) and previously worked in product management and consulting engineering at Bay Networks and Nortel Networks. Sunil has co-authored and contributed to multiple IETF drafts, including VPLS and SDN, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.  He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in CIS.

As Global CTO, Nicolas Fischbach drives corporate level vision, defines the research agenda and pilots technology and architecture roadmaps which underpin Forcepoint’s human-centric cybersecurity solutions. He is responsible for company-wide innovation as well as Forcepoint Security Labs, and is instrumental in developing thought leadership for the brand. In addition, Nico leads the office of the CTO, pilots C-level engagements with chief security strategists and architects, and sponsors University R&D partnerships and Raytheon technology transfers.   Prior to this role, Nicolas led Forcepoint’s cloud-first transformation as the CTO for the company’s cloud security business, where he oversaw technical direction and innovation. Before joining Forcepoint, he spent 17 years at Colt, a global B2B service provider, starting as a senior network engineer and being ultimately responsible for company-wide strategy, architecture and innovation. Under his leadership Colt received significant industry awards as a SDN, NFV and telco transformation pioneer.

Dr Carl Windsor is Fortinet Field Chief Technology Officer having worked at Fortinet for 14 years and has a focus on SD-WAN, SASE and application security strategy.  Prior to working at Fortinet Carl ran managed service strategy in European Datacenter company TeleCity and holds a PhD in Computational Chemistry & Quantum Mechanics.

Kailem Anderson,

Kailem Anderson is Vice President of Portfolio and Engineering for Blue Planet. His responsibilities include global ownership of Blue Planet’s portfolio strategy, direction,development and introduction of new offerings in the areas of automation, orchestration, analytics, software, SaaS and global services.   Well-established in the networking industry for 20 years, Kailem has held various leadership positions at Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft, where he focused on introducing new technologies to market in the areas of networking, security, data center, automation and SaaS. Kailem holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA from the University of New South Wales and resides in Sydney, Australia.

Roy Chua is Founder and Principal at AvidThink, an independent research and advisory service formed in 2018 out of SDxCentral's research group. Prior to co-founding SDxCentral and running its research and product teams, Roy was a management consultant working with both Fortune 500 and startup technology companies on go-to-market and product consulting.  As an early proponent of the software-defined infrastructure movement, Roy is a frequent speaker at technology events in the telco and cloud space and a regular contributor to leading online publications. A graduate of UC Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer science program and MIT's Sloan School of Business, Roy has 20+ years of experience in telco and enterprise cloud computing, networking and security, including founding several Silicon Valley startups.

Eyal Webber-Zvik is Cato Networks' Senior Director of Product Marketing and Business Development. Previously, Eyal ran Cato’s product management organization where he helped build the Cato platform.  Eyal brings more than 20 years of experience in security and networking companies.

Dr. Ritesh Mukherjee, VP of Product management, leads Routing strategy at 128 Technology. His expertise includes routing and switching, Data center, Cloud, SDN/NFV, and IoT.  Prior to 128 Technology, Ritesh was Director of Network Solutions at Huawei leading the technical solutions team. At Huawei, he directed network solution sales in Canada, which encompasses leading sales strategy and solution development for all accounts. He also created business plans, technical solutions and go-to-market strategies for network products and was responsible for driving Cloud, SDN/NFV, M2M/IoT, C-RAN, and 4KTV architecture in the Canadian marketplace.  Prior to Huawei, Ritesh was Manager of Product Management at Cisco leading the software operating systems group. There, he drove routing, switching, video, cloud, data center, and SDN/NFV software features and enhancements on Cisco platforms.   Ritesh holds a PhD in Computer Science from Concordia University, Montreal.

Roy Chua is Founder and Principal at AvidThink, an independent research and advisory service formed in 2018 out of SDxCentral's research group. Prior to co-founding SDxCentral and running its research and product teams, Roy was a management consultant working with both Fortune 500 and startup technology companies on go-to-market and product consulting.  As an early proponent of the software-defined infrastructure movement, Roy is a frequent speaker at technology events in the telco and cloud space and a regular contributor to leading online publications. A graduate of UC Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer science program and MIT's Sloan School of Business, Roy has 20+ years of experience in telco and enterprise cloud computing, networking and security, including founding several Silicon Valley startups.

Hector Avalos has over 25 years of experience in the computing, networking and telecommunications industries. He currently holds the position of VP EMEA Sales and Business Development at Versa Networks. His current activities are focused on “virtual CPE”, “Software-Defined WAN” and “Software-Defined Security” solutions for Service Providers and Enterprises.   Prior to Versa, Hector worked 4 years at Ericsson as “Head of technology, architectures, solutions and strategy”, and 9 years at Juniper Networks as “Technical Director”.   Hector possesses a BSc. in Computing Science from ‘UDLA’ Mexico.

Amit Bareket is the Founder and CEO of Perimeter 81. Amit is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in system architecture and software development. He is the author of 8 patents issued by the USPTO for storage, mobile applications and user interface. Prior to Perimeter 81, Amit founded SaferVPN, sold in 2019 to J2 Global, and worked as a Software Engineer for major enterprises including IBM XIV Storage and BigBand Networks.  He served in the Israel Defense Force’s elite cyber intelligence unit (Unit 81) and graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

Tom Yin heads the Equinix SDN/NFV Business Development effort. Since joining Equinix in 2017, he led the launch of Equinix Network Edge Service. Prior to Equinix, Tom served in variety of leadership roles in sales, business development and technical sales at IBM-USA for 17 years, and prior to that was the Chief Wireless Architect of Optus (Australia Network Provider), during major infrastructure build-out following spectrum win.   Earlier in Tom’s career, he was a UNIX kernel developer focused on Inter-Process Communications, various network protocols and Telco’s Advance Intelligent Network (AIN) services.   Tom holds dual-degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Sydney, Australia.

Yishay Yovel directs Cato’s global marketing. Yishay was previously the Vice President, Marketing for Trusteer, a financial fraud and advanced malware protection company, acquired by IBM in 2013.   Prior to Trusteer, Yishay was Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Imperva. Yishay has over 25 years of experience in marketing and product management for enterprise software solutions in the areas of security, networking, fraud, storage, and mobile computing.

Amit Bareket is the Founder and CEO of Perimeter 81. Amit is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in system architecture and software development. He is the author of 8 patents issued by the USPTO for storage, mobile applications and user interface. Prior to Perimeter 81, Amit founded SaferVPN, sold in 2019 to J2 Global, and worked as a Software Engineer for major enterprises including IBM XIV Storage and BigBand Networks.  He served in the Israel Defense Force’s elite cyber intelligence unit (Unit 81) and graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

Glenn Williams is a Domain Specialist within the App Delivery and Security Organisation focused on delivery of the SD-WAN and SASE portfolio to Service Providers and Enterprise markets, with a decade of working with Service Providers   Glenn has gained significant experience working with customers to identify and address their true pain points in today’s ever changing ecosystem, to allow them to address their business challenges and accelerate their digital transformation journeys.

Michael Leonard is a product marketing manager for SD-WAN at VMware. He creates content so that potential customers can learn about the product. He has a background in networking including SD-WAN and WAN Optimization.   He has worked in the industry for over 20 years. VMware SD-WAN is the 8th market leading product that Michael has worked on in his career and it is his favorite.

Jeff Bradbury has over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions with both the IT and product management functions, and has led a variety of technology companies through successful high-growth phases.  Jeff is currently Senior Marketing Director at Hughes, a leading provider of fully managed SD-WAN and digital media services dedicated to transforming distributed organizations into better-connected, customer-focused enterprises. In this role, Jeff works across markets to understand customer needs, technology adoption trends, and the direction of digital transformation to ensure Hughes is ready with the solutions customers need to meet their business goals.

Klaus Majewski is a product management Principal at Forcepoint and holds a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the Helsinki University of Technology.   With more than 20 years of expertise in network security, his accumulated experience includes ethical hacking, security audits, Common Criteria certifications and product management of network security products. Klaus has authored a number of books and technical articles and is a frequent speaker at industry events across the globe.  His CISSP and CISA certificates are among the various other qualifications of his career.