Teresa Mastrangelo, a 28-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, recently joined Heavy Reading as a Senior Analyst.  She was previously the founder of Broadbandtrends – an independent analyst firm.  She is regarded as one of the leading analysts covering network transformation, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure and services, Smart Services as well as policy and customer experience management of these services. Prior to Broadbandtrends, Teresa held senior level product marketing and product management positions with, Cisco Systems, Advanced Fibre Communications (now part of Tellabs) and NEC America and started her career as a Telecommunication Engineer with Appalachian Power Company. Teresa was awarded her BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1987.  Post graduate work includes The Management Institute at Roanoke College as well as executive programs at Penn State University.