Telcos and Hyperscalers - together on the Edge

Insights from our survey that we will communicate include:

Speakers:

Jennifer Clark, Principal Analyst – Cloud Infrastructure & Edge Computing
Jennifer Pigg Clark is Principal Analyst with Heavy Reading covering Cloud Infrastructure and Edge Computing. Clark provides actionable insight into service provider evolution, examining the challenges and opportunities facing network operators as they move towards 5G and IoT with an increasingly virtualized and cloud native infrastructure. Clark examines the solutions and technology reshaping the telco data center, technologies such as Edge Computing, Open Source, OpenStack, container networking, Network Orchestration, Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and SD-WAN. Clark started her industry research career with the Yankee Group, which was acquired by 451 Research in 2013. She held the role of Sr. Vice President at Yankee Group. Prior to joining Yankee Group, Clark was Manager of Network Planning and Strategy for Wang Laboratories' corporate data network. She began her career at Wang with responsibility for the domestic and international roll-out of Wang's packet network, connecting more than 250 locations in 14 countries. Before joining Wang, she was a member of the IT research and development division of Commercial Union Insurance Companies. Clark is a highly regarded speaker at industry seminars and conferences and is frequently cited by the commercial and trade press. She has been a guest lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and is a member of the IEEE. She holds a B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College.

Jean-Philippe Goyet, Outbound Product Manager, Telco, Google Cloud
Jean-Philippe Goyet is Outbound Product Manager for Telco at Google Cloud. Prior to joining Google Cloud, Jean-Philippe served as Director of Product Marketing and Solutions - Telco Edge & Cloud at VMware and has extensive experience working across start-ups and Fortune 500 companies launching new solutions.

Per Kangru, Director of Strategy and Technologist, CTO & CSO office, VIAVI Solutions
For more than 20 years, Per has been engaged at the forefront of the Telecom evolution, driving innovation with a focus on Operators and Equipment Vendors developing, deploying and operating 3G, 4G and 5G networks. Per has been an active participant in industry forums and standardization organizations ( ETSI, NGMN, TM-Forum, QuEST / TIA, LSTI, O-RAN Alliance, 5G-ACIA, 5GAA, etc.)  over the years, contributing to the development of new methodologies and solutions that allow vendors and operators to better develop and deliver innovative new services.

Most recently, Per has been engaged in the ETSI ZSM ISG and the evolution to the Fully Autonomous network. This includes Zero Touch Service Assurance in, and the development of, AIOps capability linking all of Day 0 to Day 2 into a fully automated framework for both Green and Brownfield scenarios.

Over the years, Per has been a co-author of several books on 4G and 5G, a single innovator on several patents, incubated and developed several new product lines, been involved in M&A transactions, and developed partnerships with industry players.

Per is based in Sweden and when he does not think about technology, enjoys downhill skiing and cooking. Per studied Atom Physics at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Ravi Vaidyanathan, Global Head of Hyperscale Cloud Providers & Social Platforms, Ericsson
Ravi is responsible for Ericsson's global Hyperscale Cloud Provider (HCP) business & partnerships, driving sales of Ericsson’s leading portfolio of telecom products and services, as well as developing strategic alliances & partnerships to develop differentiated 5G solutions for the Service Provider and Enterprise markets. An accomplished industry executive with over 20 years of experience and an author of multiple peer-reviewed papers and patents, Ravi’s past roles range from leading research and technology teams, new product innovation, product and portfolio management to pre-sales and business development.

Muneyb Minhazuddin, VP & GM Software Product Management, NEX