Ravi Agarwal is CEO of groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of private label SaaS solutions. Recognizing a need in the SMB market for affordable, enterprise-class messaging services, Agarwal is redefining how SMBs communicate in the global market. Previously, Agarwal served as CEO with Boston-based Argus Care – a provider of outsourced IT support for SMBs. Before that, he founded BizLand, Inc. – a website hosting company with over 200,000 small business customers today. Agarwal has spoken at numerous business/technology conferences as well as guest lectured at the business schools at Boston University, Boston College and Babson College.

Chalan Aras is vice president of marketing for Polycom’s voice communications division. Aras came to Polycom from Ditech Networks where he was vice president of marketing, product management and strategy. Prior to Ditech Networks, Aras also served as vice president of marketing and product management at Jetstream Communications and as the director of PLM for all video products at First Virtual Corp. Aras holds an MBA from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, a Ph.D. in computer engineering from North Carolina State University, and is the recipient of five patents.

Dorian Banks is an entrepreneur with extensive experience providing technology leadership to businesses around the world. He established AirCelerator Wireless in 2001 and within three years led the company to become the Lower Mainland’s largest wireless Internet service provider. He then merged AirCelerator Wireless with Universco Broadband to form MetroBridge Networks. Prior to starting AirCelerator, Dorian was founder and CEO of MyCash in Zurich, Switzerland, creating a system that enabled global, cross-currency money transfer via mobile phone. Dorian is a Director at Backbone Systems and NetFone, and has acted as an advisor and mentor to other entrepreneurs

Mark Bayliss, Founder and CEO Mr. Bayliss (48) Among his accomplishments are Director and founding member Of Vispa (Virginia Isp Association). Mark has spoken at many events about the future Broadband technology. One of the key speakers at the USA IPv6 summits. Mr Bayliss has spoken twice before congress. Mark has spoken at the White House to the presidents committee on e-commerce, and has spoken at McGraw hill conference on Home land security, the World Future society. Mark has been a featured speaker at 8 consecutive ISPCONs . Mr Bayliss is a successful businessman, owning both an ISP in Winchester, Virginia and a rapidly growing dedicated server Rental/hosting Company that has expanded to over forty countries worldwide. With a wireless Internet deploment covering 4 states.

Scott oversees new product development. He was recognized as one of the “Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40” by Utah Valley Magazine. He has assembled a strong team that has successfully developed cutting-edge, enhanced telecom products utilizing IP telephony technology. Prior to Alianza, Scott was the CTO of Beeline Long Distance where he managed all technical development and support operations. He attended Utah Valley University where he received a B.S. in Accounting.

Stefano is responsible for the development and management of Outblaze in the U.S. He is in charge of establishing strategies for the growth and maintenance of new businesses. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Stefano also manages Sales, Marketing, and Account Management. Stefano joined Outblaze in May 2002, bringing with him 10 years of experience in the service industry, with the last four in the Internet e-mail business. Prior to joining Outblaze, Stefano was Senior Director at Easylink Services Corporation (formerly Mail.com, Inc.), where he was responsible for managing the company's consumer services business.

Elizabeth Bowles is President and General Counsel of Aristotle Inc., a nationally-recognized Internet, Email, and Application Service Provider as well as an award-winning web design and interactive media firm. Her leadership enabled the company to expand its service area in 2003 to cover all 50 states and to develop new server-based email and application hosting technologies. In 2006, Aristotle expanded again to offer broadband wireless Internet access in the greater Little Rock, Arkansas, area and surrounding communities. Aristotle’s commitment to providing the highest quality of Internet technologies and customer service, combined with Elizabeth’s strong anti-spam stance, have made Aristotle a nationally-recognized leader in the fight against spam and spyware. Elizabeth is a proven leader in Internet security education, chairing several American Bar Association anti-spam and anti-spyware/malware sub-committees. As a technology and legal expert, Elizabeth is a consultant and keynote speaker and has appeared on regional and national news and talk shows. Elizabeth graduated summa cum laude (4.0/4.0 G.P.A.) with a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1989. Elizabeth went on to receive her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1993, where she was first in her class. She graduated Order of the Coif and was awarded the Founder’s Medal for the Class of 1993. Elizabeth received the top score on the Arkansas Bar Exam in 1993. After receiving her law degree, Elizabeth clerked for Richard S. Arnold, then Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Following her judicial clerkship, she was an attorney with the Washington, D.C. law firm Arnold & Porter, where she practiced in the fields of intellectual property and commercial litigation with an emphasis on international and technology law. Elizabeth is licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C. and the State of Arkansas, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States and a number of U.S. Courts of Appeals. Elizabeth currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband and daughter. She is an active member of the Little Rock community, serving on a number of boards for community and charitable organizations.

Jack Brandt works for a prominent global Internet Services organization. He has extensive experience helping organizations serve their customers more profitably and effectively. He helps organizations looking for a better way to address their customers needs and requirements. His experience is both direct with small and medium size businesses and with large enterprises providing them with Internet solutions that can help them achieve their goals online. Jack’s “Small Business Chronicles” are meant to be after thought content, rather, “in addition to” or “I should look into that” information as Jack believes the SMB or service provider should see it.

Dennis Burgess has been a consultant for over 12 years. Starting with business’s and moving into WAN Environments very quickly, he moved from consulting company to the next. In 2001 he started 2K Wireless, this WISP has successfully operated since then just south of St. Louis, MO. This business, introduced him to the Mikrotik RouterOS platform. Over the next few years, 2K Wireless grew, becoming a WISPA Member. Dennis was and still is heavily involved in various e-mail mailing lists to help and support WISP operators around the US. Last year, Dennis Burgess started a new company, one unlike any other. Link Technologies, Inc is a company dedicated to supporting WISPs all over the world, as well as fully supporting Mikrotik RouterOS Deployments. The first of its kind, this company is a full time consulting company for large and small WISP operations. Supporting over 100 WISP operations around the world, Link Technologies, Inc, is one of the worlds largest WISP Consulting Companies.

Over 13 years ago, Mr. Caldwell left college to pursue his vision of building a world-class Internet company. A young entrepeneur at the time, he focused his managerial skills and strong leadership abilities on efforts that made ServInt flourish as a company and a community presence. Caldwell was one of the Industry's earliest pioneers of the Dedicated Server, but had the foresight to adapt ServInt's offerings as the Industry changed. His leadership and his penchant for product innovation have made ServInt one of the largest and most successful Virtual Private Server (VPS) providers in the hosting Industry. Today, Caldwell manages ServInt's product development strategies, using his vision to direct ServInt's ongoing growth.

Bob Carson represents public companies, privately held businesses, and individuals in complex commercial litigation, having tried numerous jury and non-jury lawsuits and arbitrations, in state and federal courts in Illinois and other jurisdictions. He has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation. Bob defends business owners in shareholder and partnership litigation, real estate developers and contractors in construction and other disputes, and represents entrepreneurs in their litigation needs. Bob also defends product liability, intellectual property and other complex tort litigation in a variety of industries.

Stephen Coran is a partner with the law firm Rini Coran PC. His practice focuses on the representation of fixed wireless, mobile wireless and satellite clients, serving their transactional, strategic, licensing and operating needs. Steve has extensive experience in negotiating complex, multi-party transactions for the purchase, sale and financing of established and start-up communications businesses. He has represented rural telecommunications cooperative before federal and state agencies and Congress in successfully opposing major satellite merger and in proceedings before the FCC involving the 2.5 GHz band. Steve also has represented financial institutions and carriers in connection with public and private investment offerings. He has represented multi-national telecommunications company and other public and private companies in numerous acquisitions of 2.5 GHz wireless systems for the deployment of competitive video and broadband services. Steve is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia and is admitted to the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on a wide variety of regulatory, legislative and communications industry issues.

Paul Engels has served as Hostopia's EVP and CMO since November 2005. Mr. Engels has a 20-year background in senior sales, marketing and product management roles in leading technology and Internet-related businesses. Paul is a well-known and accomplished industry commentator, speaker, panelist and contributing editor who has addressed large audiences at ISPCON, HostingCon, the USTA and others. Paul's communications style is dynamic and engaging combining deep industry knowledge and experience with an energetic style that promises to be provocative without confrontation. Speaker reviews always exceed 4.0/5 with requests for follow up sessions.

Mr. Erhartic founded Lynchburg.net, a Virginia-based ISP, in 1996 and has successfully grown the company, now publicly-traded and re-branded as Sitestar (OTCBB: SYTE), into one of the most profitable ISPs in the United States. An entrepreneur, Mr. Erhartic formed his first company, a software development and computer retail firm, while still in high school. In response to the growing market demand for online connectivity, he later started the ISP. Having achieved critical mass locally, Mr. Erhartic initially began expanding his customer base by acquiring other local ISPs and those in surrounding markets. Under his leadership, Sitestar weathered the burst of the dot-com bubble by focusing on high-margin services within under-served markets and by streamlining operational expenses. Mr. Erhartic has continued to aggressively expand Sitestar’s customer base and increase revenue by extending the scope of the company’s acquisition strategy to include areas throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has led dozens of transactions including the purchase of companies or customers from such companies as Velocitus/IDACOMM, NetRover, First Net, Nationwide, InReach and DFW Internet. Today, Sitestar remains a highly active participant in M&A and delivers consumer and business-grade Internet access, Web hosting and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to tens of thousands of customers. Mr. Erhartic is a graduate of Virginia Tech with degrees in both Management and Finance.

Michael Erskine is a graduate of Texas A&M University (Commerce Campus), with a degree in Computer Science (emphasis in micro-computer systems programming). Erskine was a member of the U.S. Army for eleven years until he was medically discharged in the line of duty in 1983. In the Army Michael was a Korean linguist and COMINT analyst. After his discharge, Erskine went to work for E-Systems as a Systems/Software Engineer and spent time contracting into the "black" world working counter-narcotics/counter-terrorism. After E-Systems Michael worked for PRC and then TRACOR (Vitro Corp.) Today Erskine works at an ISP and he freely admits that running this ISP is every bit as demanding as anything he's ever done previously!

Siamak Farah is the founder and CEO of InfoStreet, a leading provider of IT & Productivity Software as a Service (SaaS). Active in its day-to-day management, Siamak has assembled and leads a seasoned team of industry professionals at InfoStreet. By employing a business philosophy that focuses first on solving business problems and second on applying appropriate technologies to those solutions, he has enabled flourishing businesses for both InfoStreet and its clients. As president of a small publicly listed software development firm and the chief operating officer of another, Siamak has extensive small business management knowledge. This, combined with years of experience starting his career as a software developer, places him in the unique position of having hands-on knowledge of technical, marketing and management issues; the very combination required for the creation of successful online suite of business software. Prior to founding InfoStreet in 1994, Siamak worked at NeXT Computer side-by-side industry visionaries the likes of Steve Jobs. During his six years at NeXT, his responsibilities grew from technical sales and marketing to district sales management. Before joining NeXT, Siamak was the Chief Operating Officer of Microstat Development Corporation. During his two years at Microstat, he was responsible for the day-to-day operation of this publicly listed R&D firm. Siamak began his career at Vertigo Systems International. During his time at Vertigo, he was instrumental in its growth from a startup with just six people to a full-fledged business employing over 70 individuals. Having been in the industry for more than 20 years Siamak has striven to include a cutting edge technological vision in his work. As evidence, Siamak has been and continues to be active in the envisioning and creation of forefront technology. 3D-animation, Internet technology, and object-oriented programming, and Software as a Service are just a few leading edge technologies to which Siamak has actively contributed. A member of the Society of Industry Leaders, Siamak is a frequent speaker at conferences that focus on the Internet and SaaS such as ISPCON, INBOX: The Messaging Industry Event, the Layered Technologies Pact conference and more.

Over 20 years of proven, diverse senior managerial experience, Robert has been on the leading edge of understanding and operationalizing technologies that positively impact the way that business is conducted and how people connect, communicate and collaborate. He is widely considered an industry thought leader in the exciting and rapidly evolving field of Wireless Broadband. On a broader basis, his areas of expertise span: • Strategic Communications • Business Management • Information Technology • eBusiness • Prevailing and emerging wireless broadband technologies • Emerging industry trends involving disruptive high technologies, with emphasis on Internet connectivity

Cleversafe's technology vision is led by Chris Gladwin, who has created and managed a series of successful new technology companies. As the founding Chairman, President and CEO of MusicNow (initially known as FullAudio), Chris built the company to 100,000 customers before its acquisition by Circuit City. MusicNow, whose venture financing was led by New Enterprise Associates, provided digital music services that were marketed by distribution partners that included Best Buy, Clear Channel, Microsoft, SBC, Charter Communications and Earthlink. Prior to MusicNow, Chris invented the wireless thin client and then was the founding Chairman, President and CEO of Cruise Technologies which became the dominant supplier of wireless thin client technology. Cruise Technologies, whose venture financing was led by Battery Ventures, provided wireless thin clients that were marketed by distribution partners that included Motorola, IBM, Wyse, Telos and Zenith Data Systems. Chris is an inventor on over 30 issued and pending patents related to wireless remote interface and Internet service technology. Chris’s work has been consistently recognized by 16 industry awards for the products, services and companies he has created.

Goldman was a technical writer at ABE Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, preparing manuals for cellular phones and other equipment during the transition from analog to digital technologies. He returned to the U.S. and edited for Simon & Schuster before joining ISP-Planet. Goldman is a member of the advisory board of ISPCON.

Mr. Harnish has been an entrepreneur throughout his 26-year business career. In 1995, he invested in Supernova Systems, Inc., which started a local dial-up ISP service in Bluffton, Indiana shortly thereafter. Mr. Harnish initially took on a secondary role in this company as it grew into a full service ISP. Supernova has made acquisitions in the web hosting industry and the dial-up industry and has developed partnership relationships with SBC, Sprint, Nextel, Verizon, Dish Network, and Lightyear Communications. In 1997, Supernova’s subsidiary, OnlyInternet, became one of the first wireless ISPs in the country. Mr. Harnish began full time employment with Supernova in January, 2000 and took the lead in broadband deployment and sales. Since that time, OnlyInternet has installed over 100 base stations in a coverage area that spans 17 counties in Indiana and two counties in Ohio. He has helped seven other WISPs get started and continue to operate through a “virtual WISP” program.

Mr. Harnish has also been very active as a Founding Board Member of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association. He has worked with the Indiana Department of Commerce in the formation of a State Broadband Plan, and has held the co-chairman position for the Indiana High-Speed Broadband Technology Committee. Recently, Mr. Harnish organized a statewide meeting for operating WISPs to interface with state government officials and each other so that they can enhance their business models by working together. Additional meetings are scheduled in the upcoming months. He has presented at WISPNOG, ISPCON and WINOG and has participated in the Software Defined Radio Forum meetings in Washington DC, Progress Freedom Foundation meeting in Aspen and most recently the Digital Cities Convention in Chicago. Before entering the telecommunications field, Mr. Harnish owned and managed a large farming enterprise in Northern Indiana. Mr. Harnish earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Purdue University.

As Chief Strategy Officer of Perimeter, Doug is responsible for the Mergers & Acquisition and the Service Strategy for the Company. In addition, he is the President of USA.NET which is wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter. Prior to joining Perimeter, he served as COO of BT Counterpane where he was responsible for the business's ongoing operations. He led a team responsible for the development, implementation, operations, and marketing of BT Counterpane's product and service line. Earlier he served as Vice President of Security and Business Continuity for AT&T Corp. There, Doug formed an organization that developed and launched new security services for each of the company's business lines of service - commercial, government, wholesale - as well providing direction for the business continuity practice that delivered solutions for AT&T and its clients. Doug started his career in the US Air Force working under the direct command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. After the military, he moved into the private sector and held positions in sales, operations, engineering, product management and business development for companies such as Sprint, FLAG Telecom, Telenet, and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He founded Technology Research International, Inc. in 1989, which was purchased by NBC Broadcasting in 1991. He is currently a member of IEEE, AHIMA, and the IATF Forum.

Ginny Hutchinson has successfully led companies through dramatic growth and rapid change in large and small corporate environments. She has chief marketing officer experience in both the telecom and technology sectors in the U.S. and Europe. Most recently, Ginny was the CMO of Travelport, A Cendant Company, a corporate travel solutions company used by 60 of the Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Travelport, she was chief marketing officer for iobox, a mobile entertainment company offering mobile content and services across Europe. Ginny holds a BA from the University of Washington, and has also attended executive management training at Wharton School of Business.

Alan P. Jacubenta, “AJ” is the president of Mango Bay Internet. A 1994 graduate of Cleveland State University with a bachelor of arts in political and computer science, Alan assisted Senator John Glenn establish a presence on the World Wide Web in 1994. He went on to work a local manufacturing company where he was a software technician, network engineer and technical support department manager. In 1997, he started his own company, connecting businesses and individuals to the Internet. Today, Mango Bay Internet is as a premier website design firm and Internet service provider offering services internationally. Alan strives on the ever-changing industry that continually forces companies like his to evolve. As a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, he uses his business expertise and technical knowledge to become a CEO to CEO consultant and has successfully implemented a managed services offering to his customers. Alan is listed on Crain’s Cleveland Business “Who’s Who in Technology” and is also a freelance writer for Crain's Cleveland Business On-Line.

Rohan Jayasekera started working in the online services industry in the late 1970s. In 1995 he co-founded Sympatico, Canada's largest Internet service, and in early 2008 he joined Tucows to help make email dependable and non-irritating once again. He has a degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo.

Richard Jimmerson is Chief Information Officer of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). Richard has ten years of experience managing global Internet number resources. He managed ARIN's registration services operation and served as Director of Operations and then Director of External Relations before taking his current position to better concentrate on coordination issues that face the Regional Internet Registry system today. Prior to joining ARIN, Richard managed information systems for medical equipment providers and the Unites States government.

Doug Johnson manages Parallels Inc. virtualization, billing, and hosting automation products. Frequent industry and customer contact has provided him with an understanding of hosting market requirements. Mr. Johnson complements this broad understanding of the market with an understanding of the software which powers the hosting industry through frequent contact with Microsoft and Linux developers. Prior to working at Parallels, he gained 10 years of marketing and sales experience working in the security software and telecommunications fields. Mr. Johnson has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

David Koretz is a serial entrepreneur who had founded four companies by the age of 26. His most recent venture is BlueTie, Inc., founded in March 1999, where he serves as President and CEO, and is responsible for the company’s vision, strategy, and growth. Under the leadership of Mr. Koretz, BlueTie has received industry accolades including being named a Forbes Magazine “Best of the Web” company in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and was recently selected as a 2008 winner of AlwaysOn’s OnMedia Top 100 award. Mr. Koretz is a highly regarded speaker whose unique high-energy style has informed and entertained audiences around the world.

Matt Larsen has been deploying wireless infrastructure for ISP operations since early 2000 and is experienced in the design of data networks, NOC operations, wireless deployments, voice over IP implementation, business development and overall management of ISP operations.

In 1995, Larsen was part of the volunteer group that launched FortNet, the first ISP in Fort Collins, Colorado. After moving to Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1997, he started Scottsbluff Networx, an ISP that provided competitive dialup Internet access in the Panhandle of Western Nebraska. Scottsbluff Networx was the first non-ILEC company to offer DSL in Nebraska, turning its first DSL customers on in the summer of 1998, and later gained CLEC status in the state of Nebraska. Frustrated with the bureaucracy of dealing with the phone companies to deliver DSL service, Matt turned to wireless as an alternate way to deliver high speed Internet to his customers. In February 2000, Scottsbluff Networx started offering wireless broadband access in to several towns in the Nebraska Panhandle, bypassing the phone companies completely.

In November 2000, Larsen sold Scottsbluff Networx to Airwave Wireless, a company that held LMDS and cellular licenses for the Scottsbluff area. From November 2000 through October 2003, Larsen worked on ISP operations for Airwave, and concentrated on business development and the deployment of unlicensed wireless broadband systems.

In October 2003, Larsen left Airwave to pursue opportunities in wireless broadband access and established Vistabeam. Vistabeam has deployed wireless broadband systems covering 40,000 square miles and maintains 500 miles of wireless backbone across Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Matt Larsen is one of the innovators in the wireless broadband industry and has been featured in the Washington Post and Wireless Tech Radio. Matt has also been a speaker at WISPCON, ISPCON, EC-Expo, FCC Wireless Broadband Access Task Force and for the Tom Osborne leadership programs; received the 1999 Visionary Rising Star Award from the Scottsbluff/Gering Chamber of Commerce; received the WISP Consultant of the Year Award at the Spring 2004 WISPCON and serves on the Board of Directors for WISPA, the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association.

Mr. Larsen lives in Scottsbluff, Nebraska with his wife Monique and son Diego.

Lance Lee has more than fifteen years of sales and marketing experience in the Telco, ISP, and Wi-Fi industries. Lance is currently the Director of Business Development at NebuAd, a services and technology company that enables its ISP partners to deliver especially-selected display ads to their subscribers.

Matt Liotta CTO, Rapid Link As CTO of Rapid Link, Matt is the lead technologist behind the company's next-generation network. Matt joined Rapid Link in 2008 with the acquisition of One Ring Networks a company he founded in 2004. Matt guided the hybrid fiber and fixed wireless carrier to become one of the leading alternative access providers in the country. Before founding One Ring, Matt lead Montara Software, a content management and portal software company, which was purchased by private investors. Prior to that he was the portal engineering manager for DevX, which was acquired by Jupiter Media. He has also served as a software architect for a variety of companies in San Francisco and Atlanta.

Dan Lubar is currently a managing partner at RelayServices, an independent wireless consultancy based in Boulder Colorado that provides wireless infrastructure, regulatory policy & wireless standards guidance to its clients. Besides handling independent analyst requirements for RelayServices and its clients, Mr. Lubar is also a member of the IEEE 802 Standards Group and participates directly in the IEEE 802 Standards process as a voting member of both the 802.11 working group and the 802 Radio Regulation TAG. Mr Lubar was also a direct contributor to 802.11y Standard--the Wi-Fi radio standard used in the US 3650 band.

William (Bill) MacNamara serves as the Vice President for the Company, directing our Sales and Marketing activities. Mr. MacNamara has an extensive history in developing new companies and expanding the sales and profits of existing corporations. Most recently Mr. MacNamara was instrumental in setting into motion the first equipment leasing company catering exclusively to Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP’s). Agility Solutions managed a successful $13M equipment leasing fund which was closed in December of 2007. Agility Ventures, LLC and Fund II has been started to carry on with a second fund to continue to support the needs of this expanding industry, Fund II is expected to be in the $40M range. Prior to the development of the funding companies Bill started from inception 2 (WISP’s) himself. Bill was instrumental in the setup and design of both Broadband wireless systems, and is intimately familiar with line-of-sight wireless services delivery. He is experienced with the complete ramp-up of wireless in a new city, which can include everything from bandwidth sourcing, partnership relations, sales, hub and relay site acquisition and negotiations, media and field technical management, back office application outsourcing and direct marketing. As a consultant he specializes in business plan development, financial projections and market positioning, thus giving him the knowledge base to understand and develop models to help our customers achieve the success that is available in today’s market. Prior to his entrance into the wireless industry Mr. MacNamara severed as Director of Applied Technologies at Qwest Communications, National Sales Director for CSG Systems, International in their Bill Printing and Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Division.

Chip McIntosh is President, CEO, and co-founder of FrogNet, an ISP based in Athens, Ohio. FrogNet has been in business for eleven years, and currently provides Appalachian Ohio with website and email hosting, server co-location and consulting, as well as dial-up, DSL, wireless and leased-line Internet access.

Tom Millitzer is President of NCC-New Commerce Communications a leading Internet company merger and acquisition service company. His firm has been representing Internet firms since 1997 and has completed over 200 assignments. He is a frequent speaker at Internet related forums and writes the M&A blog for the Web Host Industry Review (WHIR) - Visit the NCC website at www.com-broker.com

Frank Muto is the founder, Chairman and President of FSM Marketing Group, Inc. Frank began his Internet business with web development in 1995 and later in 1997 providing webhosting and dial-up Internet service. Having survived the infamous dotcom crash, Frank set out to explore additional revenue opportunities for his company. Since May of 2003, the company has provided Email Security using a SaaS platform and relaunched the company in May 2007 as Secure Email Plus. Together with 115 partner resellers, Secure Email Plus provides Email Security to over 1600+ customers and 18k+ mailboxes. As a Postini Gold Partner, Postini now a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, the company offers xISP’s, Web-hosts, IT consultants and SMB cost effective spam and virus filtering solutions, disaster recovery, message continuity and compliance archiving.

As president and CEO of Tucows Inc., Elliot Noss leads the company's business strategy and vision. He is responsible for overseeing operations for the company's domain registration, domain portfolio, email and retail lines of business. During his tenure, Tucows has grown to become the largest wholesale provider of domain names. Under Elliot's leadership, the company has rapidly expanded the wholesale service line to include email services, SSL certificates, and enhanced domain name offerings which are sold through a growing international reseller channel. Elliot has been a leader in the Internet industry for over a decade. He champions areas of vital interest to the service providers and Internet users including privacy, ICANN reform and registrar matters, and the implications of emerging technologies. Elliot chairs the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science Advisory Board and is a distinguished graduate of the University of Toronto where he earned a BA. He earned an MBA and LLB from the University of Western Ontario.

Mike Prachar, has been involved in the telecommunications industry since 1992 and has extensive experience in virtually all functions, including sales, marketing, general management, information technology, and equipment deployment. In 1997, while working for Intercontinental Exchange (ICX), he pioneered and personally installed a dedicated voice connection between Japan and California using innovative packetized compression technology which matches conceptually with now popular VoIP systems. The resulting calling product enabled customers in Japan to call anywhere in the world for less than 50% of PTT rates. ICX is now part of Rapid Link, Inc., a leading alternate access carrier. Mike oversees all of the operations of the company from billing and customer service to vendor and carrier relationships. Rapid Link has combined its successful history in traditional telephony and back office support structure with its’ next generation hybrid fiber-fixed wireless access network to offer an unbeatable product portfolio for customers of all sizes.

Seven years ago, Peter started servicing the ISP industry as a telecom agent. His Novell and Cisco training enabled him to offer something more than just a price quote. Peter eventually lent himself to his clients to help sell their ISP services to their customers. Eventually helping them with marketing plans and business strategy. Peter studies and analyzes the whole telecom industry -- today blogging for both Phone+ magazine and RAD-INFO Inc. He applies his knowledge of the industry to enable his clients to achieve success in their markets. Peter released his first book in 2008, SELLECOM.

Alec Ratliff has over two decades of global experience and leadership in data networking strategy and architecture at NebuAd, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, NetScreen and Foundry. Alec is currently the Technical Director of ISP Sales at NebuAd, a behavioral advertising, media, and technology company that enables its ISP partners to deliver relevant ads to their subscribers. Previously, Alec led systems engineering at NetScreen Technology, a data security company acquired by Juniper, and Foundry Networks, a developer of switching, routing and web traffic management solutions. In each of these roles, Alec worked globally to architect numerous technology solutions, assess key acquisitions, and lead network and data security platform deployments.

Eden Recor has been a successful ISP owner and operator for more than 10 years. In 2001 he started looking into unlicensed wireless Internet services. In the most recent six months, Grand County has gone full time into wireless services, hired qualified installation support and is doing numerous upgrades for customers. He has gone through the process of self-financing, leasing and back to self-financing. He has experience with business plans that work and some that do not. Eden brings real-world insight for those who are planning to add wireless services, how to determine the costs and weigh the upsides.

Currently involved at NTT America in the research and development of IPv6 products and services and demonstrating these new technologies and services at events such as the Department of Commerce/NTIA, MITRE's IPv6 Industry Days, and regularly at the U.S. IPv6 Summits for the past several years. Prior responsibilities include developing security products and services from conception to first article deployment with a focus on firewall and VPN technologies for a domestic and global market; developing IPv6 products with a focus on implementing security in such products; designed and developed Verio's national firewall and VPN strategy during the early startup growth phases of Verio. Chuck was the primary author of NTT America's Request for Comments on Deployment of Internet Protocol, Version 6 response in 2004 and NIST SP 500-267 Findings in 2007. Chuck has authored security articles and presented topics covering IPv6 Transition Mechanisms, ISP Security Best Practices, IPv6: A Security Enhanced Network Protocol, and Revealing the Security Benefits of IPv6 at various venues including U.S. IPv6 Summit and NAv6TF. He has performed many demonstrations involving IPv6 Multicast (Earthquake Demonstration) m2m-x, and IPv6 remote controlled rover and is currently developing IP6v Mobility and Network Mobility (NEMO) demonstrations. Chuck has ten years prior experience in Communications Systems Design and Integration on ASAS, MILSTAR, and STS Communications programs at Lockheed-Martin Information and Communications Systems. Education: MS Telecommunications, University of Denver, BS EET, Metropolitan State College Certification: CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional)

Layne Sisk is the founder, President and CEO of ServerPlus. Layne has been in the internet industry from it's inception, retailing items on newsgroups and forums before there was a World Wide Web. Layne was the founder of FantasticDeals.com, a closeout and liquidation predecessor to Overstock.com. Layne sold that company several years ago to found ServerPlus a provider of wholesale services to ISPs. Layne's experience in working with hundereds of ISPs across the country gives him a unique perspective to what makes and ISP tick and what helps them be successful.

W. David Snead, Attorney at Law. Mr. Snead is an attorney in private practice in Washington D.C. His practice focuses exclusively on representing companies and other entities active in the internet infrastructure. In his 13 years in this area, Mr. Snead has represented these companies both in-house and as outside counsel. These companies include multinationals, middle tier hosting companies, and two guys, a server, a T-1 and a huge MasterCard balance. He has spoken extensively on subjects of importance at conferences ranging from HostingCon to ISPCON. His views on the impact of Federal legislation on small-to-medium internet businesses have been quoted in the Washington Post and San Jose Mercury News. He is also a columnist and blogger for the Web Host Industry Review. Mr. Snead received his J.D. in 1991 from Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and State of New Mexico.

Ryan co-owns and operates Iron Goat Networks, llc. a small WISP providing broadband services to rural Washington State, and Iron Goat Networks Cable, a local cable TV operation. He also contracts his expertise in monitoring the end to end functionality of various IT systems for the US Department of Health and Human Services. His diverse background gives him a unique perspective on the management of various technologies, and his ability to thoughtfully develop technology processes that scale allows him to simply expand farther and faster than his competitors. Ryan started working in network technology at the University of Alaska in 1994, before relocating to Boonville, CA. There, he helped bring the 21st century to the local school district and surrounding community as the local School District’s Technology Coordinator. Latterly, Ryan worked with Microsoft, and small co-location providers focusing on scalable processes for data-center, server, network and bandwidth management. Ryan spends his copious spare time with his wife of 10 years, his 5 year old daughter and as a volunteer EMT/Firefighter in his community.

Paul joined DH Capital in 2006 as a Managing Director. DH Capital is an investment banking firm that serves the Media, Internet and Telecommunications industries. Previously he was Managing Partner at Niwot Capital and Ramaprt Associates were he was involved in over 80 ISP and Hosting transactions representing both sellers and buyers. He was also Editor of I$P HOSTING Report. Paul brings a high level of analysis and focus to the markets he serves.

Hal Steger is Vice President of Marketing at Funambol, Inc., the leading provider of open source push email solutions for service providers and the mass market. Hal has over 20 years of marketing experience launching and delivering high-growth, innovative software solutions. Prior to Funambol, he was responsible for worldwide marketing at Scalix, a leading provider of email and collaboration software. Before Scalix, Steger co-founded and was VP Marketing of Rubric, where he positioned the company as the leader in the new category of Marketing Automation systems. Rubric was acquired for $370mm in 2000. Prior to Rubric, Hal held senior marketing roles at Oracle, Uniface/Compuware, and other high profile Silicon Valley companies. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon's Tepper School of Business.

Nathan started his technology journey by using a computer to read to him in High School and College. With Dyslexia, reading and spelling are very difficult, but computers come very easy. Only really getting into computers in 1996 Nathan quickly saw an opportunity and started selling computers out of his dorm room, while attending college. This model worked great until everyone saw how much money you could make selling computers. He then changed his focus to database design and programming. After writing several full lifecycle software programs for a few small business in the St Louis area, he wrote the recruiting software for the US Coast Guard. While programming was great, it always seemed to be feast or famine on available projects. Nathan wanted to make money while he was sleeping and with programming you could only bill the hours you worked. Working in the service industry was the answer, so Nathan starting looking. He thought about starting a restaurant, but 95% of those fail and he did not like to cook. One night his neighbor was complaining about being able to get DSL and Cable at his house, but only a $1,200/month T1 at his office, which was about 2 miles down the road. Nathan saw an opportunity to help him get internet where no one else could. After 6 months of research, wireless had beaten out all other options for getting the office connectivity. That was in Oct 2003, and Nathan has never looked back. Wisper has grown from a 1 man, and a bucket truck, operation to a company with 25 employees, and over 200 broadcast points. In 5 short years, Wisper has grown to be larger than all of its St Louis wireless competitors combined. Wisper offers, residential, commercial and custom wireless connectively solutions to its clients. Wisper stands behind its team of great employees and its slogan “Wireless is what we do… service is our passion”. Nathan has tried to instill his fanatical customer service philosophy in each of Wisper’s employees. This dedication to support has allowed Wisper to be the most expensive ISP in the St Louis market, yet continue to produce more demand for Wisper’s service then they can keep up with, averaging 60 to 80 installs a month on just satisfied client referrals. Nathan is now concentrating on how to add value to the great service Wisper already provides to its client. VOIP, security solutions, and wide area networking are just a few areas Nathan sees great demand from his customers.

Kris has practiced telecommunications law for the past ten years in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. He began his career working for law firms representing competitive carriers after the passage of the 1996 Telecom Act. After the industry downturn in 2001, he started a solo practice in 2002 focusing on the legal and regulatory needs for small and medium-sized CLECs and ISPs, both wired and wireless. Kris represents clients nationwide and maintains offices in the Bay Area and Washington. He has extensive experience speaking at ISP conventions including past ISPCONs and state ISP association conventions.

In 1993 Jack Unger founded Wireless InfoNet (now Ask-Wi.Com Inc.), a turnkey outdoor broadband wireless wide-area networking company. Since 1993, his company has served well over 2000 client companies, providing network design, installation, training, support, consulting and technical writing for the wireless industry. In 1995, he deployed one of the first wireless ISPs in the world, operating on 900 MHz from Los Altos Hills, Calif. Since 2001 Jack has personally trained more than 2000 ISP personnel to design, deploy and support outdoor wireless networks. Cisco Press published his vendor-neutral industry handbook, "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks," in 2003. Jack has presented wireless ISP training seminars at industry conventions and trade shows including ISPCON, Wi-Fi Planet, Broadband Wireless World and FISPA. He has made technical presentations at Interop, WISPCON, the First National Summit for Community Wireless Networks, the Muni Wireless Conference and the Southern California, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley Wireless Users Groups. Prior to founding Wireless InfoNet, Jack spent 21 years working in the Silicon Valley telecommunications industry including 14 years with ROLM, IBM, Siemens, and NEC. At ROLM, Jack led the QA Systems Audit Group. At IBM and Siemens, as a senior associate technical writer, he authored more than 100 PBX hardware and software technical manuals. At NEC, he served as a telecommunications Analyst for NEC’s global networking group. Prior to that, he worked for seven years selling wireless equipment including television and radio station broadcast equipment. Jack holds AA and BA degrees in psychology, an AS degree in electronics, and has completed coursework in the UC Berkeley Extension Telecommunications Engineering Program. He holds FCC Amateur Extra class and FCC Commercial Radiotelephone licenses as well as an FAA Private Pilot license. For 11 years, he served as a volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician for the Zayante Fire Protection District in Santa Cruz County, California. During four of those years, he served on the Board of Directors of the Fire District. He currently serves on the Board of Director of the Santa Susana Mountain Park Association and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association.

J.C. Utter is founder and President of ImageStream Internet Solutions, Inc. With over 17 years experience in the electronics industry, including 4 years in marketing at Crown International (now a Harman company), J.C. has led ImageStream from startup through its current stage of having thousands of customers in over 80 countries and installations on all seven continents including Antarctica. As part of the ImageStream team, J.C. has driven product development based on customer and competitive requirements. He has led the company's marketing efforts through the development of ad campaigns, product reviews, white papers, and Web site content. J.C. has been interviewed by Forbes Magazine, was recognized by LinuxWorld Magazine as one of 20 Linux luminaries, and currently serves on the WISPA Promotions Committee and CALEA Standards Committee.

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Ed Waingortin has more than fifteen years of strategy, technology marketing, and online advertising experience. Ed is currently the Director of Marketing at NebuAd, a behavioral advertising, media, and technology company that enables its ISP partners to deliver relevant ads to their subscribers. Previously, Ed held leadership positions at McCann Worldgroup, where he developed the global online advertising strategies for the Microsoft Office 2007 launch, and QuinStreet, where he directed online media programs for its education clients such as DeVry and the University of Phoenix. Prior to that, Ed helped launch technology marketing at CyberSource Corporation, an ecommerce application service provider, and Picazo Communications, an early VoIP developer that was acquired by Intel. Ed began his career as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse, where he led privatization programs in the former Soviet Union and prepared war reparation reports for the United Nations on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

John Wright, President, PowerCode LLC. - Before joining Powercode Systems, Mr. Wright was the president of Digis (www.digis.net), one of the largest WISP’s, even outside Utah. Digis had 12 employees and 3,000 customers when John arrived in December of 2005. Digis was sold to a Denver WISP aggregator in 2006 and has acquired more than five other WISP's and now has over 18,000 customers and 80 employees. John is a Mechanical Engineer with an Entrepreneurial passion to solve problems and create systems. PowerCode now has 16 employees and over 250 WISP customers around the world. Martin Frey joined John and the team at PowerCode and bought the rights to the PowerCode software (from Digis) in 2007. Martin worked for Cisco Systems for 13 years.

Charles Wu, Founder & Operating Manager of CTI, is an entrepreneur focusing on the technology space. CTI, started in 2001 in a fraternity house, has profitably and organically grown from a college project gone wrong into a $18 million organization that has been nationally recognized by INC magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. In addition to winning numerous Industry Awards, Charles is a frequent speaker at tradeshows and conventions all across the country.