May 16-18, 2006
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD

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Mr. Tolpegin joined EarthLink in the Fall of 2000 to lead the firm’s Corporate Development efforts. Responsible for all mergers & acquisitions activity and all early-stage equity investments, Mr. Tolpegin purchased three public companies and invested over $10 million in six early-stage technology companies. Mr. Tolpegin also led the development of the business case for SK-EarthLink, a MVNO joint venture. The joint venture was formed with South Korea’s leading wireless firm, SKTelecom, and capitalized with $440 million. In addition to his Corporate Development responsibilities, Mr. Tolpegin was EarthLink’s Treasurer, responsible for the management of the company’s $510 million cash/securities portfolio and all capital markets activity. Currently, Mr. Tolpegin is the vice president, development and planning for the company’s municipal networks division.

Prior to joining EarthLink, Mr. Tolpegin was the Treasurer of OneMain.com, a rural-focused national ISP with over 800,000 subscribers. In addition to his role as Treasurer for OneMain.com, Mr. Tolpegin held a variety of senior financial management positions including Regional Controller, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, and Director of Investor Relations. Mr. Tolpegin joined OneMain.com pre-IPO and played a key role in taking the company public. Prior to OneMain.com, Mr. Tolpegin held numerous financial leadership roles with many technology companies, including positions with GlobalStar and with an INC. 500 company as the CFO.

Mr. Tolpegin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Muni Networks: Partnering for Affordable Broadband

Alan P. Jacubenta, “AJ” is the President of Mango Bay Internet, 1277 E. Schaaf Rd., Cleveland OH. 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 a premier website design firm and Internet Service Provider offering services internationally. 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. 

MODERATOR:  Session #B6: ISP Success Stories: Staying Power! How ISPs “Weathered and Surthrived the Storm”

MODERATOR:  Session #O8: Early Market Open Forum: Peer-to-peer and Mentoring Session

MODERATOR:  Session #O9: Phase Two: Mid-market Strategy Open Forum and Mentoring Session

Allen Deckert, CEO, CTI Networks, Inc.

Allen is founder and CEO of CTI Networks, a Central Pennsylvania based ISP. A former Army Officer, and graduate of Washington University’s School of Business and the Naval PostGraduate School, Allen and his wife Denise (an RN), were the typical “ISP in a basement” startup back in 1995. The network quickly moved out of the basement and they both left their “day jobs” to manage and direct the growth of the company.

Today, CTI has nearly 40 employees and provides service throughout most of the Mid-Atlantic region under several brand names including PA.net, MD.net, DC.net, and VA.net. CTI is not a CLEC, and instead relies on both Incumbent and Competitive LECs to provide needed infrastructure to it’s mostly rural subscribers. CTI has employed a variety of strategies and tools to attract and retain narrowband customers and offers a broadband upgrade path in many of its markets. CTI typically upgrades about 1% of it’s 25,000 existing customers to DSL each month and is among Sprint’s largest customer for it’s wholesale DSL service.

CTI is continuing to grow by expanding it’s broadband service area and by constantly looking for value-added products to differentiate the service. 

PANELIST:  Session #A1: Dollars from Dialup: Strategies for Maximizing the Value of Dialup

Austin Hill is one of the co-founders of Radialpoint and served as its President from 1997 to 2001. He was previously the co-founder of TotalNet, one of Canada's most successful Internet Service Providers, where he built and maintained a national IP network and billing and support system. Prior to TotalNet, he created Cyberspace Data Security, an early network security consulting firm. An avid technologist and passionate speaker, Austin is a leading lecturer and presenter . He has spoken at COMDEX, the International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection, and the World Economic Forum, where he was named a Technology Pioneer in 2001. Radialpoint is a leading provider of managed Internet services to many of the world's largest broadband providers. 

PANELIST:  Session #E7: An Enterprise in Enterprise: Managed Services and IT Outsourcing

SPEAKER:  Session #A7: Better Backbone Options and Upstream Links

PANELIST:  Session #A9: Peering Problems: Lessons Learned from 2005

Barbara has been with the Concentric hosting team since 1998. Concentric provides web hosting, hosted application solutions, email, and domain name services to small, growing, and large enterprises online. Barbara has over 20 years of product management, marketing, user interface, and sales experience. Prior to joining Concentric, Barbara served in various positions at Sprint, Teknekron Communications Systems, Rolm, and IBM.
Barbara holds a B.A. degree in Chinese language and literature from Oberlin College, Phi Beta Kappa, as well as an MBA from Thunderbird. 

PANELIST:  Session #E1: Dedicated and VPS Hosting Strategies

Bill Ford is the former president of Boardtown Corporation, the industry leader in billing, help desk and subscriber management software for ISP and web hosting companies since 1996. As president and co-founder of Boardtown, Bill led the company from a startup vision to a company that provides billing for more than three million ISP subscribers. Boardtown Corporation was acquired in April 2004 by Tucows Inc., a leading provider of wholesale Internet services and back office solutions. As a dynamic software designer and Internet visionary, Bill Ford shares his experience with solving problems facing access providers. Bill has spoken on a variety of topics including billing and subscriber management and service outsourcing at ISPCON, Service Networks, Internet Service Provider's Forum and the ISP Business Expo. 

MODERATOR:  Session #O6: The Back-office Billionaire

Bill is founder and CEO of TelAxis Advisors, LLC, the leading real estate and consulting firm for the data center & telecom industry. Previous to TelAxis, Bill was part of the management teams at MFS UUNet, MCI Worldcom, Equinix and Level 3 Communications. Bill has had experience in negotiating hundreds of data center and telecom transactions and is on the advisory boards of several companies. 

PANELIST:  Session #O4: Maximizing Your Data Center Dollars

Bob’s diverse experience includes the facilities side of the financial services industry, electrical contracting, and entrepreneurial ventures. Bob has recently held senior positions at American Power Conversion, HarvardNet, and Ionics. Bob is currently the co-founder and President of Community WISP, Inc., a Massachusetts Wireless Internet Solutions Provider. Community WISP is deploying point-to-multipoint, and point-to-point, fixed-wireless solutions in both the licensed and the unlicensed spectrum.

Community WISP has found significant traction in the small to medium-sized businesses, corporate campuses, and recreational/resort marketplace. Event Planners, Municipal Police, and Hotels have deployed Community WISP solutions for real-time security monitoring, and to access the Internet from previously unreachable locations.

Our diverse offerings can be reviewed by visiting our web site at www.communitywisp.com 

PANELIST:  Session #B3: Success Stories: Wireless

Brad Miller joined the company in May 2000 as CEO. Under his leadership, company revenues have grown more than 3,000 percent. Based on that achievement, Perimeter was named to both the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the Connecticut Technology Fast 50. Specifically, Perimeter was ranked Number 5 on the Fast 50 and Number 121 on the Fast 500. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years, from 1999-2003. Perimeter grew 1902% during this period. This business success was detailed in The Business of Software by Michael Cusumano, Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT and BALLS – 6 Rules for Winning Today's Business Game by Alexi Venneri. The Business of Software was recently honored as one of the top business books of 2004 by Steve Lohr of the New York Times.
The firm was honored in 2001 by the state of Connecticut for "Outstanding Sales Growth." In addition, Mr. Miller was honored as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in 2001. Previously, Mr. Miller served from July 1997 to April 2000 as Chief Operating Officer of PRG, the leading supplier of entertainment technology products and services with over $300 million in revenue. From July 1988 until June 1997, Mr. Miller was employed at Schroders PLC, most recently as a Director in the investment banking department.

Mr. Miller received his MBA from Columbia University Business School in 1988 and his BA in economics from Franklin and Marshall College in 1985. He is or has been a director of Perimeter Internetworking, PRG, Palomar Technologies, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of various technology-based industrial products, and DistributedMedia.com, a provider of Internet enabled audio/visual advertising to the retail market. 

SPEAKER:  Session #S2: Making a Killing with Sarbox, Compliance and Archiving Services

Bradon Rogers currently serves as the Vice President of Sales Engineering for CipherTrust, Inc., the global market leader in messaging security. Rogers is responsible for responsible for managing the field operations at CipherTrust as well as providing strategic guidance on industry and product direction. Rogers joined CipherTrust in 2001, and has been responsible for providing presales engineering including technical response, demonstrations and presentations, evaluation management, product installations and training, and solution architecture and engineering regarding CipherTrust’s suite of messaging security products, including e-mail and Instant Messaging solutions.

Prior to joining CipherTrust, Rogers spent time in roles with Lancope, Novell, and Oracle. With more than 10 years of experience in the information security area, he is a recognized expert on messaging security and a frequent speaker at industry events. His broad security background includes driving global security strategies for hundreds of the Fortune 1000. Rogers was also co-founder of the well known security site "rootshell.com" in the 1990's.

Rogers is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelors degree in Information Systems. 

PANELIST:  Session #E8: Addressing the Big Email Issues

Bruce Schaaf is a founder and currently the CEO of Zylink Corporation, a company that offers web hosting and related services. Mr. Schaaf has been in the Internet industry for almost 10 years. As someone who entered the hosting business in its early days, Mr. Schaaf has viewed directly the evolution of the industry. His firm has evolved to focus heavily on server-side technologies such as PHP and ASP.NET. Because of this experience, he has a keen knowledge of the role these technologies can play in the marketing of hosting services and how ISPs and web hosts can evaluate the use of these technologies in their business plans. 

SPEAKER:  Session #S6: Leveraging the Latest Hosting Technologies for Attracting New Business

Candice Rodriguez has been involved the Web hosting industry for the last 5 years and was introduced to the world of web hosting when she joined Dialtone Internet, Inc in 2001 as the company's Media Director responsible for the company's communication and interactive marketing strategies. She played an integral role in marketing the company's dedicated server line which quickly grew from a small dedicated hosting operation to a strong Rackspace Managed Hosting contender before it was sold to Interland, Inc. (now Web.com) in 2002.
Ms. Rodriguez continued on at Interland, Inc. as the company's Interactive Marketing Manager for the next 4 years where she commanded an annual media acquisition budget of over $7 Million. Her responsibilities included interactive media planning and buying for the company's many lines of business. She also directed the company's search engine marketing strategies and played an integral role in ensuring that the company's paid and natural search engine presence remained well within in the top 5. While at Interland, Inc, Ms. Rodriguez was awarded the Best e-Business Execution Award for her work in Internet Marketing by the Technology Marketing Association of Georgia. Ms. Rodriguez continues her marketing role and has added Business Development to her list of responsibilities by joining the Web Host Industry Review, Inc as Director of Marketing and Business Development in August of 2005. Ms. Rodriguez also received a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Florida International University and a Master of Science in OrganizationalCommunication at Barry University. 

MODERATOR:  Session #B5: Success Stories: Hosting

Chad has been working in the web hosting industry over 4 Years with the leading online hosting resource and directory, TopHosts.com He has worked with and done consulting work on advertising media buys for web hosting companies such as Interland, Verio, Dell, Hostway and Affinity. He has also worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Yahoo & Microsoft. Prior to joining TopHosts, Chad worked for the Silicon Valley firm Futuremark Corporation. In addition, he spent over five years overseas in a variety of Marketing roles in Japan, Indonesia & Australia. 

MODERATOR:  Session #B9: Five Best-kept Secrets to Marketing your Hosting Company: Insider's Perspective

Mr. Dawson has six years experience working in sales management for Internet providers and nearly a decade of personnel management. Before coming to ServInt in 1998, Dawson worked on Capitol Hill as a speech research assistant for the House of Representatives. He then went on to manage the Marketing and Business Development teams at ServInt before eventually assuming the added role of Director of Sales. Today, Mr. Dawson also sits as the chair of the United States Internet Industry Association’s Hosting Council. His writing has been featured in Boardwatch and Broadband Properties magazines, among others. He attended the University of Richmond, and then went on to receive his MBA from the University of Maryland. 

PANELIST:  Session #E1: Dedicated and VPS Hosting Strategies

Christopher Faulkner, founder, president and CEO, launched C I Host from his college dorm room. Now in its eighth year, C I Host has 190 employees, 215,000 clients, four state-of-the-art data centers and a solid financial foundation. It not only survived but prospered during the dotcom downturn, and consistently is ranked among the top five Web hosting companies in the world.

Through it all, Faulkner has put his distinctive mark on his company. He graduated from the school of long hours, intense competition and high standards, and that's what he insists on for C I Host. Customer service and technical support must be the best, the fastest and the friendliest. New products and services must break ground and grow results.

Advertising must be innovative and effective. Combining his love of sports, his business acumen and media savvy, Faulkner advertised C I Host on Evander Holyfield's boxing trunks in 1999 and in a tattoo on the back of a Chicago man's head in 2003, thus creating the first "human billboard."

Faulkner, 28, is a hands-on CEO. He makes hard "accounts receivable calls," takes a turn on tech support when call times get too long or a cyber attack is underway, enjoys sales pitches and is consistently available to customers through e-mail or chat rooms.

Through Faulkner's leadership, C I Host has been consistently active in keeping the Internet healthy and safe.

The never-ending battle against the constantly evolving cyber-forces of evil brings out the best in Faulkner's competitive streak and his love of the Internet. With a 24/7 crew of cyber sleuths, C I Host identified and eradicated McDoom, one of the most damaging viruses on the Internet.

Within 24 hours, Faulkner and his team developed a virus filter to trash the virus - confidently naming it "Doompster," and making it available free to the public, including competitors. C I Host was one of the few companies that completely patched its servers against Code Red in 2001, thus saving its clients most of the headaches of that worm.

"The Internet will stand as one of the most promising and epoch-changing developments of the late 20th and early 21st centuries," Faulkner says. "It is the responsibility of all of us associated with the Internet to keep it robust, accessible and safe for all our global citizens."

Faulkner's love affair with computers started when he was eight years old and his parents plunked down three grand to buy him an IBM with one of the first Intel 8088 processors. It had a 9-inch amber screen, weighed 35 pounds and ran on DOS 2.1 - no windows, no graphical interface with its user-friendly point and click - just text.

It was 1986, a time when grade school kids lucky enough to get their hands on a computer spent their time programming do-loops or creating six-foot-long banners for birthday parties.

But Faulkner was already more than a couple of steps ahead. He took apart his first computer apart as well as the many computers that followed. He upgraded and repaired them. By 14 he had a job repairing computers, and by his first year in college he was running a website design company with customers all over the world, getting up at 2 a.m. to take their calls.

Creative Innovations, Faulkner's third successful business, was growing so fast that he left college to devote full time to expanding it into Web hosting. C I Host was born and has never stopped growing.

Faulkner was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Concordia University in 2002 for his "entrepreneurial spirit and for his success from age 15 in running businesses in various industry segments." 

PANELIST:  Session #B5: Success Stories: Hosting

Clint Wiley is the President of New Frontiers Telecommunications. New Frontiers is in it's tenth year of offering Internet services and voice services to business and residential customers in Maryland and West Virginia. New Frontiers has leveraged CLEC status to install a softswitch and provision traditional voice, DSL, VOIP, integrated T1's and more.

Mr. Wiley is active in his community, serving 7 years as chair of the Board of Zoning Appeals and currently as a member of the Washington County Planning Commission. Mr. Wiley earned a BA from Marist College in 1993 and is married with two children. 

PANELIST:  Session #B1: To CLEC or Not To CLEC? That is the Question

Danny currently chairs the Internet Engineering Task Forces (IETF) PWE3 Working Group and is a member of several IETF Area directorates and Internet research groups. He is a common contributor within the Routing, Operations, and Internet Areas of the IETF and global network operations community, and is active within VPN & MPLS standardization and deployment effort. He is also a member of the FCC's Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC) and the MPLScon Advisory Board. He has authored a number of Internet protocol standards, books and other documents related to Internet routing protocols, network security, Internet addressing and network operations. 

SPEAKER:  Session #E3: Exploiting the Boom in Managed Security Services

Dave Griggs is the senior Wide Area Wireless Network Field Engineer for AllCoNet since its beginning in 1994. His responsibilities include site surveys for tower locations and CPE locations in very difficult terrain, radio and router configurations both in the field and remote, and is the lead installer for most of AllCoNet’s unlicensed tower and CPE installs as well as licensed core sites. Mr. Griggs has install and configuration experience with Lanair, Breezecom, WiLan, Speedlan, Wave Wireless, Proxim, Alvarion and since 2002, Stratex. He also conducts maintenance and troubleshooting on both wireless equipment and routing issues. 

PANELIST:  Session #A8: Truck Roll Tricks: Installations that Maximize Time and Money

No other individual has had as significant an impact on the Internet industry as Dave Schaeffer, founder of Tier 1 ISP Cogent Communications - the world's largest capacity, non-oversubscribed IP fiber optic network.

By building the first large-scale IP network in existence, Schaeffer was able to produce mass amounts of bandwidth at 98% less cost than other providers, introducing radically priced Internet access at $10 per megabit in 2000 (versus market norm of $300/meg). Schaeffer executed a highly controversial and very effective campaign to make bandwidth affordable and plentiful. He placed significant pricing pressure on the industry,
accelerating the carrier shift to IP networks and services and contributing to the explosive growth of bandwidth during tumultuous times.

Schaeffer is a champion of keeping the Internet affordable and his aggressive stance on an open Internet and settlement-free peering policy accelerates the overall affordability of bandwidth and the growth of broadband applications. Schaeffer determinedly works to raise awareness of the importance of an open Internet to the global Internet user community.

In 2005 Schaeffer expanded Cogent's revolutionary pricing model and Internet economics throughout Europe, expanding transatlantic capacity and establishing a presence in 41 cities throughout Europe with offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid and Amsterdam. Cogent now offers pricing down to 10 Euros per megabit and is repeating the success in Europe that it has had in the United States.

Schaeffer has guided Cogent Communications through turbulent times, taking it from a revolutionary idea on paper in 1999 to the largest Ethernet ISP in North America today, handling over 12% of the world's Internet traffic.

Schaeffer continues to build-out Cogent's network - an 80 Gigabit capacity backbone connected to over 85 markets in North America and Europe - a necessity in the coming decade as video/IPTV demand explodes.

Schaeffer's strategic actions have helped construct the lowest cost, highest quality non-oversubscribed Internet network in the industry. Currently running at 4% of its 80 Gigabit capacity, Cogent is poised to be the network of choice for IPTV/video providers in the coming decade. 

PANELIST:  Session #A2: Metro Ethernet Services Revisited

Dave joined Partech International in 2000. Dave leads the global communications and components investment team for the firm.

Dave previously worked at Portal Software where he saw the company through its successful public offering, ultimately achieving a market cap in excess of $10B. At Portal, Dave led the company’s business and corporate development efforts, establishing partnerships with market leading companies. Prior to Portal, Dave worked at Broadview International, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm where he worked on a number of both sellside and buyside projects in the software and communications spaces. 

MODERATOR:  Session #E2: VoIP Strategies that Work (and Some that Don't): Reselling, Building, Buying, Partnering, Centrex

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, as one of the top four Websites in the world for small businesses. BlueTie was selected for William Blair’s B2B book of the top privately-held companies in the US. Mr. Koretz is a highly regarded speaker whose unique high-energy style has informed and entertained audiences around the world. 

PANELIST:  Session #E8: Addressing the Big Email Issues

Mr. Montanaro has more than 30 years experience as a senior corporate executive and entrepreneur within the telecommunications and data networking industries. Mr. Montanaro is currently the Chairman of the Board and CEO of USA Datanet after having been an early investor and founding director of the board since the company was established in 1998.

Mr. Montanaro began his executive career as the Founder and CEO of American Dynatel Corporation a northeastern distributor of NEC telecommunication products in the late 1970's. After negotiating the sale of the business in 1981 to Tel Plus Communications, Inc., David was appointed group Vice President and board member of TelPlus Communications leading that group until 1987 when Siemens Communications Systems, Inc. purchased TelPlus.
He served as executive Vice President and Vice Chairman of NEC Business Network Solutions (BNS), a national technology systems integrator which was formed through the merger of NEC's Business Communication Systems subsidiaries. His leadership on BNS's strategic acquisitions and internal growth initiatives was central to the unit's revenue growth from $190 million to more than $400 million.

Mr. Montanaro was also Senior Vice President of NEC America, Inc. and served in an advisory position on corporate business development including joint ventures, strategic partnerships, investments, mergers and acquisitions. He previously directed the largest NEC Business Communication Systems subsidiary as President and CEO for nine years, growing the company from $15 million to $150 million. He was also an active member of the NEC Foundation of America providing grants to organizations supporting technology development for the disabled.

In 2001 Mr. Montanaro was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Board of NEC eLUMINANT Technologies, Inc., a recognized leader in the development of fiber-based broadband access solutions for voice, data, video and content to service providers worldwide. Mr. Montanaro served as a director on the board at eLUMINANT since the company was established as an independent subsidiary of NEC USA in 1998. He guided the company through its acquisition by Zhone Technologies, Inc., a worldwide leader in broadband access systems, in February of 2003.

Mr. Montanaro is also on the Board of Directors of Sensis Corporation a global developer of air traffic, radar, and surveillance systems.
Mr. Montanaro currently serves on the Board of the Syracuse Metropolitan Development Association and the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce while previously serving as a North American Telecommunications Association board member and a past President and Chairman of the Board of the New York State Telecommunications Association. 

PANELIST:  Session #E2: VoIP Strategies that Work (and Some that Don't): Reselling, Building, Buying, Partnering, Centrex

David S. Isenberg spent 12 years at AT&T Bell Labs until his 1997 essay,"The Rise of the Stupid Network," was received with acclaim everywhere in the global telecommunications community with one exception - at AT&T itself! So Isenberg left AT&T in 1998 to found isen.com LLC (an independent telecom analysis firm based in Cos Cob, Conn.) and to publish The SMART Letter, an open-minded commentary on the communications revolution and its enemies. He is also the co-producer and chair of the Freedom to Connect conference. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Neutrality Reality

Mr. Snead is an attorney in private practice in Washington D.C. His practice focuses exclusively on representing web hosting companies and other entities active in the internet infrastructure. He has spoken extensively on subjects of importance at conferences ranging from HostingCon to ISPCON. 

SPEAKER:  Session #O3: All Buttoned Up: Getting Your Service's Legal House in Order

MODERATOR:  Session #O4: Maximizing Your Data Center Dollars

Mr. Simonton is the Senior Vice President of Software Development for Intercosmos, he manages a team of developers which developed Intercosmos'
domain registration website, directNIC.com, He's currently in charge of maintaining and managing the production schedule of most software development projects for Intercosmos and spearheading a highly profitable new Internet marketing division of the company. 

SPEAKER:  Session #O5: Real-world Disaster Recovery: The NOLA directNIC Story

Donny Smith began working in the telecommunications arena in 1974. He has worked in various technology fields including software engineering, RF design, ISP and CLEC. He is currently working with traditional voice, voice over IP networks and fiber optics to the premises. Mr. Smith has a Computer Science degree from Mankato State University and an MBA from the University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business. 

PANELIST:  Session #A8: Truck Roll Tricks: Installations that Maximize Time and Money

PANELIST:  Session #B1: To CLEC or Not To CLEC? That is the Question

With over 12 years in the Internet network operations, security and telecommunications industry, Doug brings to Arbor extensive technical and product development experience. At Arbor, he is a main contributor to Arbor's overall managed services strategy and product architecture. Prior to joining Arbor, Doug served in various Engineering, Product and Sales Engineering roles at UUNET and MCI. He currently works with global Internet Service Providers AT&T, Verzion Business, TELUS and Verizon Wireless and is an active member of NANOG and VOIPSA. 

PANELIST:  Session #E3: Exploiting the Boom in Managed Security Services

Doug Hass has served as Chief Operations Officer of ImageStream since 2001, handling all day-to-day business functions and directing ImageStream's corporate training programs. Mr. Hass previously served as ImageStream's Vice President of Sales, leading the successful introduction of ImageStream's popular Linux-based router line.

A former Army infantryman, Mr. Hass served as a Master Fitness Trainer, and as a member of his battalion information systems staff during his service. Today, Mr. Hass continues to serve his community as a Sergeant in the Starke County Sheriff's Department and as President of the Starke County Public Library Board of Trustees.

An avid horseman and outdoorsman, Mr. Hass rode professional rodeo for five years until slowed by injuries, and is the founder of Roughstock.com, an award-winning country music Web site. Mr. Hass holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the University of Phoenix and is an NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer. 

SPEAKER:  Session #A5: Burning Bridges: Routing the Wireless Network

Eden Recor has been a successful ISP owner and operator for over 10 years. In 2001 he started looking into unlicensed wireless Internet services. In the most recent 6 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 wiegh the upsides. 

MODERATOR:  Session #B3: Success Stories: Wireless

Mr. Lew is responsible for strategic IP product & program initiatives at Neustar.
Mr. Lew has over 20 years of experience in management and engineering of telecommunications, cable, Internet, and multi-media technologies. Prior to Neustar, he was VP, Engineering for PAIX, has worked in the cable industry with Comcast, Adelphia, Cox and was the VP of Adv Technology for TimeWarner/RoadRunner. Before TimeWarner/RoadRunner, he was part of the development of Verizon’s Internet business, where he led the first commercial deployment of DSL Broadband technology, and he began his career with MCI during the 1980's developing technologies such as VPN, messaging and IP networking technologies. 

PANELIST:  Session #A9: Peering Problems: Lessons Learned from 2005

I am 47 years old and a retired Fire Chief. I have been a First Aid Instructor since 1980 and after leaving the fire service was a Consultant Instructor for the Federal Government for five years. I have taught many classes and am always rated "Dynamic" by my hiring companies. I started my ISP in 1995 and at peak it had 16,000 customers in Eastern Washington state. I have purchased four ISP's and one WISP. My WISP has 700 customers and we also do DSL. I am an extrovert and entertaining when I speak. I am a member of WISPA, Part-15 and have attended numerous ISPCON conferences in the past. I don't plug anybody's product and am only interested in helping people run their businesses efficiently. 

PANELIST:  Session #B3: Success Stories: Wireless

Fred Goldstein is principal of Ionary Consulting, where he advises companies on technical, regulatory and business issues related to the telecommunications and Internet industries, especially in areas where the two overlap. He has helped numerous CLECs navigate the startup process, helping them deal simultaneously with technical, regulatory and business
issues. He assists service providers in network design, business modeling, planning, and technical architecture. He has frequently been an expert witness in intercarrier compensation and network interconnection cases. He has worked with enterprise networks on a wide range of matters such as backbone network design, voice systems planning, and traffic engineering.

Prior to starting Ionary, he worked for Arthur D. Little Inc., BBN Corp., and Digital Equipment Corp. The author of numerous articles and the book _ISDN In Perspective_, he has served on standards committees in areas such as ATM networks and Frame Relay, and has taught courses for Northeastern University and National Technological University. 

PANELIST:  Session #B1: To CLEC or Not To CLEC? That is the Question

Prior to Hatteras Networks, Bolton was Vice President of Product Marketing for Ciena Corporation and was responsible for leading product direction, market strategies product marketing, business development, product management, project management, regulatory and market development for Ciena’s broadband access business unit. Bolton joined Ciena Corporation in May of 2004 as a result of the US$486M acquisition of Catena Networks.

Bolton spent 5 years as the Vice President of Product Marketing for Catena Networks. Catena was a venture-backed start-up company that developed innovative broadband access equipment for Telephone companies. Bolton grew Catena from conception to profitability, with volume sales into all four Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) in North America. Prior to Catena Networks, Bolton spent 15 years at Nortel Networks in various management positions.

Hatteras Networks, a privately held company headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the leader in Ethernet transport and access products that deliver high-bandwidth Ethernet services to businesses and locations that are not yet served with fiber. For more information, visit www.hatterasnetwork.com.

Bolton holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University. 

PANELIST:  Session #A2: Metro Ethernet Services Revisited

George Naspo, IKANO CEO, leads the strategic direction of the company and drives business objectives. Naspo has significant experience in the ISP industry, particularly in the areas of dial-up, DSL, VoIP and ISP acquisitions.

Naspo has over twenty years of senior level experience and a proven track record of value-added achievement with global start-ups, turnarounds, culture transitions, and mature companies in emerging and high growth markets. During his career, Naspo has been instrumental in creating corporate vision and values in the businesses he has managed.

Naspo designed and executed sales and marketing plans for several companies in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He was also instrumental in infiltrating large global accounts and developing strategic partnerships and corporate alliances that increased sales and shareholder value. Naspo has significant M&A experience, including public and private liquidity events. 

PANELIST:  Session #A1: Dollars from Dialup: Strategies for Maximizing the Value of Dialup

PANELIST:  Session #E2: VoIP Strategies that Work (and Some that Don't): Reselling, Building, Buying, Partnering, Centrex

Hal is responsible for product management of ELNK's premium DU service along with product management of high speed service via Satellite and its new Satellite TV effort. His role focuses on the customer's experience and lifecycle management, including migration between ELNK services.

Prior to working for EarthLink, how worked in operations and marketing roles for EchoStar, ISP Channel (a cable modem ISP that competed with @Home), and Cable TV MSOs that no longer exist.

Equally important, Hal is an avid sailor and sailing instructor and is president of Atlanta's Golden and Labrador Retriever dog rescue. An alumni of Syracuse University, Hal is married with one son. 

MODERATOR:  Session #A1: Dollars from Dialup: Strategies for Maximizing the Value of Dialup

Haralds Jass is the CEO of HopOne Internet Corp. and Superb Internet Corp. HopOne Internet operates three data centres (Washington, DC, McLean, VA and Tukwila, WA) and a national coast-to-coast IP backbone, predominantly servicing large web hosts and content
providers. Superb Internet, one of the world's oldest web hosting companies and one of the world's 50 largest web hosts, in business since 1996, provides a full range of hosting services to businesses of all sizes, especially catering to small to mid-size web hosts / resellers. 

PANELIST:  Session #O4: Maximizing Your Data Center Dollars

As vice president of channels and business development for Verio, Harry Hollines is responsible for the establishment and ongoing management of worldwide strategic business relationships with a variety of industry vendors, service providers and resellers. Mr. Hollines joined Verio in 1999 and has held various business and legal positions including primary responsibility for all U.S., European and Asia/Pac transactions, corporate strategy, partnerships, customer acquisitions and intellectual property matters. Prior to joining Verio, Mr. Hollines held various management positions with Patton Boggs, MediaOne and Holme Robert & Owen. Mr. Hollines holds a juris doctorate from the University of Colorado, and a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Fort Lewis College. 

PANELIST:  Session #E1: Dedicated and VPS Hosting Strategies

Isabel has been involved with the web hosting industry since 1997, as co-founder of ISPcheck (now HostingCatalog.com), publisher and editor of Web Hosting Magazine and Vice President of Communications at EV1Servers. She is the founder of Productize, a marketing consultancy for startups. Isabel attended MIT, where she received a BS in Political Science. 

MODERATOR:  Session #E1: Dedicated and VPS Hosting Strategies

Jay O. Wright has served as Chief Executive Officer of Mobilepro Corp. since December 2003 where he has led the company from zero to nearly $100 million in annualized revenue by acquiring 14 companies. MobilePro Corp. is a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company based in Bethesda, Md. The company is focused on creating shareholder value by developing and deploying wireless technologies, acquiring and growing profitable broadband telecommunications companies and forging strategic alliances with well-positioned companies in complementary product lines and industries. From October 2001 to December 2003, Mr.Wright served as President of Bayberry Capital, Inc., a Maryland based financial consulting firm. During that time, he also served from August 2002 and May 2003 as Chief Financial Officer for Technical and Management Services Corporation where he negotiated the sale of that company to Engineered Support Systems, Inc. Between December 1999 and September 2001 Mr. Wright served as Chief Financial Officer of Speedcom Wireless Corporation, a wireless software technology company, where he helped take that company public via a "reverse merger" and subsequently obtain a Nasdaq SmallCap listing. From January 1999 to November 1999, Mr. Wright served as Senior Vice President of FinanceMatrix.com, a Hamilton, Bermuda based company focused on developing a proprietary financial software architecture to provide tax-efficient financing to sub-investment grade companies. Prior to that, Mr. Wright served as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch in New York, and a mergers and acquisitions attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP in New York and Foley & Lardner in Chicago. Mr. Wright received his Bachelor's degree in Business from Georgetown University (summa cum
laude) and a JD degree from the University of Chicago Law School. 

PANELIST:  Session #B4: Muni Nets: Getting the "RF"-P in Tier 2 and 3