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Denis Andreev Advisor of ITU-T SG11, TSB, ITU Denis ANDREEV was graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) in 2000. From 2000 till 2011 he worked for Central Research Telecommunication Institute (ZNIIS) as a Director of telecommunication Testing Centre (Technopark, Russia). Under his supervision, Technopark tested key technologies which were further implemented on Russian public telecommunication networks. He had been contributing to ITU-T SG11 for 12 years and was appointed as a Rapporteur of Q10/11 and Q11/11 which focused on testing and benchmarking study areas. He is the author of 9 ITU-T Recommendations related to NGN and IMS testing developed from 2006 -2011. From 2008, he managed the joint ZNIIS/ITU project, aimed at establishing the International Telecommunication Testing Centre (ITTC) for the CIS Region. In 2012 he joined the ITU-T HQ as the TSB C&I Programme Coordinator. Since 2017, he is Advisor of ITU-T SG11 “Signalling requirements, protocols, test specifications and combating counterfeit products”. His current activities focused on facilitating ITU-T SG11 on development signalling protocols and test specifications for existing and future networks (4G/5G interconnection, flat ENUM signalling architecture, IMS testing, remote testing etc.). Also, he assists ITU-T SG11 on research and studies related to combating counterfeiting and stolen ICT devices. Several workshops and brainstorming sessions were organized on all those subjects under his supervision. For more information, please see: 1: www.itu.int/go/tsg11 2: www.itu.int/go/citest 3: http://itu.int/go/CS-ICT
Martin Brand A1 Telekom Austria Martin Brand finished his communications engineering and information technology studies at the University of Zagreb in 1988. Since then, he has worked for A1-Telekom Austria and currently he is working in the department of Service Network Planning. Martin has been involved in the standardization ofnISDN, ISUP and IMS protocols. His expertise covers also Quality of Service in the VoIP area. He is also active in several international standards organizations including ITU-SG11, ETSI TC INT and ETSI STQ. He was Vice chairman of WP4 ITU-T SG11 (2010-2013), Vice chairman of ITU-T SG11 (2013-2016), Chairman of WP4 ITU-T SG11 (2013-2016), Chairman of ITU-T JCA-CIT (2013-2016) and editor in ITU-SG16. Martin Brand is editor of more than 100 ETSI Standards and ITU-T Recommendations. Currently he is Q.16 Rapporteur of ITU-T SG11 and Vice chairman of ETSI TC INT.
Ranganai Chaparadza Senior Altran CapGemini Technical & Technology Consultant, Vodafone Ranganai Chaparadza: Dr.-Ing./PhD, is a Senior Altran CapGemini Technical & Technology Consultant for Vodafone (and for other Telecommunications Network Operators as well) and Solutions Design Architect, while also supporting in the Standardization of Autonomic/Autonomous Networking in ETSI TC INT AFI WG. He is also IPv6 Forum Fellow representative in ETSI TC INT AFI WG to bring perspectives of IPv6 enablers for autonomic network setup and operation. He actively supports Network Operators in various aspects: Vendor Management and Solutions Selections on SDN/NFV and E2E Service Assurance Solutions for Telco Networks and Data Center (DC) Network Services; Business Development with Emerging ICT Technologies and Future Networks; Standardization Expert (ETSI, BBF, ITU-T, NGMN, TMF, 3GPP, IEEE, IETF, ONF, MEF); R&D; RFIs/RFQs/RFPs Processes and Solution Supplier Selection; SDN/NFV TCO (Total Cost of Ownership); Building Optimal Commercial Models for Transport SDN and NFV; Procurement Transformation in the Era of SDN/NFV; Products Innovation with SDN, NFV and AMC (Autonomic Management & Control) for Network Automation using ETSI GANA oriented Standards; ETSI 5G PoC on E2E Closed-Loop (Autonomic) Service Assurance and E2E Autonomic Security Assurance for 5G Network Slices. He is also contributor to IEEE INGR Future Networks Standardization Building Blocks (SBB) Roadmap WG, IEEE INGR Systems Optimization WG, and IEEE INGR Testbeds WG.
Muslim Elkotob Principal Solutions Architect, Vodafone Muslim is a Principal Solutions Architect at Vodafone with a lead role and end-to-end responsibility in the Enterprise Business Line. His works on driving innovation and standardizing architectures in the areas of SDN/NFV, Autonomics, Slicing and Security in 5G and IoT. He is an IPv6-Forum Fellow and delegate with lead roles in various SDOs including ETSI, TMForum, ITU-T and IEEE. Having a career background with vendors, service providers and R&D, he has spent the last seven years strengthening Vodafone’s role in the enterprise Value Chain as a global player with a powerful infrastructure and autonomic IT services on top.
Giulio Maggiore ETSI TC INT (Core Network and Interoperability Testing) Chair Giulio Maggiore was appointed as ETSI TC INT (Core Network and Interoperability Testing) Chair in march 2008. He was ETSI TC MTS (Methods for Testing and Specifications) vice Chair from 2010 to 2012 and led GSMA Network Efficiency Task Force GSMA group from February to December 2010. Giulio was CME2G3G User Group Chairman from 2009 to 2017, and CME2G3G TSG Core Network Project manager from 1998 to 2005 and currently CME2G3G TSG Core Network Chairman since 2006. In TIM he joined Vendor Management Group in 2020 dealing with Vendor performance measurements and Vendor Rating. Previous experience in TIM: User Experience Performance within Technical Planning 2018-2020, Core Network Quality and Optimization 2008-2018, Service Layer Engineering Integration 2006-2008, Mobile Core Network Testing project manager 2000-2006. He joined CSELT, R&D Telecom Italia Group 1993-2000 dealing with research in Computer Aided Test Generation for Functional and Performance aspects. Giulio received his Master of Information Technology and Telecommunication from Politecnico of Turin, with Thesis in Computer Aided Testing Generation held in CSELT in 1992, and Bachelor’s Degree in 1991 in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering from Politecnico of Turin with Thesis in RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana) for the HDTV transmission during Italia ’90 world championship.
Tayeb Ben Meriem PhD: ETSI TC INT AFI WG Chair, Senior Standardization Manager, Orange In his role at Orange Group as Senior Standardization Manager (OSS), Tayeb is involved in various Standards Development Organizations, serving as chair of working groups or projects for TM Forum (ZOOM, ODA, AI & DA, DLT-Blockchain PoC Leader), NGMN Alliance (5G Network Slice PoC Leader) and ETSI Vice Chair of TC INT (Chairman of “Autonomic Management & Control” WG and Chairman of “AI Testing & Certification” WG). Tayeb initially joined Orange R&D and led the first studies on WDM systems then was appointed at the Orange Network Business Division as responsible for transmission equipment policy. He was the head of the Orange’s IPv6 Skills Centre, VP of the French IPv6 Task Force and Board member of the EU IPv6 Task Force during 7 years. In 2000 he authored a book called “SDH Networks & Services” (Springer) and he is author or co-author of numerous papers and participated in various EU’s funded projects. He was also professor at the University of Paris and supervisor of PhD thesis. Tayeb gained his Telecommunications Engineering degree from (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications: ENST now IMT: Institut Mines Telecoms) of Paris and his PhD degree.
Mohammad Patwary Full Professor of Telecommunications & Director of Centre for Future Networks & Autonomous Systems (CeFNAS), University of Wolverhampton Professor Mohammad Patwary is Full Professor of Telecommunications & Director of Centre for Future Networks & Autonomous Systems (CeFNAS) at the Faculty of Science & Engineering in University of Wolverhampton from June 2020. He is also research lead for ‘5G Connected Forest Project’ funded by DCMS that aims at accelerating ‘visitor economy’ in midlands. He was a full Professor of telecommunication networks and digital productivity and the Head of the Intelligent Systems and Networks (ISN) Research Group, at School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, UK, between 2017 till 2020; he was also the Principal Architect for a large scale 5G testbed in the UK to accelerate digital productivity and to develop urban connected community with West Midland 5G during 2018-2020. He was also Full Professor of wireless systems and digital productivity & the Chair of the Centre of Excellence on Digital Productivity with Connected Services, Staffordshire University, until 2017. His current research interests include intelligent & autonomous systems, wireless communication systems design and optimization, future generation of cellular network architecture, and business modelling for data-economy. He is Chartered Engineer of Engineering-Council UK, Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of IET, and co-chair of Testbed working group of International Network Generation Roadmap at IEEE.
Ivan Seskar IEEE INGR Testbeds WG Chair and Chief Technologist, WINLAB, Rutgers University Ivan Seskar is the Chief Technologist at WINLAB, Rutgers University responsible for experimental systems and prototyping projects. He is currently the program director for the COSMOS project responsible for the New York City NSF PAWR deployment, the PI for the NSF GENI Wireless project, which resulted in campus deployments of LTE/WiMAX base stations at several US universities, and the PI for the NSF CloudLab deployment at Rutgers. He has also been the co-PI and project manager for all three phases of the NSF-supported ORBIT mid-scale testbed project at WINLAB, successfully leading technology development and operations since the testbed was released as a community resource in 2005 and for which the team received the 2008 NSF Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation. Ivan is a co-chair of the IEEE Future Networks Testbed Working Group, a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of ACM and the co-founder and CTO of Upside Wireless Inc.