Title:  Chief Marketing Officer
Employer:  Avotus Corporation
Nickname/Alias:  Just plain "lan"

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Knowing how to use a telephone and being an exec at Avotus.

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Mostly Supply chain process-related.

Summary of Professional Background:

Marketing exec with over 25 years’ experience in hardware, software, and outsourced services.

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

Convergence will be the number one issue and opportunity for both the industry and for Telecom Managers.  Those that grasp and proactively engage in driving that change will assume leadership roles, and those who resist will be left scratching their heads and wondering what happened.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

Well, there was that one thing, but I swear I was only joking around…
More printable, but not very weird, is that I am a closet cowboy, complete with horse, hat and spurs. 

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

Talking or doing something in marketing, technology, or better still, the Red Sox.

Book and author I'm currently reading:

1491, by Charles C. Mann

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

Jimmy Buffett “Always Take the Weather with You”.

The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone:

“Is this thing on…”