Title: Principal Consultant
Employer: TechCaliber Consulting
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Nickname/Alias: Top Secret What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World): Combination of both Technical and Business strengths; Persistence Other Primary Areas of Expertise: Led or contributed to several global LAN and PBX outsourcing benchmarking, design, and planning projects both in the financial services and high-tech manufacturing industries. He is a recognized contributor in the practice areas of global networking and telecommunications infrastructure planning, design, procurement, and implementation. Summary of Professional Background: More than 20 years of management and technical experience in technology infrastructure, networking services and telecommunications. Managed multidisciplinary, large, international teams and developed practices to apply networking and telecommunications infrastructure to solve business problems and reduce costs. Quoted in articles published in Crain's New York Business, Internet Week, Network World, and Insurance + Technology Magazine and has been a speaker on network services, procurement, and outsourcing. Held several high-level technology leadership positions including Deloitte Consulting, Booz Allen & Hamilton, IBM, California Microwave, and US Interactive. Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers: I said this to a client in 1997 (which is not so original now but it was then): “Everything IP and Ethernet.” Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me: I built my own Amateur Radio transceiver when I was 17. When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually... Sailing or biking Book and author I'm currently reading: Audiobook on the “Titanic Disaster Hearings CD currently or most recently in my car stereo: Melanie Dekker, Vancouver, Canada-based singer songwriter The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone: Too stupid to repeat. | 
