Board of Directors

Division Manager
Standards and WAN Ecosystem

Asha Keddy is responsible for wireless standards and technology efforts at Intel. Prior to that she was responsible for the scaling of WiMAX products to different operators and with Telco and interoperability.

CTO/Vice President, Sprint Technology Development & Strategy

Stephen Bye, vice president of Technology Development, is responsible for driving Sprint’s technology strategy, architecture and global standards; innovation center and labs; emerging business and service model development.

Head of CDMA and WiMAX/4G Standards, Nokia Siemens Network

Al Jette is the Head of CDMA, WiMAX/4G Standardization for Nokia Siemens Networks. Al has been working in the wireless telecom industry since 1989 and has been directly involved in all current major cellular technologies for the past 22 years. Besides working in standards for the past 11 years, Al has held various positions in the telecommunications industry including: system engineering, development and system test.

General Director of ITRI/ICL & VP of ITRI

Cheng-Wen Wu received the BSEE degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1981, and the MS and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Since 1988, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, where he is currently a Tsing Hua Chair Professor. He also serves as the Vice President and General Director of Information and Communications Research Laboratories (ICL) at ITRI.

Vice President of Technology

As Vice President of Technology for Clearwire, Dr. Marquardt is responsible for the company’s technology strategy as well as the architecture, design, testing, and implementation of its mobile broadband 4G network and services. He leads over 175 engineering professionals in service architecture, core and radio access network (RAN) design, lab and field testing, device engineering and certification, systems R&D, and end-to-end systems integration.

CTO, UQ Communications Inc.

Dr. Watanabe has 30 years of experience in research and development on satellite communication systems and mobile communication systems including IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced and WiMAX. He also has long activity in international standardization of mobile systems in ITU-R TG8/1 and WP8F. He is CTO of UQ Communications Inc. He is also the Executive Director & General Manager of Network Technology Division of KDDI.

Chief Executive Officer of Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Green Packet

“Broadband is not a privilege, it’s a right for all” – Michael Lai 赖敬达.

Michael Lai, Chief Executive Officer of Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“P1”) passionately believes in enriching lives through the power of high-quality, high-performance broadband connectivity. Putting this passion into action has resulted in Michael being one of the most sought after leaders in the country to propel the nation forward with broadband for all.

VP, Wireless

Sean Cai serves as VP of Wireless at ZTE. Cai is responsible for the development of 4G technologies, as well as strategic marketing and technical support for business development. He leads a technical team in USA working closely with leading operators in the world, and regularly participates in the working group activities of various standard bodies. He has been an active contributor to the development of WiMAX and LTE specifications. Cai has over 20 years of professional experience in telecommunications industry, specialized in advanced wireless products research and development.

Manager - Industry Standards Sprint Nextel

Bio unavailable.

Senior Vice President, Telecommunication Network
 Samsung Electronics

 
Joonho Park, Ph.D., is a member of the Marketing Working Group, the Technical Working Group and the Certification Working Group.
 

Director, Mobile Internet Business Group
Korea Telecom

Director, Mobile Internet Business Group, KT
Primary responsibilities are:
Member of the Technical Working Group
Member of the Certification Working Group

Vice President and General Manager
Emerging Technologies and Spectrum Division


Vice President and General Manager, Emerging Technologies and Spectrum Division
KDDI Corporation

Vice Director, Industry Standards Dept. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

As the vice director of the Industry Standards Department at Huawei, Thomas Lee (Li Li) is responsible for policies on 3GPP, IEEE, WiMAX Forum, ITU-R WP5D (past as WP8F), NGMN and 3GPP2. He is also responsible for standard strategies of major projects including WiMAX, LTE/SAE/IMS, IMT-Advanced and NGSON. Besides these areas, his management scope also covers IPTV, MPEG, and ITU-T SG16 and SG12. He is a member of IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CaG) in 2007 to 2009, as well as a member of IEEE-SA BoG International Ad Hoc in 2009.
 

Senior Vice President of Wireless Technology

Dave Williams is the senior vice president of wireless technology at Comcast Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the evaluation and strategy of wireless technology solutions. Additionally, his expertise serves the boards of the GSM Association, Vantage Point, Bubble Motion, the Femto Forum and the WiMAX Forum.
 

CTO, Airspan Networks

Interim Chairperson, WiMAX Forum
Corporate Vice President and Innovation and Marketing
Alvarion

Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri, corporate vice president, strategy, for Alvarion, has 22 years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks. Previously, during three years at Lucent, Dr. Shakouri was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. He also spent 14 years in technical and management positions with Hewlett-Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems.