Speaker Biographies
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Ron Resnick WiMAX Forum President |
| Ron Resnick serves as president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum, a position he has held since 2004. He is employed by Intel as a member of the Mobility Wireless Group. In June 2002, Resnick launched and became general manager of Intel’s Broadband Wireless Access business startup focused on wireless Metropolitan Area Network (“last mile”) technology. In April 2000 he joined Intel, where, as director of new business development for Intel’s Corporate Technology Group, he managed technology commercialization efforts within Intel’s labs. He concurrently served as a staff member of Intel’s New Business Initiatives, an internal venture fund established to attract and incubate new business efforts internal to Intel. Before joining Intel, Resnick served in executive marketing and business development positions, most recently as vice president of marketing of a computer peripherals company, Thrustmaster. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Growth and a board member of the Wireless Communications Association. He also served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Resnick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. |
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Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri WiMAX Forum Board Member and Vice President of Marketing |
| 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. He co-founded the wireless systems division, where he was responsible for the engineering team’s development of low-cost residential digital wireless systems for U.S. and Asian markets. Dr. Shakouri earned his doctorate degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAs Wafer Probe Systems. In addition to his position with the WiMAX Forum, he is on the board of directors for the Wireless Communications Association and was the 2005 IEEE MTT-SVC chairman. | |
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X.J. Wang Senior Director of Marketing and Chair, Marketing Working Group |
| X.J. Wang is the senior director of marketing at the WiMAX Forum. In this role, he is responsible for all marketing activities. Wang also serves as the chair of the WiMAX Forum’s Marketing Working Group (MWG). In this role, he serves as a member of the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) and contributes to other working groups from marketing and business perspectives. Wang joined the WiMAX Forum from Yankee Group Research Inc., where he was the vice president of enabling technology and Asia-Pacific research. In this role, he led a team of analysts who investigated market and service opportunities as well as technology trends in the Asia-Pacific region. He was recognized in the industry as a subject expert in messaging and value-added service platforms. During his analyst days, Wang’s research interest was market and technology trends, and their impact on the business models for both operators and vendors. He also provided go-to-market strategy, partnership strategy and due diligence service in the Chinese telecom market. Prior to rejoining Yankee Group in October 2006, Wang was a research director at Ovum. Before Ovum, he was a senior analyst at Yankee Group. Wang has more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including 10 years in the United States and 8 years in China. Before working as an industry analyst, he was with Comverse as a senior sales system engineer in the Asia-Pacific division, and a principal software engineer in R&D based in Wakefield, Mass. |
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Scenna M. Tabesh Director of Marketing Communications |
| Scenna Tabesh is the director of marketing communications for the WiMAX Forum. She leads the planning, development and execution of global outbound marketing and communications activities for the organization. Tabesh also leads the development and execution of brand strategies to propagate the value of the WiMAX™ and WiMAX Forum® brands and messages. Working with the Marketing Working Group and public relations teams, she develops and implements strategic communications plans that reach out to WiMAX Forum targeted audiences and ecosystem players. Tabesh has more than 10 years of experience in marketing communications, public relations and business development. Before joining the WiMAX Forum, she served as the WiMAX marketing communications and corporate event manager for Intel Corporation’s Mobility Group. Previously she was vice president of business and economic development with the Portland Business Alliance in Portland, Oregon. Tabesh received a Master of Arts degree in public affairs reporting and a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. |
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