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July 31, 2007
Carl Ford with Todd Keefe, pt 2.
The first in a series of two brief conversations between Carl Ford and Todd Keefe, President of For Immediate Release. Todd is trying to help Carl to elucidate from a PR perspective exactly why some of the topics to be discussed at Fall VON are so exciting.
In this podcast: is VoIP over 3g a "Vonage for Wireless"?
Link to part 1 of this series.
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Carl Ford with Todd Keefe, pt 1.
The first in a series of two brief conversations between Carl Ford and Todd Keefe, President of For Immediate Release. Todd is trying to help Carl to elucidate from a PR perspective exactly why some of the topics to be discussed at Fall VON are so exciting.
In this podcast: should the conversation be framed ad HMP's vs. DSP's, or simply Why Voice Is Becoming Free?
Link to part 2 of this series.
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July 25, 2007
Jon Arnold / Brian Mahony - IPTV Middleware Focus
On this week's podcast, Jon spoke with Brian Mahony, VP of Marketing for Ottawa-based Espial Group. The company is one of the leading independent vendors focused on IPTV middleware, and Brian provided both an overview and an update on this market. It's a key enabler of IPTV, and Brian spoke to the realities of today's deployments and adoption trends across various geographies. Espial also just had a successful IPO, and Brian shared some high level thoughts with Jon on what this means to the company and their future plans.
Brian Mahony is Espial's Vice President of Marketing and manages marketing and product management activities. Mr. Mahony has 15 years of marketing experience in the IT and telecom industry. Prior to joining Espial in 2006, Mr. Mahony was Vice President of Marketing for Netcentrex. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Mahony promoted Netcentrex’ brand leadership until that company’s acquisition by Comverse Technology. Mr. Mahony has also held various management and consulting roles including at Siemens Unisphere Networks, Nextel Corporation, Loral Corporation and Nortel Networks Corporation. Mr. Mahony has a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.
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July 18, 2007
Mahesh Lalwani, Ccube, with Carl Ford
In a brief conversation with Carl Ford, Mahesh Lalwani, CEO and Founder of Ccube, explains how his service works, and gives some real world examples (from craigslist to a local deli) of how people are using Ccube to connect to each other.
Mahesh Lalwani, Founder & CEO Ccube, is the former founder and CEO of a successful 28-people technology consulting company. Over nine years leading Pacview Mahesh bootstrapped startup activities while handling business development, new customer acquisition, contract negotiation, and built and managed teams.
A successful, results-driven professional with 14 years of experience in Information Technology, Networking, Databases, and Telecommunications in Silicon Valley. He has authored several white papers, and filed for a Patent in Speech, Internet, Database, and Telecommunications processes. Mahesh has his Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from India.
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Jon Arnold / Iain Klugman - Communitech and the Waterloo Tech Market
On this week's podcast, Jon's guest was Iain Klugman, CEO of Communitech. This was a follow up podcast to recent trip Jon took to visit the Waterloo tech community. Communitech is a member-funded organization devoted to supporting this community in areas such as funding, government advocacy, startup advisory and recruitment. Iain spoke with Jon about the role Communitech plays, as well as the characteristics that make Waterloo such a strong community for tech startups. He also shared his insights about what successful startups have done right and what aspiring startups should be thinking about.
Iain Klugman
A Nortel veteran as Director of Branding and Advertising; Executive Director of Communications with CBC; and CEO of Ontario Tourism. Federal stints with the Privy Council Office and Industry Canada.
Overall, a 20-year background in marketing with a unique mix of technology and management experience. Iain’s Nortel work supported start-up technology companies around the globe. Here in Waterloo Region, he’s committed to supporting technology businesses where they need it most: right in the trenches, providing practical services and programs to members of all sizes. Part of his role is as key contact for government relations, to make sure that all levels of government know about the developments and capabilities in Waterloo Region´s tech sector. Iain is also committed to community partnerships, sitting on several boards, including the Prosperity Council, the Guelph-Waterloo Biotechnology Council, the Accelerator Centre and the Research + Technology Park.
Iain holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, an MPA degree from Dalhousie University and an HBA from Laurentian University
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July 17, 2007
Ram Fish, Trolltech, with Carl Ford
A conversation between Ram Fish, until recently the CEO and founder of FONAV and now Trolltech's General Manager of VoIP Products, and Pulvermedia's own Carl Ford about Trolltech's recent acquisition of FONAV and the resulting synergy.
FONAV was founded in January 2006 by Ram Fish and Dilip Kenchammana and was acquired by Trolltech in June 2007.
Since its inception, FONAV has focused its efforts on providing the best unified communications experience for Wi-Fi/WiMAX connected devices. Built with Qtopia, FONAV applications offer consumers a unified live inbox – bringing together voice communication with visual voice messaging, email, instant messaging, and text messaging in a presence-enabled mobile environment. Consumers are able to seamlessly move through each of these modes. The solution moves VoIP beyond just inexpensive voice to inexpensive smart and rich communications.
Trolltech has seen tremendous success in the VoIP market with more than 40 VoIP/WiFi devices in the market today. FONAV’s offerings deepen Trolltech’s product expertise in this arena and widens the product capabilities of emerging consumer connected devices space. For device manufacturers, the combination of FONAV technology with Trolltech’s Qtopia ensures quick time to market and cost efficiencies for creating innovative connected devices and services.
Ram Fish was recently appointed the General Manager of VoIP Products for Trolltech after Trolltech acquired his company, FONAV. Ram led FONAV as its CEO and founder.
His previous roles include Vice President, Software Product Marketing at IXI Mobile (creator of AT&T OGO) and Chief Product Strategist for the Client Group at Openwave Systems. He started his career as a product marketing manager at PCSI, where he worked on the world's first mobile phone with Internet access.
He received his M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his MBA from Yale University.
His blog is at pelp.wordpress.com.
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July 16, 2007
Jon Arnold / Rod Piukkala - Telus and Emergency Communications
On this week's podcast, Jon spoke with Rod Piukkala, Director, Telus Business Solutions. Within this group his focus is on the Ontario Public Sector, and he joined Jon to speak about the current state of emergency communications in Canada.
He provided an overview of the challenges faced by first responders to emergency situations, and the need to collaborate quickly with real time information. Rod provided some specific examples with a health care scenario, and shared his own perspective of what it is like being on the front lines when these events occur. He also spoke about how Telus is addressing this market with their Web-based SafetyNet solution.
Rod Piukkala is a Director, TELUS Business Solutions, Ontario Public Sector, for TELUS Communications Inc., working out of Toronto. He has been employed with TELUS since September 2006 after retiring from the public safety sector in July of that year. He is presently responsible for ensuring the products, services and solutions offered by TELUS are compatible and responsive to the needs of Ontario municipalities and public safety agencies, the Province of Ontario and the federal government. Key focuses of those offerings are emergency management and security applications.
He is formerly the Deputy Chief of Police with the Durham Regional Police, east of Toronto, which employs in excess of 1100 members. He has previous experience as the Chief of Police of a mid-sized police service (Oxford Community Police Service) and held progressive leadership roles within Peel Regional Police where he attained the rank of Superintendent. He was a high profile member of Peel Regional Police for in excess of 26 years, with extensive Homicide investigation experience. Peel Regional Police has approximately 1900 staff.
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July 03, 2007
Jon Arnold / Rob Moffat - Wallace Wireless and Business Continuity
On this week's podcast, Jon spoke with Rob Moffat, President and co-Founder of Toronto-based Wallace Wireless. The topic was business continuity, and the market opportunity around providing this to mobile devices. Rob addressed issues and challenges related to business continuity and how important it is becoming to provide wireless solutions. Jon and Rob talked about how Wallace Wireless is approaching the market, as well as the advantages of being Toronto-based, especially in terms their business partnership with Waterloo-based RIM.
Rob Moffat
President and Co-Founder, Wallace Wireless
Rob Moffat co-founded Wallace Wireless with a vision to bring practical wireless applications to market. He is a 17 year veteran of software development in the high-tech, financial services and telecommunication sector where he was instrumental in growing Metex Systems into a leading supplier of large grained software components for Telco provisioning and billing.
Rob is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has been an active entrepreneur for over 25 years. Rob is a popular speaker who frequently presents about wireless technologies and applications at industry conferences.
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