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Art Prest has over thirty-five years experience in the telecommunications industry. He began his career in the Bell System, where he worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric in various line and management capacities including research and development of hybrid integrated circuits, manufacturing engineering of microwave radio systems, and product line planning and management of fiber optic transmission systems. After leaving the Bell System, Mr. Prest worked in management roles at Polaroid, and Telco Systems Fiber Optics Corporation where he became Senior Vice President for the New Venture Division. In 1994 he moved to Washington to work for CTIA as Vice President for Science and Technology. In addition to working on a myriad of technical issues while at CTIA, he served as the wireless industry’s representative on the FCC Network Reliability Council Steering Committee and on the FCC Network Reliability Council 2 in 1996, and the subsequent FCC Network Reliability and Interoperability Council in 1997. From 1998 to 1999, he was as a member of the Telecommunications Industry Sector Group of the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion. From 2000 until 2004 he was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Alpine PCS and RFB Cellular, two independently owned rural wireless carriers. At Alpine PSC and RFB Cellular he was responsible for dealing with Alpine’s and RFB’s technical and regulatory issues. In 2003 and 2004 he served as a member of the Board of Directors of RCA, the Rural Cellular Association. Mr. Prest is also on the Board of Directors of the E911 Institute and was Chairman of the E911 Institute Issues Committee on Rural E911 Issues. In addition he represents RCA on both the Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF) and the FCC’s Network Interoperability and Reliability Council VII Focus Group 1A. In October 2004 he formed Art Prest & Associates, a consulting firm that serves the needs of carriers, vendors and other industry participants. He holds one patent involving the manufacturing of hybrid integrated circuits. He received a Bachelor's degree from Northeastern University and an MBA with Honors from Boston University . Edward A. Hall founded TelecomXchange International in December 2004 following 22 years of service to the telecommunications industry as a principal technical member. His past 11 years have been with two of the leading telecommunications associations in Washington , DC , CTIA and ATIS. Prior to founding TelecomXchange International, Mr. Hall’s previous position was with the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solution (ATIS), a leading standards development organization (SDO), as the Vice President for Technical Development. Prior to joining ATIS, Ed spent seven years at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) starting in 1993 as Director for Network Operations overseeing integration of technology innovations and network interoperability for the industry. He has provided leadership, coordination and contributions for technical standards committees developing network standards for ANSI-41 Interoperability and Interworking, the Joint, Committee T-1 and TR45 Mobile and Personal Communication Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance (LAES), and Enhanced Emergency Services (AHES). Ed has also planned and moderated, a CTIA Technology Workshop series featuring the status of wireless location technologies in response to FCC docket 94-102 Report and Order as well as establishing and chairing the Industry’s TTY/TDD Over Digital Forum credited with developing solutions for TTY signaling over various digital air interfaces in use today by wireless service providers. His other accomplishments include assisting in the establishment of an industry forum designed to provide solutions for international roaming issues (International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology - IFAST), the Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF), the IMSI Oversight Council (IOC) and the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Forum. Lieutenant Colonel Ed Hall retired from the US Marine Corps after serving 24 years. He spent over 12 years in electronic communications and surveillance systems, and Radio Frequency (RF) field experience and direction finding as well as Commanding Officer for the Naval Security Group aboard US Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Col Hall was responsible for all electronics surveillance and electronic intelligence support capabilities for the Caribbean Theater of Operations. Bernardo Martinez Avalos has been involved in the telecommunications industry for over 22 years. His career has included investigation, research, training, planning, engineering, construction and operation of wireless and wireline networks. Mr. Martinez is a published author in the areas of numbering, signaling, antennas, satellites and wireless technologies. His book about Parabolic Satellite Antennas set a sales record. In 1988, Mr. Martinez was co-granted a US Patent related with parabolic antennas for communicating with any geostationary satellite. Bernardo has been involved in national and international regulatory bodies working to define and publish recommendations and standards since 1987. He is author of software models to design cellular networks which have been used to define strategies related with spectrum auctions and selection of RF technologies like CDMA and GSM. He was also involved in the planning and design of the first CDMA network in Latin America . Mr. Martinez was a founder of IFAST, as well as the creator of the IRM concept as a worldwide application. He currently works as a Director in the area of Operation and Engineering for AECE in Mexico . David Crowe has been involved with technical aspects of wireless standards since 1988, while at NovAtel. One of the founders of IFAST in 1995, David now acts as International Roaming MIN and System ID administrator for the organization. He is also chair of 3GPP2 TSG-X working group ERA (Evolution, Requirements and Architecture) and of TIA subcommittee TR-45.2 and editor of several industry standards related to cellular signaling networks, under contract to Qualcomm. He has consulted for many other wireless industry organizations, including Alcatel, Agilent, Telcordia, CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association. Syed Zaeem Hosain is Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at Aeris.net (formerly Aeris Communications, Inc.) where he manages the development and deployment of wireless data technologies and services. He joined Aeris in 1996 as Vice President of Engineering and is one of the founders of the company. Mr. Hosain has 26 years experience in the semiconductor, computer and telecommunications industries. He has held senior engineering and management positions at Analog Devices, Cypress Semiconductor, CAD National and ESS Technology. He has also consulted for high-technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area on network/systems planning and project management methods. Product development is Mr. Hosain’s areas of expertise. Mr. Hosain holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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