February 11-13, 2025 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Strolid

GXC

Allen Proithis is chief executive officer of GXC, a leading provider of an award-winning, private enterprise 5G networks, and the world’s only provider of private cellular mesh technology. In this capacity, he is responsible for all corporate strategy, product development, go-to-market activities and operations. Before joining GXC, he founded Capstone Partners, a strategic advisory firm for clients interested in Digital Transformation enabled by mobile, IoT, software and managed solutions. Among his successes at Capstone was the creation of 5G optimized applications for one of the first US Department of Defense private 5G network deployments. Prior to Capstone, Allen was president of Sigfox North America, where he formed a high-performance team that built a successful IoT business with top enterprises while providing wireless coverage for over 70M people across the US. In addition, Allen created Convida Wireless, a $155M IoT joint venture with Sony & InterDigital, serving as chairman. Before that, he oversaw the commercialization of IoT, Wi-Fi, shared spectrum and video content management solutions for InterDigital, and led strategy and business development for HP’s global Smartphone & Tablet division, which included the launch of HP’s first mobile app store.

Radix IoT

Michael Skurla is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience in connected technologies and smart building solutions. As a product and marketing leader, he has led the development of products and services within the critical infrastructure, residential, hospitality, and alternative energy sectors. An IoT thought leader, and global industry events speaker on outcome-based analytics driven by data, he’s active within ASHRAE, IES, USGBC, Infrastructure Masons, and IoTSF. He has appeared in CBS News, IoT For All, Facility Executive, Network World, IoT World Today, RTInsights, LEDs Magazine, and LD+A among others.

Nokia

Boingo Wireless

Walt Shaw is Director of Product for Private Networks at Boingo Wireless, delivering a turnkey solution to design, build and manage private cellular networks for the enterprise. Walt’s experience spans a wide range of technologies including wireless, routing, security, IoT, mobile apps and cloud. Prior to joining Boingo, Walt drove product management for the Aironet/Catalyst Wi-Fi access point portfolio at Cisco and spearheaded strategies for its emerging Private LTE/CBRS/5G business. He has held roles in engineering, product management, marketing and business development at Good, Netscreen and Juniper. Walt received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business.

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Barlow is an attorney with Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP’s Communication Media Technology group. Womble is a full service firm with 1100 attorneys in the U.S. and Europe. Barlow provides in-depth FCC regulatory analysis and transactional counsel for clients involved in investments in innovative FCC-related spectrum issues, satellite spectrum matters, terrestrial radio technologies, small cell technologies, long-haul fiber networks, and data centers. He has actively handled state regulatory proceedings and provided expert witness services and support in telecommunications administrative matters involving FCC classifications of telecom facilities, service quality failures, and 911 failures. Barlow is a CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional) in the IAPP, Certified Member, American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and a Lecturer at Boston College Carroll School of Management, teaching Privacy and Internet Law.

NVIDIA

Joseph Boccuzzi (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. in E.E. from Polytechnic University of N.Y., M.S. in E.E. fromFlorida Atlantic University, FL. and Ph.D. in E.E. from New York University, Polytechnic school of engineering,N.Y. He was employed by Motorola, AT&T Bell Labs, Cadence Design Systems, Morphics Technology (Purchased byInfineon Technologies), Broadcom, Mindspeed Technologies and Intel (Architect of Look-a-Side solution). He wasan Adjunct Professor at NYU – Polytechnical School of Engineering where he created the “Wireless Digital CellularCommunications” graduate course. He is with NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, responsible for End-to-End System Architecture for the AerialAI-RAN 5G & 6G Wireless Platform (Architect of In-Line solution). The System Architect creating SW-Defined 5Gsolutions supporting AI/ML applications as well as defining network architectures used in the definition of 6G. UsingO-RAN and AI-RAN Alliance to create Open reference designs and proposed E2E Network Design & Verificationmethodology for 4T4R SU-MIMO and 64T64R MU-MIMO scenarios. Architected FH timing solutions based on PTPand SyncE, integrated various O-RUs, switches and devices into the NVIDIA Innovation Lab. He drivesrequirements,specifications and deliverables utilizing ecosystem components such as GPUs, DPUs, Switches, COTS servers, TestEquipment, O-RUs, Timing Grand Masters, etc. He has authored & co-authored several books: Signal Processing for Wireless Communications (McGraw Hill,2009), Femtocells: Design & Application (McGraw Hill, 2010), and Chapter Author: A Guide to the WirelessEngineering Body of Knowledge (John Wiley & Sons, 2009), Multiple Access Techniques for 5G Wireless Networksand Beyond (Springer, 2018). His research interests include E2E Wireless Communications. Dr. Boccuzzi has filedmore than 50 Patent applications.

Unified Office

Michael has a diverse technical background developed over a 33 year career as a software engineer. Most recently he is contributing to Unified Offices quest to bring innovative and delightful experiences to their customers in both communications and franchise management systems verticals. His current focus is on an AI infrastructure for Sentiment Analysis. He is also working on the integration of Service Robots into Unified Office’s communications portal for the hotel and hospitality industries. Prior to Unified Office, Michael created solutions for Amazon Robotics, Amazon Alexa Devices, IBM/Netezza, Warner Media, and others.

Datablaze

Cameron Powell, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Datablaze since 2004, is a drivingforce behind the companys wireless innovation journey. As the CTO, Powell has played a pivotalrole in shaping the companys trajectory. His leadership has been instrumental in the design anddevelopment of Datablazes flagship connectivity and endpoint management platform,VOYAGER, and TechTrack, a GPS tracking platform. With a career dedicated to pushingtechnological boundaries, Powell continues to lead Datablaze into the forefront of the wirelessconnectivity industry.

Digital Global Systems

Pat Rudolph has over 30 years of experience in executive sales, marketing, and technicalmanagement, spanning mobile applications, carrier infrastructure, IP telephony applications, anddata networking. With experience selling to government and commercial organizations, Pat hasbeen instrumental in expanding market share in key areas.Pat previously served as the vice president of global sales for Ventureforth (an Oracle ISV thatPrometheus Group acquired), the vice president of technology for 3Com Corporation, and atechnology manager for GE Capital.More recently, Pat has formed relationships with trusted partners to expand DGS’s footprint in theprivate wireless and critical asset protection markets and has managed DGS’s participation in theNational Spectrum Consortium (NSC) and Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP).Pat holds a bachelors degree from Hendrix College and a Master of Business Administration fromNorthern Illinois University.

Alvaria, Inc

MarketVines

Brad Canham Dr. Brad is a Digital Transformation growth and leadership expert, with decades of practical leadership experience applying market intelligence and growing technology firms. Previously he served in leadership roles in SaaS, IoT, and AI firms internationally and in Silicon Valley including Aisera (Series D), Cassia Networks (Series C), Allot Communications (exit to NASDAQ), and ADC Telecommunications (ADCT, acquired by CommScope). He is an executive presence and experienced speaker on the intersection of markets and emergent technology at events like CES, AI & Big Data Expo, IoT Evolution, IPVM, Pubcon, and Sensors Expo, as well as broadcast media /podcasts including IoT Now, Democratic Visions, EPLN, Next Curve, Transforma Insights, and Conversations in Applied AI. Dr. Brad is a Corporate Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas (UST), Minneapolis-OPUS College of Business teaching in the Masters of Management Science program, serves as a mentor in the Community Entrepreneurship Program and a member of the AI Faculty Learning Community. Since 2007, Dr. Brad has served as the Founder & CEO of MarketVines, a strategic growth agency and consultancy working with hundreds of emergent tech scaleups, unicorns, and Fortune 100 enterprises. He is author of The Vision Stack a strategic mindset and knowledge-to-value framework for avoiding digital transformation project stalls and failures. His doctoral work into successful AI, SaaS, and IoT companies Navigating Complexity in an Internet of Things Era: A Case Study of Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Silicon Valley IoT Startup (available here) ranks in the top 8% of ResearchGates new 2023 research.

DataTrails

Steve Lasker is the Director of Ecosystem at DataTrails, a leader for providing provenanceas-a-service, with a particular emphasis on AI data supply chain security. Steve focuses onbuilding an ecosystem of partners while developing international standards such as SCITTand vCons under the IETF. Steve’s extensive experience at Microsoft running cloudservices, developing open-source standards and developer tooling is just some of the greatexperiences of the DataTrails team which is pioneering next-gen transparency ledgertechnologies. DataTrails aims to empower businesses to manage multi-party data riskswhile fostering responsible, open, and trustworthy digital ecosystems.

Data Trails

Thynk Forward

Thynk Forward

RAD-INFO, Inc.

Peter Radizeski worked as a Novell VAR in 1996, before switching to a career intelecom as an agent in 1999. On top of being an Agent, Radizeski has helped manyservice providers with sales training, markeOng, channel development andbusiness strategy. He is a trusted source of knowledge about the telecom sector.His honest and direct approach make him a refreshing speaker at industry events.

Strolid

David Walsh is a seasoned serial entrepreneur and accomplished executive with a proven trackrecord of founding, scaling, and successfully exiting five high-growth SaaS, CPaaS, and UCaaScompanies. With over 24 years of experience, he has relentlessly innovated across industries,driving record-breaking revenue, profit, market share, and shareholder value.David began his entrepreneurial journey as Co-Founder and President of Global Capacity, a$300M data networking services company acquired by a publicly traded firm in 2006. He thenfounded Net Source Communications, an award-winning master channel partner and contactcenter for AT&T/SBC, which was successfully sold. His next venture, StarView Solutions,became an award-winning UCaaS platform, achieving profitability within two years andculminating in the sale of two business units and the spin-off of a third.As the Founder and CEO of Shango, David created an API-driven platform enabling rapidonboarding of third-party applications and IoT services, securing eight patents. His leadershipcontinued as CEO of VoIP Innovations, where he spearheaded a digital transformation, globalexpansion, and strategic acquisition, leading to a $46M exit to Sangoma, a publicly tradedcompany, in 2019.David’s expertise extends beyond corporate leadership. He has served as a trusted advisor onboards, mentored startups through Capital Factory and Galvanize, and led strategic initiativessuch as the City of Austin’s Smart Cities program. His innovative approach to productization,digital transformation, and strategic partnerships has consistently driven market-leading solutionsand long-term growth.An Arizona State University graduate and former Division I athlete, David combines strategicvision, operational expertise, and a passion for mentoring to create lasting impact in the tech andtelecommunications sectors.When he’s not innovating in the tech world, David enjoys spending his weekends with his familyand playing live music as a musician in and around Austin, Texas. His creative energy extendsbeyond the boardroom, blending his love for business, music, and community into a trulybalanced and impactful life.

AdJumps

A pioneering technology executive with 30 years of Internet experience, Claude was instrumental in establishing the first U.S. Internet Service Provider. As a subject matter expert in IP communications, SIP, VoIP, and video technologies, he led the largest IVR installation in the United States. Claude’s expertise spans worldwide sales, market research, product development, and strategic technology management across the entire product lifecycle.

RIoT

Tom is Executive Director of RIoT, supporting Internet of Things and disruptive technology industry growth. Under Tom’s leadership, RIoT has launched the RIoT Accelerator Program, RIoT Studios, which includes the RIoT Underground Podcast, and RIoT’s ED series. He has grown RIoT from a Research Triangle focused organization to one with international reach. In his spare time, Tom co-instructs Product Innovation Lab, a Forbes award winning multidisciplinary course in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NC State. Prior to joining RIoT, Tom held an executive leadership role at the ASSIST Center, a National Science Foundation sponsored effort to create wearable electronics for healthcare monitoring. Previously, he spent two decades in product development and technology incubation for multinational technology companies. He’s passionate about creating and fostering collaborations across disciplines, markets and cultures. He enjoys the outdoors, woodworking, board games, big crowds, craft beer and ideas that are just crazy enough to work.

Crossfire Media

MarketVines

Brad Canham Dr. Brad is a Digital Transformation growth and leadership expert, with decades of practical leadership experience applying market intelligence and growing technology firms. Previously he served in leadership roles in SaaS, IoT, and AI firms internationally and in Silicon Valley including Aisera (Series D), Cassia Networks (Series C), Allot Communications (exit to NASDAQ), and ADC Telecommunications (ADCT, acquired by CommScope). He is an executive presence and experienced speaker on the intersection of markets and emergent technology at events like CES, AI & Big Data Expo, IoT Evolution, IPVM, Pubcon, and Sensors Expo, as well as broadcast media /podcasts including IoT Now, Democratic Visions, EPLN, Next Curve, Transforma Insights, and Conversations in Applied AI. Dr. Brad is a Corporate Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas (UST), Minneapolis-OPUS College of Business teaching in the Masters of Management Science program, serves as a mentor in the Community Entrepreneurship Program and a member of the AI Faculty Learning Community. Since 2007, Dr. Brad has served as the Founder & CEO of MarketVines, a strategic growth agency and consultancy working with hundreds of emergent tech scaleups, unicorns, and Fortune 100 enterprises. He is author of The Vision Stack a strategic mindset and knowledge-to-value framework for avoiding digital transformation project stalls and failures. His doctoral work into successful AI, SaaS, and IoT companies Navigating Complexity in an Internet of Things Era: A Case Study of Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Silicon Valley IoT Startup (available here) ranks in the top 8% of ResearchGates new 2023 research.

Grain Management

Mr. Freyer is Senior Vice President, Business Development, working across the team on industryoutreach, investment origination, and in supporting firm-wide branding and marketing efforts.Previously, Mr. Freyer was an executive at Communications Management working exclusively withthe Grain investment team and Grain portfolio companies on distribution, pricing, and related goto-market strategies. He has been an executive in the telecommunications industry for over 20years, working in prior roles at Comcast, MCI, Level 3 Communications, and TelCove. Mr. Freyerbegan his career with AT&T Solutions supporting managed network services.