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Telecommunications

 

Chris HChris Hamilton
Senior Manager
Networking Division

Chris leads the architecture and marketing activity linking service providers and equipment manufacturers defining the products, requirements and functionality of components used in the global telecommunication equipment industry.

Published Articles:

  • “Convergence of Carrier-Grade Ethernet Services in Broadband Networks, and Delivery of Hosted Ethernet Business Services” (ECN China; September 2006)
  • “New Leadership for a Global Age” (Oxford Round Table; August 2006)
  • “Business Converges Broadband Ethernet” (EDP, UK; July 2006)
  • “Service Providers Focus on Consumer Technologies” (Elektronik, Germany; May 2006)
  • “Adding Resiliency to Access Applications” (Network Systems Design Newsletter; March 2005)
  • “Achieving Reliable Access Network Operation with Flow-Optimized Traffic Management Application Service Resiliency” (European Communications, UK; March 2005)
  • “Achieving Reliable Telecom Access Network Operation with Flow-Optimized Application Service Resiliency” (Elektronik, Germany; March 2005)
  • “Time to Get Religion About Telecom God Boxes” (ESM China; December 2004)
  • "Time to Get Religion About God Boxes” (Telephony Online.com; August 2004)
  • “Design Challenges for Multi-protocol Services” (EE Times; February 2004)

Past Speaking Engagements:

  • The Basestation Conference 2006 -- "Making Next Generation IP Node Bs a Reality Today" (May 2006)
  • 21st Century Communications World Forum -- "Delivery of Traditional and New Services on a 21c Access Network" (March 2006)
  • Qwest 3rd Annual High-Speed Networking Summit (June 2005)
  • China VoIP -- “Delivering Voice Services in a Multimedia Market” (May 2005)
  • China VoIP Roadshow -- “Matching Packets to Paying Customers--Delivering Quality and the Bottom Line of Voice Over Internet Protocol Services” (November 2004)

 

MarkMark Simkins
System Architect
Networking Division

Mark is a system architect for the Telecommunications division. He has worked in the communications industry for over 15 years in various applications and systems architect roles. He has been lead system architect on a variety of devices for ISDN, DSL, ATM and multi-service applications. He has represented his company in ANSI, ETSI and ITU standards bodies. For the past several years he has been responsible for the definition of next-generation 3G wireless, edge and DSLAM system solutions, focusing on traffic management and aggregation devices.

Published Articles:

  • “Implementing Demanding Traffic Processing Requirements for Next-Generation DSLAM Network Architectures” (telecomKOREA; June 2005)
  • “Implementing Demanding Traffic Processing Requirements for Next-Generation DSLAM Network Architectures” (EDN China; April 2005)
  • “Enabling Unbreakable Resiliency-on-Demand and Per-Service Guarantees in Converging Personal Broadband Access Networks” (EE Times Korea; April 2005)
  • “Implementing Robust Traffic Processing in Converged Access, Next-Gen DSLAMs” (Converge Network Digest; April 2005)
  • “Enabling Unbreakable Resiliency-on-Demand and Per-Service Guarantees in Converging Personal Broadband Access Networks” (Global Electronic China; January 2005)
  • “Converged Broadband Nets Need Resiliency” (EE Times; November 2004)
  • “Implementing Resiliency on Demand in Broadband Equipment” (Network Systems Design Newsletter; August 2004)

Past Speaking Engagements:

  • Broadband World Forum -- “Next-Generation Access Networks: Traffic Management at the Edges Provides Key to Telecom Revenue Growth” (October 2005)
  • China DSL Conference -- “Unlocking the Potential of the Access Network” (March 2005)
  • China DSL Conference -- “Next Gen DSL Technologies” (March 2005)
  • Light Reading Webinar -- “The Convergence of Wireline and Wireless Infrastructure” (September 2004)
  • Convergence 2004 -- “Blueprints for Reliability” and “Service Migration and Interworking: Controlling the Pace of Convergence” (June 2004)
  • China DSL -- “Enabling Personal Broadband Services Through DSL-based Quality of Service Offering” (March 2004)

Network Attached Storage

 

FlynnJim Flynn
System Architect
Networking Division

Jim has worked for LSI for more than 20 years and has held many positions in the area of digital home standard products, including analog modems, home networking, DSL and general-purpose DSPs.

Published Articles:

  • “Fast-Moving Multimedia and Storage Markets Suddenly Converging, Raiding the Network Attached Storage Arena” (ESM China; September 2005)
  • “Digital Media Will Require Gigabit-Enabled Home Storage Solutions” (Converge Network Digest; July 2005)

Storage Solutions

 

FadiFadi Afa Al-Refaee
Strategic Marketing Manager
Storage Division

Fadi supports the LSI strategic marketing initiatives in the storage space, with an emphasis on new business development within the emerging technology segments.

Published Articles:

  • “Video Sets the Dividing Line for Disk Drives and Flash in Portable Consumer Products” (EE Times/Planet Analog; January 2006)
  • “Magnetic Storage Solutions vs. Flash in Portables” (Portable Design; August 2004)
  • “Meeting Low Power Storage Needs in HDD Electronics” (Nikkei Electronics; May 2004)

Past Speaking Engagements:

  • Electronics Summit 2006 - "Consumer: What's Next in Portable Devices?" (March 2006)
  • Storage Visions Conference - "How Much Video Is Enough?" (January 2006)
  • Memcon 2005 Conference - “Changing HDD Architectures” (October 2005)
  • DISKCON USA - “Aligning Disk Drive Designs to Portable Consumer Electronics Applications” (September 2005)
  • DISKCON Asia - “Achieving Low-Power Storage Designs” (March 2004)
  • 2004 Storage Visions Conference (January 2004)

 

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