Vesbridge Partners Creates Debate at SUPERCOMM 2005 During Hot Start Up Keynote, Panels and Industry Round Tables.WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Vesbridge Partners, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.LLC - Logical Link Control , a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on the networking and IT infrastructure markets, today announced that Senior Managing Director Rod Randall will deliver the breakfast keynote at Telecommunications Magazine's Hot Start Up Breakfast on Tuesday, June 7, at SUPERCOMM 2005. "Over the past 20 years, Rod has helped create some of the industry's most innovative telecommunications technology companies as both a venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. and entrepreneur so his insight will be particularly relevant to the audience," said Sue O'Keefe, publisher of Telecommunications Magazine. "At SUPERCOMM 2005, we're honoring the companies we see as the best and the brightest new companies in telecom that we believe will reshape their respective industries and re-energize the market as a whole." In addition to Randall's keynote, several other Vesbridge partners will spark debate and discussion during SUPERCOMM 2005. On Tuesday, June 7, Dr. Martin J. Steinmann will host the "Making Hosted Voice a Win/Win for Service Providers and Enterprise CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ," during the IEC's Enterprise Communications Consortium. The panel, from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm will feature leading industry representatives including: Joe Aibinder, director, AT&T; Lars Bodenheimer, director, Detecon; Stuart Elby, vice president, Verizon; William Rich, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Pingtel; and Eliot Robinson, executive vice president, Sterling National Bank. Dr. Steinmann will also participate in an industry round table debate hosted by net.com on Wednesday, June 8, entitled "VoIP for the Global Enterprise: Whose Opportunity?" Other panelists include: Zeus Kerravala, Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure, Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. ; Joe McGarvey, Senior Analyst, Current Analysis; David Yedwab, Executive Vice President, Eastern Management Group; and Robin Gariess, Executive Vice President & Senior Founding Partner, Nemertes Research Nemertes Research is an independent research firm that specializes in assessing the business value of emerging technology. Pronounced ("nuh MER teez"), the company is named for the sea goddess Nemertes, one of fifty Nereids, sisters who lived with their sea-god father Nereus . Vesbridge analyst Danny Klein tackles the IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. market by moderating a panel entitled "So Happy Together: Voice and Data Converge Via IMS" that includes presentations by: Bill Smith, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of BellSouth; Roger Ward, BT and Chairman, Multiservice Forum; Alan Stoddard, General Manager, Converged Multimedia Solutions, Nortel; Raj Sharma, President, NexTone; and Sandip Mukerjee, Vice President, Applications Solutions Strategy and Business Development, Lucent. The panel, hosted by Telecommunications Magazine, will be held on Wednesday, June 8, from 12:30 - 2:00 pm. About Vesbridge Partners Vesbridge Partners thrives on helping early-stage, leading-edge networking and IT companies bring their software and service platforms to enterprise and carrier market. Vesbridge Partners, headquartered in Boston, Mass., has a long history as part of St. Paul Venture Capital (SPVC SPVC Soft Permanent Virtual Connection SPVC Switched Permanent Virtual Circuit SPVC Security Policy Verification Committee SPVC Soft Permanent Virtual Circuit ), a well established early-stage venture capital firm with a strong track record over the past 15 years of helping finance some of the industry's most successful technology companies. Additional information can be found at the firm's website at www.vesbridge.com. Note to Editors: Vesbridge and Vesbridge Partners are trademarks of Vesbridge Partners LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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