Martin Backstrom has more than 15 years experience in Wireless Data and has been working for Ericsson since 1989.

His earlier position includes head of Radio Technology Development, Principal designer of GPRS and Packet PDC. He was also working with the latest technology development such as UMA; GSM over IP, mobile GSM Systems, and an improved GSM architecture.

Now the Vice President for Networks, Ericsson Market Unit South East Asia, Martin is based in Kuala Lumpur.

In his present position, Sebastian Barros entails working across telecoms, internet, and media companies in order to help operators with new initiatives, business models, market trials, and research to deliver a better end-user experience to consumers and enterprises.

He has worked in the Telecom and Multimedia space within marketing, product development and sales. His primary focus has been working with services innovation in across new platforms and delivery like Mobile TV, IPTV, Messaging, Advertising and communities.

Prior to joining the Multimedia Unit in 2005, Sebastian’s career has included: 7 years in telecoms based in South America and Europe, working with Tier one service providers; including fixed operator strategies for the advertising industry and IPTV.

Sebastian received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration degree from Gabriela Mistral University, and two Masters in Business Administration from University of Chile and Tulane University.

Brendan Leitch, Juniper Networks’ APAC director for service provider marketing, is responsible for all aspects of communicating Juniper’s unique value proposition to the regional service provider market segment. His responsibilities also include developing and implementing go-to-market strategies at a regional level, interfacing with local account teams, regional sales and marketing resources, as well as being responsible for various corporate marketing and business team functions.

Brendan brings to Juniper 19 years of industry knowledge with 14 years of technical sales management and sales leadership experience in the Asia-Pacific region. He is based at Juniper’s APAC headquarters in Hong Kong.

Before joining Juniper, Brendan was with Broadsoft as its Vice President of South East Asia and Japan, focusing on a range of SP solutions including next generation voice applications. Prior to Broadsoft, he worked for Cisco Systems in a variety of roles including as CTO of Service Providers and SE Director for Global Enterprise accounts in Asia Pacific. Brendan also worked with Nortel Networks in Asia and in Canada.

He has a B.Sc. in Computing Science from the University of Alberta.

Armed with media and management experiences spanning 3 continents and 6 countries, Andreas Vogiatzakis has elevated Omnicom Media Group (OMG) to a highly desirable position in the market and his involvement in the industry is constant and engaging.

His previous roles and responsibilities include managing JWT’s international clients in Greece, establishing Japan’s D’Arcy’s media department, restructured Starcom as the strongest international media independent in Japan and heading MindShare group in Taiwan.

Under his leaderships, OMD has won the Silver Award for the 2008 Best Office of the Year in South East Asia – the only agency from Malaysia and the only media agency in South East Asia to win this highly coveted industry award.

He is also an active member of the Malaysian Media Association (MSA), sits on the Board of Directors of the European Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia (EUMCCI) and is the Media and PR advisor in the Advisory Council of AIESEC Student Organization. Andreas is a sought-after industry speaker, invited in numerous industry talks and forums, and has received continuous and extensive publicity across the region.

He holds an honors degree in Advertising and Marketing from the University of Florida. He started his media career with DMB&B in New York.

With over 20 years of experience in the ICT industry, Michael Lai leads one of the world’s leading WiMAX telecommunications companies, with the challenge to develop P1 right from ground zero.
He has a formidable track record that includes a fair mixture of management, technical as well as marketing and branding background.

His pioneering efforts in embracing and actively engaging with online communities have earned him many affectionate nicknames from acclaimed observers. The Peak Magazine dubbed him the ‘Wizard of Wireless’.

Prior to joining the group, Michael was the CEO of TMNet, the region’s largest Internet service provider. His tenure there transformed TMNet into a billion-dollar enterprise with over 1 million subscribers within 18months.

Michael was also previously Senior Vice President of Branding and Market Development for Celcom, and Marketing Director for Oracle Malaysia. He is an Electrical Engineer by training with a Masters in Business Administration.

Guntur Siboro joined PT Indosat in 1989 and since then he has worked in various functions at PT Indosat, including Satellite Operations, Network Operations, Business Development, Investor Relations, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Fixed Wireless Access and Sumatera Region.

In his current role, he is responsible for Marketing and Retention aspects of all Indosat services.
His academic training includes BSEE from University of Southern California, USA (1986), Master of Engineering (Electrical) from Cornell University, USA (1988) and a MBA from Monash University, Australia (1991).

He was also formerly a Visiting Fellow at the Center of Corporate Strategy and Change at the University of Warwick, UK (1996). Guntur is a life member of engineering honors society Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.

John Stefanac is vice president and president of Qualcomm Southeast Asia/Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, John oversees the execution of Qualcomm's market strategies and manages the company's business operations throughout the region.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and information technologies industries. Prior to this, he was working with Nokia Siemens Networks where, as vice president and general manager of Asia/Pacific, he led the company's regional marketing and sales efforts. 
John also served as vice president of sales and business development Asia/Pacific for Flextronics Network Services in Singapore. He also spent more than 10 years in leadership positions at Lucent Technologies/AT&T in Australia and Singapore, managing the company's in-country sales of optical networking equipment, wireless and broadband systems and software products to service providers.
He earned a degree in Master of Business Administration from Henley School of Management in the United Kingdom.

Jerome Almirante overseas the company’s mobile businesses and revenue streams for various departments - Mobile Internet, Music and Rich Media, Gaming, Legacy Value-Added Services, Infotainment, Messaging and P2P Services. Currently he is playing a role in both marketing and product development.

His other key roles include Product Development for the Smart Bro Wireless Broadband service, and Internet Platforms.  In the field of Wireless Broadband, Jerome’s team has launched the Smart Bro postpaid and prepaid Plug-it HSDPA USB modems as well as the Smart Bro Share-It HSDPA routers.
He graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines.  He has had over 15 years experience in the fast-paced Philippine Telecom/Wireless industry, spending the past 10 years with the Philippines’ leading mobile operator, Smart Communications, Inc.

Neeraj Sonker has been associated with the Tata Group/VSNL for the last 14 years. Currently he is the Vice President (Wireless Engineering and Network Implementation) with Tata Communications, leading the organization’s WIMAX Planning and Roll Out.

Some of the other projects he has worked on are as follows:

• Setting up India’s first ISP Network for Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL)

• Fixed WiMAX deployment for 130+ cities, to meet last mile requirement for Enterprise Customers for delivering MPLS VPN, Internet Leased Circuits, Managed Voice etc.

• Rolled out WiMAX in 4 Metro cities in India to meet Wireless Broadband Services for Retail Customers

• When Tata Communications acquired Teleglobe Inc. he led the Network Integration Team Operational Integration of Tata Communications and Teleglobe/Tyco Global Network in terms of provisioning, Service Delivery and Service Assurance and hence provided single interface to customers and had substantial savings.

With an over all 19 years of Telecom and IT industry experience, Neeraj’s core strengths includes Planning, Engineering and building IT & Telecom Infrastructure.

Prior to Tata Communications, he has been associated with Tata Internet Services, VSNL, National Informatics Center as well as the Defense Research Development Organization.

Neeraj is an Engineering Graduate from IIT, Roorkee and has done MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.