David Cannon
Senior Analyst, Telecommunicatons,
IDC Australia

David Cannon is responsible for the Next Generation Networks CIS program which includes the semi annual Fixed Line Tracker report/Forecast Assumptions and all terrestrial based voice and data telecommunications consulting. Mr. Cannon covers the market trends of traditional PSTN/PSDN and next generation IP services by service provider and market segment.

Mr. Cannon joined IDC in July 2006 and prior to this he was Group Product Development Manager for Australian Associated Press (AAP) where he developed and implemented several web-based media and messaging application services.

Mr. Cannon previously spent several years working for Australian Associated Press Telecommunications (AAPT) facilitating Operations Support and Wholesale Commercial roles and has followed the dynamic changes in the Telecommunications market from the time of deregulation.

Meyer Mussry
VP of Sales and Marketing for Australia and New Zealand,
Green Packet

Meyer Mussry is Green Packet’s VP of Sales and Marketing for Australia and New Zealand.

Meyer holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Arts from the University of New South Wales. He spent 3 years working in military and aerospace industry in the USA as an Electronics Design and Development Engineer before returning to Australia to manage Honeywell’s manufacturing facility.

Meyer spent the last 23 years in the IT and Communications industries. His roles included sales, marketing and management with responsibility for Australia and New Zealand. Meyer’s experience includes wholesale and direct business models, and spans hardware and software solutions.

In 2006, in order to gain more detailed knowledge of wireless communications, Meyer completed a CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator) course in Sydney. He was also involved with Broadband over Power Line (BPL) solutions since 2002.

Stephen Dolan
Director Channels & Alliances,
Sybase

As Director, Channels & Alliances for Sybase in Australia and New Zealand, Steve Dolan is responsible for the development and management of over 100 partners. Sybase’s partner community includes major international Systems Integrators, innovative local application developers who incorporate Sybase technology into their solutions, and key technology alliances. These partners utilise products from Sybase’s extensive enterprise and mobility solutions portfolio.

Key to Sybase’s recent success in the ANZ market has been its rapidly growing partner community involved with Business Intelligence and Mobility technologies and solutions. In the Mobility area, Sybase has developed partners focused on mobile device security and management, RFID, handheld application development solutions, and data and database synchronisation requirements.

Prior to joining Sybase in August 2005, Mr Dolan developed channels strategies and programs, and recruited and managed IT channels across Asia Pacific. He has developed distribution channels in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, South East Asia and India. Mr Dolan has worked for major DBMS and BI vendors such as Informix, Brio, and Hyperion.
Mr Dolan has over twenty-five years of experience in the Information Technology industry across Asia Pacific. He has extensive sales, marketing and technical experience in RDBMS, Application Development, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence and Mobility technologies. Mr Dolan has worked in senior channels roles for the last ten years.

Daniel Hicks
Carrier Relationship Manager,
RIM