Brooks E. Harlow, Program Co-Chair, is a partner at Miller Nash LLP where he focuses on telecommunications, electric energy, and other utility matters. This includes general business advice to startup companies in the telecommunications and electric energy industries.

Byron Springer, Program Co-Chair, is Vice President/Chief Counsel, Mobile Multimedia Services at AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. where he supports AT&T’s newly established Mobile Multimedia Services group in developing and bringing to market multimedia content, applications and services over existing and next generation wireless data networks.

Michael D. Gallagher, Special Address, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, has worked closely with the FCC, other federal agencies and industry on top-level spectrum policy matters such as ultrawideband, 3G, and doubling the amount of spectrum available for Wi-Fi.

Kraig Baker is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP where he focuses his practice on all aspects of media, entertainment, high-tech and Internet representation, including advising on privacy and security compliance issues.

Jim Blundell is Executive Director of External Affairs for Western Wireless Corporation. He is responsible for all state regulatory and legislative matters for the company.

John Faulkner is the Business Development Manager at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the Port of Seattle. He leads the airport’s Wireless Implementation Team and authored their Wireless Business Strategy and current Wireless Request for Proposals.

Scott C. Forbes serves as Microsoft Corporation’s Security and Privacy Compliance Manager in its Law and Corporate Affairs Group where he works with its worldwide business groups and vendors to help ensure compliance with in-house policies, international regulations, and industry standards.

Vern Fotheringham, President and CEO of Kaon Systems, Inc., is a recognized industry leader and entrepreneur in the broadband communications industry. Prior to this, he was President and CEO of Broadstorm Telecommunications, Inc. a company pioneering in high-speed mobile IP network technology.

James Grams is Senior Vice President for Multimedia Network and Systems within AT&T Wireless Services’ new Multimedia division. He oversees technology development of wireless voice and data capabilities for a new generation of services that capitalize on emerging wireless technologies and devices, such as GPRS, EDGE and Wideband CDMA.

Tren Griffin is Telecom Strategist in the Office of Microsoft Corporation’s CTO and Senior Vice President for Advanced Strategies and Policy, Craig Mundie. Mr. Griffin focuses on planning and analysis of telecommunications and network services for Microsoft in both wired and wireless environments. His role includes overseeing strategic initiatives relating to the cellular, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, USB, and wire line industries, and formulating communications policy strategy.

Nancy Jesuale is President of NetCity Engineering Inc., a design and engineering practice for local government networking, specializing in public safety infrastructure and broadband fiber networks for voice, data, and CLEC applications. She is also the program manager for public safety for the Center for Wireless Network Security at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Dan Lowden is Vice President of Marketing and Carrier Development for Wayport Inc., overseeing all marketing communications and roaming development initiatives. He also drives awareness and revenue for Wayport’s products and services at each Wayport-enabled property. Since 2001, Lowden has been instrumental in increasing Wayport’s customer base to more than 5 million customer connections.

Paul Morris serves as Executive Director to UTOPIA a governmental entity created by 17 Utah cities to study and build a wholesale fiber optic network to all homes and businesses within the member cities. Since 1983 he has served as the City Attorney for West Valley City, Utah. He currently serves as the Chair of the Utah League of Cities and Towns Telecommunications Task Force.

John B. Muleta is Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB). FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell appointed him to this position in January 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Muleta was President and CEO of Source 1 Technologies LLC, a privately held systems integration firm based in Washington, D.C. He was also a cofounder of OI Systems Inc., a Washington-based management consulting firm.

Joel Paisner, Of Counsel at Ater Wynne LLP, works with companies, municipalities and cooperatives in developing, siting, building and operating communication networks including broadband, wireless and cable networks. He has served as in-house counsel to InterNAP Network Services, and as Vice President of WinFirst, one of the first Fiber-to-the- Home cable overbuilders.

Lonnie Rosenwald is a Vice President in the Corporate Development group at AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Prior to joining the Corporate Development group, she was Chief Technology Counsel for AT&T Wireless, and a member of the Intellectual Property group at Preston Gates and Ellis.

Jon Russo, Vice President of Marketing, leads global marketing, channel strategy, corporate communications, and strategic alliance teams for iPass. With more than 15 years of leadership experience in the security, software, and telecommunication industries, he joined iPass in 2001 after serving as vice president of data and internet marketing for Frontier Communications, where he drove strategies and products in data, web, managed security, and IP services to $170 million in revenue.

David Schoolcraft is a member of the business department at Miller Nash LLP, with a practice focused on corporate representation, technology, health care and data privacy. His practice involves representing companies in mergers, acquisitions, distribution arrangements and general corporate matters. In the technology area, he structures and negotiates e-commerce transactions, drafts software licensing agreements, joint ventures and distribution agreements for Internet-based applications.

Adrian Smith is a Principal at Ignition, where he invests in telecommunications and wireless companies. Prior to Ignition, he worked on the development of IS-136 TDMA — from the initial concept and development, through the TIA standards process, and finally onto field trials, phone testing and system readiness for commercial launch. He has been involved in the circuit switched data, packet data, thin client architecture and browser transport mechanisms for integrated voice and data solutions in IS-136 and is the author of a number of patents associated with IS-136 technology.

Craig Walker joined Dialpad Communications, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer from Headland Ventures where he was a general partner. Prior to that, he was at TeleSoft Partners where he focused exclusively on Internet and telecommunications companies. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, he was a corporate and securities attorney.

Kathryn Zachem leads Wilkinson Barker Knauer’s efforts to be at the forefront of regulatory developments at the Federal Communications Commission. Her experience spans the various Bureaus of the FCC Common Carrier, International, Wireless, Cable, Office of Engineering and Technology, Office of Plans and Policy, and the recently-created Enforcement Bureau.

Fred Ziari is Founder and CEO of IRZ Technologies, and EZ Wireless LLC. Established in 1984, EZ Wireless has designed and operates one of the first and largest City-wide broadband wireless systems in the nation, covering nearly 600 square miles. EZ Wireless, LLC and Mr. Ziari have been featured and named among the top ten largest wireless systems in the Nation by Newsweek Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Business Journal, and other news media.