Amir Zmora is CEO & Co-founder of flexiWAN, the world’s first Open Source SD-WAN & SASE.  Before starting flexiWAN, Amir was CEO & Co-founder of SwitchRTC, a Real-time, interactive WebRTC based video CDN and B2B/B2C collaboration solution acquired by YouNow. Among his previous positions, Amir was VP Products & Marketing for the Technology Business Unit of RADVISION, an Avaya company.

Simon Pamplin is the EMEA Chief Technologist WAN Edge for Aruba and joined from Silver Peak through the acquisition where he spent 5 years as the EMEA Technical Sales Director.  Simon is a regular speaker at events on topics ranging from the latest storage technologies and server virtualization to the current shift in Data Networking towards SD-WAN. With over 20 years’ experience in enterprise IT Simon has worked for IP, SAN and hyper-convergent companies and is driven by new technology and the business benefits it can bring.

Valerie DiMartino is a Principal Product Marketing Manager for Citrix SD-WAN solutions at Citrix. Valerie has over eight years of product and solution marketing experience with app delivery and security solutions.  Valerie authors blogs, white papers and webinars on SASE and SD-WAN topics. Valerie enjoys working with customers and telling their stories in the form of case studies and customer videos.  She drives SD-WAN Go-To-Market strategy for new technologies as part of the Citrix approach to SASE narrative.

Alessandro Monforte is the Cloud Security Lead at Cisco which incorporates IT, security and mobility areas. He oversees the security operations business for Cisco Cloud Security, Email Security and EndPoint Protection Solutions in South Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Prior to Cisco Alessandro worked for multinational telco companies where he was in charge of business development and account management activities in the areas of network infrastructure, mobile security and cloud services. He studied telecommunications engineering in Rome and has an MBA from Bocconi School of Management in Milan.

Clive Avery is the Key Account Manager for the Cloud IoT Division at Advantech, responsible for UK&I and Nordics.  Prior to this, he worked in the distribution channel for 20 years for the like of Avnet, Bell Micro and Ideal Hardware working with OEMs to get their products to market quicker.  He lives in Derbyshire with his wife and 2 daughters.

Philip Griffiths is VP and GM for Europe, Middle and Africa at NetFoundry and regularly speaks at events from DevOps to IoT to Cyber Security.   Prior to this, he worked for Atos IT Services in various roles working with C-suit executives to realise their digital transformation.  He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two daughters.

Ray is the Director of Netskope Threat Labs, which specializes in cloud-focused threat research. His background is in software anti-tamper, malware detection and classification, cloud security, sequential detection, and machine learning.  He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. Most recently, Ray was the CTO of cloud security startup Sift Security.

Janne Mikola is the Product Manager of Telia SD-WAN service at Telia Company. He has been responsible for the service’s technical aspects since, and even before, its inception in 2017.   Mikola is a Master of Science in Computer Science from Tampere University (of Technology) and he originally wrote his M.Sc. thesis on Software-Defined Networks when SDN was in its early days. Mikola sees virtualization, automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) as today’s most important principles in modern networking services. For the immediate future Mikola is looking forward to push Telia’s networks into the direction of Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics and possibly even true AI.   Mikola is an active participant in international and inter-organizational talks which define the future direction of SDN and NFV. Lately, Mikola has made appearances as a Guest Lecturer in academia.

Scott’s is focused on the development, management and delivery of our innovative connectivity solutions. He’s successfully driven the launch of a range of new dynamic network services and some of the biggest network wins BT’s Global unit has ever achieved.   Before taking on network solutions, Scott led on strategy, working across all portfolio areas and market units, helping to shape our digital transformation journey.   Prior to joining BT, Scott worked for the Boston Consulting Group specialising in global technology, media and telecom. He has a mathematics and finance degree from the University of Toronto and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he received an officer’s commission for the British Army, The Parachute Regiment.

Saurabh Sandhir Saurabh Sandhir leads the Product Management team at Nuage Networks. Saurabh brings over 16 years of experience leading cross-functional engineering, product management and marketing teams focused on networking software products. Most recently, Saurabh was Head of Technology Strategy, CTO office at Ericsson. Prior to his role at Ericsson, Saurabh held a variety of leadership roles during his 13 year tenure at Juniper Networks. He was the head of the NFV platform product line for both engineering and product management functions. Saurabh also headed the Network Programmability (Junos SDK) product line at Juniper and the development of the industry’s first network API toolkit for developers. This group was also instrumental in defining the marketing blueprint for the introduction of software products in a thus so far hardware centric industry.  Saurabh played key roles in building Juniper’s SDN partner and channel programs and defining the SDN architecture/strategy leading to the acquisition of Contrail Systems. Saurabh has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a Masters in Computer Science from Purdue University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley.

Ritesh Mukherjee is an accomplished leader with a focus on global communications and technology. Ritesh manages a global portfolio of market-leading innovative enterprise solutions for Reliance Jio. He is responsible for transforming networks and services using SDN/NFV, SD-WAN, cloud, IoT, AI/ML, and 5G technologies.  Prior to Reliance Jio, Ritesh was Vice President, Product Management at 128 Technology (acquired by Juniper Networks) leading SD-WAN and cloud technology development and Manager, Product Management at Cisco leading the software operating systems group. Ritesh has engineered the largest deployments of SD-WAN and enterprise networks for leading businesses globally.  He is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. Ritesh holds a PhD in Computer Science from Concordia University, Montreal.  

Craig Connors is currently VP and CTO for VMware SD-WAN and SASE. Craig  was previously the Chief Architect for VMware SD-WAN, both before and after the acquisition. He came to VeloCloud from Cisco Systems, where he worked in the Corporate Development Technology Group's Advanced Development Team.  Prior to Cisco, Craig spent time as a Principal Engineer and Software Development Manager for Talari Networks. His programming work prior to Talari Networks was centered in the online gaming space which is what led him to networking.  Craig is a veteran of the United States Army and holds a BS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.

Patrick MeLampy serves as a Juniper Fellow at Juniper Networks. Before joining Juniper Networks through acquisition, Patrick was the co-Founder, COO and CTO at 128 Technology.   Prior to 128 Technology, Patrick was CTO and Founder of Acme Packet until it was acquired by Oracle in 2013. After the acquisition, Patrick served as Vice President of Product Development for Oracle Communications Network Session Delivery products.  Patrick has an MBA from Boston University, and an Engineering Degree from University of Pittsburgh. Patrick has been awarded 35 patents in the telecommunications field.

Richard Archdeacon is Cisco Security’s Advisory CISO for the EMEAR region. He was previously was a Chief Technologist in Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Security Practice, working with clients across all industries and regions.  Prior to that, Richard worked for Symantec for many years. He has also held posts with security industry organizations such as IAAC and the IISP, and has worked on cyber resilience reports with the World Economic Forum.

Craig Connors is currently VP and CTO for VMware SD-WAN and SASE. Craig  was previously the Chief Architect for VMware SD-WAN, both before and after the acquisition. He came to VeloCloud from Cisco Systems, where he worked in the Corporate Development Technology Group's Advanced Development Team.  Prior to Cisco, Craig spent time as a Principal Engineer and Software Development Manager for Talari Networks. His programming work prior to Talari Networks was centered in the online gaming space which is what led him to networking.  Craig is a veteran of the United States Army and holds a BS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.

Patrick MeLampy serves as a Juniper Fellow at Juniper Networks. Before joining Juniper Networks through acquisition, Patrick was the co-Founder, COO and CTO at 128 Technology.   Prior to 128 Technology, Patrick was CTO and Founder of Acme Packet until it was acquired by Oracle in 2013. After the acquisition, Patrick served as Vice President of Product Development for Oracle Communications Network Session Delivery products.  Patrick has an MBA from Boston University, and an Engineering Degree from University of Pittsburgh. Patrick has been awarded 35 patents in the telecommunications field.

Thomas (Tom) Nuth is the Director of Product Marketing for Cloud Edge solutions at Fortinet. Tom has over a decade of product and solution marketing experience within IT and OT automation and cybersecurity.  Tom is part of the Fortinet Security-Driven Networking Group (SDN) charged with Go-To-Marketing efforts of new technologies and cloud framework offerings, such as SASE.

Amir Zmora is CEO & Co-founder of flexiWAN, the world’s first Open Source SD-WAN & SASE.  Before starting flexiWAN, Amir was CEO & Co-founder of SwitchRTC, a Real-time, interactive WebRTC based video CDN and B2B/B2C collaboration solution acquired by YouNow. Among his previous positions, Amir was VP Products & Marketing for the Technology Business Unit of RADVISION, an Avaya company.

He leads an international team of Sales Specialists and Architects, delivering business growth and transformation in all verticals, including Enterprise, Public Sector and Service Providers.   During his IT career of over 20 years, he has held positions in engineering, product management, business development and international sales, with a focus on innovation in Software Defined, Cloud and Application Delivery.  Stefano holds a master in electrical engineering from Politecnico di Torino and Ecole Centrale Paris, and an Executive MBA from IESE business school in Barcelona.