Speakers

Mike Leibovitz

Director of Mobility, Extreme Networks

Mike Leibovitz has over 14 years of Engineering, Product Management and Marketing expertise in the Communications Industry. Since 2008 Mike has been instrumental in bringing high density wifi solutions to stadiums, healthcare, education and commercial markets for Extreme Networks. Mike's current role, Director of Mobility and Applications at Extreme is focused on evangelizing mobile and software solutions that drive positive and consistent user experiences. If you would like to read more about his views on mobility, please visit his blog http://ontheflywifi.net/

Will Aguilar

Director of Product Management, IdentiFi Wireless, Extreme Networks

Will is a bi-lingual information security professional offering a unique blend of leadership, project management, operational, networking, and development skills to help drive new security solutions to market and influence the company's long-term vision.

Jerome Henry 

IEEE Member, CWNE

Jerome has worked more than 10 years in the wireless industry as a senior network engineer, instructor and consultant utilizing his international and cross-platform experience.He has more letters after his name than the alphabet, the most important being CWNE.

Ali Youssef

CWNE, Sr. Wireless Enterprise Architect, Henry Ford Health System, Co-Author of Wifi Enabled Healthcare

Ali Youssef is a Biomedical Engineer by training. He started his career designing medical devices, and shifted his focus to information technology in 2003. Today, Ali is a member of the mHIMSS advisory council and the AAMI Wireless Strategy Task Force. He is currently working as a Sr. Wireless Enterprise Architect at Henry Ford Health System. He holds a bachelor's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and PMP, CPHIMS, CWNE, and ITILV3 certifications.

Ali has over 14 years of experience with medical device design, network architecture, and project management. He is a passionate advocate for mHealth growth and adoption. He has authored several wireless related articles in national publications including Healthcare Design Magazine and Modern Healthcare, and in early 2014 is publishing a book entitled "Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare".
You can reach out to Ali on twitter @ayousse1
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ali-youssef/0/104/908

Jonathan Linton

CWNE, Wireless Enterprise Architect, Henry Ford Health System, Co-Author of Wifi Enabled Healthcare

Jon Linton CWNE #89 is a 15 year veteran in the IT industry working across the Healthcare, Automotive and Retail industries. Since 2005, Jon has been working in healthcare and Wi-Fi networks for a large health system in Michigan. Jon recently co-authored a book entitled Wi-Fi Enable Healthcare. You can follow Jon on Twitter @wifisamuri.

Jussi Kiviniemi

Vice President, Wi-Fi Tools, Ekahau

Jussi runs the Wi-Fi Tools business at Ekahau. He's on a mission to make enterprise Wi-Fi deployments faster, easier and more fun.
Jussi has worked with Wi-Fi since 2001, serving positions from engineering to university research and from product management to marketing.

Zaib Kaleem

Vice President, AccessAgility

Zaib Kaleem co-founded AccessAgility 2008 to help commercial and government organizations implement and secure wireless networks. Since that time, Zaib has served as vice president of engineering and is responsible for wired and wireless client projects. Zaib also manages AccessAgility's software development team that has launched multiple successful WiFi focused apps for desktop and mobile devices.

Ganesh Venkatesan

Wireless Standards Architect, Intel Corporation

I have been with Intel Corporation for the last 20 years. Over 15 years of networking experience of which the last 8 has been with IEEE 802.11. I have been active in IEEE802.11 and in Wi-Fi Alliance. I was the chair of IEEE 802.11aa (Robust Video Streaming over 802.11) Task Group (till the draft specification reached Sponsor Ballot). I also have some experience implementing parts of the 802.11 MAC (in Linux).

Abby Strong

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Aerohive Networks 

Abby is Senior Product Marketing Manager at Aerohive Networks, where she defines market strategy and vision for the cloud and application products. Previously, she lead product strategy and development for the routing, authentication, and education-focused products and platforms. Abby has spent over a decade building and supporting network security and routing products at companies such as Concentric, XO Communications, and Juniper Networks before joining Aerohive in 2008

Alan Klein

Technical Sales Engineer, 7signal Solutions

Alan Klein CWNA, ECSE, MBA is a Technical Sales Engineer at 7signal Solutions, a wireless performance assurance and optimization company. Alan focuses on Wi-Fi tuning and instrumentation. Alan has a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of South Florida (Go Bulls!) and a Master's in Business Administration with a Minor in Information Technology from Florida International University. He has a diverse technical background that spans through the layers of the OSI model. When not authenticated and associated, Alan is busy studying for his next CWNP exam.

You can reach Alan on Twitter @80211Alan.

Devin Akin

CEO, Divergent Dynamics

Devin Akin has over 15 years in the WLAN market, co-founding and serving as CTO for The CWNP Program. He's a highly regarded and energetic speaker, market strategist, and educator who frequently keynotes vendor summits and wireless user conferences. Akin served as Chief Wi-Fi Architect for Aerohive from 2009-2013, leading to hyper-growth and a successful IPO. He was instrumental in industry transformation to Cloud and Controller-less technology. After a brief move to AirTight Networks, Akin founded Divergent Dynamics, a Wi-Fi systems integrator and value-added reseller (VAR) services company specializing in Wi-Fi related IoT solutions and managed services.

Matthew Gast

Director, Product Management, Aerohive

Matthew Gast serves as Director of Product Management at Aerohive, and is also an industry contributor at both the Wi-Fi Alliance, where he is chair of both the Wi-Fi Alliance's security task groups; and the IEEE 802.11 working group, where is the past chair of the current 802.11 revision.

Matthew is also the author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly), which is now in its second edition and has been translated into six languages. His companion book, 802.11n book, 802.11n: A Survival Guide (O'Reilly), was recently published and provides information on how 802.11n works and what it means for the WLAN planning process. Most recently, Matthew completed 802.11ac: A Survival Guide (O'Reilly).

Gopinath KN

Vice President of Engineering, AirTight Networks

Gopinath KN (Gopi) has more than 16 years of experience in systems, networks and security. He is one of the founding employees at AirTight Networks and has spent the last decade creating secure, cloud managed Wi-Fi access solutions. As the Vice President of Engineering, he oversees the engineering development and product delivery activities. In addition, he is actively involved in conceiving forward-looking technical projects to create compelling market differentiators. Gopi has several patents and technical publications to his credit. He has also authored guest articles for Network World, CWNP and InfoSecurity magazine. Gopi speaks at popular international conferences such as RSA, Interop, CSI, Sharkfest & other IEEE/ACM events. In the past, he has been a member of Bell Labs research, Murray Hill, NJ, USA and holds a Master of Technology degree (MTech., Computer Science & Engineering) from IIT Kanpur, India.

Robert Ferruola

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, AirTight Networks

Robert Ferruolo is a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at AirTight Networks. He performs competitive analysis, authors network design guides, supports proof of concept tests and delivers training. Robert has over 20 years of experience in the networking industry, with over 8 years of comprehensive Wi-Fi performance testing and is passionate about all things related to network optimization.

Perry Correll

Principal Technologist, Xirrus

Perry Correll is the Principal Technologist at Xirrus. With an extensive networking background extending over 25 years, commencing with early shared Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI and ATM development, through the switching revolution to various forms of today's wireless technology. Perry 's focus is now on the continual development and use cases for Wi-Fi , including not only Wi-Fi's ability to now displace wired infrastructure but also leverage the inherent mobility capabilities, like locationing to actually 'Monetize' Wi-Fi deployments. Previous roles included RF specialist, Sr. Technologist and management roles at the US Air Force, Cabletron, Xylan and Alcatel.

GT Hill

GT has been working with Wi-Fi since 2001 when he implemented a wireless ISP covering 1000 square miles in Central Oregon. As a former independent consultant and wireless trainer, GT has a broad understanding of a myriad of supplier products and technologies. GT's extensive understanding of computer networking includes Wi-Fi protocol behavior, network architecture and specialized topics such as dynamic beamforming, 802.11 protocol and RF interference. GT's strength is his ability to take increasingly complex and technical topics and successfully communicate their value and operation in simple or deep, detailed terms. He holds the CWNE (#21) and CWNT certification. In his spare time he works on his cold-war era nuclear missile silo.