MEF 3.0 Proof of Concept Program

Greg Bryan

Senior Manager, Enterprise Research,
TeleGeography

Greg is Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, at TeleGeography. He’s spent nearly two decades at TeleGeography developing many of our pricing products and reports about enterprise networks.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences about corporate wide area networks and enterprise telecom services. He also hosts the TeleGeography Explains the Internet podcast.

Roy Chua

Founder and Principal,
AvidThink

Roy Chua is a principal at AvidThink, an independent research and advisory service focused on infrastructure technologies. Roy is a frequent speaker at telecom and cloud conferences, and AvidThink has been quoted by and featured in major publications including the WSJ, Fierce Telecom, Fierce Wireless, The New Stack, and Light Reading. Roy was also a co-founder at SDxCentral, a technology publication.  

He has previously worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 and startup companies, specializing in go-to-market and product strategy. Roy is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s electrical engineering and computer science program and MIT’s Sloan School of Business. With over 20 years of experience in telecom and enterprise computing, networking, and security, he has also founded Silicon Valley startups.

Rosemary Cochran

Principal Analyst & Co-Founder,
Vertical Systems Group

Rosemary Cochran is a Principal and Co-Founder of Vertical Systems Group, which specializes in the delivery of defensible quantification and insight on networking markets, service migration trends and emerging technologies. Her expertise covers Carrier Ethernet, Layer 2/Layer 3 services, SD-WAN, business Fiber, Cloud connectivity, and SDN/NFV/LSO solutions. Frequently sourced by industry media, she also moderates for webcasts and industry conferences, including MEF events since the early years.

Erin Dunne

Director of Research,
Vertical Systems Group

Ms. Dunne is the Director of Research Services, responsible for managing the delivery and support of Vertical Systems Group’s syndicated ENS (Emerging Networks Service) Research Program offerings for clients worldwide. In this role, she coordinates analyst resources, directs content distribution for ENS research, and assures high quality client experience.

Her expertise covers migration to emerging service technologies, Ethernet and Cloud Connectivity, Hybrid Layer 2/3 VPN solutions, Managed SD-WANs, pricing dynamics for network services, and business Fiber trends.

On these topics, Ms. Dunne has moderated and chaired numerous industry webcasts and business panel discussions. She is frequently sourced by leading industry media. Additionally, she is a judge for the annual MEF awards presented at the organization’s global event.

Ms. Dunne has more than twenty years of consulting services experience at Vertical Systems Group. Her previous experience includes enterprise IT and industrial engineering projects.

Charlie Reed

Partner,
ATLANTIC-ACM

Charlie Reed has worked at ATLANTIC-ACM since 2005 on projects ranging from market sizing and forecasting to corporate strategy. Charlie has a broad perspective on the telecommunications market and deep expertise in sizing and forecasting the enterprise and wholesale carrier markets. Charlie is responsible for the firm’s delivery of data intensive sizing and analysis projects and the development of market models and algorithms to isolate trends from large and diverse datasets. Charlie is a key contributor to ATLANTIC-ACM thought leadership, several industry journals and has spoken at a host of industry-wide conferences.

Charlie has a B.A. in economics from Colby College, focusing on econometrics and micro-theory with minors in both environmental studies and business. He graduated cum laude and was a four time NCAA Academic All-American for the sport of Alpine Ski Racing.

Rob Schult

Research Director,
TeleGeography

Robert Schult is a Research Director at TeleGeography and manages the company’s wholesale pricing and enterprise network research groups. His areas of expertise include telecom service pricing, international transport and Internet backbone networks, corporate WAN technologies, and Cloud service integration.

Shin Umeda

Vice President,
Dell'Oro Group

As Vice President and analyst, Shin Umeda covers a broad view of networking infrastructure at Dell’Oro Group as he has built our coverage and researched many of the technologies. He is currently responsible for our Routers and SD-WAN market research.

Brian Washburn

Research Director,
Omdia

Brian Washburn works in the service provider, enterprise and wholesale group, supporting its enterprise networks and wholesale, workspace services, and digital enterprise services practices. Brian has covered communications and networking services for nearly 30 years with Ovum and now Omdia. His coverage spans how enterprises buy and use network and related managed services, as well as how providers can build, market and sell, deliver, and operate their services for enterprises most effectively.