Leslie Rosenberg
Research Vice President, Network Life-Cycle Services and Infrastructure Services
IDC
Leslie Rosenberg is Research Vice President for IDC's Network Life Cycle and Infrastructure Services programs examining professional services trends and market dynamics for the enterprise. Ms. Rosenberg's research coverage spans life cycle services portfolio development across network, server and storage infrastructure technologies encompassing the dynamics of software defined infrastructure, automation, service delivery platforms, new consumption models and the evolution of services impacting people, process, tools and methodologies around the globe. Ms. Rosenberg's research evaluates services delivered by technology manufacturers, global systems integrators and telcos as they look to compete more effectively in the enterprise market.
Albi Van Zyl
Chief Sales Strategy and Operations Officer
NTT
As Chief Sales Strategy and Operations Officer, Albi is responsible for our overall sales strategy and operational execution, including all of the global sales programmes, standardized methodologies, sales enablement, sales automation and governance.
Albi was previously the Senior Vice President – Sales Operations and Enablement for NTT Ltd. where she was responsible for the design, plan-to-execution and governance of Sales Strategy and Talent Transformation, Sales Compensation, Remuneration and overall sales enablement in support of NTT Ltd.’s Sales growth plan. Albi’s wealth of knowledge and experience in Sales and Sales Leadership spans over 25 years’ in the ICT industry where she has worked across multiple ICT organizations specialising in software sales, distribution, systems integration, and ERP.
Albi is originally from South Africa and now lives in the UK. Outside of work she enjoys indulging in her passion for food, sports and music.
Shahid Ahmed
Executive Vice President, NTT New Ventures & Innovation
NTT
As the global leader for New Ventures and Innovation at NTT, Shahid is responsible for driving new digital experiences, offerings and technologies that create growth and transform people’s lives and companies. Shahid brings over 25 years of experience leading large services businesses with a focus on business transformation. Most recently he was a managing partner at Imagine Wireless, a privately held consulting firm driving digital transformation. Shahid was also a co-founder and COO of EQITII, a Partner at PwC, and a managing director for Accenture’s North America Telecoms business.
Shahid is a visiting professor teaching Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) course at McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University and is an appointee to the FCC Technological Advisory Council.
Rajeev Shah
Founder and CEO
Celona
Rajeev is the founder/CEO of Celona leading the vision to create the next generation ofenterprise wireless connectivity. He brings nearly 2 decades of productmanagement/marketing experience in enterprise Wi-Fi and service provider markets. Before founding Celona, Rajeev was the VP of product management and marketing for Federated Wireless-a leader in the shared spectrum/CBRS space. In this role, Rajeev launched the industry’s first and leading Spectrum Access System, enabled the CBRS ecosystem while closing multiple major Tier 1 operator contracts. Prior to Federated,Rajeev held multiple product management leadership positions including creating and leading the Aruba Cloud Wi-Fi business at Aruba Networks, a provider of enterprise wireless LAN and edge access networking equipment. He holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California