NEARMUG 2008 Keynote Speaker

Phil Edholm
Chief Technologist and Vice President of Network Architecture for Nortel Enterprise Solutions

Monday March 17 - 9:30 am

In his presentation, Phil will discuss the emerging world of Hyperconnectivity and the second wave of Convergence. He will introduce how Convergence 2.0 will change Information Technology to IIT – Information and Interaction Technology. He will discuss how emerging technologies such as social networking and virtual worlds will change the communications landscape and how Nortel intends to build on the Innovative Communications Alliance and its unique relationship with IBM in SOA to solidify the leadership position in the emerging Communications Integration marketplace.

Phil Edholm is the Chief Technologist and Vice President of Network Architecture for Nortel Networks Enterprise Solutions. Leveraging his experience as a technology leader across Nortel’s enterprise line of data and voice networking products, Phil focuses on the Nortel Enterprise Portfolio and driving enterprise edge solutions to Service Providers and the enterprise customers. In this role, he is responsible for defining the vision and architecture in the enterprise and next generation edge networks. He also is responsible for portfolio architecture and advanced network engineering. In this role he and his team drive the technologies and architectures across the enterprise portfolio that delivers systems value and capability.

At Nortel, Phil has led the development of VoIP solutions and multimedia communications as well as IP transport technology. Phil’s background includes extensive LAN and data communications experience, including 9 years with Sytek/Hughes LAN Systems and 4 years with Silicon Valley start-ups. Phil was a member of the IEEE 802.3 standards committee during the definition of broadband Ethernet and 10BaseT, developed the first multi-protocol network interfaces, and was a founder of the Frame Relay Forum. He has been a featured speaker at many international conferences and is recognized as an industry visionary and leader of the convergence transformation. Phil has been in the VoiceCon Great Debate three times. Phil has been recognized by the IEEE as the originator of Edholm’s Law of Bandwidth as published in July 2003 IEEE Spectrum magazine. Phil has 7 patents with 18 patent applications pending. He holds a BSME/EE from GMI/Kettering University.