Volume 1, Issue 9 - October 2001
   
   
 

Eric Burger

October 2001: The Interface Between Next-Generation Application Servers and Media Servers: SIP and VoiceXML

Eric Burger is the technological visionary for SnowShore Networks, defining the architecture and leading the technology development of SnowShore's media server products. He serves as the company's evangelist for IP communications infrastructure products and is often called upon to speak on issues about IP telephony technology and service creation at industry events.

Since the inception of SnowShore Networks, Burger has been active in the promotion and establishment of SIP and VoiceXML as the universal industry standards for media server to application server interfaces. He is the author of the application server - media server interface in the ISC's Applications Framework Document and recently developed two drafts on SIP's technical requirements for media servers for the IETF's SIPPING work group.

Prior to co-founding SnowShore, Eric served as chief scientist of ADC/Centigram Communications Corporation, where he led the development of Centigram's IP-centric architecture. With ten patents pending, Eric is active in the IETF, W3C, IEEE, and ISC. Eric holds degrees from MIT and the Catholic University of Leuven.

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Jeff Kunins

January 2001: Speak & Listen
February 2001: Speak & Listen
March 2001: Speak & Listen
April 2001: Speak & Listen
May 2001: Speak & Listen
August/September 2001: Speak & Listen

Jeff is a respected industry leader in the fields of voice application networks and VoiceXML technology. He is a frequently invited speaker at leading trade conferences, and is often quoted in press articles focusing on voice technology. Jeff regularly contributes articles to publications including VoiceXML Review and WirelessDevNet.com, and is currently co-authoring one of the first books on VoiceXML development. Upon joining Tellme in early 2000, Jeff co-conceived, built, and managed the debut of Tellme Studio. Tellme Studio is the world's first and most popular VoiceXML resource suite that now supports a community of over 10,000 developers and 1,000 publicly deployed appliations. Currently, Jeff's team helps define and articulate Tellme's strategic direction for meeting the needs of Enterprise customers, and is responsible for all technical marketing, sales tools, and enterprise pricing structure. Previously during a four year tenure at Microsoft, Jeff led a diverse set of platform and consumer efforts including Microsoft Passport, Microsoft SILK advanced Web server technology, and Microsoft Cinemania. He is a co-inventor of patent pending technologies for distributed Web authentication and key management, and helped drive Microsoft's acquisitions of Hotmail and Firefly Networks. Outside of work, Jeff is a critically acclaimed composer and sound designer for live theatre..

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Rob Marchand

January 2001: First Words
February 2001: First Words
March 2001: First Words
April 2001: First Words
May 2001: First Words
June 2001: First Words
July 2001: First Words
August/September 2001: First Words

Rob Marchand is Director of Products and Services Development for VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. Rob has been with VoiceGenie Technologies since 1999, and has worked in advanced computing and telecommunications since 1985. At VoiceGenie, Rob is responsible for the VoiceGenie Developer Workshop (http://developer.voicegenie.com), and new products and services development. Rob is a member of the VoiceXML Education Committee, and of USENIX and SAGE, and a regular contributor to SANS. VoiceGenie is a Promoter Member of the VoiceXML Forum.

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