Appointment of Honorary Director Bob Metcalfe Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Innovation at the – University of Texas at Austin Appointment of Advisory Directors Axel Clauberg Vice President, IP & Optical, Deutsche Telekom AG – Jeff Schmitz Executive Vice President, Spirent and Chairman, OpenCloud Connect – James Walker Vice President, Managed Network Services, Tata Communications and – President, OpenCloud Connect Huiling Zhao Vice President of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute, Director of the – Cloud Research Center, China Telecom Appointment of Officers Nan Chen President – Mike Strople Chairman – Kevin Vachon Chief Operating Officer – Eric Puetz Treasurer – Scott Mansfield Secretary – Appointment of Committee Co-Chairs Certification Committee John Hawkins (Ciena), Eric Puetz (AT&T) – Global Marketing Committee Matthew Duckworth (Verizon), Ralph Santitoro (Fujitsu), – Rami Yaron (Telco Systems) Service Operations Committee Dawn Kaplan (Ericsson), Allan Langfield (Comcast), – Shahar Steiff (PCCW Global) Technical Committee Raghu Ranganathan (Ciena), Jason Wolfe (Bell Canada) – Unite Program Leadership Board of Directors Representative Scott Mansfield (Ericsson) – Unite Co-leader Abel Tong (Ciena) – About the MEF The MEF is the driving force behind the $80+ billion global market for Carrier Ethernet services and technologies and the defining body for LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) standards that underpin emerging Third Network services with CE 2.0, SDN, and NFV. An industry alliance consisting of nearly 220 member organizations based in 43 countries, the MEF operates through a powerful collaborative framework of service providers, network solutions suppliers, and other stakeholders to achieve CE 2.0 and LSO development and globalization objectives including alignment of LSO with SDN and NFV. – flagship work is CE 2.0, including specifications, operational frameworks, and certification MEF’s programs for services, equipment, and professionals. Visit for more details on these programs.
Appointment of Honorary Director Bob Metcalfe – Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin Appointment of Advisory Directors Axel Clauberg – Vice President, IP & Optical, Deutsche Telekom AG Jeff Schmitz – Executive Vice President, Spirent and Chairman, OpenCloud Connect James Walker – Vice President, Managed Network Services, Tata Communications and President, OpenCloud Connect Huiling Zhao – Vice President of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute, Director of the Cloud Research Center, China Telecom Appointment of Officers Nan Chen – President Mike Strople – Chairman Kevin Vachon – Chief Operating Officer Eric Puetz – Treasurer Scott Mansfield – Secretary Appointment of Committee Co-Chairs Certification Committee – John Hawkins (Ciena), Eric Puetz (AT&T) Global Marketing Committee – Matthew Duckworth (Verizon), Ralph Santitoro (Fujitsu), Rami Yaron (Telco Systems) Service Operations Committee – Dawn Kaplan (Ericsson), Allan Langfield (Comcast), Shahar Steiff (PCCW Global) Technical Committee – Raghu Ranganathan (Ciena), Jason Wolfe (Bell Canada) Unite Program Leadership Board of Directors Representative – Scott Mansfield (Ericsson) Unite Co-leader – Abel Tong (Ciena) About the MEF The MEF is the driving force behind the $80+ billion global market for Carrier Ethernet services and technologies and the defining body for LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) standards that underpin emerging Third Network services with CE 2.0, SDN, and NFV. An industry alliance consisting of nearly 220 member organizations based in 43 countries, the MEF operates through a powerful collaborative framework of service providers, network solutions suppliers, and other stakeholders to achieve CE 2.0 and LSO development and globalization objectives – including alignment of LSO with SDN and NFV. MEF’s flagship work is CE 2.0, including specifications, operational frameworks, and certification programs for services, equipment, and professionals. Visit for more details on these programs.