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About Our Advisory Consultant Panel
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Chander Dhawan
- Managing Editor and Consultant
Chander Dhawan is a leading expert in North America on the
subject of mobile computing, wireless networks, and remote access. Chander is also the
author of two books:- "Mobile Computing - A Systems Integrator's Handbook", and "Remote Access
Networks - PSTN, ISDN, ADSL, Internet and Wireless". Both
books were published by McGraw-Hill. Biography
of Chander Dhawan
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Paul May
A software developer
by trade, Paul May has been a business technology author, consultant, systems architect and business development executive in the
business systems architectures and ecommerce field since 1991. He has
undertaken eBusiness projects for BP, De Beers and Siemens. He is also the author of "The Business of
Ecommerce - From Corporate
Strategy to Technology" and "Mobile Commerce - Opportunities, Applications and Technologies of Wireless
Business"'. Both books were published by Cambridge University Press. Go
to Paul's full bio and his
page on advice to CIOs.
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Mike Flom
Mike Flom is the founder, president and CEO of
Portable Internet, Inc., a pioneer in the development of GPS-based intelligent mobile
Internet software for navigation and other applications.
Before starting Portable Internet, Mike was
V.P. and General Manager of Information Builders ERP group and International Business Partner Manager at IBM. He was responsible
for designing the first e-commerce systems at American Express and managed
software development for Litton Industries. He has presented at many wireless
conferences like CTIA Wireless IT, PCIA, UCLA Wireless IT, Pocket PC Summit, Mike has a B.S. Engineering and M.B.A. from
Arizona State University. Go
to Mike's overview page on Location-based Services.
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Tom Henderson
Tom Henderson is principal researcher for
ExtremeLabs, Inc., of Indianapolis. Mr.
Henderson is a communications integrator and network systems architect, and the former
senior vice president of one of the largest interconnect organizations in North America.
He also serves on
several technology business boards. The author of
fourteen books, Mr. Henderson is
an
international lecturer and performs research, analysis, and product evaluation on
enterprise data and hybrid network platforms, operating system environments, and network
management infrastructure. A member of the International Communications Association's
Technical Program Committee, Tom is also a contributing editor to Byte.Com, Windows NT
Magazine, Network Magazine, CompuServe.com, Canadian Computer Reseller, Asian Sources, and
tests products for Network World and other publications. Biography
of Tom Henderson
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Jim Geier
Jim Geier is an author and speaker on wireless network applications,
technologies, and implementation practices. Jim's experience focuses on
the analysis, design, installation, and support of numerous wireless
networks for retail, manufacturing, and healthcare companies throughout
the world. Jim is author of three books: Wireless
LANs, Wireless
Networking Handbook, and Network
Reengineering, and he speaks regularly at seminars,
conferences, and tradeshows. Jim has served as Chairman of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, Dayton
Section, and Chairman of the IEEE International Conference on Wireless LAN
Implementation. He was an active member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group,
responsible for developing international standards for wireless LANs.
Jim’s education includes a bachelor’s and master’s degree in
electrical engineering, with emphasis in computer networking. Biography
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George
McQuillister
George
McQuillister is currently the Mobile Computing Product Manager at Pacific Gas
& Electric company, based in San Francisco. Mr. McQuillister’s primary responsibilities involve providing
consulting services to internal clients that employ or are considering adopting
mobile technologies to meet their business needs. Some of the projects he has been involved with include: Wood Pole Asset
Management Project, Revenue Assurance Automation Project, Overhead Line
Inspection Project and the Field Automation Project. He
is often sought for advice and insights on mobile computing trends for business
applications. Mr. McQuillister
is a regular presenter at industry conferences and seminars. He
has given advice to a number of organizations outside his employment. George is MobileInfo.Com's advisor on mobile
computing applications in the Utilities Industry. Biography
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Ralph Johnston
Ralph W. Johnston has 25 year experience with a major Canadian municipal law
enforcement agency in operational and administrative duties as well as
Information Technology related projects. His latest task was the
management of a multi-million dollar implementation of wireless technology
for in-vehicle use by the police agency. With the new wireless
network, application development and deployment of nearly two-hundred
mobile workstations, the system will allow mobile dispatching, messaging
and database search capabilities from the police vehicle. Work is
continuing to allow completion of the police report in-vehicle application,
transmitting via the wireless network to the main system where data will
automatically populate the database instantly. Ralph has also
developed other document automation systems using Microsoft Office and
Visual Basic. His advise is often sought by other emergency response
agencies, police and otherwise. Biography
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Rod Ghani
Rod has over eleven years of experience in
systems integration and wireless consulting. He has an extensive
background in developing solutions in large mission critical systems.
Rod works is a Senior Consultant in
Pervasive Computing organization of IBM Global Systems division.
Rod holds a Masters of Science in Business,
focusing on business technology, and wireless communication, from Central
Michigan University, May /1992. Rod has Bachelor of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering February /1986.
Rod was issued a patent in
wireless technology on May/1999.
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Puneet
Gupta
Puneet Gupta is technology writer and analyst and has been focusing on
mobile wireless, Internet and related enabling technologies with a focus on
issues and opportunities related to convergence of these technologies. He
has been contributing to a variety of online and print magazines and
newspapers on technologies and issues related to mobile wireless and mobile
Internet.
He
is currently working with Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies and is involved in
development of GSM/GPRS products for Lucent. Biography
of Puneet Gupta
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