MEF Leadership

Nan Chen

President, MEF

Head of The One Network at Ericsson,

Nan is a tech entrepreneur, a world traveler, and an avid runner …

As a tech entrepreneur, Nan founded and serves as president of MEF that defines, certifies, and federates global communications services. Nan also founded CENX (acquired by Ericsson) that pioneered industry first service assurance solution for closed loop automation. His previous ventures include Atrica (acquired by Nokia) and SynOptics/BayNetworks (acquired by Nortel). Nan has been recognized regularly as one of Top 100 Most Influential People in Telecom/Internet Industry.

As a world traveler, Nan visited over 50 countries mostly for work, and over 200 wineries mostly for pleasure; As an avid runner, Nan raced over 20 marathons, including World Marathon Majors.

In his previous life, he was a record holder in pole vault at Beijing University with 2 MS & 1 BS degrees.

Aamir Hussain

Chairman, MEF

Chief Product Officer,
Verizon Business

Aamir Hussain is Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President of Verizon Business Group, who recently joined Verizon in December 2019.

Aamir has nearly three decades of experience implementing global technology operations, innovation, complex infrastructures, consumer and business solutions and digital transformation.

He is responsible for Verizon Business Group’s holistic product portfolio – including multi-access edge compute, SD-WAN and virtualized networking, IoT and 5G services, global networking solutions, security, advanced communications services, and managed and professional services – and will lead product management across all customer segments.

Aamir is a veteran international technology executive with experience in operations and technology functions within the cable and telecom industry. He is an investor, advisor and board member with a focus on the consumer and financial enterprise, wireless industry, technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Most recently, Aamir was CEO of Collinear Networks, a next generation wireless intelligent connectivity startup. In this role, Aamir was responsible for providing strategic leadership for the company by working with the board of directors and the executive management team to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies.

Prior to Collinear Networks, Aamir was the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for CenturyLink. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing CenturyLink’s worldwide network, technology transformation, architecture and innovation roadmap, including product development, IT operations, cyber engineering, physical/network security and global cloud and managed services development functions. Aamir joined CenturyLink as CTO in 2014, where he transformed the company’s core network into a Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)-based environment. He was also instrumental in accelerating broadband enablement efforts through innovative solutions such as vectoring/bonding, GPON, G.fast and wireless 5G deployments.

Aamir has also held senior leadership roles at Liberty Global, Covad, TELUS and Qwest. Aamir sits on several startup and non-profit boards, is technical advisor to technology companies and holds 11 patents in telecommunications.

Aamir holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, he has completed leadership, innovation and strategy training at Harvard University, the INSEAD Business School in France and the International School of Business Management in Switzerland.

Robert Victor

Treasurer, MEF

Treasurer, MEF

Senior Vice President of Product Management,
Comcast Business

Robert (“Bob”) S. Victor serves as Senior Vice President of Product Management for Comcast Business, where he is responsible for development and lifecycle operations of all Comcast Business products and services…

Mr. Victor joined Comcast in 2008 and in prior roles has served as Senior Vice President of Strategic and Financial Planning for Comcast Corporation and Chief Financial Officer for Comcast Business.

Bob graduated with honors from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

Frederick Chui

Director, MEF

Chief Commercial Officer,
PCCW Global

Frederick joined Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) in 1991 and held senior positions in solutions design, product management, product development and marketing.

Until 2008, Frederick was the Senior Vice President of PCCW Global’s International Products and Solutions division and was responsible for managing PCCW Global’s product management and development activities, as well as overseeing marketing and presales support activities around the world. In 2008, Frederick was appointed head of Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania sales and business development operations.

In early 2011, Frederick became Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Sales. He was responsible for overseeing PCCW Global’s business development in data sales as well as presales activities, access management and marketing strategies. In 2012, he became the Senior Vice President, Global Data Sales and Presales and, in 2019, the Chief Commercial Officer of PCCW Global.

Before joining HKT, Frederick engaged in the development of products and solutions for a number of telecoms operators serving the Asia Pacific region.

Frederick graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Engineering and holds an Executive MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Frederick has been serving on the MEF Board since 2018. And he is also a Committee member of the HK Trade Development Council ICT Services Advisory Committee.

Andrew Dugan

Director, MEF

Chief Technology Officer,
Lumen

Andrew Dugan is Chief Technology Officer for CenturyLink. In this role, he is responsible for the development, integration and deployment of CenturyLink’s global network supporting Consumer, Wholesale, Government and Enterprise markets.

Andrew is a veteran technology executive with more than 30 years of experience in building telecommunications networks, switching platforms and services platforms. Prior to his CTO role, he served as CenturyLink senior vice president of technology planning, network architecture and security. He joined Level 3 in 1998 where he played an integral part in building its global network. He held various roles at Level 3 and was named its CTO in 2016.

Before joining Level 3, Dugan designed and built transport network support systems, enhanced voice services platforms and next generation voice switching networks for MCI WorldCom. He also worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Dugan is an innovator with more than 20 networking patents. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mo Katibeh

Director, MEF

Chief Product & Platform Officer,
AT&T Business

Daniele Mancuso

Director, MEF

Chief Marketing Solutions & Business Development Officer,
Sparkle Group

Daniele Mancuso became Chief Marketing Solutions and Business Development Officer for Sparkle Group in September 2019.

In the previous year, he served as Executive Vice President ICT Engineering, Sparkle, where he was in charge of the technological innovation, planning, engineering and development of Sparkle’s Global Network as well as of Information Technology. From August 2016 he held the position of Director of Innovation and Engineering, in charge of the engineering and deployment of Voice, Mobile, IP and Data Platforms as well as of Submarine Cables, ICT Security Processes and Platforms and Datacenters and Cloud Infrastructures, while leading the Network Innovation and Evolution processes.

Prior to that he was Director Architecture and Engineering. He began his career in in 1991 in a Software House dealing with Robotics applied to Agriculture and, in 1993, he moved to Telecom Italia’s domestic Transmission department, focusing on the migration from PDH to SDH technology. In January 2013 Daniele was appointed Director of Engineering, IT and Security of Sparkle Mediterranean and Balkan Region where, since 2001, he has been holding several positions within Engineering and Operations departments. Daniele holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Catania.

Franck Morales

Director, MEF

Vice President, Connectivity Services,
Orange Business Services

Franck is Vice President, Connectivity Services, at Orange Business Services. With more than 30 years of industry experience, he has extensive knowledge of the global telecom ecosystem, with a focus on product and strategic planning for both fixed and mobile technologies.

Since 2013, Franck has led the Orange Business Services connectivity portfolio and was instrumental in the company’s global transformation toward SD-WAN, orchestration and virtualization.

Franck is a frequent speaker promoting SDx technologies at industry conferences, including MEF 2018, Cisco Live, SDWAN Summit and other industry partner events. He is keen to share the Orange experience, resources and leadership gained from his work with the LSO SONATA program to new service developments, such as SD-WAN, to ensure broad adoption in the industry.

Franck’s entire career has been centered on the B-to-B sector and managing strategic industry partnerships. From 2006-2008 Franck was also co-chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).

Ralph Santitoro

Founding Member, Distinguished Fellow, Director, MEF

Head of Digital Services,
Fujitsu Network Communications

Ralph has developed B2B and B2C technology products and services at Fujitsu, Nortel, IBM and four technology startups; two of which he founded. He created and leads Fujitsu’s digital services practice which assesses, designs, integrates, deploys and manages Cloud, SD-WAN, SD-Branch, Security, and Edge Computing digital services that facilitate the enterprise digital transformation. Ralph’s team created Fujitsu’s SD-WAN-as-a-Service, a MEF 70-compliant SD-WAN managed service.

Ralph is a MEF founding member, long time contributor/mentor to MEF projects and is currently co-developing new standards on SD-WAN and Application Security. He is leading a new project to develop a Zero Trust architecture and service attributes to provide a dynamic, policy-driven approach to protect SD-WAN and networked resources. He lectures on all MEF topics at industry events/MEF workshops, contributed to 12 MEF whitepapers and 24 MEF standards, and regularly briefs the press and industry analysts on MEF’s latest work to advance the industry.

Mirko Voltolini

Director, MEF

Global Head of Network on Demand,
Colt Technology Services

Mirko Voltolini is Global Head of Network On Demand at Colt, responsible for leading the effort to architect and develop the Colt network and product portfolio to deliver an online digital customer experience where customers order, design and manage their network services on demand.

He is responsible for the strategy, architecture and development of the network technologies enabling Colt software defined on demand network, the IT orchestration and monitoring capabilities and the management of the on demand product portfolio.

He joined Colt in 2002 and has held several senior leadership roles in the technical development and engineering areas. Previously Mirko served as VP Network Engineering, responsible for technical development of Colt services, and for the architecture of the Colt network.

Mirko has lead the contribution of Colt to the MEF standards throughout the years. He has been involved since the creation of the Carrier Ethernet 1.0 and 2.0 specifications and is a strong proponent of the MEF LSO architecture.

Mirko holds an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico of Milan.

Jeremy Wubs

Director, MEF

Senior Vice President, Marketing for Bell Business Markets,
Bell Canada

Jeremy Wubs is SVP, Marketing for Bell Business Markets at Bell Canada. He is responsible for product development, marketing, and pricing for mid and large markets nationally. He has over 20 years experience spanning technology provider and telecom service provider.

He chairs the Bell Customer Advisory Board, engaging with strategic enterprise clients, consulting on roadmap evolution, and advising on technology innovation.

In his last 8 years, Jeremy launched a number of innovative products and services across networking, UC, cloud computing and security. Recent launches include first in Canada Bell Virtual Network Services including SD-WAN, as well as Cyber Threat Intelligence and Bell Total Connect UC. Early in his career, as product manager, Jeremy developed and launched the first enterprise grade MPLS network in Canada.

With a Bachelor of Systems and Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University, he also spent a number of years involved in research and development with a global technology provider.

Daniel Bar-Lev

VP Strategic Programs, Business Development EMEA,
MEF

As Vice President Strategic Programs, Daniel is responsible for the development and implementation of a range of strategic MEF programs that are central to MEF’s transformation to an agile-process oriented standards development organization defining, implementing and certifying MEF 3.0 services. These innovative programs – including SD-WAN definition and certification, MEF 3.0 Products, MEF 3.0 Proofs of Concept and the MEF Developer Community – enable MEF’s 200+ member companies to accelerate the transformation of their networks and operations to offer and deliver MEF 3.0 services. In addition, Daniel is responsible for MEF membership in the EMEA region, developing relationships and facilitating engagement of member companies in every aspect of MEF activities.

Daniel has been involved in the networking industry for over 25 years holding a variety of positions in RAD Data Communications, as well as co-founding Resolute Networks where he held executive positions. Representing Resolute in the MEF, Daniel served for 3 years as MEF Global Marketing Co-Chair and was elected three times to the MEF Board of Directors. Since 2010, Daniel has been a senior member of the MEF staff.

Scott Mansfield

Secretary, MEF

Secretary, MEF

Standardization Researcher, Development Unit Network Products,
Ericsson

Scott Mansfield is a Standardization Researcher in Ericsson’s Development Unit Networks Systems and Technology group. Scott has been Ericsson’s MEF Coordinator for over 10 years and holds leadership positions in the IETF, and the ITU-T.

The MEF has emerged as the leading hybrid standards body, successfully melding traditional standards development, with open-source style agility. The CTO and the MEF Leadership has worked well together to position the MEF 3.0 Connectivity Services and Orchestration messaging, and provide the enabling platform for Service Providers, Equipment Vendors, Integration Houses, and the Open-Source Community to effectively build interoperable networking solutions and services.

Pascal Menezes

Chief Technology Officer,
MEF

Pascal is a proven technology thought leader, sales evangelist, product manager and seasoned IP architect with decades of experience in internetworking, next-generation information systems, and communication architectures. Pascal currently serves as Chief Technology Officer to MEF.

He is focused on SD-WAN, SD-WAN security, cloud scale architectures, real-time media networks, Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO). He is a former Principal from Microsoft Skype for Business Global Carrier Group where he spent close to 10 years working on many real-time media and network technologies. Pascal has done five startups with multiple successes, has received numerous industry global thought leadership awards and has presented extensively in numerous events worldwide. Pascal holds 30+ patents and patents pending and has co-authored many standards in the IETF, MEF, and Broadband Forum (MPLS).

Kevin Vachon

Chief Operating Officer,
MEF

As Chief Operating Officer, Kevin oversees the execution of MEF’s technical, certification and marketing programs, coordinating the integrated resources of MEF’s 200+ member companies and professional staff.

During his 13 year tenure, Kevin has led the globalization of MEF’s membership, launched the MEF 3.0 global services framework and founded the MEF’s annual flagship industry conference, MEF20. Kevin is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and spends considerable time meeting member companies in all corners of the world.

Prior to joining MEF, Kevin held the position of CEO of DIATEM Networks Inc., a Carrier Ethernet software company from 2003 to 2005, was President and CEO of NUVO Network Management, a public network management outsourcing firm, from 1996 to 2002 and spent 10 years with equipment manufacturer, Gandalf Technologies.