The strategy to evolve Service Provider portfolios through simplification and innovation will be the topic of discussion for this session. The presentation will include rationale for the simplification driving Service Provider portfolio innovation agenda and ventures, managing the overall evolution of the portfolio to ensure value maximization, and creating an environment of agile product development through the concept to market processes.

Oscar Ruiz Director, Portfolio Evolution BT

Mr. Ruiz is responsible for BT Group portfolio strategy and innovation globally. This includes developing BT's portfolio strategy and product road maps, driving BT's portfolio innovation agenda and ventures, and managing the overall evolution of the portfolio to ensure value maximization while delivering the best in class customer service. Prior to joining BT, Mr. Ruiz was a junior partner at McKinsey & Company. His expertise in the areas of strategy, operations, and organization was instrumental in helping telecommunications, IT, and media companies around the world develop their market and product strategies, processes, and transformation agendas.

Thomas Breur Managing Director, Telecoms and Media Logica

Mr. Breuer joined Logica as managing director of the telecom international line of business in October 2006 from Atos Origin. As a member of the management team of Atos Origin in Germany/central Europe, he implemented the key account approach in the telecom market and led two major full IT outsourcings of mobile operators in Germany and Belgium. Mr. Breuer occupied different management and consultancy positions in Belgium, Germany, and France, including the launch of the prepaid product suite of Atos Origin. He started his career as an R&D engineer at Alcatel in Belgium.

Mehdi Khorasani Managing Principle, Professional Services Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Khorasani has a focus in applications, intelligent networks, IMS, and service delivery environments. He is a senior speaker at seminars and a guest lecturer at the University College London.Mr. Khorasani started his career with Ericsson and Telia in Sweden, and in 1996 he joined British Telecommunications (Ipswich, United Kingdom) as an intelligent network expert. He has 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Ram Kumar Associate Vice President, Product Engineering Infosys Technologies

Mr. Kumar is responsible for the R&D and product engineering services portfolio business at Infosys. He has a track record of executive and operational leadership in building businesses around computing and communication infrastructure products and services. Most recently, Mr. Kumar was the founder and chief executive officer of WIncNet Corp., a wireless infrastructure firm focused on a mobility softswitch for enterprise VoIP and data mobility. Previously, he led Voiceworkz Inc., a network technology firm from a concept to a VoIP gateway platform product, sales, and liquidity event.

Tim Marsden Chief Technologist Hewlett-Packard

Mr. Marsden is a leader in product management and development with more than 16 years in finance, IT, and telecom. Mr. Marsden is lead interface in CME Solutions and HP Labs teams, oversight and development of the new CME Innovation Program Office (IPO), development of roadmaps with Solutions and Labs, and building relationships with industry CTOs in the EMEA region. Prior to HP he was head of products for Easynet (BSkyB) and director of product management and development at Via Networks Inc. Mr. Marsden also held senior product positions at Storm Telecommunications.