Sponsored by:
With Guest Speaker from:

Speakers:

• Mikael Ahman, Section Manager, TeliaSonera and TM Forum Board Member
• Larry Ehrhardt, VP Communications and Media Solutions, Vitria Technology
• Ernest Margitta, Product Marketing Director, Tribold
• Greg Scullard, Director, CTO Office, Comptel Corporation

This Podcast covers highlights of the TM Forum Catalyst project ”Optimizing the Move to NextGen: Achieving the Required Business Insight and Flexibility Using PLM, Active Catalog and BPM.”

Under Telia Sonera’s sponsorship, Axiom / Comptel, Tribold, and Vitria are teaming to develop a methodology, best practices, and Proof of Concept to help Service Providers address the challenges inherent in a dual environment of Legacy and NextGen networks and systems.

Mikael Ahman, Section Manager, TeliaSonera and TM Forum Board Member Mikael Ahman, working for TeliaSonera, with Business and Process Development in Broadband Services area, has over 20 years at TeliaSonera with responsibilities in operations, IT, network and service development. Mikael has significant and impressive Industry involvement. He serves: On the TM Forum Board of Directors As Rapporteur ITU-T Q5/2 Service and Network Management As Vice Chair ITU-T SNO group

Larry Ehrhardt, VP Communications and Media Solutions, Vitria Technology Larry Ehrhardt is responsible for defining solutions and delivering value to Vitria’s 60+ customers in the industry. He has been working with service providers for over 12 years on strategic, operational and IT-related initiatives.