Conference Advisory Board

Jon Arnold Principal J Arnold & Associates Arnold & Associates is a Toronto-based independent telecom analyst and marketing consultancy with a focus on IP communications. Jon Arnold is a regular speaker at VoIP and telecom conferences, and is frequently quoted in the business and trade press, radio and television.	Allan Bly Instructor/Developer TST Inc. With over 25 years experience in the telephony and data environment, Allan Bly is an international player in the networking field. His consulting processes delve beyond the bits and bytes of mere technical solutions to mete out and focus on the crucial business drivers impacting a customer's network and ultimately the customer's business.
Peter Cauchi Interim CIO - ICT Management Cauchi Dennison & Associates Inc. Peter Cauchi is a Wiley published author with over twenty years of international experience in information technology. Having held leadership positions in both vendor and end-user organizations, his recent work as Interim-CIO, includes strategic planning and alignment, transformation and restructuring as well as acquisitions integration and consolidation.	Simon Ditner Senior Software Developer Jazinga Inc. Simon is a Toronto based developer with over 10 years of experience building software for open source platforms, specializing in VoIP technology. He is the president of TAUG, Canada's largest Asterisk User Group with over 350 members, organizing guest speakers, working with technology providers, and promoting the open source telephony industry in Canada.
Henry Dortmans President Datex Management Services Henry assists organizations solve problems and make better decisions. He is past-president of Angus Dortmans Associates, is a co-founder of the CTCA, writes a popular column ‘On the Line’, hosts an annual golf tournament, holds an MBA (York), holds a B. Com. (Queen's), and still has a sense of humour.	Ron Kawchuk President RKA Inc. Ron Kawchuk is a leading telecommunications industry consultant in Canada and the US. Clients include equipment vendors, service providers, network outsourcing firms and large end-users. He was the founding Executive Director, then President of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers. Ron currently also serves on the board of CIRA, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain-name space.
Evan Leibovitch Snr. Analyst & Partner Xunil Corporation Evan Leibovitch is Senior Analyst and Partner at Xunil Corporation as well as Executive Director of the Canadian Association for Open Source (CLUE). He has been heavily involved in the Canadian open systems and open source communities for more than 20 years, and helped to co-found organizations such as CLUE and the Linux Professional Institute. Based in Toronto, he has also written hundreds of articles on open source and continues to be involved in writing, education and documentation projects.