Advisory Council
Mick Reeve
Mick Reeve has an extraordinary track record in technical innovation, including over 36 years at British Telecom (BT). Recently retired from BT and now working as an industry consultant, Mr. Reeve was most recently Chief Architect responsible for BT's overall network and systems architectures. He also led the standards program, directing the architecture for BT’s 21st Century Network and ensuring its alignment with global standards. While at BT, Reeve held a wide range of design and development jobs, including optical systems, switching and intelligence, and operational support systems. He also served as a board member of the Telemanagement Forum, the WiMAX Forum and ATIS. Mr. Reeve has published widely in the telecom field and holds a number of patents in optical communications. Mick is a Fellow of the IEC and a Fellow of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
Jack Wimmer
Mr. Jack Wimmer has 33 years of professional experience in the telecommunications industry, including 26 years in management. From 1973 to 2006, he served in a variety of roles at Verizon / MCI Communications, most recently as VP Network Architecture and Advanced Technology. In his last position, he assumed global corporate responsibility for the development of all aspects of network technology and architecture for the MCI network. In that role he led numerous strategic network initiatives for MCI including; development of their advanced high speed optical network; architecture for the converged IP/MPLS packet network; and design of an industry leading carrier class Ethernet infrastructure. Mr. Wimmer holds a M.S. in Telecommunications Policy from George Washington University and a B.E. from Steven's Institute of Technology.
Dr. Niel Ransom
Dr. Niel Ransom has played a strategic role in developing key technologies in the telecommunications industry for over 32 years. At Alcatel, he managed an organization encompassing corporate and product strategy, corporate research, R&D investment, mergers and acquisition (M&A) strategy, participation in venture funds, and patents and intellectual property. While at Alcatel, he also held various general management roles, including managing the Alcatel access and metro optical business in the U.S. Dr. Ransom joined Alcatel from BellSouth where he directed an organization responsible for expanding BellSouth’s offerings into PCS wireless, IP, video, and advanced intelligent networks. Dr. Ransom has served as a member of the Technological Advisors Council of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Dr. Ransom holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, BSEE and MSEE degrees from Old Dominion University, and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago.
Phil Holmes
Phil Holmes, a former Director of Architecture and Technology for Motorola Networks in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), was responsible for ensuring that Motorola's overall network architecture developed in line with advances in telecommunications in the EMEA region and GSM/UMTS marketplace. Phil joined Motorola in September 2005 following a long and highly successful career with BT. Prior; he was CTO of BT Exact, BT's R&D organization and was one of the key technical drivers of BT’s 21st Century Network architecture. He was also responsible for BT’s standards activities. Before his CTO role, Phil spent over 10 years working in Operational Support Systems (OSS) development, with a specific focus on OSS architecture. He was chairman of the TeleManagement Forum’s Service Provider Leadership Council, and is well known as a subject matter expert on OSS and Next Generation Networks at Industry conferences.
