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Date
Day 1 – 24
th
November 2015 (Tuesday)
Session
Keynote Session
Time
09:55-10:25
Topic
The ROADS to a Better Connected Economy
Speaker
Mr. Ronald Raffensperger
CTO, Data Centre Solutions,
Huawei
Ron has over 30 years of experience in product management and
marketing positions in the IT, software and telecom industries. Previously
at Huawei, he was Director of Core Network Marketing and then Director
of Cloud Computing Marketing. Prior to Huawei, Mr. Raffensperger was
Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sylantro Systems, a U.S.-based
provider of advanced voice applications. Ron has held senior positions
at Siemens, IBM and ROLM Telecommunications, along with startup
companies in the database and SaaS industries.
Topic Abstract
ROADS is the user experience benchmark in a fully-connected world,
meaning Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY, Social. Mr.
Raffensperger will discuss the implications of the Huawei Global
Connectivity Index and how focusing on ROADS can improve a
connected economy. He will also provide examples of how an agile IT
infrastructure is key to the development of a digital enterprise