With over 29 years of industry experience that includes 18 years working for a large North American service provider, Ron has an in-depth knowledge of network technology combined with a strong business-oriented approach to problem solving. He is responsible for the overall direction of Ovum’s North American optical networking research, its network infrastructure vendor strategies research, and its mobile backhaul research. Ron specializes in DWDM, bandwidth management, aggregation, and Carrier Ethernet technologies used in both wireline and wireless networking applications.