Global Operators Join MEF’s Board to Lead Strategic NaaS Initiatives
16 Julio 2024 - 8:11AM
MEF, a global consortium of network, cloud, security, and
technology providers accelerating enterprise digital
transformation, today announced the results of its recently
concluded 2024-2025 Board of Directors elections. The newly
appointed Board, a diverse group of service and technology
visionaries includes new representatives from BT Business and
Telekom Deutschland, and is poised to lead MEF’s ongoing
transformation focused on advancing an automated
Network-as-a-Service ecosystem. Their collective expertise will
drive the development of a global interoperable framework to enable
service providers to innovate and scale their offerings rapidly.
MEF 2024-2025 Board of
Directors
- Debika Bhattacharya, Chair; Chief
Technology Officer, Verizon Business
- Franck Morales, Secretary; Senior Vice
President, Marketing & Business Development, Orange Wholesale
International
- Bob Victor, Treasurer; Senior Vice
President of Product Management, Comcast Business
- Colin Bannon, Chief Technology
Officer, BT Business
- Nan Chen, Chief Executive Officer,
MEF
- Paul Gampe, Chief Technology Officer,
Console Connect by PCCW Global
- Shawn Hakl, Vice President, 5G
Strategy, Microsoft
- Silke Hoesch, Senior Vice President
Wholesale, Telekom Deutschland
- Daniele Mancuso, Chief Marketing &
Product Management, Sparkle
- Mike Troiano, Senior Vice
President, Product & Pricing, AT&T Business
- Mirko Voltolini, Vice President,
Technology & Innovation, Colt
- Dave Ward, Chief Technology Officer,
Lumen
MEF Officers
- Nan Chen, Chief Executive Officer,
MEF
- Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating
Officer, MEF
- Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology
Officer, MEF
- Daniel Bar-Lev, Chief Product
Officer, MEF
- Sunil Khandekar, Chief Enterprise
Development Officer, MEF
"We're excited to welcome these industry
trailblazers to MEF's Board of Directors," said Nan Chen, CEO, MEF.
"Their diverse expertise and innovative perspectives will be
crucial as we advance our global digital transformation agenda and
focus on automating the full lifecycle of multi-provider NaaS
services. This new leadership brings fresh perspectives that will
accelerate network innovation and strengthen MEF's ability to power
the digital economy through collaborative, standards-based
solutions."
About MEFMEF is a global
consortium of service, cloud, cybersecurity, and technology
providers collaborating to accelerate enterprise digital
transformation. It delivers standards-based frameworks, services,
technologies, APIs, and certification programs to enable
Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) across an automated ecosystem. MEF is
the defining authority for certified Lifecycle Service
Orchestration (LSO) business and operational APIs and Carrier
Ethernet, SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and Security Service Edge (SSE)
technologies and services. MEF's Global NaaS Event (GNE) convenes
industry leaders building and delivering the next generation of
NaaS solutions. For more information about MEF, visit MEF.net and
follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media Contact:Melissa
PowerMEF
pr@mef.net