Google's Milo Medin to Keynote OFC/NFOEC 2012 Plenary Session

OFC/NFOEC has as well tapped Stuart Elby, Verizon's vice president of network architecture and research, and chief technologist of Verizon Digital Media Services to keynote the Service Provider Summit, OFC/NFOEC's flagship show floor program covering topics of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector. Elby will speak on "Cloud Computing as a Service."

"In recent years, OFC/NFOEC has expanded its programming for the enterprise and service provider communities, which includes featuring new players just as Google," said Mehran Esfandiari of AT&T, one of OFC/NFOEC 2012's general co-chairs. "Highlighting Milo and Stu in this type of high-level programming will provide OFC/NFOEC attendees with an unique perspective on the future of optical communications from two powerhouse companies in the industry. As a chair of the conference and an attendee myself, I am eager to hear what these luminaries have to say about emerging areas just as cloud computing, data centers, and entrance by non-traditional service providers in the FTTH space."

At Google, Medin oversees the company's Gigabit Fiber to the Home project and other efforts to improve access to the Internet. Prior to joining Google in 2010, he was founder and chief research officer of M2Z Networks. Earlier that he was co-founder and CTO of Excite@Home, where he led the development of the company's national infrastructure, and helped deliver the first large-scale residential broadband access service in partnership with major cable operators. Medin as well held positions at NASA's Ames Technology Center, where he managed the primary west coast interconnect for the Internet, and architected and managed the global NASA Science Internet. Earlier NASA, he worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, programming high performance computers in support of various defense programs.

Elby is responsible for Verizon's overall solutions architecture, design, and development of VDMS' platform-as-a-service products and the cloud computing infrastructure upon which they are delivered. Elby as well leads the development of Verizon's target network architecture with the goal of driving the industry to converge toward this target. Just in case, he manages the design and specification of Verizon's core services platforms including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)/IMS, video, cloud computing, and Verizon Wireless' open network service delivery platform.

OFC/NFOEC is managed by the Optical Society and co-sponsored by OSA, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Communications Society and the IEEE Photonics Society. Acting as a non-financial technical co-sponsor is Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Visit www.ofcnfoec.org.