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About MSFCircle of Excellence

The MultiService Forum (MSF) Circle of Excellence Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the MSF and the multiservice industry. The contributions of MSF's volunteers both in time and technical expertise are critical in fulfilling MSF's mission and in shaping next generation networks. The Circle of Excellence Award winners embody the commitment and dedication that makes MSF a leader in developing and promoting open-architecture, multiservice switching systems.

Click here for guidelines and information about the Circle of Excellence Program and sample Nomination Statement.
Circle of Excellence Program Guidelines.

Winners for Q2 2008 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 1 April 2008 in Shanghai, China:

Anil Gupta, Alcatel-Lucent

    Anil Gupta has made a tremendous difference and impact on the Technical Committee through all the time and effort he has contributed toward developing the MSF R4 Architecture.

    He has been a consistent contributor to the discussions regarding the MSF Architecture and his persistence in working through & documenting an extremely complex technical area in the face of conflicting contributions has been invaluable to the MSF and its preparations for GMI2008. 

Wayne Cutler, Ericsson

    Wayne Cutler has made a significant difference on the Technical Committee and the GMI Planning Committee. Wayne joined the GMI Planning Committee and has actively attended and participated in GMI Planning and GMI Network Planning Calls. He has led the charge to solidify the MSF Requirements for the GMI 2008 Test Tool and has been working closely with the UNH-IOL to oversee their involvement in enhancing the GMI Test Tool.

    For the Technical Committee, Wayne has been a consistent contributor to the discussions regarding the MSF Architecture and to the Protocol and Control and Interoperability working groups.  Wayne has also authored Implementation Agreements for the MSFR4 SIP-I,SIP-ISUP, and the Media Server Profile. Wayne’s technical knowledge is invaluable and he continues to provide exemplary services to the MSF.

Winner for Q1 2008 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 29 January 2008 in San Francisco, California, USA:

Peter New, Vodafone

Winner for Q4 2007 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 25 October 2007 in Seattle, Washington, USA:

Albrecht Schwarz, Alcatel-Lucent

  • This award recognizes the frequent and outstanding contributions that Albrecht Schwarz has made for some years at MSF, highlighted by his IAs covering Session Border Gateways.
  • In Q4 2007 Albrecht produced quality contributions towards the RTCP certification program, providing a timely and insightful analysis of the issues.
  • Albrecht is a great advertisement for the life of MSF, frequently commenting in meetings and volunteering material.
  • As the Seattle meeting testifies, he is rarely without a clutch of innovative contributions to present.

Winners for Q3 2007 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 17 July 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands:

MSF Task Group Chairs

  • Ian Jenkins, Location-based Services
  • Bhumip Khasnabish, IPTV
  • Jim McEachern, Service Overlay Architecture
  • Olov Schelén, QoS

Winners for Q2 2007 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 25 April 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

Gordon Beith, Empirix

Gordon Beith is a long-time contributor to the MSF, going as far back as GMI 2002. During that time, Gordon has been an enthusiastic volunteer, helping to promote MSF's mission by staffing the MSF booth at several key tradeshows over the past two years. Membership support is a crucial part of the MSF's tradeshow program, and so we would like to thank Gordon for helping to make that a success.

Past Circle of Excellence Award Winners

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