MWC23 Las Vegas – Smart Mobility Summit

Cameron Coursey, Vice President – AT&T Connected Solutions, leads product, engineering, and
operations for AT&T’s IoT business. Along with managing AT&T’s current, industry-leading IoT business, AT&T Connected Solutions has a dedicated focus on creating future-oriented mobility capabilities from ideation to scale.

Cameron also acts as chief technical advisor for Internet of Things, providing the vision and direction
for new network, provisioning, billing, application, SIM, and device capabilities. His prior leadership roles included developing and executing the strategy for transformational AT&T Business platforms and products including Mobility Network Services, 5G, Multi-Edge Compute, Private Cellular Networks, as well as portfolio simplification efforts and software-as-a-service implementations for all AT&T Business products.

Cameron has recently authored the book The Practitioner’s Guide to Cellular IoT, describing the
technology and use cases for the Internet of Things. He has multiple U.S. patents covering intelligent
roaming for handsets and methods to implement private in-building systems that use wireless
spectrum and technology.

He began his commercial wireless career at SBC Technology Resources, Inc., where he worked on
technology for sharing spectrum between PCS and fixed wireless, early wireless packet data field trials for Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, and network planning for new wireless opportunities for SBC in Southeast Asia.

Cameron received both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering
from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Chris is the Global Head of Business Development for Private Wireless at Amazon Web Services. Sitting in the Telecoms Business Unit, Chris’s focus is on helping telecoms partners to build private wireless solutions built upon AWS. These solutions are vertically focused and target many industry verticals including Manufacturing and Automotive.

Bill is an IBM Distinguished Industry Leader and currently the Vice President for Cloud, 5G and Edge solutions within IBM’s global Telecommunications Industry. In a prior role, he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for IBM’s Systems and Technology Group. With more than 30 years of leadership roles in the telecommunications industry, Bill is recognized as a deep industry expert in telecommunications. He has held several global executive roles across the Telecommunications & Media Industries at IBM. 

Steve Schwinke is the Vice President of Customer Engagement at Sibros working closely with OEMs and Tier One suppliers to accelerate their connected vehicle solutions. Sibros’ award-winning Deep Connectivity Platform enables OEMs with a single system for whole vehicle over the air (OTA) software updates, deep data collection and remote commands. Prior to joining Sibros Mr. Schwinke spent 2 years at Tech Mahindra as their Global Head of Connected Vehicles and 22 years as an Executive at General Motors OnStar and was elected to the Executive Board of Directors of the Telecommunication Industry Association. As an original member of the OnStar team, he developed many of the industry’s first products and services. Steve has been awarded 35 patents involving telecommunications, telematics, and navigation.

Steve holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and a Master Degree in Communication Systems from Santa Clara University.

Kenta Yasukawa is CTO and co-founder of Soracom, where he has led deployment of the industry’s most advanced cloud-native telecom platform, designed specifically for the needs of connected devices. Before co-founding Soracom, Kenta served as a solutions architect with AWS and conducted research for connected homes and cars at Ericsson Research in Tokyo and Stockholm. Kenta holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, with additional studies in computer science at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Since 2014, she has been the technical lead for several areas of focus within the GSMA such as 5G, IoT, automotive, aviation and more. Looking at how to best utilise new technologies and services from the constantly evolving mobile networks, like 5G-Advanced.

Barbara is also leading several activities and communities with the GSMA members, like the activities related to smart mobility, including automotive and advanced air mobility. The latter by leading the GSMA Drone Interest Group and the Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity, to investigate and help the mobile industry to create a trusted solution for commercial unmanned aircraft. Exploring features and capabilities of 4G and 5G needed for the aviation.

Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. Before joining the GSMA, Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications. She also participates and actively contributed to, several standards.

As an AT&T Fellow and Assistant Vice President for Standards & Industry Alliances for AT&T, Brian oversees AT&T’s strategy and leadership in global industry standards. Brian is a technology visionary and thought leader with knowledge of the global standards industry landscape/leadership. Brian has a broad technology perspective including 5 to 10-year trends, with focus on emerging technologies for 5G and beyond including public safety/mission critical services for FirstNet; wireless emergency alerts and earthquake early warning; C-V2X and UAS/UAVs; cybersecurity, NSEP, and critical infrastructure protection. Brian is engaged in programs with the DHS, DISA, and DoD, and is a leading contributor to the Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) Board, TOPS Council and Standards Committee initiatives, resulting in the implementation of key industry standards. Brian is on the Executive Committee of the National Spectrum Consortium and holds appointments to the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) and Communications Reliability, Security, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). Brian also is a member of the FBI’s Infragard partnership. Brian holds Board positions on the National Public Safety Communications Council (NPSTC) and the IEEE International Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). Brian’s industry leadership roles include Co-chair of the Next G Alliance Steering Group, co-chair of the O-Ran Alliance Standards Development Focus Group, Chair of the GSM Association’s North American Fraud Forum and Security Group, and former co-chair of the ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative Critical Infrastructure & Environment working group.

Brian received the B.S.E and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University with a focus on communication systems and advanced electromagnetic engineering. He holds an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certification. Brian is the AT&T coordinator for the Department of Homeland Security SHAred RESources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program, and an Army Auxiliarist. Brian received the ATIS President’s Award and the ANSI Meritorious Service Award in recognition of his career creating standards across the communications spectrum including 3GPP, and the NG911 Institute Industry/Private Sector Award for his leadership in emergency communications. Brian holds over 180 issued patents in telecommunications, public safety, and cybersecurity.

Leila is the Technology Director for the MITRE Engenuity Open Generation 5G Consortium, which was founded to advance 5G use cases and technological innovation through research and experimentation.

Before joining the consortium, Leila was Chief Engineer for the Aviation Concepts and Research division at MITRE, which included oversight of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Spectrum aspects related to civil aviation.

Leila has a background in wireless engineering with a history of solving complex technical problems both for industry and government environments. As part of her work with MITRE, she has led several activities focused on wireless communications, spectrum engineering & policy, satellite & aviation communications, UAS and autonomous systems technologies.

Prior to joining MITRE in 2009, Leila worked as Director of Systems Engineering at CelPlan Technologies, where she developed solutions for design and optimization of cellular networks. Leila holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Mike is the Product Management Chief of Staff at Skydio, the world leader in autonomous flight technology and the first US drone company to be valued at over 2 billion dollars – serving customers ranging from action sports enthusiasts, to Fortune 500 companies, to first responders, to Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Prior to Skydio, Mike led Samsara’s telematics product group (NYSE: IOT), focused on enabling customers globally to manage fleet operations and maintenance by leveraging real-time vehicle data in the cloud.

Prior to Samsara, Mike served 13 years in the United States Navy where he flew the F/A-18E as a fighter pilot and developmental test pilot working on a number of projects including the X-47B, the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) and the Precision Landing Mode of the F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G. Mike followed his active duty service with a career as a Navy Reservist supporting the Defense Innovation Unit serving in the Autonomy Portfolio, and helping to lead the Defense Innovation Unit Joint Reserve Detachment.

Mike holds a B.S. in computer systems engineering from Stanford, an M.S. in systems engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, and is a graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School.

Since 2014, she has been the technical lead for several areas of focus within the GSMA such as 5G, IoT, automotive, aviation and more. Looking at how to best utilise new technologies and services from the constantly evolving mobile networks, like 5G-Advanced.

Barbara is also leading several activities and communities with the GSMA members, like the activities related to smart mobility, including automotive and advanced air mobility. The latter by leading the GSMA Drone Interest Group and the Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity, to investigate and help the mobile industry to create a trusted solution for commercial unmanned aircraft. Exploring features and capabilities of 4G and 5G needed for the aviation.

Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. Before joining the GSMA, Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications. She also participates and actively contributed to, several standards.