NetSocket's Advisory Board
Mick Reeve
Mick Reeve has an extraordinary track record in technical innovation, including more than 36 years at British Telecom (BT). Now working as an industry consultant, Reeve was previously Chief Architect responsible for BT's overall network and systems architectures. Also, he led the standards program, directing the architecture for BT's 21st Century Network and ensuring its alignment with global standards. While at BT, Reeve held a wide range of design and development jobs, including optical systems, switching, and intelligence and operational support systems.
He also served as a board member of the TeleManagement (TM) Forum, the WiMAX Forum, and ATIS. He has been published on numerous occasions in the telecom field and holds a number of patents in optical communications.
Reeve is a Fellow of the IEC and a Fellow of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
Jennifer Rexford
Jennifer Rexford is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. From 1996 to 2004, Dr. Rexford was a member of the Network Management and Performance Department at AT&T Labs – Research. Her research focuses on Internet routing, network measurement, and network management, with the larger goals of making data networks easier to design, understand, and manage. Dr. Rexford co-wrote the book Web Protocols and Practice (Addison-Wesley, May 2001). She served as the chair of ACM SIGCOMM from 2003 to 2007 and currently serves on the CRA Board of Directors, the ACM Council, and the GENI Science Council.
Dr. Rexford received her B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University and an M.S. degree in computer science and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. She was the 2004 winner of ACM's Grace Murray Hopper Award for Outstanding Young Computer Professional of the Year.
Niel Ransom
Niel Ransom has played a strategic role in developing key technologies in the telecommunications industry for more than 32 years. At Alcatel, Dr. Ransom managed an organization that was responsible for corporate and product strategy, corporate research, R&D investment, mergers and acquisition (M&A) strategy, participation in venture funds, and patents and intellectual property. Also while at Alcatel, he held various general management roles, including managing the Alcatel access and metro optical business in the U.S. Dr. Ransom joined Alcatel from BellSouth, where he directed an organization responsible for expanding BellSouth’s offerings into PCS wireless, IP, video, and advanced intelligent networks.
Dr. Ransom has served as a member of the Technological Advisors Council of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC).
He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Old Dominion University, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago.
Phil Holmes
Phil Holmes, a former Director of Architecture and Technology for Motorola Networks in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), was responsible for ensuring that Motorola's overall network architecture developed in line with advances in telecommunications in the EMEA region and GSM/UMTS marketplace. Holmes joined Motorola in September 2005, following a long and highly successful career with British Telecom (BT). He was CTO of BT Exact, BT's R&D organization, and was one of the key technical drivers of BT’s 21st Century Network architecture. He was also responsible for BT’s standards activities. Before his CTO role, Phil spent more than 10 years working in Operational Support Systems (OSS) development, with a specific focus on OSS architecture.
Holmes was Chairman of the TeleManagement (TM) Forum’s Service Provider Leadership Council, he and is well known as a subject-matter expert on OSS and next–generation networks at industry conferences.
Jack Wimmer
Jack Wimmer is president of The Placer Group, a technology and strategy consulting organization. Wimmer sits on several advisory boards and provides consulting and support for telecommunications, venture capital, and private equity firms.
Wimmer formed The Placer Group after retiring from Verizon in 2006. Wimmer served as vice president at MCI and then Verizon after the companies merged. He was responsible for the design of network architecture as well as evaluating, assessing, and developing advanced technology. Wimmer joined MCI in 1973, initially working in the network operations and customer service organization. During his tenure, he held a variety of engineering and management positions while honing his technical and business expertise in networks, network planning, and technology development.
Wimmer received a B.S. degree in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.S. degree in telecommunications policy from George Washington University.