Speakers « Comms Connect Melbourne

The 2023 conference speaker line-up

Keynotes/Plenary Speakers

Joe Wassel

Executive Director
FirstNet USA

Kylie De Courteney

Managing Director
NSW Telco Authority

Julian Gorman

Head of APAC
GSMA (Hong Kong)

Matthew Dummett

Director, Telecommunications
Vic Department of Government Services

Steve Ferguson

Executive Director
NGCC

Vaughan Matthews

General Manager
Hourua NZ

Ashley Hunter

Executive - Intelligent Network Automation
Telstra

Tim Rutherford

CIO/CTO
Dept of Police, Fire & Emergency Management

Nikala Parsons

Inspector
Dept of Police, Fire & Emergency Management

Andrew Johns

Head of Service, National Govt Radio
Telstra Purple

Speakers

Ahmed Laslah

Global Business Director
Mission Critical Networks at Ericsson

Alan Seery

Managing Director
Aqura Technologies

Andrew Johns

Head of Service, National Govt Radio
Telstra Purple

Andrew May

Executive Manager
Spectrum Engineering

Andy Kent

National Lifesaving Manager
Surf Life Saving NZ

Ashley Neale

Development Manager - Space and Satellite,
Vocus

Brad Welch

General Manager
TPL Systems Asia Pacific

Bradley Creevey

Assistant Coordinator General
Operational Capability Branch, NEMA

Brett Pearson

Radio & Electronic Services
WA Police

Brianna Huettel

PSCR Strategy & Operations Lead
NIST

Carsten Clemens

Assoc Director Engineering PSMB, Digital & Technology, NSW Telco Authority

Cheryl Giggetts

Project 25 Technology
Interest Group (USA)

Dan Winson

Founder & CEO
Zetifi

Daniel Chivell

Engineering Principal
Telstra

Daniel Field

Managing Director
SkySite

David Adams

Solutions Architect
Vicom

David Lloyd

Managing Director
Step Global

Dereck Orr

PSCR Division Chief
NIST (USA)

Dominic Byrne

Executive Manager
ACMA

Dylan Earle

Business Solutions Manager
Tait Communications

Hamish Duff

Managing Director, Mastercom
President, ARCIA

James Pickens

CTO
NSW Telco Authority

Jason Burt

Public Safety Market Manager
L3Harris Technologies

Jason Johur

Board Member & Broadband Industry Group Chair, TCCA

Jefferson Wang

Global Network & 5G Lead
Accenture

Jeffrey Bratcher

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
FirstNet

John Whittaker

General Manager
Philcomm

Khalid Salim

Associate Director — Engineering Architecture
NWSTA

Louise Hyland

CEO
AMTA

Luke Marchant

Principal - Public Sector Business Development
Telstra

Mal Jones

Principal Consultant
Wireless Business-Vocus

Marcus Dowling

CEO and Founder
Rising Connection Pty Ltd

Manuel Hintermayr

Global Director of Public Safety Solutions and Sales, Frequentis

Mark Horn

Director Strategy
Cubic Defence Australia

Marek Jaworski

Solution Architect
Rio Tinto

Martin Rampl

Managing Director
Frequentis Australasia

Matthew Wormald

Commander, Operational Communications
Fire and Rescue NSW

Neil Jamieson

Group CEO
Hypha

Nikala Parsons

Inspector
Dept of Police, Fire & Emergency Management

Dr Paul Elmes

Managing Director (Asia Pacific),
Tait Communications

Paul Smith

Relationship Manager
NGCC

Paul Whitfield

Research Manager
Omnitronics

Peter Clemons

Global Head, Critical Communication
ENENSYS Technologies

Peter Scarlata

CEO Australasia,
Simoco Wireless Solutions

Phil Crnko

Director of Engineering
PSBN Innovation Alliance (Canada)

Richard Carrizzo

Authority Board Chair
FirstNet

Richard Gibb

Operation Communications Systems Officer
Fire & Rescue NSW

Roderick Aguilar

Head of Operations
Rising Connection Pty Ltd

Roy Wittert

Regional Director
Cambium Networks

Selim Bouri

Vice-President and Head of Middle East, Africa and APAC, AIRBUS Secure Land Communications

Senthil Sundram

Head of Telecommunications
Rohde & Schwarz Australia

Steve Walker

Capability and Development Coordinator
WA Police, State Communications Division

Stuart Hendry

Head of Asia Pacific for Government and
Enterprise Sales, Nokia

Vanessa Leite

Principal Strategy & Risk
CyberCX

Vishal Kohli

LTE/5G Specialist
Commtel Network Solutions