Guest Speakers

Rajen Lakhani, BT

Rajen Lakhani is a Senior Manager looking after Propositions within the BT Consumer Value Added Services team. He is the business owner for various services including BT Digital Vault - a service that has expanded to over 500,000 registered users within 2 years. He has previously worked at AOL (UK) responsible for Premium Services, AOL Search, Travel and Personal Finance. He has an international MBA from the Fox School of Business, Temple University and an Economics degree from LSE.

Stuart Cassell - Cox Communications

Stu is Director of Product Development at Cox Communications where he has worked for the past 11 years. In his role, Stu works to develop new products and services for broadband customers and has been involved in building Cox's High Speed Data service since its inception in 1997.

Prior to joining Cox, Stu worked in Product Marketing and Product Line Management at Arris Interactive and also Nortel. He holds a BSEE degree from Southern Methodist as well as an MBA from Duke University.

Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network.

Joe Mosher, Bell Aliant

Joe has been associated with the Telecom Industry for over 28 years. The last 10 have been focused on developing, implementing and commercializing interactive IP networks and associated business models and applications.

Joe and his team have helped Bell Aliant:

  • Become the first telco ISP in Canada
  • Commercially deploy a broadband network that passes over 70% of homes in Atlantic Canada
  • Develop and commercialize a model that extended broadband beyond high speed internet including TV, VOD and VOIP.