Brent Kelly is president and principal analyst at KelCor, Inc., where he provides strategy and counsel to key client types including CIOs, CTOs, investment analysts, VCs, technology policy executives, sell-side firms, and technology buyers. He is a passionate end-user advocate.

Brent has been an independent consultant and analyst since 2001, writing hundreds of articles and presenting at numerous public and private events. He has made real-world implementable and measurable contributions resulting in significant revenue/profit increases, product and process improvements, and/or strategic redirection for companies in telecommunications, manufacturing, electronics, oil field services, chemicals, and mining. Dr. Kelly has led teams developing real-time data acquisition and control systems (precursors to today's Internet of Things), and artificial intelligence systems capable of learning. He has been engaged in repeat consulting assignments for the largest tech companies in the world where his education and strong business experience allow him to identify emerging opportunities and to develop strategies and tactics to capitalize on these efficiently.

Brent has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University. He has served two terms as a city councilman in his Utah community. He is an avid outdoorsman participating in cycling, backpacking, hiking, fishing, and skiing. He and his wife own and operate a gourmet chocolates manufacturing company.

Current Role:

President/Principal Analyst at KelCor, Inc.

Contributor to nojitter.com, the industry publication

Member of the Society of Communications Technology Consultants International (SCTC)

Mike van den Bergh is an internationally-recognized figure in the global telecommunications and high tech industries, having held a wide variety of senior management positions in South Africa, the UK and Australia over a period of more than 35 years. Today, Mike holds the positions of both Chief Marketing Officer at PCCW Global and Managing Director of HKT Global Development Services. He is also responsible for Strategic Business Development within the company.

Mike was the Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Communications prior to its acquisition by PCCW Global in 2012. Gateway was the leading provider of pan-African connectivity solutions, delivering voice, data and value added services to Africa’s leading mobile operators, carriers and service providers, as well as to multinational enterprises. Mike was also a director of GTV, Gateway’s DTH (direct-to-home) TV business, which broadcast sport and entertainment television channels to 15 African countries.

Mike founded FirstNet in South Africa in 1991, which later merged with Gateway IP to become Gateway Communications. He has been active in the African telecommunications industry ever since, travelling extensively and spearheading Gateway’s drive into new markets across the continent and beyond.

As a member of PCCW Global’s senior management team, Mike continues to drive the expansion of the company’s business on a worldwide basis, with his portfolio including M&A, corporate strategy and business partnerships.

Mike has over the years chaired a number of industry associations, both in South Africa and internationally. 

PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 140 countries, PCCW Global’s network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications services which include Ethernet solutions, IP solutions, fiber and satellite transmission solutions, managed services and solutions, international voice and VoIPX offerings, as well as a rapidly expanding range of value-added services including cloud-based services, Unified Communications and OTT (over the top) content and media solutions, and managed security services.

HKT Global Development Services integrates the PCCW and HKT integrated quad play to mobile and fixed operators worldwide, together with a range of value-added services such as Smart Living (smart homes) and smart cities, managed OTT video services, and the build, operate and transfer of FTTx and other operator-level infrastructure services.

Mike van den Bergh is an internationally-recognized figure in the global telecommunications and high-tech industries, having held a wide variety of senior management positions in South Africa, the UK and Australia over a period of more than 35 years. Today, Mike holds the positions of both Chief Marketing Officer at PCCW Global and Managing Director of HKT Global Development Services. Prior to its acquisition by PCCW Global in 2012, Mike was the CEO of Gateway Communications. As a member of PCCW Global’s senior management team, Mike continues to drive the expansion of the company’s business on a worldwide basis, with his portfolio including both M&A and business partnerships. He has also been instrumental in spearheading PCCW Global’s expansion into the consumer OTT and IPTV content delivery space, and is a director of ONTAPtv.com in South Africa.

Alan Lepofsky, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research has more than two decades of experience in the collaboration software industry where he helps companies improve the way their employees get work done. Alan specializes in the Future of Work, researching not just software, but also how aspects such as company culture, work location, devices/hardware, transportation, and new business models impact the engagement between colleagues, customers, content and communities.

Alan has been with Constellation for nearly 6 years, where he’s published industry leading research papers on topics such as collaboration, project management, and digital proficiency and was recently interviewed live on CNBC discussing AI and augmenting the way we work. Alan frequently keynotes conferences, moderates panels and conducts interviews with reporters around the world.

Alan’s social following is impressive he is in Toronto’s top 100 tweeters and has over 16,000 followers on Twitter and close to 4000 on LinkedIn. Alan frequently blogs and has his own website which holds most of his content and allows you to reach him directly, it can be found here: http://www.alanlepofsky.com/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf .

Outside of his career Alan is a father of two, and tries to remain through high energy sports including spinning classes and ultimate frisbee. He has also travelled to most of the world but has still yet to visit Africa and Asia, he is a keen amateur photographer and has a very impressive portfolio of pictures on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlepo/sets/1309391/.

Sheila McGee-Smith, the founder and principal analyst at McGee-Smith Analytics, is a leading communications industry analyst and strategic consultant with a proven track record in new product development, competitive assessment, market research, and sales strategies for communications solutions and services. Her insight helps enterprises and solution providers develop strategies to meet the escalating demands of today’s consumer and business customers.

With more than three decades of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to founding McGee-Smith Analytics, McGee-Smith was the Director of Call Center and Operator Services for The PELORUS Group for 12 years. Earlier in her career, she held sales management, market research and product management positions at AT&T and Dun & Bradstreet.

Ms. McGee-Smith has served as Enterprise Connect Contact Center Track Chair for the past ten years. Her views on the market can be seen in regular posts on No Jitter and on Twitter.

Ms. McGee-Smith earned her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Barnard College, Columbia University, with a major in psychology. She was awarded an MBA, with distinction, with majors in marketing and management information systems, from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst of ZK Research. Kerravala provides a mix of tactical and long-term strategic advice to constituents, including end-user IT and network managers; vendors of IT hardware, software and services; and the IT investment community.

Prior to ZK Research, Zeus was a senior vice president and distinguished research fellow with Yankee Group. Before Yankee Group, Kerravala had a number of technical roles, including a senior technical position at Greenwich Technology Partners (GTP). He has held numerous internal IT positions, including vice president of IT and deputy CIO of Ferris, Baker Watts and senior project manager at Alex. Brown and Sons Inc. Kerravala is heavily quoted in the business and technology press, and is a regular speaker at events including Interop and Enterprise Connect.