Mobile Evolution

Sebastian Thalanany advises organizations on the adoption of forward-looking and interoperable capabilities in the evolution of the mobile communications ecosystem. He advocates and influences the direction of ideas, consensus, and the progression of global standardization initiatives, in the development of emerging mobile Internet and LTE-Advanced specifications. Mr. Thalanany has chaired mobile technology evolution specification working groups, and is engaged in leadership, guidance, strategy formulation, and advisory roles, under the auspices of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) standards organizations. He has been an invited speaker at Informa conferences, on a variety of topics in the emerging mobile ecosystem. His experience spans interdependent, interdisciplinary, innovative, and experiential aspects of services, along with an evolutionary landscape of the mobile ecosystem. Sebastian is an executive scholar in leadership and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management. He is a senior member with IEEE, and has an MS in electrical and computer engineering from Oklahoma State University. He is currently with U.S. Cellular, Chicago, USA.

Genesis of Personal Communications. Elements of Standardization. Connectivity. Service. Interdependence: Renaissance of Multifaceted Convergence