About Me

September 20, 2006

Erik Larsson, Vice President Marketing, Netcentrex Converged IP Communications, Comverse

Erik Larsson is responsible for driving the overall marketing activities for converged IP communications within the Comverse group. Before the acquisition by Comverse, he played a significant role in reinforcing Netcentrex’ image and position in the marketplace and developed the company’s reputation as a leader in VoIP applications using his extensive knowledge and experience of the telecoms environment.

Prior to Netcentrex, Erik held senior marketing positions at Nortel and Genuity / Level 3, and has a track record of managing successful marketing initiatives both for early-stage and established high-tech companies. He has published a number of articles in specialized media and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Erik Larsson has a MS in Engineering Physics from KTH (Sweden) and an MBA from the Kelley School of business (USA).

Randal E. Waters

Randy is Vice President CIPC Market Development for Comverse and brings 24 years of engineering and leadership experience in the telecom switching industry. Prior to joining Comverse, Randy founded a venture capital financed telecom company, Carrius Technologies, and served as its President, CEO, COO, and finally CTO. Carrius developed and delivered a programmable softswitch to the marketplace. Randy served as Chief of Applications Technology at Taqua Systems responsible for architecting and developing its next generation Class 5 softswitch. Previously at Alcatel, Randy directed the architecture and development of the Call Server Softswitch and the next-generation Signaling Server STP, and also directed the development of the International Megahub STP product. Prior to Alcatel, Randy directed the development of the Nexus SCP, Telestar Tandem Switch, and the DaVinci Service Node at IEX Corporation (acquired by Tekelec). While at Bell Laboratories, Randy managed the development and deployment of a nationwide packet data service, as well as developed and tested software and hardware on the 5ESS Class 5/4 switch. Randy has masters and bachelors of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.