MSF - Circle of Excellence

MSF wishes to acknowledge the outstanding individuals who have dedicated their time and technical expertise and have made a significant and lasting impact on the MSF. The awards below represent the MSF's desire to formally recognize these individuals and their companies for their ongoing support of the MSF.

The Circle of Excellence Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the MSF and the multiservice industry. The contributions of MSF's volunteers both in time and technical expertise are critical in fulfilling MSF's mission and in shaping next generation networks. The Circle of Excellence Award winners embody the commitment and dedication that makes MSF a leader in developing and promoting open-architecture, multiservice switching systems.

Click here for guidelines and information about the Circle of Excellence Program and sample Nomination Statement: Circle of Excellence Program Guidelines.

Winner for Q4 2011 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 25 October 2011
in Beijing, China:

Eng Wei Koo (JDSU)

Leading into the VoLTE IOT, Koo volunteered to write the scenario 3a and 3b test plans, which involved a significant amount of technical knowledge and a considerable amount of work.During the event, Koo was at the Beijing lab for the entire event, representing JDSU, and providing crucial message tracing capability for test recording, as well as helping participants to access traces to help pinpoint where tests had gone awry. His contributions to the VoLTE IOT event and the MSF are appreciated.

Joan Smith (GENBAND)

In preparation for the VoLTE IOT event, Genband volunteered to write some of the (base) Scenario 1 test cases. This work was led by Joan who did an excellent job. Subsequently, it was decided that S1 test plans should contain test plan information when relevant (as the base scenario) that other test plans could refer to as the base test plan. Genband, with a significant contribution from Joan, volunteered to be the editor for the base test plan and pulled together inputs from a variety of sources to produce a complete and coherent base test plan for the VoLTE event.

Past Circle of Excellence Award Winners

The MSF Board of Directors, Technical Leaders and IOT planning teams acknowledge individuals whose efforts can be characterized as having gone Above and Beyond the call of duty during an IOT event. This award is given to those volunteers (typically, one per each host site) who made an extraordinary contribution throughout the planning and execution of the IOT Event.

Recipients of VoLTE IOT 2011 Above and Beyond Award:

Noha Farouk, IPneo

Diane Lee, Alcatel-Lucent

Recipients of GMI 2008 Above and Beyond Award:

Mihai Vlad, BT

Richard Khazmarek, NCS

Nabeel Cocker, Verizon

Jiang Yi, China Mobile

The President's Award is given by the Board of Directors to a Director or Chair who have demonstrated excellence in leadership.

Winner for Q1 2009 announced at the Technical Committee Meeting on 3 February 2009 in San Jose, California:

Jim McEachern, Nortel

The Board of Directors honors Jim McEachern for his outstanding efforts on the GMI 2008 White Paper. As Chair of the Editorial Board, Jim managed the entire creative process from writing and editing text to developing and refining graphics.
Working closely with volunteers and staff, he ensured that the White Paper succinctly communicated the serious technical work conducted during GMI, reflecting the global reach of the event and ultimately, the value of the GMI program to our members and industry colleagues.Remarkably, Jim also delivered the White Paper in record time � just 8 weeks after the end of GMI 2008, an extraordinary achievement given the scope of the event.

Past President's Award Winners

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