MIS Research Center Seminar Series
8:30 AM - 11:15 AM
1st Floor Auditorium, Carlson School of Management

Abstract

“The State of SIP and Interoperability”

To what extent can SIP from multiple vendors work together in a converged IP communications network? We will update the audience as to the current state of SIP and what are the key areas to understand and what is working and not working. We will examine a number of vendors like: Cisco, Avaya, Mitel, Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent and Siemens. We will try and understand what are SIP extensions and why they are used. Conclusion will be pointed and buyer beware! Not all standards are standards.

Biography

Timothy Kraskey, Vice President of Marketing Calabrio a division of Spanlink Communications, Inc. where he manages all aspects of Marketing, Product Management and Business Development efforts. Calabrio Software develops and markets customer interaction, workforce optimization and business intelligence software for unified communications and call centers. By integrating workforce optimization within a team's daily workflow, Calabrio helps customers align their contact service business processes with their business and corporate objectives.

Tim was a Managing Director of YankeeTek Ventures where he has led or backed deals with Seranoa Networks, Aegis Semiconductor, Red Shift, ProQuent Systems, Pactolus Communication Software, CYA Technologies and Message Machines (Acquired by Natural MicroSystems). He has been an angel investor and has held investments in Sirocco Systems (Acquired by Sycamore Networks), Pingtel (Acquired by Blue Socket), BroadSoft, Access 360 (Acquired by IBM), and Softricity (Acquired by Microsoft).

He also was one of the founders and officer for Sahara Networks Inc., a developer of scalable, high-speed broadband access products. After Sahara's acquisition by Cascade Communications and later Ascend, he served as Vice President of Marketing in Ascend Communication's Core Systems Division. Venture Market East (Red Herring) highlighted Sahara as the best strategic merger for 1997.

Tim has also worked for ADC Telecommunications, Newbridge Networks and General DataComm in key sales, marketing and management roles.

He has recently co-authored a new course at MIT Sloan School of Management on “Sales and Salesforce Management” where he was a Senior Lecturer. He continues to assist as visiting lecturer for other Professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management on sales and marketing topics. His MIT Sloan Sales course has been introduced at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. He also currently serves as an advisor to the Holmes School for Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.

Mr. Kraskey holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in economics from the University of Minnesota.