"Addressing interoperability head-on is very important. It is the number one reason TEMs (telecom equipment manufacturers) aren't reaching the mainstream market for standards-based communications platforms. Once this is tackled, other challenges such as availability and management can be effectively addressed. By developing a consistent methodology for interoperability testing, CP-TA is a logical choice to take on these challenges and help deliver the promise of interoperability that has been unfilled to date." -- Brian Partridge, Senior Analyst, Communications Network Infrastructure, Yankee Group				CP-TA 2010 Board of Directors Sven Freudenfeld   Kontron Sven Freudenfeld is a Director and President of the   Communications Platforms Trade Association.    Sven is responsible for North American Business Development for the Kontron   AG line of AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, MicroTCA, and Pre-Integrated Solutions.   Sven has more than 15 years of experience with voice, data, and wireless   communications, having worked extensively with Nortel Networks in systems   engineering, Sanmina-SCI in test engineering, and Deutsche Telekom in   network engineering. Sven earned his electrical engineering degree in   Germany, and is Chair of the CP-TA marketing workgroup focusing on the   interoperability of COTS standard building blocks. Brian Wood  Continuous Computing Brian Wood is a Director of the Communications Platforms Trade  Association and Chair of the CP-TA Marketing Work Group.   Mr. Wood was named vice president of marketing in June 2006, formerly  serving as Continuous Computing's director of marketing since April 2004. He  leads all global marketing including public relations, web/online awareness,  industry events, partner and product marketing, advertising, and sales tools.  Previously Mr. Wood was director of marketing at Sorrento Networks, an  optical networking systems vendor. He also held a variety of operational and  business development roles at Rhythms, a nationwide DSL service provider, and  NextWave Telecom, a nationwide wireless carrier. Mr. Wood has an M.S. degree  in engineering management from Stanford University, a B.S. degree in  electrical engineering from Cornell University, and served as an F-14 Tomcat  Radar Intercept Officer in the U.S. Navy. Robert Pettigrew Emerson Network Power