5G Is Redefining Transport Networks – Are You on Board?

With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Sébastien has held lead roles in areas ranging from hardware design to product and team management. He has brought his expertise and passion for technology and innovation to prominent companies such as EXFO, Marconi Communications and Simpler Networks. He initially joined EXFO in 2006 as Technical Leader and is now Product Line Manager for 5G and Fronthaul market in the Transport & Datacom business unit. Sébastien holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Montreal’s École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).

Mark Gilmour joined Colt in January 2019 as Head of Mobile Connectivity Solutions.

His role is focused on leading and expanding Colt’s mobile connectivity proposition, playing a pivotal role in driving Colt’s mobile strategy.
Prior to joining Colt, Mark worked at Ciena for just under 4 years where his roles, amongst others, included Senior Advisor for Product Line Management (Cellular & Wireless) and Director of Portfolio Strategy for Mobile.

He has also held various roles at mobile operators such as Three, Ericsson and Hutchison.

Mark has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and is a technical leader in the constantly evolving area of mobile networks and optical networking.

Sterling has more than 15 years' experience in telecommunications as an industry analyst and journalist. His coverage area at Heavy Reading is optical networking, including packet-optical transport.

Sterling also authors Heavy Reading's Packet-Enabled Optical Networking Market Tracker andNext-Gen Core Packet-Optical Market Tracker.

Sterling is a frequent speaker at telecom industry events and a highly sought-after source among the business and trade press. His opinions have appeared in The Financial Times, The New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, Lightwave, Telephony, CNET News, Information Week and CIO Magazine, among many others.

Sterling joined Heavy Reading after five years at IDC, where he served as lead optical networks analyst, responsible for the firm's optical networking subscription research and custom consulting activities. Prior to IDC, Sterling worked for Standard & Poor's, where he delivered global industry analysis on a range of IT segments. He is a former journalist and editor at Telecommunications Magazine, and has also done consulting work for the research firm Current Analysis.

Sterling graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College. He can be reached at [email protected].