Andrew Hunt

April 2001: Introduction to the W3C Grammar Format
April 2001: The Speech Synthesis Markup Language for the W3C VoiceXML Standard

Dr. Andrew Hunt is the Product Architect at SpeechWorks, where he is responsible for VoiceXML Application Development products and standards participation. His standards involvement includes co-editorship of VoiceXML 2.0, the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Format and the W3C Speech Synthesis Markup Language. Previously at Sun, Andrew led the development of the Java Speech API. During his 12 year involvement in speech technology. Andrew has researched techniques for advanced concatenative speech synthesis, speech recognition and prosodic modeling.

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Jeff Kunins

January 2001: Speak & Listen
February 2001: Speak & Listen
March 2001: Speak & Listen
April 2001: Speak & Listen

Jeff is a respected industry leader in the fields of voice application networks and VoiceXML technology. He is a frequently invited speaker at leading trade conferences, and is often quoted in press articles focusing on
voice technology. Jeff regularly contributes articles to publications including the VoiceXML Review and WirelessDevNet.com, and is currently co-authoring one of the first books on VoiceXML development. Upon joining Tellme in early 2000, Jeff co-conceived, built, and managed the debut of Tellme Studio. Tellme Studio is the world's first and most popular VoiceXML resource suite that now supports a community of over 10,000 developers and 1,000 publicly deployed appliations. Currently, Jeff's team helps define and articulate Tellme's strategic direction for meeting the needs of Enterprise customers, and is responsible for all technical marketing, sales tools, and enterprise pricing structure. Previously during a four year tenure at Microsoft, Jeff led a diverse set of platform and consumer efforts including Microsoft Passport, Microsoft SILK advanced Web server technology, and Microsoft Cinemania. He is a co-inventor of patent pending technologies for distributed Web authentication and key management, and helped drive Microsoft's acquisitions of Hotmail and Firefly Networks. Outside of work, Jeff is a critically acclaimed composer and sound designer for live theatre..

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Rob Marchand

January 2001: First Words
February 2001: First Words
March 2001: First Words
April 2001: First Words

Rob Marchand is Director of Products and Services Development for VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. Rob has been with VoiceGenie Technologies since 1999, and has worked in advanced computing and telecommunications since 1985. At VoiceGenie, Rob is responsible for the VoiceGenie Developer Workshop (http://developer.voicegenie.com), and new products and services development. Rob is a member of the VoiceXML Education Committee, and of USENIX and SAGE, and a regular contributor to SANS. VoiceGenie is a Promoter Member of the VoiceXML Forum.

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Mark R. Walker

April 2001: The Speech Synthesis Markup Language for the W3C VoiceXML Standard

Mark R. Walker received his PhD from Arizona State University in 1991. He joined the Intel Architecture Labs in 1992. Since joining Intel, Mark has worked on various projects including PC-based video conferencing, wideband audio compression, and synthetic speech. He is the author of numerous patents in the areas of digital video compression, digital speech compression, wideband audio compression and synthetic speech. .

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