Eric Burger

Eric Burger is the technological visionary for SnowShore Networks, defining the architecture and leading the technology development of SnowShore's media server products. He serves as the company's evangelist for IP communications infrastructure products and is often called upon to speak on issues about IP telephony technology and service creation at industry events.

Since the inception of SnowShore Networks, Burger has been active in the promotion and establishment of SIP and VoiceXML as the universal industry standards for media server to application server interfaces. He is the author of the application server - media server interface in the ISC's Applications Framework Document and recently developed two drafts on SIP's technical requirements for media servers for the IETF's SIPPING work group.

Prior to co-founding SnowShore, Eric served as chief scientist of ADC/Centigram Communications Corporation, where he led the development of Centigram's IP-centric architecture. With ten patents pending, Eric is active in the IETF, W3C, IEEE, and ISC. Eric holds degrees from MIT and the Catholic University of Leuven.

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Daniel C. Burnett

Dr. Burnett joined Nuance in 1999. After a brief sojourn in the Dialog Research group, he initiated the technical standards activity within the engineering department. In this role, Dan coordinates engineering involvement in standards activities and is the primary Nuance contact for all VoiceXML-related standards activities. He is chief editor of the Speech Synthesis Markup Language specification, co-editor of the VoiceXML 2.0 specification, and a primary contributor within the W3C Voice Browser Working Group and the IETF SpeechSC Working Group. Prior to joining Nuance, he performed a variety of research, prototyping, and liaison activities at SBC Communications in the speech research and development group. Dan received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from OGI and his B.S. degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.

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Rob Marchand

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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Matt Oshry

Matt Oshry is a regular columnist for the Speak & Listen column in the VoiceXML Review. Matt is currently the Content Manager at Tellme Networks. Previously, Matt spent seven years at Microsoft writing technical documentation.

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