Alan possesses over 15 years R&D experience in the Telecom Networks, Mobile networking and Fixed Broadband network technologies. Alan graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1998 with a double Degree BA, BAI Hons in Computer Engineering and Mathematics and immediately started working for Ericsson. Prior to Alan’s current role as Cloud Architect, System Design and Product Strategy he worked at Ericsson Berkeley Research labs on GPRS and Mobile Packet Backbone Networks inventing several first major network features and pioneering products which are used in many large 3G mobile Provider networks today in the areas of DNS, DHCP, WLAN, RADIUS, VPN services, mobile security systems, NAT and Virtual Security Systems. Alan continued working in the Research and Development field in the Mobile Network space and worked on Fixed Mobile Convergence, IPv6, subscriber management and Policy Service Engines, designing and prototyping these technologies. He has authored and edited several Broadband Forum Architecture design specifications and contributed to several IETF drafts and RFC’s.