Ronald Gruia is the Director for Emerging Telecom at Frost & Sullivan. His main focus areas include NGN migration strategies, SDN (Software Defined Networking), NFV (Network Function Virtualization), IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems), 4G (LTE, WiMAX), FMC, VoIP, Next-Gen Carrier Messaging Platforms, IPTV, Triple Play Services, IP Centrex, Enterprise Communications Systems and Unified Communications, among others. He has authored several reports and has also played a key role in strategic consulting projects in these areas. Mr.Gruia is an MIT graduate in Electrical Engineering, and has accumulated years of experience in the telecom industry, having held several roles at Nortel Networks' Enterprise Division, where he earned a U.S. patent. He fluently speaks Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian and has working knowledge of Italian and French.