Mattias Rimbark brings extensive experience and expertise in automation, 5G, and edge computing to help companies accelerate time to market for new products and solutions.
Mattias Rimbark, MEF TAB
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, today announced the appointment of Mattias Rimbark, Vice President, Head of Architecture and Portfolio, Ericsson, on its Technology Advisory Board (TAB), a distinguished group of industry luminaries from leading global companies who bring valuable technology insights to MEF’s strategic work.
“MEF is honored to welcome Mattias to our TAB. We look forward to using his 5G expertise to hone MEF’s strategy to drive enterprise digital transformation and industrial automation,” said Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology Officer, MEF. “5G will enable all kinds of new digital transformation scenarios, and guidance from TAB on connectivity, automation, overlays, cybersecurity, and multi-cloud will help our members connect to 5G and provide tomorrow that ecosystem to generate new and faster revenues.”
“I am excited to join an inspiring group of executives at MEF TAB and work together to help shape MEF’s strategy for automating and standardizing new technology to advance the fully connected economy of the future,” said Mattias Rimbark, Vice President, Head of Architecture and Portfolio, Ericsson. “I look forward to working with MEF, its board of directors, and fellow TAB members to accelerate enterprise transformation and drive adoption of MEF’s key initiatives.”
Rimbark joins a world-class group of executives at MEF’s TAB from key stakeholder communities including cloud, network, and technology providers selected for their extensive industry leadership in strategic areas of MEF—business automation, SD-WAN, SASE, connectivity, and multi-cloud—to help build an open ecosystem and bring market-leading services and solutions. As Chief Architect, Rimbark led Ericsson’s portfolio architecture and strategy and has extensive experience in automation APIs, 5G, cloud, and edge computing solutions.
The MEF TAB consists of:
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Kelly Ahuja, Chief Executive Officer, Versa Networks
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Kailem Anderson, Vice President of Portfolio and Engineering, Blue Planet
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Ari Banerjee, Senior Vice President Strategy, Netcracker Technology
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Rohit Batra, Vice President and Head of Product, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, ServiceNow
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Craig Connors, Vice President and General Manager, SASE Business, VMware
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David Fan, Vice President and General Manager, Communications Industry, Salesforce
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Sunil Khandekar, Former Founder and CEO of Nuage Networks, Independent
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Dave Larson, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager, Cloud & IP, Spirent Communications plc
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John Maddison, Executive Vice President of Products and Chief Marketing Officer, Fortinet
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Mattias Rimbark, Vice President, Head of Architecture and Portfolio, Ericsson
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JL Valente, Vice President, Product Management, Enterprise Routing and SD-WAN, Cisco
About MEF
MEF is a global industry association of network, cloud, and technology providers working together to accelerate enterprise digital transformation through a better collaborative ecosystem. MEF delivers service standards, LSO frameworks and APIs, and training and certification programs for services, technologies, APIs, and professionals. The MEF 3.0 Framework enables the automated delivery of standardized Carrier Ethernet, IP, Optical Transport, SD-WAN, SASE, and other services across multiple provider networks. For more information visit MEF.net and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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