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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Ray Horak is an Independent Consultant with a General Practice in Wireline and Wireless Telecommunications and Related Fields such as the Internet and Voice over IP. His 35+ years’ experience includes management and executive positions with Southwestern Bell, CONTEL, and Executone prior to forming The Context Corporation.

Ray has authored the best-selling Communications Systems & Networks, (John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 2000, and 2002), Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook (Wiley-Interscience, 2008), and Webster’s New World Telecom Dictionary (Webster’s New World, 2007). He was Senior Contributing Editor for Newton’s Telecom Dictionary (12th through 21st Editions). He has written hundreds of technical white papers, case studies, articles, and columns for major print and electronic publications such as CommWeb, Computer Telephony, Network World, The Prepaid Press, and Teleconnect. He also has served as Technical Editor for several book-length works, including Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Press, 2003). He currently is the Technology Editor for Telecom Reseller Magazine.

Ray regularly teaches public and private seminars and has spoken before tens of thousands of telecom and IT professionals in the US and abroad as a conference keynoter, seminar and tutorial leader, panel chair, and panelist at major industry conferences such as ComNet and Networld+Interop.

He also has provided litigation support as a consulting expert and testifying expert in a number of cases involving product / service misrepresentation and intellectual property (patent; copyright, and trademark / service mark infringement). Those cases have involved a broad range of technologies, including DSL, E911, fax, PBX, push-to-talk (PTT), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), videoconferencing, VoIP, and voice processing.

Ray Horak is known for his ability—both in print and in person—to translate highly complex technical subject matter into plain-English, commonsense, and thoroughly understandable terms for technical and lay audiences, alike.

Broadband & Multimedia Consulting & Expert Witness Services
Specialized in cable, satellite, broadcast & Internet communications systems, and associated content distribution technologies. Thirty years experience in communications systems, including twenty years in leadership & executive positions (engineering, operations, sales & marketing).

Technology

20+ yrs R&D and intellectual property experience in the telecom industry with focus on network architectures and devices supporting voice, video, and data transmission.

• VoIP protocols (SIP, H.323 & MEGACO/H.248) and voice gateways to/from PSTN

• VoIP & PSTN network elements for call signaling, switching, QoS media transmission, device control and enhanced services (e.g. network and premise-based IP-PBX, voice mail, automatic call distribution, unified messaging, etc.)

• WAN technology: cable, DSL, T1 & ISDN interfaces to broadband networks

• patent prosecution/litigation support: analysis of specs., claims, infringement, prior art; drafting of new claims

• experienced expert witness: clients included Lucent, Nortel, ATT, Cisco

Ray W. Nettleton, PhD is a telecommunications consultant and expert witness in patent litigation cases.

Expertise: Patents and patent litigation. Dr. Nettleton specializes in Telecommunications generally and Wireless in particular.

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Virtual Communications, LLC provides a broad base of technical services intended to support the ever changing technology needs of todays organizations. From voice, data and network systems, wireless networks to cable infrastructure we offer the knowledge and experience needed to assist organizations manage their technical assets effectively.

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