Thomas Howe is the lead developer of Ernie, the Open Applications Platform, as well as an independent consultant with a focus on next generation telephony and open source. Previously, he was the CTO of Versatel Networks, where he was responsible for setting technology direction and strategy. Prior to joining Versatel, he was CEO and Founder of Tangerine Inc., a leading maker of call agents for small IP telephony service providers.
Mr. Howe also founded Howe Digital, a VoIP engineering design consulting organization responsible for designing over 50 VoIP products. As a member of the PictureTel engineering team, Mr. Howe designed audio and video software of the first PC-based video conferencing system, as well as software for the original version of NetMeeting. He also served as PictureTel’s engineering manager responsible for all software development for the next generation H.323/H.320/H.324 SwiftSite product line. He has also served as the director of engineering for NetPhone’s first generation IPBX product line (subsequently purchased by Sonoma Systems, then Nortel) and as Aware Inc.‘s software architect for the first commercially available ADSL chipset, where he contributed to developing the DSL standards process. He currently serves on several technical advisory boards and boards of directors.
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