Innovation

An idea is formed. A new technology is developed. An industry is born… and reborn again and again.

While an oversimplification, these three steps describe the birth of the phone system, the Internet, and countless other markets. In each case, a small group developed a single idea into a technology, and the technologies spawned whole new industries. At the core of this process are thought leaders who not only talk about what could happen and how things could work, but also about the standards required to make the vision a reality.

The Number Portability database – a core offering of Neustar – was born from such thought leadership, and has become a key contributor to the development of robust competitive carrier and wireless carrier markets in North America. Today,

Advanced Services

Neustar’s Advanced Services group continues that legacy under the direction of Chief Technology Officer Eric Burger .

Advanced Services is deeply involved with standards organizations in the mobile, fixed line, and internet arenas. Our team of researchers leads standards development in the subjects of internet routing, security, telecommunications, mobile networks, identity, and many others.

When a more practical understanding is required, the Advanced Services Development Team demonstrates the meeting of theory and application. This development team, led by John Pope, develops customized systems, prototypes, and proofs of concept to drive understanding of the “backstory” – and their efforts have produced such flagship products as the NTS, WMRS, and SIP-IX.

Advanced Services currently leads or is otherwise involved with many standards development organizations (SDOs). In general, the Advanced Services team focuses on areas of Internet Security, Identity, Privacy, Internet Routing, Mobile Communications, Voice over IP (VoIP), and Smart Grid technologies.

• Eric Burger serves on the Board of Trustees for the ISOC and as the SIP Forum Chairman of the Board. Eric is also the Vice-Chair of the IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy.

• Tom McGarry has been involved with national Number Portability since its inception, and is a leading expert on naming, addressing, interconnection, and peering. As VP of Strategic Initiatives at Neustar, Tom also serves as a Director of ATIS.

• Peter Davis focuses on Identity issues and is deeply involved in OASIS via the SAML, Reputation, and XRI working groups. Peter is also involved in the Kantara/Liberty Alliance working groups, and follows activities in the OpenID Foundation, Open Web Foundation, and IETF, among many others. Peter presently co-chairs the XRI Technical committee, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Kantara Initiative.

• Mark Enstrom is a former SIP Forum Board Member and is currently active in both the SIP Forum and various Smart Grid organizations.

• Fridy (Sharon Fridman) focuses on presence and messaging applications, inter-connectivity, and the mobile markets. He has been heavily involved in mobile instant messaging standardization, and is currently involved with the GSMA, the RCS initiative and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

• Jon Peterson is Neustar’s resident expert on security and network routing, and has been instrumental in the development of numerous RFCs at the IETF, including the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). As such, Jon is involved in many working groups within the IETF, as well as 3GPP, the ITU, ATIS, ICANN, and many other groups.

• Brian Rosen has been heavily involved in the deployment of VoIP standards, including the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) via the SIP Forum. Brian is currently active in many IETF working groups, the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), European Emergency Number Association (EENA), the Department of Homeland Security’s Explosives Services Working Group (DHS ESWG), Packet Cable Working Groups, and ad hoc groups focusing on the White Space Database initiative.

• James Yu is an expert on mobile network architecture, mobile application part (MAP) protocols, mobile messaging, Signaling System No. 7 (SS7), number portability and ENUM (telephone number mapping). He currently focuses on mobile applications and the use of television whitespaces, and is very involved in the OMA Mobile Code (MC) and IEEE groups dealing with whitespaces and spectrum sharing/management.