LIGHT READING - Key Persons
Alan covers the cable TV, broadband, and IP video infrastructure markets for Heavy Reading.
Gabriel leads mobile network research for Heavy Reading. His coverage area includes RAN, core, and service-layer platforms.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
- News Editor
- International Editor
Iain Morris joined Light Reading as News Editor at the start of 2015 -- and we mean, right at the start. His friends and family were still singing Auld Lang Syne as Iain started sourcing New Year's Eve UK mobile network congestion statistics. Prior to boosting Light Reading's UK-based editorial team numbers (he is based in London, south of the river), Iain was a successful freelance writer and editor who had been covering the telecoms sector for the past 15 years. His work has appeared in publications including The Economist (classy!) and The Observer, besides a variety of trade and business journals. He was previously the lead telecoms analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, and before that worked as a features editor at Telecommunications magazine. Iain started out in telecoms as an editor at consulting and market-research company Analysys (now Analysys Mason).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Jennifer examines the solutions and technology reshaping the telco data center, including edge computing, open source, cloud-native networking, and container networking. Jennifer also advises on Telco digital transformation including quantum computing, automation, AR/VR and the emerging metaverse.
Jennifer started her industry research career with the Yankee Group.
Jim leads Heavy Reading's research on the application and security impact of the cloud on the control plane and application layers, both in the fixed and mobile core and at the enterprise edge.
He also covers service assurance and orchestration requirements for cloud-based networks.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
- Senior Editor
Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.
Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.
Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.
Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Ruth covers mobile network research for Heavy Reading. Key coverage areas include system architecture, core infrastructure and services, and supporting cloud technologies.
She has worked in telecommunications for over 20 years on mobile and fixed network research and design.
Job Titles:
- Analyst at Large
- Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing Ltd
Simon is founder and principal consultant at Earlswood Marketing Ltd an independent consulting company based in the UK.
Simon's research includes next-generation core networks, radio access, 5G, 100G/400/800G technology, AI processing, IoT, Open Compute, smart NICs, uCPE, multicore processors, and switching.
Sterling has more than 20 years experience in telecommunications as an industry analyst and journalist.
His coverage area at Heavy Reading is optical networking, including packet-optical transport and 5G transport.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Team