Outstanding Contributors Award

The MEF proudly recognizes with sincere appreciation members whose outstanding contributions and generous leadership demonstrates a commitment to the execution of the MEF’s mission. As a volunteer organization, our success depends largely on contributors like these whose participation and expertise drive the MEF. The MEF Board of Directors recently approved a new Member Recognition Awards Program with two distinct elements as discussed below. Should you have any questions whatsoever, please contact Kevin Vachon, MEF COO at kevin@metroethernetforum.org.

Of course, many excellent contributions are made in all committees, beyond the role of Editor and we want to recognize those individuals that have made outstanding contributions for the previous fiscal year. Recognized contributors have been chosen by the leaders of the committees and approved by the Board of Directors. The recognized individuals will receive a framed certificate and a gift. Following are the Outstanding Contributors for fiscal year ending June 30, 2012:
	Contributor	Contribution(s)
	David Ball, Cisco	Management Area Projects
	Carlos Benavides, Verizon	Global Marketing Co-Chair
	Mike Bencheck, Verizon	Management and Services Area Projects
	Bill Bjorkman, CENX	Technical Committee Leadership, Project Contributions and Marketing Committee Support
	Wei Chen, JDSU	Management Area Projects
	Margaret Chiosi, AT&T	Leadership for Cloud Initiatives
	George Churchwell, Tech 2000	Initiation of MEF Mobile Online Presence - MEF on the Go
	Chris Donley, CableLabs	Leadership in the Development of New Certification Committee and CE 2.0 Certification Program
	Eric Doricko, Calix	CALA Marketing Leadership
	Mark Durrett, Overture	Frequent Speaker for MEF and Champion for MEF via CE News
	Craig Easley, The Carrier Ethernet Academy	Leadership in Creation of MEF-CECP program
	Shi Fan, China Telecom	China Strategy Development and Working Group Leadership
	Lionel Florit, Cisco	Management Area Projects
	Henry Fowler, AT&T	E-Access Service with vNID option, SOAM FM & PM Work
	Bruno Giguere, EXFO	Marketing Management Focus Group Leadership
	Amar Gutta, Cisco	India Country Team Development, APAC Operator Introductions & Support
	John Hawkins, Ciena	CE 2.0 Certification Marketing, Ethernet & Business Services Speaking
	Brian Hedstrom, CableLabs	Service Activation Testing, Marketing Management Focus Group Co-Chair
	Enrique Hernandez-Valencia, Alcatel-Lu.	Services and Architecture Projects
	Steve Holmgren, AT&T	Management Area Projects
	John Lemon, Adtran	Management Area Projects
	Scott Mansfield, Ericsson	Significant Contributions to Management Focus Group
	Paul Marshall, Sunrise Telecom	Management Area Projects
	Andy Mayer, AT&T	Management Area Projects, TMF Liaison, Marketing Management Focus Group Co-Chair
	Andy McEwan, Virgin Media	UK Country Team Leadership
	Biren Mehta, Cisco	Leadership in the Development of New Certification Committee and CE 2.0 Certification Program
	Steve Mood, Omnitron	Management Area Projects
	Isabelle Morency, Iometrix	Authoring of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification Blueprint
	Emerson Moura, Cisco	CALA Marketing Leadership
	Glenn Parsons, Ericsson	Mobile Backhaul IA Work and BBF, ITU-T Liaisons
	Anthony Peres, Alcatel-Lucent	Joint Editor of Business Services Paper
	Eric Puetz, AT&T	Leadership in the Development of New Certification Committee and CE 2.0 Certification Program
	Raghu Ranganathan, Ciena	Technical Committee Leadership, Project Contributions and Marketing Committee Support
	Bill Rembert, AT&T	Services Area Projects
	Carsten Rossehoevel, EANTC	Marketing MBH Co-Chair & EMEA Marketing Co-Chair
	Ralph Santitoro, Fujitsu	Leadership in Creation of MEF-CECP program, Initiation of Cloud Work & E-Access Contributions in Marketing
	Joern Slaatten, Broadnet	Nordic Marketing Initiation and Leadership
	Richard Strike, ADVA Optical	UK Country Team Leadership
	Phil Tilley, Alcatel-Lucent	Global & EMEA Marketing Leadership, Contributor on Strategy
	Abel Tong, Cyan	Contributor on Many Topics Including Cloud and SDN
	Mike Volgende, Verizon	MEF Chairman: July 2011 - July 2012
	Craig Waldrop, Equinix	Americas Marketing Leadership
	Gary Williams, MetroFibre	South Africa Marketing Initiation and Leadership
	Johan Witters, Alcatel-Lucent	Benelux Marketing Initiation and Leadership
	Deng XiaoQiang, Alcatel-Lucent	China Strategy Development and Working Group Leadership
	Rami Yaron, Dragonwave	Contributor and Frequent Ambassador & MEF Speaker on MBH topic