Andy Zmolek

Andy has been involved with unified communications product development and network security for over a decade, and has recently launched ucfederate.info to help accelerate real-world unified communications federation deployment and related identity and policy technologies. He was also a co-author and technical editor for the book, "Practical VoIP Security," published in April 2006 by Syngress.

Andy was most recently a senior manager in Avaya's Unified Communications Division, driving security and identity planning and strategy for across the Avaya product line, focusing primarily on on applications and next-generation platforms. Previously at Avaya, he led teams within Information Technology, Professional Services, and Strategy & Technology Business Units. Andy was an early advocate for Avaya initiatives in Security, SIP, Presence, ENUM and VoiceXML; he has two patents granted and at least six others pending from his work in Unified Communications.

Prior to joining Avaya, Andy directed network architecture and operations at New Era of Networks (acquired by Sybase), a pioneer of enterprise application integration (EAI) technology. Andy got his start in the industry building real-time simulation networks for missile and satellite programs at Raytheon, most notably Sidewinder and Tomahawk. Andy holds a degree in Mathematics from Brigham Young University and currently lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.