Biography - Dr Paul Brooks
Sometimes described as a "Serial CTO," Paul's expertise in telecommunications network design, planning and operation is derived from extensive hands-on experience in broadband access and large-scale data networking. His practical and pragmatic knowledge of communications protocols, leading equipment suppliers, carriers, service providers and the Australian regulatory environment has been forged through executive positions in large and small organizations such as Global One AsiaPacific, Flowcom/Macrocom, eCOM and Consultel BWP, and numerous consulting engagements.
He is one of the few people in Australia with direct experience in wide-scale residential NGN access network deployment and broadband video delivery through his appointment as Chief Technology Officer at TransACT Communications in Canberra, and has served as CTO for a number of other carriers and start-ups.
Recent engagements have included several corporate IP Telephony strategy and selection projects, Editor for the ACIF (now Communications Alliance) working group that specified ADSL2 and ADSL2+ for use within the Australian copper-loop network, "helping the ACCC with their enquiries" into a number of arbitrations and Fibre-To-The-Node issues, and assisting the Commerce Commission in New Zealand in evaluating technical aspects surrounding ADSL interference issues.
Paul is an active participant within the Communications Alliance and the Australian ISP community, and is a Foundation Member of the Internet Society of Australia. He is currently leading the "VoIP Interconnect and QOS" working group within the Communications Alliance.
Paul holds a BSc (Hons) in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Adelaide, and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of New South Wales.