Lisa Pierce is co-chair of the VoiceCon events, helping to set program content and direction for the leading conference events in the enterprise IP-telephony/convergence/Unified Communications marketplace.

Strategic Networks Group is a consultancy dedicated to improving the quality of telecommunications and IT services, and the service experience, that business customers receive from key suppliers.

Lisa has led multiple large client projects on SIP Trunking and Unified Communications. Other network technologies she advises on include Fixed-Mobile convergence, broadband access, 3G and 4G wireless services, managed network services, switched Ethernet (VPLS) and MPLS services.

Lisa's background includes 10 years as Vice President of Telecommunications Research at Forrester Research/Giga Information Group, 4 years of telecommunications protocol consulting at a private consultancy, and 9 years at AT&T in new business services product development, management, research and forecasting. A member of the IEEE, she is a frequent industry speaker and media commentator, and periodically contributes to the work of the Metro Ethernet Forum and VoiceCon/NoJitter.