Jiri Kuthan

snail-mail @work:

iptelorg GmbH
Am Borsigturm 11
D13507 Berlin
Germany

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Professional: SIP Express Router + SIP-related Blog Personal: linkedin - facebook - Jiri's IMDB "zeitlos" list

I'm with Tekelec, leader in signaling products for telecommunications. Historically, I had been with reasearch organization FhG Fokus and later I co-founded iptel.org, producer of high-performance SIP infrastructure. I have been responsible for iptel's technological development. Most well known piece of iptel's work is SIP Express Router, world's leading SIP server deployed by a variety of leading service providers worldwide. iptelorg was acquired by Tekelec in 2005.

My professional interests are Internet telephony, network security, Firewall and NAT technology, and software architecture. I have been participating in several IETF standardization working groups related to SIP Telephony and co-written a book on SIP security. I speak frequently in industry events such as VoN and Upperside. I also serve on several advisory boards in telecommunication industry.

I graduated from the University of Salzburg back in 1998. I have been supervising students at TUB and CVUT, most of them later joining the industry after graduation and working succesfully on VoIP. Many amazing talents emerged, particularly Uli Abend, Raphael Coeffic, Alex Hoffmann, Jan Janak, Nils Ohlmeier, and Stefan Sayer. (Note to prospective students: If you are with TUB or CVUT, plan to graduate soon and are looking forward to learning hard a lot, drop me an email.)

I live with my family in Berlin, Germany -- IMO one of the most exciting multicultural European cities to live in. If my profession occasionaly leaves some free time for me I go windsurfing or read books. I love returning to Exupery ("Citadelle"/"The Wisdom of the Sands" is remarkable work), Kundera, Capek. I also find Hamming's speech You and Your Research very encouraging and worth returning to.

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