Alan R. Bugos, Vice President of Engineering, iBasis, is responsible for overseeing the engineering design, testing/evaluation, systems integration, and global deployment of iBasis’ International Internet telephony network, including interoperability, enhanced VoIP services and applications. Mr. Bugos has more than 15 years of hands-on experience in telecommunications, optical networking, data networking, and communications systems integration and has been involved in VoIP R&D and deployments since 1998. He was the recipient of GTE’s highest technical merit award, the Warner Award for Technical Achievement in pioneering DSL data networks in 1997. He has published over 45 technical publications and received BS and MS Engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.