Advising on the commercial impact of technology and
    market changes in telecoms, software and IT services

Dana Cooperson, VP and Practice Leader

As head of Ovum's Networks practice, Dana is responsible for managing Ovum's broadband access, IP services, carrier Ethernet, optical networks, and mobile infrastructure research and advisory team. Her personal area of expertise is in optical networking, in which she does much of her research and consulting. Her most recent custom research collaborations include opportunity and competitive analysis regarding specific ON and Ethernet markets in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, the GPON, CWDM, ON enterprise markets, specific Ethernet services country markets, and road mapping next-generation optical networks. She also is called to help clients with product launch and product line strategy questions. Before becoming practice leader, Dana had various analyst roles within Ovum and RHK. She has been an industry analyst for 10 years.

Dana brought 16 years of telecoms vendor and service provider experience to her role as industry analyst. Prior to becoming an industry analyst, Dana was a marketing manager for Tektronix, where she was responsible for its high-speed WDM/SONET/SDH test and measurement products. Before Tektronix, she was a product manager at Telco Systems, with responsibility for its MX3 and SONET OC-3 multiplexers. She began her telecoms career as a network engineer at NYNEX (now part of Verizon Communications), where she managed the first 100% fiber optic connection to a major business customer in New York City. Dana was awarded an MS in Management from MIT and a BS in Engineering from Cornell University.

Recent research includes:

• Market Share: Optical Networks Global
• Alcatel-Lucent says 'adieu' to Russo and Tchuruk, 'hello' to the next phase
• Is GPON's light fading? NSN opts out
• You light up my business: optical networking and the enterprise
• Has optical technology's 13-year victory over Moore's Law come to an end?
• 40G/100G is key theme at OFC/NFOEC 2008
• ON Vendor Profile: Nortel
• Market Forecast: Optical Networks, Global
• ON Vendor Profile: Nokia Siemens Networks