Chad is responsible for internal and external marketing of the Hammer Testing Portfolio of products and is a regular speaker at tradeshows and webinars on the topics of testing and IMS. Prior to Empirix, Chad was Director of VDC’s Telecom Practice where managed and authored VDC’s groundbreaking IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Global Market Demand Analysis. His other published work includes VDC’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Enabling Technologies and SS7 and VoIP Infrastructure Equipment. He has held various product management, marketing, and engineering positions with telephony and wireless technology suppliers and operators. Chad has a BSEE and MBA from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.