VP Service and Capability Exposure, Deutsche Telekom

Nathan Rader (Chair)

Director Network API and Platforms, Verizon

Dennis Wukovits (Treasurer)

Lead Architect, Deutsche Telekom

Herbert Damker (Technical Lead)

Herbert Damker serves as the Chair of the Technical Steering Committee for CAMARA. At Deutsche Telekom (DT), he is integral to the Technical Product Management team of DT’s Magenta API Capabilities Exposure program and holds a position as a Cloud Architect within the Group Technology department. His tenure at DT’s Technology & Innovation area includes a variety of roles in strategy, technical program management and architecture, focusing on Service Delivery Platforms, Content Distribution Networks, Network Function Virtualization, Telco Infrastructure Cloud, Edge Computing, and APIs for 5G Core Networks. Herbert has made significant contributions to ETSI NFV, CNTT (now LFN Anuket), and the GSMA Operator Platform Group (OPG). He currently is a member for DT in the GSMA Open Gateway Technical work stream.

Before joining DT, Herbert was a Senior Consultant for IT Management at Detecon, a Program Manager at a software company, and engaged in a research project on Security in Telecommunication. He earned his Computer Science diploma from the University of Karlsruhe.

Tribe Lead MACE Engineering & Production Interface (CAMARA), Deutsche Telekom

Markus Kümmerle (Outreach Committee)

Markus Kümmerle is responsible for Engineering and Production within the Magenta API Capabilities Exposure organization of Deutsche Telekom. In 1995 Markus joined debis Systemhaus, at the time a subsidiary of Daimler, which was later transferred to the Deutsche Telekom Group. He worked as Executive Program Manager and Customer Service Delivery Manager in the automotive area for customers like Airbus, Audi, BMW, Boeing, Mercedes, VW. From 2014 until 2020 Markus was in addition responsible for project and service quality for the System Integration unit, later Digital Solutions unit of T-Systems. In 2020 he took over the responsibility for the Magenta API Capabilities Exposure Program of Deutsche Telekom which was transferred in early 2024 into a line organization. In early 2021 Deutsche Telekom, together with other partners initiated CAMARA, which then was launched at MWC2022. Markus drives the activities in CAMARA since the beginning and acts as a Deutsche Telekom representative in GSMA Open Gateway.

Director - Advanced Technologies and Innovaiton, T-Mobile

Lyle Bertz

Head of Technology & Strategy, Aduna

Christer Boberg

Open APIs Chief Architect, Nokia

Tanja de Groot

Head of Portfolio & Architecture, Network Monetization Platform, Nokia

Mikko Jarva

Software Ecosystem Lead, Ericsson

Bart van Kaathoven

CTO, WW Telecommunications Industry at Microsoft

Rick Lievano

Rick Lievano is the Worldwide CTO for the Microsoft Telecommunications industry. Rick works with customers and partners in developing telecommunications industry solutions and reference architectures to address the rapidly changing needs of service providers across the globe. He is an enthusiastic participant and speaker in many industry communities, an advocate of industry frameworks and open standards, and holds TM Forum Open Digital Architecture and Business Development Manager Career Certifications. At TM Forum, he is a member of the Composable IT & Ecosystems Mission, overseeing the effective creation and adoption of pragmatic best practices and standards to deliver value to the membership. As a Board Member at Mplify Alliance (former MEF Forum), his contributions drive the industry towards a more connected and efficient digital future. Rick currently leads initiatives to help operators achieve more by infusing artificial intelligence across their business in a secure and responsible manner.

Network API Governance, Orange

Sylvain Morel

Global Head of Strategy & Commercial, Developer Marketplace, Vodafone

Steven Pater

Director, Global Ecosystems and Ventures, Accenture Network Practice

Tejas Rao

CAMARA API tech lead, Orange

Ludovic Robert

Network API Ecosystem Strategy, Verizon

Priyanka Shah

Global Director, Open Gateway, Telefonica

David del Val Latorre

Global MD Developer Marketplace, Vodafone

Johanna Wood

Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Ali Zaman