VP Service and Capability Exposure, Deutsche Telekom

Nathan Rader (Chair)

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.

Network API Ecosystem Development Lead, Verizon

Alicia Miller (Treasurer)

Alicia Miller leads Network API Ecosystem Development within the Corporate Strategy team at Verizon, including Verizon’s participation in GSMA’s Open Gateway and CAMARA, where she currently serves as Treasurer. As an active participant in these global organizations, Ms. Miller is driving this new ecosystem forward, helping to solve industry-wide problems. She holds a BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University and an MBA from New York University.

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

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

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

Global Director, Open Gateway, Telefonica

David del Val Latorre

CEO, Centillion

Nicholas Venezia

Nick Venezia aka “Data Nick” is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Centillion.ai, a consulting firm focused on global provider of user consent verification, compliance, management solutions for the digital advertising ecosystems. Centillion positions mobile operators, as the guardians of user consent, at the heart of a 5G enabled digital advertising value chain. Bridging 5G and AdTech, Centillion brings MNOs revenue-generating partnerships with global brands, digital ad exchanges, and advertising technology companies.

Nick is a member of the governing committee of the Camara project and a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Technology Lab (8 working groups), Mobile Ecosystem Forum  (MEF), and a GSMA sector member.

Nick is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and a CFA candidate. He began his career as a registered representative of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA).

Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Ricardo Villarreal

Ricardo is part of Azure for Operators team at Microsoft. He is responsible for the product development of Azure Programmable Connectivity –a platform to make Azure the best place for developers to write and deploy network intelligent applications. Prior to Microsoft, he was with Cisco Systems, was a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company, and also worked in the strategy teams of HSBC and American Express. He began his career as a network engineer with Level 3 Communications. Ricardo has an MBA from The Wharton School, an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Global MD Developer Marketplace, Vodafone

Johanna Wood