Roopa leads the Business Communication Services practice at Frost & Sullivan. She is an authority in the business network services space, with more than 15 years of experience spanning global market research, strategic growth consulting, and technical marketing in the communication services industry.

Roopa’s areas of coverage include next-generation intelligent services such as SDN, and NFV based business services, SD-WAN, and established WAN services such as MPLS VPN, Ethernet and Waves.

As a recognized expert on the Carrier Ethernet Services Market in particular, and network & cloud services in general, Roopa is frequently invited to attend/moderate/judge/speak at industry events.

Roopa’s education includes a MBA in Strategic Marketing, from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India, and a Bachelor’s in Telecommunications Engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.

Bob Schroeder is Vice President of Data Product Management for Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications. In his role, Mr. Schroeder leads the team responsible for the Enterprise Data Product portfolio including: Dedicated Internet, Managed Security Services, Carrier Ethernet, Managed Network Services and SD-WAN.

Prior to joining Spectrum Enterprise, Mr. Schroeder managed a Level 3 sales organization with a specialized focus on Data Centers, Cloud Computing Companies and Managed Service Providers.

He previously led Complex Sales Teams at CenturyLink selling solutions with Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Colocation, MPLS Networking and Contact Center Deployments. Prior to this, he ran Product Innovation and Design for Qwest Communications, managing teams developing Unified Communications, Ethernet and Data Security Services.

Mr. Schroeder is a graduate of Ball State University, where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Information and Communications Sciences. He also received a master’s degree in Business Administration from Butler University.