Mr. Sunil Khandekar is the Vice President of Product Management in the Service Router Product Group of Alcatel's IP Division. Sunil joined Alcatel through the 2003 acquisition of TiMetra Networks, a startup focused on service routers for IP/MPLS networks. Sunil has over 14 years experience in the communications and networking industry and is an active participant in the IETF having co-authored and contributed to multiple drafts. Sunil has been a regular speaker at technical conferences all over the world on subjects such as Metro Ethernet, VPLS, MPLS and QoS. Sunil has a bachelor's degree in ME and a Masters degree in CIS.