As President & CEO of BeVocal, Mikael Berner is responsible for providing overall leadership and strategic direction for the company as well as for managing its day-to-day operations. Since co-founding BeVocal, Mikael has established and built its engineering, network operations, legal and professional services organizations. Mikael is one of the leaders driving innovation in the enhanced voice services industry and has extensive experience in developing voice communications solutions for telecom service providers. He gained this experience while working as the Software Applications Manager at ZSP Corporation and as a System Architect at Panasonic in Osaka where he developed the systems for PHS - a Japanese digital wireless system. PHS was one of the most successful electronic consumer products in history growing to over 1 million units sold just 6 months after launch. Mikael received his master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University where he specialized in DSP algorithms. He also earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. |