Thomas Kernen is a Consulting Engineer working for Cisco Systems European Technical Consulting Group. He focuses on Video over IP for broadcasters, telecoms operators and IPTV Service Providers, defining architectures and transmission solutions. Before working for Cisco, Thomas spent ten years with different telecoms operators, building DSL, Voice over IP and FTTH networks, including the IPTV architecture. Thomas is a member of the IEEE, SMPTE and active in the TM-AVC group within the DVB Project. He is also involved in NANOG, RIPE and SwiNOG.