Mr. Rubal leads Cisco’s Federal Unified Communications business. David’s team of Product Sales Specialists and Systems Engineers provide innovative collaboration solutions to all sectors of the US Government. An accomplished executive with more than 29 years in telecommunications, technology standardization and complex enterprise architectures, David’s leadership and vision has guided commercial, enterprise, service provider, and Federal government agencies through the challenges of service oriented, IP-centric networking. In the industry, Dave played leadership roles in early Internet technology development and contributtion to ATM Forum and IETF standards, published Cisco white papers on voice signaling, and wrote technical content on ATM, SMDS, and Frame Relay published by M&T Books. He has held notable technology leadership positions with Bell Atlantic, Timeplex, FiberCom, and Fiberlink Communications. David gained CISSP certification in June 2006. An early CCIE at Cisco specialized in VoIP and Multi-service WAN switching, David held Systems and Consulting Systems Engineering positions supporting large enterprise customers and service providers. As Product Manager, David successfully introduced Cisco’s initial IP Centrex offering resulting in new revenue streams and strategic Cisco AVVID ecosystem solution partnerships. As an executive leader, he led Cisco’s Homeland Security and US Public Sector Channels Engineering organizations. A recognized visionary in next generation Internet and Enterprise strategies, David is a leader in the global IPv6 community. David was a primary co-author in the forthcoming OMB guidance artifact “The Executive Guide to Achieving IPv6 Transition in US Government”. A thought leader in government IT transformation, David is regularly featured on WFED (Federal News Radio in Washington DC), YouTube and quoted in Government Computer News. David is an invited speaker, panelist and moderator in major industry events. Specialties: Transformational Leadership Next Generation Internet Architecture Enterprise Architectural Vision and Strategies IPv6 Thought Leadership, Vision, and Transition strategies Sensor Networks & Technologies Cloud Computing Unified Communications