Speaker Name : Bryan R. Martin
Company : 8x8, Inc.
Title : Chairman & CEO

Bryan R. Martin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 8x8, Inc., has served the company for 20 years in a variety of corporate and engineering capacities including President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President, Engineering Operations. He has been a member of 8x8's Board of Directors since 2001 and has served as Chairman and CEO since 2002. During his tenure at 8x8, the company underwent several key technology and business transitions including a shift from OEM communications technology supplier to consumer videophone manufacturer to VoIP service provider, the last of which was driven by the telecommunications industry downturn in the early 2000s. With the launch of the Packet8 phone service in 2002, 8x8 became the second largest independent VoIP service provider and today is focused on delivering innovative, money saving hosted IP communications solutions to the SMB market.

Mr. Martin holds 39 United States Patents in the fields of semiconductors, computer architecture, video processing algorithms, videophones and communications. In November 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mr. Martin to the California Broadband Task Force for the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, where he currently serves as Chair of the task force's Emerging Technologies and New Applications Working Group. Mr. Martin was also named one of the "Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" by Internet Telephony magazine in October 2006. In addition to his technical knowledge and expertise, Mr. Martin is well versed in industry and business affairs and has spoken before numerous trade, financial and regulatory organizations including the FCC, California Public Utilities Commission, California State Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee, IEEE, National Emergency Number Association, Association of Police Communication Officials, TechNet, Supercomm, VON, United States Telecom Association and NGN. He is a member of the IEEE and Tau Beta Pi and received a B.S and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.