Welcome to the second podcast in the run up to the Cloud Comms Summit event which is happening September 11th - 12th near Washington, DC! In this episode, our host Dominic Black (Head of Research at Cavell Group) talks to guest Anand Buch, the CEO and Co-Founder of Netsapiens, about the softswitch market and potential areas of differentiation for Service Providers in this highly competitive industry. Anand Buch studied Engineering at the College of Dupage where he received 4 associate's degrees followed by an Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Anand was honored to be invited by David Wang in the founding of Netsapiens in 2002 which led to him becoming Chief Executive Officer around 2006. Today, as CEO of Netsapiens inc., he leverages his multi-disciplinary experience in business and technology to guide the conception, realization, and delivery of new solutions to the marketplace. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Dominic, Anand and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/washington