he will be phan -- he will be followed by randall milch. he is from verizon communications and has been with them since 2000. when he was appointed senior vice president of the domestic telecom business. next we will be hearing from professor -- he has been a school professor at the university of waterloo since 2003. he focused his research on computing of bratt research fields that includes wireless networks and mobile devices. he has received a number of rewards for his research. next we will hear from laurie itkin. she has served as director of government affairs for one company for nine years. prior to joining, she managed government relations for sprint and served as telecommunications policy advisor to the governor of oregon. finally, we will be hearing from joel kelsey. he as an international affairs policy analyst for consumers union. before joining them he worked as a new york city outreach director for the new york public interest research group. we thank you all for appearing at our hearing. after each of you give your testimony