Gavin Young
Gavin’s current role is as Chief Architect for Access within Cable & Wireless. Following a range of Access technology leadership roles within BT, Gavin joined AdEvia in 2000 where as CTO he led the design of pan-European broadband networks. He then moved to Bulldog Communications (later acquired by C&W) where he held a variety of responsibilities from product development through to network operations and CTO. As C&W’s Chief Architect for Access Gavin is focused on the design and architecture of the national broadband network and the associated network products. He is also heavily involved in regulatory aspects of broadband access.
Gavin was a founding director of the Broadband Forum (formerly DSL Forum) and is currently overall Technical Chairman. In addition he is co-chair of the UK21CN consultation’s Broadband Group, chair of the UK NICC’s DSL Task Group and also vice-chair of the NICC Ethernet Access Task Group.