Emphases: wireless and mobility, service providers, government policies

Michael Disabato is the Vice President and service director for Burton Group Network and Telecom Strategies. He covers wireless and mobility technologies for end-user organizations and service providers, and government policies. Prior to joining Burton Group, Michael was a senior manager in network engineering for WorldCom Conferencing and held duties at McDonald's Corporation as an enterprise architect for security and networks and manager of the applied technology lab. With 25 years of experience in consulting, application development, networking, security, mobility, and technology assessment, Michael was named one of ten visionaries in 1993 by Communications Week Magazine and one of the 50 Most Influential People in Networking Industry by Network Computing Magazine.