Michael A. Krasner

Michael A. Krasner

Principal, Krasner Consulting

Mike Krasner is currently pursuing various entrepreneurial activities, focusing on the mobile wireless industry.

Until recently, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Voice Solutions Division of Comverse, Inc., with overall responsibility for the company's complete line of voice solutions for wireless and wireline carriers worldwide. In this capacity, he had oversight of Comverse's comprehensive line of voice products including consumer and corporate voice portals and speech-enabled business communications tools.

Prior to joining Comverse, Krasner founded and was the president and CEO of InTouch Systems, which was acquired by Comverse in 1999. Previously, he held the position of president and founder of BBN HARK Systems Corp., a subsidiary of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN) and a leading vendor of speech recognition products focusing on the telephony market.

His international experience includes the startup of BBN Systems and Technologies Limited, a venture to expand BBN s activities to Europe. Krasner holds a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.