Leading Lights Judges 2026

Meet the 2026 Leading Lights judging panel

Get to know the 2026 Leading Lights judges, who bring deep experience and knowledge across the full breadth of the telecommunications industry

Fiona Armstrong-Mills

Principal Analyst

Opensignal

Kerry Baker

Industry Analyst, North America

Ookla

Jeff Baumgartner

Senior Editor

Light Reading

Gabriel Brown

Senior Principal Analyst, Mobile Networks & 5G

Omdia

Ruth Brown

Principal Analyst - Mobile Networks

Omdia

Dawn Bushaus

Founder

Lexical

Roy Chua

Founder and Principal

AvidThink

James Crawshaw

Practice Leader

Omdia

Mike Dano

Lead Industry Analyst

Ookla

Michelle Donegan

Senior Editor

Light Reading

Erin Dunne

Director of Research Services

Vertical Systems Group

Nicole Ferraro

Editor, host of 'The Divide' podcast

Light Reading

Ed Finegold

BSS Strategist & Monetization Expert

Finegold & Associates

Jim Frey

Principal Analyst, Enterprise Networking, Enterprise Strategy Group

Omdia

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief

Light Reading

Jeff Heynen

Vice President, Broadband Access & Home Networking

Dell'Oro

Ryan Jeffery

Founder and Director

Passionate About OSS

Inderpreet Kaur

Senior Analyst

Omdia

Sylwia Kechiche

Senior Director of Industry Analysis

Opensignal

Tereza Krásová

Associate Editor

Light Reading

Jaimie Lenderman

Principal Analyst

Omdia

Katherine Macdonald

Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives

Ookla

Sian Morgan

Research Director

Dell'Oro

Iain Morris

International Editor

Light Reading

Gigi Onag

Senior Editor, APAC

Light Reading

Sterling Perrin

Senior Principal Analyst

Omdia

Roz Roseboro

Senior Principal Analyst

Omdia

Jimmy YU

Vice President

Dell'Oro

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