BHUMIP KHASNABISH, PhD, is a distinguished member of the technical staff at Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, where he works on various next-generation network architecture projects related to delivering enhanced voice and data services to business and residential customers. Dr. Khasnabish has authored and coauthored more than 115 patents, books, chapters, technical reports, and articles for various international archival journals/magazines and referenced conference proceedings. He is also a member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of Network and Systems Management and an adjunct faculty member of Brandeis University and Bentley College.