Arjun Roychowdhury is Asst. Vice President & Head of Mobile Terminals and Applications at Hughes Systique Corp (HSC). HSC is a HUGHES company, an industry leader in IP and communications technology. In his role, Arjun leads the company's efforts in the fast-paced mobile terminals and applications market. HSC works with leading ISVs, OEMs and Operators and helps them build innovative applications for a wide variety of platforms and networks that span from messaging to social networking to location based applications. Under his leadership, HSC has become a strong player in mobile applications and has helped several large and small customers roll out cutting edge solutions on emerging platforms such as Iphone, android, Palm Pre as well as well established platforms like Symbian and Windows Mobile. Arjun and his team works closely with many companies who are "ahead of the curve" and therefore, have indepth expertise in a variety of these platforms and how they work. In addition, Arjun frequently consults with clients to recommend best practices, pitfalls and trends which are key for product executives to decide their path forward with their own products. In the past, Arjun led the SIP team of a large software company and transformed it into the most successful SIP middleware product in the industry. Arjun was also appointed the chair of the ISC's(International Softswitch Consortium) SIP working group and is a member of a variety of technical bodies of the industry including SIPForum, 3GPP and others.