Anwar Siddiqui is currently a Technical Manager of the Avaya Chief Technology Office (CTO) in Lincroft, New Jersey.

Anwar is responsible for identifying emerging technologies that are strategic to the implementation of Avaya's converged communication vision.

Anwar's areas of interest include call processing in IP networks, communication support for distributed systems, and communication protocols for the Internet, such as SIP/H.323, Enterprise Applications in Wi-Fi Networks, IP/IEEE/3G network agnostic applications, Presence Aware networks, Network Monitoring & Fault Tolerance, QOS, Network Security and Privacy, and OA&M.

Anwar joined Lucent Technologies - Bell Laboratories in 1998 and conducted research on the first generation of Voice over IP call processing systems. In 2000, he joined Avaya Labs Converged Systems Division where he was awarded Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff for his contribution in development of Avaya's Enterprise Class VoIP Systems and various other Real-Time Communication Systems widely used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Anwar Siddiqui holds a Masters degree from Columbia University in the City of New York in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He holds numerous patents in the field of computer communication, network security and privacy, QoS etc. He is an active contributor to Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and author of various IETF standard specifications. He is also a frequently invited speaker in a variety of venues across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, including prominent technology events and conferences.