Anthony Minessale has been working with computers for nearly 30 years. He is the primary author of FreeSWITCH and Director of Engineering for CudaTEL at Barracuda Networks.He created and continues to run the ClueCon Telephony Developers Conference,held every August in Chicago.He has extensive experience in the Internet industry and VoIP. Before creating FreeSWITCH, he contributed heavily to the Asterisk open source project, producing many features that are still in use today. At Barracuda Networks, Anthony oversees the production and development of the CudaTEL PBX appliance that uses FreeSWITCH as its core telephony engine.