SReXperts - Speakers

Mustapha Aissaoui

Product Line Manager, Service Router Product Group, IP/Optical Networks

NOKIA

Mustapha Aissaoui is a Product Manager in the Service Router Product Group of the IP/Optical Networks at Nokia. He holds an Electrical Engineering Diploma from Polytechnic School of Algiers and a MASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa. Mustapha Aissaoui has been in the Product Management role since 2004 and is responsible for the MPLS and Segment Routing features in the SR-OS based routers. He is also the lead PLM for the SR-OS based PCEP and other SDN features of the NSP. Mustapha Aissaoui is an active participant of the IETF MPLS, PCE, and SPRING working groups. He is a co-author and a major contributor to many drafts in these working groups.

Steve Aubrey

Product Line Manage

NOKIA

Stephen has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 29 years within the area of Network & Service Management and Mobile Data Analytics. 
Currently global Product Manager for the Network Services Platform (NSP) focused on configuration management across network and services. Stephen holds a honors bachelors degree in computer engineering from Cardiff University.

Hitesh Behl

Senior Network and Cloud Consultant    

NOKIA

Hitesh Behl is a ‘Senior Network and Cloud Consultant’ for the IP and Optical Networks Business Group for Nokia Corporation in APAC. In his role, Hitesh is responsible for providing consultancy to service providers to evolve their transport network, and data center including edge cloud to meet the requirements of 5G, Industry 4.0 use cases, and beyond with the most advanced transport and cloud solutions.   Hitesh has more than 22 years of strong technical knowledge in IP network technologies, with extensive technical development, complex network design, and project implementation experiences in Metro Ethernet, Broadband access network, MPLS, Mobile Backhaul, Mobile Packet Core (LTE EPC/ 5GC), Telco Data Center, e2e Network Orchestration and SDN/NFV technologies for data center and SD-branch.  Hitesh holds a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Hooman Bidgoli

Senior Product Line Manager – IP Routing    

NOKIA

Hooman has 22 years of experience in IP/MPLS protocols and network solutions. He started with Newbridge Networks in LAN emulation solutions (VIVID products) and moved to 7670 MPLS solutions. He was one of the first software designers on 7705 SAR and was responsible for IP/MPLS and L2/L3 services on SAR.  As PLM, he is responsibility ranges from Anyhaul including Fronthaul and 5G solutions to Multicast solutions and Security on SR-OS products.  

Jeroen Claessens

Director Product Management SD-WAN  

NOKIA

Jeroen is the Director of Product Management for the Nuage SD-WAN solution. He has over 10 years of experience in the industry covering SD-WAN, DC SDN, backhaul and IP/MPLS routing. He got excited by carrier grade networking as a New Product Introduction engineer and later as a Consulting Engineer for Nokia’s IP division in EMEA. Jeroen has been in SD-WAN product management since 2015, based at the NI headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Jeroen holds a MSc in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

James Cumming

Senior Product Line Manager, SROS Routing, Platform and Programmability

NOKIA

James Cumming is the Product Line Manager for the Nokia SR OS router software with a specific focus on Network Programmability (NETCONF/YANG/GRPC/MD-CLI) within Nokia’s IP and Optical Networks Division. He has an extensive background in the Internet Service Provider industry beginning in 1997. He has worked as the lead Network Architect in several global service providers leading the efforts in network integration, product and service development as well as end-to-end network architecture across all technologies. He has a particular passion for the virtualization and programmability areas as his background combines networking, systems, programming and operations which all collide in this exciting period for the industry.  He holds a B.Sc.Hons. degree in Computer Science from the University of Kent. James is based in London, England.

Pierre El-Haddad

Product Manager

NOKIA

Pierre El-Haddad is a senior product line manager for IP routing hardware. He currently manages several product portfolios aimed at mobile anyhaul, datacenters, wholesale transport, TEPS, and more. Pierre has 23 years of experience in product development, network architecture and product management for IP/Ethernet and legacy technologies. He holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering and a masters in business administration. He is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Footer

Product Line Manager/Consulting Engineer

NOKIA

Footer has many more years experience in networking than he cares to divulge. To provide some context, he considered 4Mbps Token Ring connected SNA controller to Front End Processors some darn impressive technology. That was of course until he discovered the dipswitch that allowed for 16Mbps Token Ring, on the same card. What speed! What a technology! Everyone could move on, networking was now complete. What else was left. As time progressed and networking evolved, ventures into Ethernet switching, IP Routing protocols, and MPLS and the consumption of large steaks became the focus. The years flew by and about TEN years ago, yes TEN, IP & Ethernet OAM fault and performance management became the cool kid on the block. Footer lept at the opportunity to get involved in something so cool. Looking back to the Token Ring days, it was apparent he had always had an attraction to OAM. It was always fun to see how fast one could find a beaconing Token Ring NIC connected to a non-intelligent MAU using a stethoscope. OAM certainly has progress beyond the stethoscope days. It remains the wickedly cool, complicated and multifaceted technology that everyone wants to be involved with. Footer is currently a Senior PING Product Manager with responsibility for IP & Ethernet OAM strategy and architecture. He regularly attends the IETF quarterly meetings and participates in the IPPM working group, where excitement shines through on so many faces. His efforts in the working group include, “Why you need PING and why PING doesn’t need you.”  As well as the most recent consideration, “PING PING PING PING, for the love of PING.” He joined Riverstone Networks in 1999, and through acquisition, merger, and acquisition, has 19 years as part of Nokia. Footer is based in Toronto, Canada and we believe he still has a Token Ring network in his house.

Manish Gulyani

Vice President and General Manager, Deepfield    

NOKIA

Manish Gulyani is Vice President and General Manager of the Deepfield Business Unit within the IP and Optical Networks division in Nokia. In his current role, he manages the complete lifecycle and P&L of Nokia Deepfield portfolio of network intelligence, analytics and DDoS security products and solutions. Manish brings over 25 years of experience and proven leadership in many aspects of networking and telecoms – including R&D, product management, business development, strategy, and marketing. Manish holds an M. Eng. In Telecommunications from Dublin City University, and a B.E. in Electronics & Communications from Delhi College of Engineering.

Rudy Hoebeke

Vice President, Product Management – Service Routers

NOKIA

Rudy Hoebeke is Vice President of Product Management for Nokia’s IP Service Routing  portfolio. He has over 15 years of experience in the communications and networking industry, in the areas of engineering, network design, technology & product strategy and product management. Formerly, Rudy was Vice President of Product Management for IP Service Routing and Mobile Packet Core in Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Division. He holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Brussels (VUB) and a Masters in Business Administration from the Vlerick Leuven-Gent Business School.

Jeff Jakab

Vice President, Hardware Product Management – Service Routers

NOKIA

A 22 year employee of Nokia, Jeff is the Hardware PLM director within the IP business unit. Jeff has extensive experience across a number of roles within Nokia ranging from engineering, support, marketing and PLM. Jeff has a focus on strategic responsibilities in the product portfolio as well as ownership of hardware technical marketing. He holds a B.Sc in electrical engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada and an MBA from the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Erwan James

Network Architect

NOKIA

Erwan is a Senior Network and Cloud Architect, a member of Nokia’s professional services Global Network Engineering(GNE) team.  He has a full time focus on Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies, specifically working with the Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform and 7750 Service Router product lines.  Erwan is responsible for leading and delivering professional services engagements involving network design and architecture, operational and deployment consultancy as well as training.

Fahad Ali Khan

Senior Network Architect/NPI Specialist

NOKIA

Fahad Ali Khan is SME with 18 years of experience in network design, implementation, POCs and workshop for IP/MPLS infrastructure, Broadband (BNG and CUPS), CGNAT and other emerging technologies for Mobile Operator, Service Providers and ISP. Fahad is a Juniper Network Certified Internet Expert #2450 (Service Provider) along with other Nokia/Cisco Certification. He is leading Nokia BNG/CUPS (BBF TR459) and FWA/CUPS solutions for “APAC & Oceania” region via Technology workshops and POCs. Relevant qualifications: JNCIE #2450 (Service Provider), Bachelor of Engineering (Computer & Information System). Master of Business Administration (Marketing as Major)

Paresh Khatri

CTO, IP Networks Business Division for Asia-Pacific

NOKIA

Paresh Khatri is the CTO for the IP Networks Business Division for Nokia Corporation in APAC. In this role, Paresh is responsible for formulating platform and architecture strategies to meet the varied demands of operators in the Asia-Pacific region. He has been responsible for architectural design for the largest IP transformation projects in the region and is now working closely with service providers as they address the growing demand for scale and new services that will be enabled by the evolution to 5G. Paresh’s areas of expertise include the entire range of IP/MPLS technologies and applications, from the network core to the access network. His current areas of interest include 5G transport, network virtualisation and SDNs. Paresh has more than 25 years of experience with both service providers and vendors in building carrier-grade IP/MPLS networks, including the largest IP NGN transformation project ever undertaken in Australia. Paresh is a regular speaker at industry conferences in the APAC region and also actively participates in a number of telecommunications industry standards bodies.  Paresh holds a Bachelors of Electronic Systems Engineering (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Information Technology from the Queensland University of Technology.

Vach Kompella

Vice President and General Manager, IP Networks Division

NOKIA

Vach is VP and GM of the IP Networks Division (IPN) in the Network Infrastructure Business Group at Nokia. IPN consists of 6 business units:  Service Router, Network Automation, Data Center, Nuage Networks, Packet Core and Deepfield. He started with Timetra Networks in 2001, leading the development of MPLS and related technologies, and arrived at Nokia through a series of M&A activity. In 2008, he started the Mobile Gateways program in the IP Division, and was Vice President of Engineering for the Mobile Packet Core. Vach has been a speaker at many conferences, and a regular contributor to standards in the IETF. He was co-chair of the l2vpn Working Group at the IETF for five years. Vach was awarded a Bell Labs Fellowship in 2009 for his contributions to MPLS and VPLS. Prior to Nokia, Vach held positions at IBM, working in network security and IP protocols. Vach holds a PhD in CS from the University of California, San Diego, and obtained his BTech in CS from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Peter Landon

Senior Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Peter Landon is a Director of Product Line Management for the Nokia Network Services Platform, with a focus on multi-layer SDN solutions. Peter has over 25 years of experience in ASIC/system design and Product Management including senior roles at Juniper Networks, COMDEV/NASA, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs, and while at BTI leading the architecture and design of the BTI/Juniper 7800 Series Intelligent Cloud Connect platform. Peter earned his BSc in Engineering from Queen’s University with post graduate work at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Kok Khiang Lau

IP Enterprise Solutions Specialist  

NOKIA  

Currently working on IP Enterprise solutions for mission critical networks and webscale data center networks. As solutions designer / architect, assist customers to develop solutions with the right sized Nokia IP product and solutions to meet Enterprise and Webscale needs. Been in the field of carrier networking from IP/MPLS, developing solutions for Metro-E with VPLS/VPWS and IP VPN and also EVPN as control plane for over more than a decade. Worked previously on Nuage data center solutions for telco clouds and also Nuage SD-WAN for carriers.

Karyn Lennon

Senior Director, IP/Optical Networks Learning Services

NOKIA

Karyn Lennon leads the Learning Services function for Nokia’s IP/Optical Networks Business Group. In her role, Karyn is responsible for setting the strategic direction and development of Nokia’s Optical educational services which includes the Nokia Optical Networks Certification Program. In addition to the Optical program, Karyn directs both Nokia’s flagship IP/MPLS certification program, the Service Routing Certification (SRC) Program which has over 14,000 individuals participating globally and the Nuage Networks Virtuoso Certification Program (NN-VCP). Prior to her role in Learning Services, Karyn held various PLM and Marketing positions at Newbridge Networks and Alcatel-Lucent. Karyn received her Bachelor of Commerce from  McGill University and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa.

Jerome Meyer

Business Development lead, Deepfield

NOKIA

In his current role, Jérôme drives the business development activities for the Nokia Deepfield portfolio in Asia-Pacific — working with communications service providers, cloud builders and large digital enterprises to help them gain insights into their networks and improve their performance and security. Currently based out of Tokyo, he joined the company’s Mobile Networks organization in 2005 in Malaysia; and he since covered a variety of sales & pre-sales responsibilities in the Asia-Pacific region, with both fixed and mobile communications service providers. Jérôme graduated with a Master’s degree from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France.

Wisely Ng

Senior Product Manager/Consulting Engineer

NOKIA

Wisely is the Senior Regional Product Line Manager and Consultant Engineer of IP Network Infrastructure division of Nokia in APAC. He is responsible for product line management and solutions consulting, focusing on Mobile Anyhaul, Network Time Synchronization and Network Security. Wisely has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunication industry covering network solutions including IP/MPLS, Metro-Ethernet, and Mobile Anyhaul solutions. Wisely is a Bachelor of Science with Honours Degree in Computer Studies from City University of Hong Kong in 1996.  He is based in Hong Kong, China.

Daniel Ngoo

Senior IP NPI Engineer

NOKIA

Ngoo Yik Shaw is a network expert for IP and Wireless Core Network with 15 years of experience. He is involved in network design consultancy, implementations, proof of concepts and demo for APAC customers. He also provides customer support and R&D support for tier-1 operators worldwide. Daniel is currently a senior NPI engineer for Nokia’s BNG, FWA and IP Security Gateway technologies. He is responsible for IPOE/PPPOE, DHCP, AAA, SRRP, Subscriber Management, 3GPP interfaces (S11, S5, Gx, Gy, Sx, N3, N4, N11), IPSec Tunnel (IKEv2, ESP, Encryptions), Certificate Management (x.509, crl, OCSP), routing and switching (VLAN, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, VPRN, VPLS, VLL). Relevant qualifications: CCIP #CSCO11281502, Patent Granted #US13458259 Network Configuration and Predictive Analytic Engine, Patent Published #US2013/0308617 Continuous Virtual Private Local Area Network (LAN) Service (VPLS) over Wireline and Wireless Network.

Sasa Nijemcevic

Vice President and General Manager, Network Automation Business Unit    

NOKIA

Sasa Nijemcevic is Vice President and General Manager of the Network Automation Business Unit at Nokia. He leads the company’s Carrier SDN portfolio and Network and Service Automation efforts for the ION BG. Sasa’s passion is building great software products. He started early writing computer games as a kid and continued into adulthood building network management and control applications. Whether it’s AI/ML or network automation, Sasa cares about the application of new technologies in solving real problems in the industry.

Alfred Nothaft

Senior Director, SR Product Management

NOKIA

Alfred is the Senior Director of Product Management for the Service Router product group, focusing on IP routing, MPLS and Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services. Alfred has been involved the with 7x50 product lines since 2000, when he originally joined TiMetra Networks. Prior to that, Alfred was the Director of Network Architecture at BroadbandNow! and before that he held various management and engineering positions at Bay Networks and NASA.

Gusman Dharma Putra

Senior Network Automation Engineer

Nokia

Gusman have an extensive experience in software development. He is familiar with embedded system, data processing, and network automation. As a senior network automation engineer, he is responsible to develop automation tool for generating SROS or SR Linux configuration and deployment.

Dennis Porteous

Product Line Manager

Nokia

Dennis is a Senior Hardware Product Line Manager for the 7750 SR & Packet Core platforms, with over 24 years of experience in networking and data communications. Dennis has been involved with the 7x50 product lines since 2003, joined the hardware PLM team in 2008. Based in Ottawa Canada

Jorge Rabadan

Senior Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Jorge Rabadan is a product line manager responsible for the development of EVPN and Data Center Gateway technologies in Nokia’s SROS. Jorge has more than 20 years in the telecom industry (working for different networking vendors), being part of Nokia’s IP Division for more than 12 years and is an active member in the IETF community, contributing and authoring more than 30 drafts and RFCs. When he is not working he enjoys traveling, reading a good book or working out.

Saurabh Sandhir

Vice President and General Manager, Nuage Networks

NOKIA

Saurabh Sandhir leads the Product Management team at Nuage Networks. Saurabh brings over 16 years of experience leading cross-functional engineering, product management and marketing teams focused on networking software products. Most recently, Saurabh was Head of Technology Strategy, CTO office at Ericsson. Prior to his role at Ericsson, Saurabh held a variety of leadership roles during his 13 year tenure at Juniper Networks.He was the head of the NFV platform product line for both engineering and product management functions. Saurabh also headed the Network Programmability (Junos SDK) product line at Juniper and the development of the industry’s first network API toolkit for developers. This group was also instrumental in defining the marketing blueprint for the introduction of software products in a thus so far hardware centric industry. Saurabh played key roles in building Juniper’s SDN partner and channel programs and defining the SDN architecture/strategy leading to the acquisition of Contrail Systems. Saurabh has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a Masters in Computer Science from Purdue University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley.

Pipatpong Samranpit

Solution Architect

NOKIA

Pipatpong Samranpit is a network expert with 20 years of experience in network design consultancy, implementation, training and workshop for IP/MPLS, Data Center and Cloud network technologies that include cross platform solutions and emerging technologies for Mobile Operator, Service Providers and ISP. Pipatpong is a Cisco Certified Internet Expert #17451 (Routing & Switching, Service Provider, Security, Data Center, Enterprise Infrasture). He is a Solution Architect for Nokia’s IP & MPLS technologies, responsible for IGPs (OSPF & ISIS), BGP, MPLS, Segment Routing, Multicast VPN, Network Programmability and Automation (NETCONF, RESTCONF, GNMI). Relevant qualifications: CCIE #17451 (Routing & Switching, Service Provider, Security, Data Center, Enterprise Infrastructure)

Aleksandar Sarenac

Solution Line Manager

NOKIA

Aleksandar is a solution line manager for NOKIA ION Virtual Networks Orchestration. In his current role responsible for the solution life cycle management through all the phases of development and Started fALU career in 2006 in 5620SAM R&D. Holds MSc Degree in Telecommunication.

Adam Simpson

Senior Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Adam is a senior product line manager with Nokia. He is responsible for the IP routing & service features in the SR OS operating system software. He is the lead PLM for BGP routing and the route policy infrastructure. He owns the strategy for these areas and works closely with software and test engineers on architecture and design. He has been in this PLM role since 2009. Before that he held PLM and network engineering roles at Nortel. Adam is based in Ottawa, Canada but the scope of his work with engineering teams and customers is global. He has been a routine speaker at SReXperts events since 2010.

Moataz Soliman

Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Product Line Manager on the Network Service Platform (NSP) at Nokia in Ottawa. In my current role, I’m responsible for NSP APIs and integration interfaces. I’m also managing NSP Connected Partner Program for certification and interoperability between NSP and the various partner OSS applications.

Before joining the PLM team, I led product development of NSP Analytics, which is a big data and reporting solution, from initial concept to release. I hold a Bachelor degree in Software Engineering from Carleton University and a Masters of Engineering Management degree from University of Ottawa.

Piotr Stpiczynski

Senior Product Line Manager, Professional Services

NOKIA

Piotr Stpiczynski is a Senior Product Line Manager responsible for IP Transformation in ION business group. In his 15 plus years of experience in network transformation and software development he helped many companies to achieve their business objectives when executed transformation programs. Extensively experienced in product, programs and delivery teams management as well in business development and consulting.

Yves Thibeault

Senior Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Yves Thibeault is a Senior Product Line Manager on the Network Services Platform (NSP) of Nokia in Ottawa and is specifically responsible for Network and Service Assurance applications. Before joining Nokia & Alcatel-Lucent, Yves was a senior R&D manager at Nakina Systems for 8 years responsible for a multi-vendor network management system and various OSS applications. Yves has over 28 years of multi-disciplinary telecommunication experience in Software Research and Development and Product Management in various network domains including voice switching, ATM, Frame Relay, Optical/SONET/SDH transport and carrier Ethernet at Nortel Networks, AcceLight Networks, JDS Uniphase, Nakina Systems and now Alcatel-Lucent.

Mike Thompson

Global Network Automation Practice Leader

NOKIA

Mike Thompson leads Nokia’s global network automation practice focusing on Nokia’s Network Services Platform (NSP) and SDN to help service providers and large enterprise customers improve operational efficiency, productivity, lower MTTR, reduce churn, and accelerate revenue streams. Prior to Nokia, Mike was a leader at Charter Communications in Operations and Engineering. He has held leadership positions at Nokia, Charter, Cisco, BearingPoint, and Verizon. Mike has extensive experience in large scale software, network automation, routing, and optical. Mike has held leadership roles in Engineering, Software Development, Operations, Architecture, Sales, Consulting, and Product Management teams and as a Business Unit General Manager. He has a Master of Science in Information Management and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Bharath Udayshankar

Hardware Product Line Manager

NOKIA

Bharath Udayshankar is a hardware product line manager for Nokia’s IXR 7220 portfolio. Bharath has 14+ years of experience in network automation and design, solutions engineering and product development for IP/Ethernet and wireless technologies. He has previously held engineering and management roles in several companies focusing on product and service offerings for the enterprise, hospitality and education verticals. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University at Buffalo, NY and Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Anna University, India. He is based in Sunnyvale, CA. 

Gunter Van De Velde

Networking Technologist

NOKIA

Gunter Van De Velde is a networking technologist with more than 20 years of experience with the implementation, architecture and operation of technologies involving routing, IPv6 and SDN driven network services. He has been founding Chairman of the Belgian IPv6 Task-Force since 2010, Secretary of the IETF Operational Directorate since 2013, and Chair at the IETF for the OPSEC (Operational Security) working group since 2011. Most recently, in he became Chair for the LSVR (Link State Vector Routing) working group to focus around Hyperscale Datacenter routing. Gunter holds a Master’s degree from the University of Antwerp, is a Cisco Certified Internet Expert, and has written seven RFCs and holds several patents. He is a Product Line Manager for Nokia’s IP & SDN technologies, responsible for IGPs (OSPF & ISIS) and for routing extensions introducing traffic steering, Segment Routing and routing analytics.

Sanjay Wadhwa

Senior Director, Product Management

NOKIA

Sanjay has over 20 years of experience in data communications and IP networking industry. He currently heads product management for Broadband Edge in Nokia’s IP division, driving products and roadmap for fixed and fixed-wireless (4G/5G) broadband gateway, network functions and fixed-mobile convergence. Sanjay came to Nokia via Alcatel-Lucent acquisition. Prior to Nokia, Sanjay held executive roles in Engineering and Product Management at Fore Systems, Unisphere Networks, Juniper Networks and Alcatel-Lucent. Sanjay holds several patents in IP networking and is an active contributor in IETF and BBF. He has a Masters in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering from University of Kentucky, and has completed an executive program in management from MIT, Sloan school of management. He is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Shah Wagirin

Senior Strategic Solution Architect

NOKIA

Shah Wagirin is a Senior Strategic Solution Architect for the IP Networks Business Group for Nokia Corporation in Asia-Pacific region. In this role, Shah is responsible in providing innovative networking solutions and architecture strategies for 5G evolution, merger and acquisition, network simplification, and fixed mobile convergence for operators in the Asia-Pacific region. His current interest includes 5G transport, intent-based automation, and network slicing.  Shah has 19 years of experience in telecom and IT networking with roles ranging from support, planning, integration, designing, and technical project management to consulting and strategic solution architecture, and with involvement in numerous architectural & technology strategies for leading operators in Asia-Pacific region and globally. He holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Cornell University, USA.

Bruce Wallis

Senior Director Produce Line Manager

NOKIA

Bruce Wallis leads SR Linux and Fabric Services System product management within Network Infrastructure division. Originally from New Zealand, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he cut his networking teeth on supporting Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and in the wider APAC region. Before taking the leap into product management, his role within the NI Consulting and Solutions Engineering team supporting PoC and demos on yet-unreleased NI products allowed him to build an extensive skill set in virtualization, all things Linux, and general system and solution design. Starting in the industry in 2008 at the age of 17, he now has 14 years’ experience across a wide array of roles.

Kent Wong

Vice President, Head of IP/Optical Networks Regional Business Center Asia Pacific    

NOKIA

Satish Yadav

Head of Enterprise IP Business Development­ APAC Region

NOKIA

Satish Yadav is Head of Enterprise IP Business Development for APAC Region and responsible for business development and solution selling to enterprise customers. He has more than 25 years of experience in Telecom and Data Networking Industry. He has worked in Europe, APJ and India market and held various technology and business leadership roles at Nokia IP Networks Business Unit.