Wavelengths 2023 Speaker

Lalit Chowdhary

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

Lightstorm Telecom Connectivity India

Lalit co-founded Lightstorm in 2018 after 32 years of rich experience of holding senior management positions at several global technology leaders, including Cisco, Alcatel Lucent (now Nokia) and Hughes Software Systems.  At Lightstorm, Lalit is playing an instrumental role in defining the technology strategy roadmap of the company. His focus areas include strengthening the business and building strong solutions capabilities.  Previously, he was Director of Systems Engineering at Cisco and is credited with driving its technological leadership in several segments across, Government, telecom operators and enterprises customers in India and SAARC countries. Lalit was responsible for delivery of embedded software for the ATM, Ethernet and IP/MPLS Core and Access Switching WAN Products for Lucent Technology. He also spearheaded the rollout of wireless networks in Russia, Indonesia and India for Hughes Software Systems and helped develop switching and fibre optics products in his previous roles.  He holds a B Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras. Lalit is widely recognized as a mentor and is always on the lookout for innovation and simplicity in technology solutions.  When he is not working, Lalit enjoys travel, music, and movies.

Rod Hwang

Director, Biz. Development Leader of Quantum Solution

SK Telecom

2001~2011 : 3G/LTE Mobile Network Operation/Mgmt., SK Telecom­

2012~2022 : IP/Optical Network R&D, SK Telecom­

2023~ : Quantum Business Development, SK Telecom

Michele Mosca

Co-Founder, President and CEO

evolutionQ

Michele Mosca is CEO and co-founder of the quantum-safe cybersecurity company, evolutionQ. He also co-founded the quantum software company softwareQ and serves as Chair of the board of Quantum Industry Canada. He is co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, a Mathematics Professor, and a founding member of Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He started working in cryptography during his undergraduate studies and obtained his doctorate in Mathematics in 1999 from the University of Oxford on the topic of Quantum Computer Algorithms. He co-founded the not-for-profit Quantum-Safe Canada, and the ETSI-IQC workshop series in quantum-safe cryptography and is globally recognized for his drive to help academia, industry and government prepare our cyber systems to be safe in an era with quantum computers. Dr. Mosca’s awards and honours include 2010 Canada's Top 40 Under 40, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), SJU Fr. Norm Choate Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), and a Knighthood (Cavaliere) in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2018).

Dusmanta Pradhan

Executive Vice President IP/MPLS & Optical Network

Vodafone Idea India

Dusmanta has 25+ years’ of experience in Telecom and Technology, in various leadership roles including strategy, planning, execution and operations. In his current role in Vodafone Idea Ltd, He is responsible for defining vision, strategy and roadmap for transport technology & network architecture which caters Pan India mobility & enterprise services.

Guangquan Wang

Chief Engineer of Research Institute

China Unicom

Guangquan Wang is a professor senior engineer of China Unicom, focusing on the research, planning and design of telecommunication network. As the editor of ITU-T Rec. G.698.4, he has attended ITU-T SG15 meetings for nearly 20 years. He is the winner of 2nd Class Prizes of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Awards in China, and has got more than 30 other national/ministry/provincial awards in China. He has also got the Winner of WSIS Prizes 2019 (catalog 5) co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD. He is now the chief engineer of China Unicom Research Institute.

Ragheed Al-Dabbagh

Head of Optical Transport Product Management, Architecture & Consulting, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Ragheed is the Nokia Asia Pacific head of Optical Transport Product Management, Architecture, and Consulting. Having previously led Optical business development for Oceania, in the IP & Optical Networks Division at Nokia as well as various other technical engineering roles. He has over 10 years experience in the Telecommunications industry with particular expertise in the area of Transport Networks (xWDM, OTN, Packet, T-SDN). Prior to joining Nokia, Ragheed worked for Pacific Broadband Networks (PBN) as an xPON R&D engineer before joining Vicom Australia as an Optical test & measurement specialist. Ragheed Al-dabbagh received his undergraduate double degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science and Software Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia where he graduated with honors and specialized in Photonics and Fibre Optic Transmission Systems.

Devarajan Aramudhan

Network Solution Architect, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Deva is the Network architect, focusing on our Automation software solutions and associated professional services with a special task of supporting all the countries in strategic business development of our software solutions and services. Prior to his current role, he was working as the global product manager for NRC-T and WaveSuite Synchronizer.

Luca Baragiola

Software Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Luca, after a Bachelor’s degree in Micro-Electronics engineering from the Politecnico University of Milano in 1997, moved into the telecommunications industry, where he has more than 20 years’ experience.

Since January 2022 he takes a new role inside the broader Nokia Optics community, as responsible for managing NFM-T Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team, a Network Management System platform that is the core of the Optical Network.

Till 2021 he had a PLM role in ION Service BU covering the Optical segment, with a focus on Automation, System Integration, Operational Enablement Solutions and Network Transformation area. In this role Luca was responsible for identifying consumer needs, developing and promoting specific Professional Services to improve customer experience on Nokia Optics network performances and indorsing the ION Professional Service portfolio internally and externally. With this position he developed a deep knowledge on the Nokia Optics product catalogue and related Network Management applications.

Previously he was covering for 5 years a Product Management Role inside the Alcatel-Lucent Network Release Strategy Organization, following the homologation of specific Optics Mobile backhauling solutions.

Martin Belzner

Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Martin Belzner is a Product Line Manager within the Optics Subsystems Product unit. In his role he is managing the development of high-speed coherent Photonic Service Engine based modules, which are used in Nokia’s coherent line systems. Prior to his current role Martin worked for more than 10 years as a Senior Hardware Development Engineer within the Optics Subsystems R&D department. In that role he was responsible for the development, integration and testing of various generations of high-speed coherent electro-optical transmit and receive components. Martin holds a PH.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Marco Bertolini

ON System Product Line Manager Leader, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Marco Bertolini is the Product Manager for the 1830 Network Element. Previous Product Management roles were focused on high speed coherent interfaces, photonic architectures and pluggable optics. Prior to joining product management, he was part of the R&D team that introduced the first generation of 100G coherent cards. Mr. Bertolini holds a Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering from University of Parma.

Haitham Bouzeineddine

IP/Optical Professional Services Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Haitham BouZeineddine is a Product Manager at Nokia leading the WavePrime Professional Services business portfolio driving the automation and custom software services for Nokia’s Optical customers. Within two years of joining Nokia Haitham developed and executed an evolution strategy for Nokia’s CNV Optical reporting SaaS and established the professional services for Nokia’s Data Centre Fabric. Prior to joining Nokia Haitham lead the pre-sales and Capture Management within the Public Safety industry across the Middle East and North Africa and played a key role in securing the annual regional targets. Haitham’s background in research and development accompanied by his leadership and business acumen have established him as an asset to customers that seek transformation and growth through technological evolution.

Martin Charbonneau

Head of Emerging Product Unit, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Martin Charbonneau is currently the Head of the Emerging Product Unit for the Optical Networking Business Unit of Nokia. In this role, he is responsible for driving Optical Networking business in new and emerging segments such as Mobile Transport convergence, Cloud/edge and access transport, including new software and practices to address Software Defined Networking, and Open Networking deployments. Prior to this assignment, Martin was leading portfolio product management activities for the 1830 Photonic Service Switch in Metro network applications (Packet and OTN solutions), and complementary Metro product lines of the portfolio, such as 1830 Versatile WDM Module (Nokia’s Mobile Front Haul solution). He has been with Nokia for 10 years where he has also worked as a Product Line Manager for the Fixed Access product. Prior to joining Nokia, Martin held various roles of increasing responsibility in Product Line Management, Business and Network Planning and Professional Services for Metro Ethernet & Optical Transport Business units. Martin received a Bachelor of Science in Space Sciences from the Canadian Royal Military College (RMC, St-Jean) and graduated as a commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces.

Sylvain Chenard

Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

IEEE senior member Sylvain Chenard received his BScA from the Département du Génie Electrique at Université Laval, Québec, Canada in 1994. He also received a technical degree in microelectronics from Collège de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada in 1988. Sylvain is a member of the IEEE Communications and Computer Societies and the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. He is currently a senior product manager at Nokia with a focus on optical network analytics. He works closely with Nokia Bell Labs to define and productize state-of-the-art techniques and algorithms for estimating and monitoring transmission quality.

Bart de Wilde

Regional Product Line Manager, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Bart De Wilde joined the APAC regional PLM team recently, working out of Singapore. Prior this role, Bart worked as New Product Introduction (NPI) engineer in EMEA. Bart’s focus is typically on helping EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) customers through the early phases with new features and products, by means of presentations, workshops and Proof of Concept (PoC) set-ups. Bart is not only focusing on the 5620 SAM product (all technology domains) but also on both the router (IP part) and the NSM part for IP/Optical convergence. Prior to his current role he worked for the Motive product group and had a similar NPI role for the Optics NSM products. Bart holds a master’s degree in computer sciences/telecommunications and is currently based in Antwerp, Belgium.

James Doucette

Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

James Doucette is Product Line Manager for WaveSuite Service Enablement software applications at Nokia. Prior to joining Nokia in 2017, he lead the software Systems Engineering team and was the lead Agile Product Owner for BluePlanet software at Ciena. Over the course of his career, he has specialized in launching new software initiatives that simplify network operations and control of Optical and Packet networks. He has held a variety of roles spanning Product Management, Systems Architecture and Research & Development. His has extensive experience in working with lead customers and development teams to launch new software applications with specialization in the areas of SDN control, network and service management, and Layer 2 metro ethernet networks. James holds a degree in Systems and Computer Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa Canada.

Pedja Dragovic

Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Pedja has spent 17 years in the telecom industry with various roles ranging from network architect to systems engineering. His current role is Product Line Manager for Multi-service Transport platform, 1830PSS. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade in Serbia. His career interests include: advancing technical and operational knowledge in transport network evolution, how emerging technology in optical and electronics domains enables network transformation, network functions virtualization, software aspects of transport networks evolution and extending expertise into other communication technologies that complement optical transport.

Kevin Drury

Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Optical Networking Division

NOKIA

Kevin Drury received his undergraduate degree in Electronical Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada where he specialized in telecommunications. Further in his academic career, he completed a Master’s in Business Administration. Kevin is the Strategic Initiatives PLM Leader for the Optical Networks business division at Nokia. Previously he has held several leadership roles at Alcatel-Lucent, including the Deployment and Professional Services leader for the Optical Networks business unit and the Optical Products and Solutions Marketing leader in the IP Routing & Transport Division. He has over 25 years’ experience in the Telecommunications industry with particular expertise in the areas of fiber optic transmission, wavelength division multiplexing, OTN switching, narrowband and broadband access, carrier voice and applications, and LAN/WAN networking. He has presented or co-authored papers for numerous industry events including WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking, ITPX/NCUG, ITU Telecom, Supercomm, OFC, NFOEC, Terabit Optical & Transport SDN and the Big Telecom Event.

Ed Englehart

Vice President of Engineering and Head of Subsystems Product Unit, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Ed Englehart leads two roles in the Nokia Optical Business unit. The first is leading the worldwide R&D for the 1830 portfolio of products. The second is leading the R&D and PLM for the Optic’s Subsystem team, this team is taking some of the key innovations from the Optics R&D teams to new application spaces and markets. In his 31 years of experience he has worked in key areas of Optics, Enterprise, and Access with a focus on service provider and enterprise customer solutions. He was part of the original development team that introduced the 1830 to the market and has held leadership positions in Product Line management and throughout R&D to evolve and expand this product to where it has become. Ed holds a Masters of Engineering from Columbia University.

Jose Manuel Estaran Tolosa

High-Speed Electro-Optics Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Born in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1987, José completed the Telecommunications B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), and the Electrical Engineering M.Sc. from the Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby (Denmark). In October 2012, he accepted a Ph.D. position in the Photonics Department at the Technical University of Denmark in applied digital signal processing and high-speed communications systems, where he coordinated various research projects in cooperation with key industrial partners including Nokia Bell Labs. Starting 2015, upon Ph.D. completion, José joined Nokia Bell Labs’ optics laboratory in France where he took on research leadership and management responsibilities along three strategic areas: time-sensitive networking, machine learning for physical layer signal processing in high-speed systems, and free-space coherent optical communications. Today, José accumulates more than 7 years of experience at the cutting edge of telecom innovation and has contributed to engineer communication solutions of recognized scientific excellence – including over 40 international publications, 2 transmission records and 2 patents. Since August 2020, José works for Nokia’s Network Infrastructure business unit where he holds a position as product line manager for high-speed coherent solutions within the 1830 PSS product family.

Vito di Maria

Vice President, Head of Optical Networks APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Vito Di Maria is currently Vice President Optics Business Development for Asia Pacific/Japan and India markets. Vito has more than 15 years of experience in the industry and worked in Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia holding leadership positions in Research&Development, Product Line Management and Business Development in several countries in Asia Pacific region. Vito holds a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master Degree in Information Technologies.

Tony Dicorato

Director of Optical Portfolio Solution Product Line Management, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Tony Dicorato is a Director of Optical Portfolio Solution Product Line Management within Nokia's Network Infrastructure Optical division specializing on both scaled and simplified solutions across multi-layer optical transport technologies and multi-domain initiatives. His role includes leading the cross-functional strategy for coherent routing converged IP/Optical cross-domain coordination management solutions for the optical network business unit. Tony has over 25 years of optical transport and networking experience and has held a wide range of senior level positions in hardware architecture engineering, product management, and optical systems. Tony holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa and away from work enjoys time coaching hockey, playing sports, and time with his family and friends.

John Harrington

Senior Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific and Japan

NOKIA

John Harrington is the Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific and Japan for Nokia, where he manages and oversees Nokia’s Customer Experience organization, business and operations for the region. John has over 25 years of technical sales, customer relationship management and business development experience in the telecommunications industry across Asia, Europe and North America. John was previously the Head of Japan for Nokia, leading networks solution sales before moving to North America to join the leadership team as Senior Vice President, US Major Accounts, where he led sales for a diverse set of wireless, wireline, cable and regional customers. In his career, John took charge of the AT&T Wireless account, one of Nokia’s largest accounts, and one of the most advanced CSPs in the world, in order to support 4G enhancement, IoT deployment, and 5G preparation. John has also held various international leadership roles as part of the acquisition of the Alcatel-Lucent business, which focused on the latest advancements in wireless technology. John started his career with Motorola as a system engineer for GSM/CDMA deployment. Born in England, John holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering.

Bernd Heinmueller

Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Bernd Heinmüller received his degree in Electrical Engineering from FAU University in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany in 1993 where he specialized in telecommunications. Bernd is a Product Manager of Optics Products and Solutions in IP Transport at Nokia. He has over 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry with particular expertise in the areas of transport networks, fiber optic transmission, electrical switching, Carrier Ethernet and wavelength division multiplexing. He has presented at trade shows, conferences and co-authored papers for the Bell Labs Technical Journal. Bernd was in charge of portfolio planning and product management for the Alcatel-Lucent SDH product family. In his current assignment, he led the specification of the next generation OTN Core Switch.

Gary Kang

Network Management & Control & Virtualization Optics Network Architect, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Building on the professional portfolio from Business Operations to Marketing to Business Development, and now Praoduct Management, Gary is now working as the T-SDN Business Development, Network Management & Control & Virtualization PLM and Optics Network Architecture for Asia Pacific region. He has over 10 years’ experience in the Telecommunications industry with particular expertise in the areas of software defined networking, network management, fiber optic transmission, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), optical transport networking (OTN), carrier Ethernet, and LAN/WAN networking. Gary obtained his bachelor’s degree for Business Management and Law from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.

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.

Matteo Lonardi

Research Scientist

Nokia Bell Labs

Matteo Lonardi received his MSc in Communications Engineering (2016) and PhD in Information Technology (2020) from the University of Parma, focusing on the quality of transmission estimation and monitoring in modern optical transmission systems.­ In November 2019, Matteo joined Nokia Bell Labs Smart Optical Fabric and Devices group as a Research Scientist, applying machine learning techniques to estimate and monitor the quality of transmission in optical networks. Since January 2022, Matteo has embarked on a job rotational position as a product line manager at Nokia. In this role, he focuses on investigating and developing monitoring and sensing technologies in subsystems, expanding his expertise and exploring the potential of machine learning in optical modules and transponders.

Giovanni Manto

Strategy & Advanced Technology Leader, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Giovanni has global product management responsibilities for Nokia’s Optical portfolio, covering all aspects of product management and future portfolio strategies. Giovanni has over 25+ years of industry experience and has held several senior management positions at LG, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nortel Networks. During his tenure at LG, Giovanni was the general manager of the Fiber access business unit with responsibility for the productization and commercialization of an innovative optical technology for the fiber access portfolio serving a diverse global customer base. Giovanni holds a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University in Montréal, Canada and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Amit Marwah

Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Nokia India

NOKIA

Amit heads Customer Marketing and Corporate Affairs (CMO) for India market at Nokia and is responsible for customer and technology marketing, branding including events, internal and external communications including digital, media relations, Industry associations and analyst relations, and sustainability including corporate social responsibility. He has held several key roles at Nokia in India. Earlier as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) where he was responsible for defining technology strategy focusing on network evolution, enterprise solutions, end-to-end security and future technology like AI, Cloud, 5G and IOT etc. Also, earlier the head of End-to-End Solution sales, he led initiatives to position Nokia as an end-to end solution and technology provider and to leverage strength of Nokia’s entire product and services portfolio. He also represents Nokia on topics related to standardization, spectrum management, regulatory, analysist & industry engagements as one of the key spokes-person for the company. With over 28 years of professional experience in technology, presales, sales, strategy regulatory and business management positions and leads all marketing initiates for Nokia including digital outreach and events/roadshows, enhancing external and inter communication, managing all the CSR initiatives and interfase for govt relations for Nokia India. In the past he has held various technology and leadership roles in organizations like Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Huawei and Nokia.

Oemer Oskay

Senior Product Line Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Ömer Oskay received his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey where he specialized in telecommunications. Ömer is a Senior Product Line Manager, IP Transport at NOKIA, responsible for the development of GMPLS Control Plane for different technologies (SDH, OTN, WDM) for the 1830PSS, 1626LM, 1678MCC product lines, as well responsible for the Open Node / Open Line Systems with NETCONF/YANG. Ömer is currently based in Stuttgart in Germany and has more than 20 years of experience working on the development of Optical Cross Connects for SDH and OTN, as well the WDM Photonic systems. He has taken different roles and responsibilities in the past, such as 1678MCC Development Project Leader, Cross Connect Product Line Manager and Network Management System Product Line Manager.

Ravi Parmasad

Head of Optical Network Automation

NOKIA

Ravi Parmasad is Head of the Network Automation Group in the Optical Networks Division at Nokia. Previously, Ravi held several senior leadership roles at Nokia and its predecessor, Alcatel-Lucent, including was Vice President Global IT Infrastructure, Vice President Global Real Estate, Vice President - IP/Optical Networks, Vice President R&D Strategy, Vice President / General Manager - Fiber to the Home Business Unit, and Vice President R&D Strategy. He enjoys acting as an ambassador for many Nokia programs, including student programs aimed at facilitating entry into the technology workforce, and is a former contributing member of the Telecom Industry Association QuEST Forum. Ravi earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, where he has also returned to instruct executive MBA students.

Stephan Roullot

Director Product Line Management, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

Stéphan Roullot is Director of Product Line Management for Packet, TSN, Synchronization and MEF services in the ION Business Group. He holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) of Lyon, France. After starting his career as R&D engineer (System Test, System Engineering & Architecture), he held several positions in technical sales, network architecture and business development on a broad range of technologies: SDH MSPP, WDM, Carrier Ethernet Switch/Router (Riverstone), xDSL Broadband Access, Mobile backhaul products, before moving into Product Strategy and Product Line Management for a number of Carrier Ethernet packet optical products, including the 1830 PSS since 2011. Stéphan is MEF CECP certified and is owning the various global packet-optical and synchronization programs on the 1830 PSS and TPS platforms. His functions encompass strategy, standards, feature definition, R&D management and customer pre-sales and post-sales support.

James Watt

Vice-President and General Manager, Optical Networks Division

NOKIA

James Watt is Vice President and General Manager for the Optical Networks Division at Nokia. Prior to this, James was the Vice President and General Manager for the Services Business Unit, IP/Optical Networks, at Nokia and its predecessor in Alcatel-Lucent, President of the Optics Business Line in Alcatel-Lucent and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Alcatel-Lucent Carrier Product Group. Until 2008, James held the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Business Division and had previously held the role of Vice President Network Strategy for Alcatel. James joined Alcatel in 2000 as Chief Technology Officer of the Carrier Internetworking Division through the acquisition of Newbridge Networks, where he was Assistant Vice President, Access and Network Management Strategy. During his 15 years with Newbridge, James held a variety of positions within the research & development, product management and marketing organizations. James holds multiple patents, primarily in the areas of traffic management and Internet Protocol. He received a B.SC. in Electrical Engineering from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario in 1986.

Phil Zhang

Regional Product Line Manager, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Building on the professional portfolio from post-sales technical support to tendering support and now product management, Phil is now working as the deputy head of regional PLM team of optical networking for Asia Pacific region in IP/Optical network business unit of NOKIA Before joining NOKIA, he was working for Lucent Technology and RAD data communication with various post-sales and pre-sales roles. He has over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry with particular expertise in the areas of data communication, fiber optic transmission, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), Optical Transport Networking (OTN), Packet Transport Network (PTN), Carrier Ethernet (CE), Software Defined Network (SDN) and Virtual Infrastructure (VI). Phil is a MEF CE2.0 Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP). Phil obtained his master degree for Electronic and Communication Engineering from JiaoTong University in Shanghai, China.

Ben Zhao

Network Architect for Packet & Optical Transport Solutions, APAC Regional Business Center, Network Infrastructure

NOKIA

Ben Zhao is Network Architect for Packet & Optical Transport solutions in ION APAC Regional Business Center; with a working experience of 15 years in the Packet & Optical Transport arena. Ben started his career in R&D as software engineer on MSPP platform in photonic bridge (Siemens acquired company ) since the year 2004, then he moved to System Architect team leading Packet and OTN design in the P-OTN design in Nokia Siemens Network and took the Product manager role later. Ben has a rich experience on SDH/EOS multiple service platform and Packet and OTN transport platform design and network architecture.