SReXperts APAC 2023 Speakers
October 31 - November 1

SReXperts APAC 2023
Shangri-La, Singapore
Guest speakers

Scott Brookshire
CTO
OpenColo
Scott Brookshire is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at OpenColo. He drives and develops the company’s technical strategy and provides technical direction and insight. He is hands-on in providing the OpenColo leadership with the necessary tools and insights to further the company’s mission and goals. Scott has as Bachelor’s degree from Cogswell Polytechnical College and brings with him over 20 years of working inside and out of the datacenter space. He emphasizes developing long lasting relationships with customers, vendors and partners and is continually striving for win-win opportunities.
CTO
OpenColo

Eitetsu Gen
Network Engineer, Network Development Department
Softbank
Eitetsu Gen is a network engineer in the Network Development Department of SoftBank. He has three years of experience designing the enterprise network using NOKIA 7750 SR and 7950 XRS routers. He is in charge of selection and design of the next-generation enterprise network PE routers.
Network Engineer, Network Development Department
Softbank

John Lee
Sales of Overseas Business Team
Bellution Networks
John lee (Giwoo Lee) works at sales team in Solution & Networking Engineering department of Bellution Networks. He has been mainly in charge of overseas project proposing IP/Optical Network and other IT devices for ODA(Official Development Assistance) project since 2022.
Sales of Overseas Business Team
Bellution Networks

Tay Yeow Lian
Managing Director
Singtel
Yeow Lian is currently the Managing Director for Singtel’s Singapore Networks. He leads the technology and business transformation of Singtel Singapore’s Network, the underlying organisation, and to take Singtel to the next level of technology leadership in the telco industry. He will lead in transforming the Singtel’s network infrastructure, platforms, processes and people to enable delivery of innovative and differentiated products, distinctive customer experience, whilst maintaining network superiority, quality, resiliency and security. Yeow Lian spearheaded the successful rollout of Singtel’s first digital mobile network(GSM) in 1993/94. Yeow Lian then started his overseas stint first in NetCom, Norway back in 1995 as a radio planning manager, leading a team of radio planners and was the pioneer to rollout a GSM network in Oslo and larger part of Norway. He was subsequently posted to Advanced Info Services (AIS) in Thailand between 1999 and 2001 as an Engineering Consultant reporting to the CTO, where he played a pivotal advisory role in the areas of strategic network planning, network operations and network quality to allow AIS to be the leading mobile operator in Thailand. Yeow Lian was also posted back to AIS again between 2007 and 2008, this time to assume the role of VP of Product Development, and responsible for the engineering planning of mobile network, value-added services, IT infrastructure and roll out of strategic projects to achieve leading market share in Thailand. Between 2004 and 2006, Yeow Lian was the General Manager of Mobile Data/VAS (Value Added Services) in Optus Australia where he spearheaded the successful launch of Optus 3G in 2004 with a suite of 3G data products and services. Back in Singapore from 2009, Yeow Lian held successful role in leading IPTV and Fixed Core Engineering as a VP between 2009 and 2010. He was appointed the Group VP, Mobile Core Engineering (Singapore & Australia) in 2011 to lead an integrated planning team in Spore and Australia to expand the 3G/LTE networks. In 2015, Yeow Lian was promoted to be the Managing Director of Networks S’pore, responsible for the engineering planning and operations of the 4 main core services in Fixed Network, Broadband, TV and Mobile Networks, supporting both Group Consumer and Group Enterprise. Yeow Lian graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree from the Nanyang Technological University.
Managing Director
Singtel

Beng Yeow Ong
Consulting Engineer, Mobility Solution Lead, 5G/IoT/MEC, JAPAC
Palo Alto Networks
Beng Yeow is Technical Lead for Mobility Security Solution for Global Consulting Engineering Team at Palo Alto Networks. He’s based in Singapore. Beng Yeow works with Service Providers and Enterprise customers in defining the evolution of security solution in their 4G/5G mobility network with the Palo Alto Networks best in class platforms. Beng Yeow has more than 25+ years experiences with leadership positions and providing technical solution to the regional Service Providers. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Beng Yeow was the Head of Customer Network Solution, APJ in Nokia where he leads the pre-sales solution team to work with the service providers on their the e2e network evolution methodology and planning. He has been driving and creating the Nokia 5G story across the region on technological topics such as Monetizing 5G use cases & 5G network readiness in access, transport, core, security and service orchestration and automation domains. Beng Yeow has MSc. of Science (Electrical) at National University of Singapore and Bachelor of Engineering(First Class) at Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
Consulting Engineer, Mobility Solution Lead, 5G/IoT/MEC, JAPAC
Palo Alto Networks

Jongun Park
CEO
Bellution Networks
Mr. JongUn Park is a CEO and founder of Bellution Networks. He had experienced lots of both wire(optical) and wireless businesses and founded Bellution Networks in 2005. Now he is leading railway telecommunication markets in Korea based on trust and technology for customer satisfactions.
CEO
Bellution Networks

Kazuma Sakata
Network Engineer, Network Development Department
Softbank
Kazuma Sakata is a network engineer in the Network Development Department of SoftBank. He spent three years as a member of the development team for the metro network using SRv6. Currently, he is involved in developing SRv6 networks with both functionality and simplicity for the Internet backbone.
Network Engineer, Network Development Department
Softbank

Yajuvendra Rawat
Account Solution Architect
Red Hat
Yajuvendra currently works as Solution Architect at Red Hat Singapore is a dynamic and results-driven Solution Architect with over 20 years of experience driving digital transformation for Telco, Media, and Entertainment industries. With a proven track record of success in implementing cloud-native platforms and automation, Yajuvendra has played a key role in accelerating the digital transformation journeys of multiple operators worldwide in Devices/Core/OSS/BSS. As an accomplished software developer, tester, and architect in Telecommunication and Aerospace software, Yajuvendra possesses a deep understanding of the complexities of these industries. He has also worked as a Network Architect for 4G and 5G networks in multiple operators across the world, providing him with a holistic view of the telecommunications landscape. Yajuvendra graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia in India with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded System and Design from CDAC Mohali, and has leveraged his educational background to provide innovative solutions that drive business value. His ability to deliver results in complex, fast-paced environments has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor and expert in his field.
Account Solution Architect
Red Hat

Ayush Sharma
Chief Technology Officer
Starhub
Ayush provides leadership to maintain a robust and efficient network to support StarHub’s multiple lines of business. He is also responsible for advancing StarHub's network transformation initiatives to accelerate business growth. Ayush brings more than 20 years of experience in delivering ground-breaking technologies and industry-first products, and was most recently the Vice President, Head of Metaverse & Edge Platforms Business, Rakuten (USA). He is also a successful entrepreneur, having co-invented "Latency-as-a-service" architecture and algorithms to help MotoJeannie, a start-up business, deliver engaging rich-media interactive streaming, gaming, and XR-based collaboration experiences. With previous leadership experience at Cisco, Ericsson, and Huawei, Ayush has led the design and technology adoption programs for over 30 fixed, satellite, mobile, and cloud networks globally. He launched several successful initiatives that have helped shape the industry, pioneering solutions ranging from the world's first Wi-Fi calling platform and first router in Outer Space, to the first commercial-grade Software Defined Networking controller. Ayush holds a Master of Science in Data Communications from Brunel University London, United Kingdom and has completed the Stanford Executive Management program.
Chief Technology Officer
Starhub

Shiori Torihara
Engineer, Communication Service Engineering Department
Qtnet
Shiori Torihara is the engineer of Communication Service Engineering Department of QTnet. She focused on the design and construction of IP Phone Service and internet service for corporate in the past three years.
Engineer, Communication Service Engineering Department
Qtnet

Hideki Toube
Manager, IP Transport, Infrastructure Design Department
NTT DOCOMO
Hideki Toube is the manager of IP Transport team in Infrastructure Design Department, NTT DoCoMo.He has been leading the development of the IP backbone network for NTT DoCoMo’s 4G/5G services since 2018.Prior to 2018, he was working on OSS(Operational Support System) development and formulated a grand design for improving the operational efficiency of mobile networks using AI.
Manager, IP Transport, Infrastructure Design Department
NTT DOCOMO
Nokia speakers

Heidi Adams
Head of IP and Optical Networks Marketing
Nokia
As the Head of IP and Optical Networks marketing at Nokia, Heidi leads a global team focused on promoting Nokia’s network infrastructure solutions. With over 20 years in the telecommunications industry in roles spanning R&D, product management, technical marketing and as an industry analyst, she enjoys casting a spotlight on technology evolution and innovation and making it more accessible and compelling to a broader audience. Heidi has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University (Kingston) and an MBA from the University of Ottawa.
Head of IP and Optical Networks Marketing
Nokia

Mustapha Aissaoui
Product Line Manager, IP Networks Division
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.
Product Line Manager, IP Networks Division
Nokia

Angelo Arlotta
Hardware Product Line Manager
Nokia
A 25-year employee of Nokia, Angelo Arlotta is a Hardware Product Line Manager for the IP business unit. He currently manages several product portfolios aimed primarily at the enterprise and data centers markets. Angelo has extensive experience across a number of roles within Nokia ranging from industrial design, mechanical engineering, and product management. He holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from Carleton University. He is based in Ottawa, Canada.
Hardware Product Line Manager
Nokia

Steve Aubrey
Global Product Line Manager
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.
Global Product Line Manager
Nokia
Erdinc Bagri
Regional Product Line Manager
Nokia
Regional Product Line Manager
Nokia

Andres Belloni
Senior Director PLM Network Automation
Nokia
Andres Belloni leads IP Management and Platform Product Management for Nokia NSP. In this role Andres is responsible for defining and managing the lifecycle of the NSP software foundation and applications that allow service providers to automate the operation of their IP & Optical networks. Mr. Belloni has an extensive career in telecommunications specializing in network and service management for TDM, ATM, IP and Optical networks. He has been responsible for product design, product strategy and product line management of Element, Network and Service Management Systems in Newbridge Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia. Mr. Belloni holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University Of Buenos Aires, Argentina and an Executive MBA from Queens University in Canada.
Senior Director PLM Network Automation
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Line Manager – IP Routing
Nokia

Denis Bouffard
Product Line Manager
Nokia
Denis Bouffard, Product Manager in Network Automation (IP & Optical BU), is lead in supporting the Enterprise market and also responsible for Analytics and the NSP appliance and NSP Server products. Prior to his role at Nokia, Denis spent 13 years in PLM roles at various startups (AcceLight, Inkra and Radisys), and 14 years at Nortel in its switching, optical transport and EMS/NMS/OSS divisions. During this time, Denis held various roles in R&D, product management, and project leadership where his primary focus was management applications in support of the broader Nortel product portfolio. Previous and subsequent to Nortel Denis held various roles covering diverse products including geographic information systems, optical core switching and virtualized security and load balancing. Denis holds a Bachelor degree of Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Business Administration Diploma from the University of Ottawa.
Product Line Manager
Nokia

Peter Busschbach
Senior Director, NSP Product Management
Nokia
Peter Busschbach is Senior Director in Nokia’s IP/Optical Networks BU, where he is leads Product Management of Nokia’s Carrier SDN Controller, NSP. Before assuming this role, Peter held several senior positions in the corporate CTO office and in product units where he was responsible for strategy, standardization and solution development in a wide range of technologies, including IP/MPLS, LTE, Ethernet, Optical Networking, Policy Management and Network Management. His standardization work included active participation in IETF, MPLS Forum, ITU-T and TM Forum. Mr Busschbach began his career in telecommunications as a software developer in AT&T. He holds a Master of Science degree in Mathematics of the Eindhoven Technical University, the Netherlands.
Senior Director, NSP Product Management
Nokia

James Cumming
Senior Product Line Manager, SR OS 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.
Senior Product Line Manager, SR OS Routing, Platform and Programmability
Nokia

Philippe Dellaert
Datacenter Fabric Product Manager
Nokia
Philippe Dellaert is a Product Manager for the Nokia Datacenter Fabric solutions and has been involved in data center network management in different roles for over 15 years. Originally starting his debut in Product Management in Belgium where he was responsible for the integration of the Nuage Networks cloud automation into different cloud management systems, he quickly joined the Product Management team in the San Francisco Bay Area and continued to chase his data center automation interest by joining the Nokia Datacenter Fabric team where he took on a similar responsibility.
Datacenter Fabric Product Manager
Nokia

Alp Dibirdi
Director, Product Management – IP Routing
Nokia
Alp leads software product management on 7250 Interconnect Router and 7705 Service Aggregation Router product families. Alp has over 21 years of experience in telecom industry and joined Alcatel in 1998. His previous roles include NW Architect and Product Line Product Manager on ATM Products. In addition currently focuses on 5G transport NWs and traffic management. He is recognized as Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) in 2010 for his sustained outstanding technical contribution to Alcatel-Lucent by Bell Labs. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Director, Product Management – IP Routing
Nokia

Pierre El-Haddad
Senior Product Line 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.
Senior Product Line Manager
Nokia

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.
Product Line Manager/Consulting Engineer
Nokia

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.
Senior Vice President and Head of Asia-Pacific and Japan
Nokia

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.
Vice President, Product Management – Service Routers
Nokia

Jeff Jakab
Vice President, Hardware Product Management – Service Routers
Nokia
A 25 year employee of Nokia, Jeff is the Vice President of Hardware Product Management in 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. He presently works in the heart of Silicon Valley out of the Nokia office in Sunnyvale, California.
Vice President, Hardware Product Management – Service Routers
Nokia

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.
Network Architect
Nokia

Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim
Deepfield Business Development Lead, APJ
Nokia
Ihsan is a Product Lead responsible for Nokia Deepfield portfolio in the APJ market. With over 20 years of engineering and business development experience in architecting & operating large IP networks, he is now focused on enabling Service Providers to gain meaningful insights and to secure their network infrastructure.
Deepfield Business Development Lead, APJ
Nokia

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.
CTO, IP Networks Business Division for Asia-Pacific
Nokia

Byung Ki Lee
Head of IP Data Center Business Development APAC
Nokia
Byung Ki has dedicated over 20 years to the field of networking, specializing in business development, product management, and consulting engineering. His contributions have played a pivotal role in several significant projects aimed at fortifying internet and enterprise network infrastructures across the Asia Pacific region. With a comprehensive understanding of both hardware and software aspects, Byung Ki continues to demonstrate his passion for the evolving landscape of DC Fabric Networking and Automation.
Head of IP Data Center Business Development APAC
Nokia

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.
Vice President and General Manager, IP Networks Division
Nokia

Craig Labovitz
Deepfield CTO
Nokia
Craig Labovitz is Nokia CTO for the Deepfield business line. Previously, Labovitz was Co-Founder and CEO of Deepfield. Labovitz has developed the core technology, key patents, architecture and commercial strategy behind more than $1 billion in sales of large enterprise and telecom security products. His technology is deployed in more than 700 Internet Service Providers, cable operators, content providers, and mission-critical networks around the globe. Dr. Labovitz is an expert on Internet infrastructure and cloud evolution. In the 1990s, his seminal Internet research developed the foundation for Arbor Networks technology and served as a catalyst for significant changes in commercial Internet routing software implementations throughout the world. His work was recently recognized with the prestigious ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award in 2008. In addition to his extensive commercial product and research background, Dr. Labovitz has over a decade of operational network engineering experience, including NSFNet backbone engineering, Sprint's first Internet email infrastructure, design of the Department of Defense research network, and the first commercial aviation Internet service. Dr. Labovitz is an active participant in the global network engineering community, including service on the program committee and as the Chair of North American Network Operators Group (NANOG). Labovitz is the author of more than a dozen peer-reviewed networking research papers, journal articles and patents. His is a frequent guest on national television and radio news programs and his research is widely cited in national media articles and academic publications. Dr. Labovitz received his PhD and MSE from the University of Michigan.
Deepfield CTO
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Line Manager
Nokia

Karyn Lennon
NI Learning Services Leader
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.
NI Learning Services Leader
Nokia

Ahsanuddin Mohammed
Network Infrastructure Transformation Services
Nokia
Ahsanuddin Mohammed is a strategic and collaborative transformations leader responsible for creating the capability build frameworks to excute large scale complex multi-vendor global transformation programs. He has been directly involved in migrations of over 50+ customers using on prem & native cloud-based infrastructures. He promotes Customer first attitude across all organizations, translates the voice of clients to drive technology innovation & cultural transformations in alignment with industry trends and best practices. Ahsanuddin is a trusted technology advisor for global clients to provide innovative solutions and possess a business development and consultative mindset.
Network Infrastructure Transformation Services
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Manager/Consulting Engineer
Nokia

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.
Vice President and General Manager, Network Automation Business Unit
Nokia

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.
Senior Director, SR Product Management
Nokia

Perry Poehlmann
Head of Field Marketing, APJ
Nokia
Perry has been leading the Field Marketing team in APJ for the last 2.5 years, driving campaigns, roadshows, brand awareness, media releases and supporting cross Business Group activities. Perry is a long time Nokia employee with tenure nearly 35 years. Perry managed the MN pre-sales team across APJ, involved with radio business nearly 12 years bringing in OI over a billion AUD. In addition to radio, prior to that he was Sales director for Fixed Networks in Oceania has long time sales experience in optical covering diverse geographies including Europe and Middle East in addition to APJ.
Head of Field Marketing, APJ
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Line Manager
Nokia

Pierre Rahme
Software Services Product Manager
Nokia
Pierre leads the Network Infrastructure Security Practice, is responsible for accelerating growth for Nokia Network Infrastructure division through a portfolio of security services solution spanning across the IP, Optical, and Fixed Network. Pierre brings more than 20 years of experience in the informatics, telecommunication and Cyber Security industries. Prior to joining Nokia in 2021, he built a career in cybersecurity consultancy leading and directing multiple turn key cyber security projects for high profile clients in areas such as big data security, machine learning, network security, and threat detection.
Software Services Product Manager
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Line Manager
Nokia

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.
Senior Product Line Manager
Nokia

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.
Global Network Automation Practice Leader
Nokia

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.
Networking Technologist
Nokia

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.
Senior Director, Product Management
Nokia

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.
Senior Director Produce Line Manager
Nokia

Kent Wong
Head of IP Networks, NI APAC RBC
Nokia
Drawing on 25 years of experience in the field of telecommunications and data networking, Kent Wong currently leads the Nokia IP Business in the Asia Pacific region, overseeing the business development, solution and product management, go-to-market and commercial strategies for the Asia Pacific and Japan, India and Greater China IP markets. Kent joined Nokia through the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, where he has led the IP and Optical business for the Asia Pacific since 2013. Before that, Kent also served in several leader’s roles for IP business and solutions within Alcatel-Lucent Asia Pacific region, including the head of IP Competence Center, IP business development for North Asia, and senior IP product manager for the Asia Pacific. Before Alcatel-Lucent, Kent worked in Research & Development (R&D) department for the IP Service Router in TiMetra Networks, which Alcatel acquired in 2003. Kent also worked in various R&D roles for IP products at Nortel Networks before he joined TiMetra Networks. Kent has extensive knowledge and rich experience in business and technology in IP Routing, Optical Networking, 5G transport network transformation, network automation, analytics and security, SDN, and Cloud. Kent holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Head of IP Networks, NI APAC RBC
Nokia
Naveen Yadav
Senior Solution Architect & BD
Nokia
Senior Solution Architect & BD
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.
Head of Enterprise IP Business Development APAC Region
Nokia
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