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Dr. Terje Jensen is Senior Vice President heading up Network and Cloud technology strategy in Telenor Group. This covers all network domains (RAN, transport, cloud platform, core) and defines technical directions and high-level architecture principles. Collaboration with operators, vendors, industry fora and others are also part of the tasks across the different domains.

Terje has 4 decades’ experience in the telecom area from a number of positions within areas like operation, planning, strategy and research. This includes engagements in several countries and international projects. He has authorship to more than 200 publications.

Nicola (Nico) Marziliano with more than 30 years working within the Telecommunication industry is a tenured sales, operations, and product leader.

In 2020 he joined Wind River, where he is now serving as Vice President of the newly formed International Telco Sales, with focus on Distributed RAN, ORAN, Cloud Infrastructure virtualization and Enterprise Edge. He is specialized in client engagement for Transformation, Customer driven and complex Operational renewal program, coordinating a team of professional sales and solution consultants in Enterprise, Business and Technologies.

Prior to joining Wind River Nico began his career at the Italtel R&D Labs in Milan then joined Nokia, where he held several Senior Sales roles until he moved to the Business Unit OSS as Head of Product Management for OSS Transformation. Back in Sales, Nico assumed the role of Global Director in the Vodafone Global Team covering the AMAP region Sales (Oceania, India, Middle East & Africa).

He holds a B.S. and a master’s degree in political science from Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

Jose Carlos Mendez is Director of Network & OSS Product Marketing. He is part of Amdocs’ technology team covering the industry shift into the digital era of 5G, cloud and IoT. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, Jose Carlos has a passion for bridging technological advancements with business opportunities that are driving the industry’s revolution.

Alexis is currently acting as the Director of Operations Strategy and Transformation at Orange. Alexis has a strong background and skills on Software Development. He has spent more than 20 years in Software development and has driven several Digital transformations based on #Agile and #DevSecOps methodologies with Orange Affiliates since 2017.

Today, Alexis is currently managing a team which is gardening for the operations efficiency of Orange Group. His team is responsible for designing and driving the implementation of the operation’s referential guidelines with the affiliates and Business Units. The transformations are transversal, systemic and have impacts on People (#Culture and #Skills), on Processes (#Methodologies and #Governance) and on Technologies (#Technical challenges).

Besides that, Alexis is also the referent of a community of experts of 80 people who are designing and influencing the Future of the Operations in Orange.

Mohamed (Mo) Elhabiby is a seasoned professional in the field of mobile networks, with 15-years of experience across various operators and vendors.
Mo joined Red Hat as part of the EMEA TME team last year as a senior telco specialised solution architect. In his role, he supports telecom operators across the region to adopt open source technology with a specific focus on Telco Cloud for 5G Private Networks, Edge Computing, and 5G Core networks on the cloud.
Prior to Red Hat, Mo worked at Vodafone UK for 10 years where he held various key positions. Notably, he served as the Sr. Manager for 5G Innovation, where he spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives & partnerships aimed at pushing the boundaries of 5G technology for business customers. Additionally, Mo led the 5G Private Networks Product development, successfully launching the first 5G product in Vodafone UK, as well as leading the 5G Network Strategy.

Sandeep is Head of Strategy, Innovation & 5G IoT in the Market Development unit in Virgin Media O2 Business. The team is responsible for driving growth to the organisation by establishing new and digital-first revenue streams from high-growth markets like 5G, IoT, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. 5G IoT has been a key focus of innovation and the team has been responsible for identifying, trialling, and launching new 5G products and Private Network solutions to market in record time.

Graduated in Maths and holds a MA in Business Management, a MA in Big Data and Visual Analytics, and a Doctorate in Computer Technologies and Environmental Engineering.

Antonio is currently Metaverse Product Manager in Telefonica Digital, in Spain. He was awarded as the Best Data Scientist in Spain in 2016. Antonio is a passionate coach and writes about Data Science in his personal blog: Del Dato al Conocimiento (From Data to Knowledge). In his spare time he likes enjoying of his family and eSports.