It was about three years ago that Guy Shemesh gazed around his office before a hiring drive and was struck by an unsettling realization: nearly all his Nokia colleagues looked alike. As with most high-tech offices around the world, the work force was very homogenous. In Israel, that translated into white, male and secular. Shemesh quickly grasped that something had … Read More
When Stephan Litjens joined Nokia 25 years ago, he was eager to channel his entrepreneurial spirit into the newly liberalized telecom market in which private ownership was emerging and mobile networks were in their early days. In his native Netherlands, he worked in core networks, climbed radio towers and installed base stations, as he engaged in nearly every aspect of … Read More
There’s a widespread perception that the role of finance is to run a tight ship, know when to slam the brakes and be the authority figure that is there to say “no.” But Neville Kotval, who heads finance for Cloud and Network Services, says he sees his role as a business partner and enabler who helps stakeholders reach their destinations. … Read More
At the core of Cloud and Network Services sits the aptly named Core Networks business unit. It is responsible for designing, developing and getting to market the key technologies that operate the heart of a modern telecommunications network. And with more than 4,300 employees and a world leading portfolio, it makes up a very significant part of Nokia’s CNS business … Read More
It’s a cut-throat business fixated on wins and the bottom line. But the man responsible for generating Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services revenue from service providers takes a philosophical approach to the art of sales. Vishal Singh says it’s more than just closing a deal. It’s about caring, connecting and building relationships, and then, like a doctor, diagnosing the problem … Read More
Nancy Yueh leads the transformation drive for Cloud and Network Services and it’s an apt title for her to hold. After all, she’s transformed herself from an East Coast “Jersey Girl” to a mainstay in Silicon Valley, from a finance major to a tech executive and from a COO in Nokia Software to the transformation leader and chief of staff … Read More
At the heart of Cloud and Network Services lies the technology itself, and the man who drives it has been a technologist almost from birth. Ever since he can remember, Ron Haberman has been taking things apart and putting them back together. His mother still showcases an old photo of him as a little boy where he was tearing apart … Read More
For Friedrich Trawoeger there is no real distinction between personal and professional life. As head of the Cloud and Cognitive Services organization, he oversees a range of advanced and managed services that look to ease the earth’s environmental and sustainability challenges. And as a passionate offshore sailor, who has navigated parts of the globe in a vessel that he largely … Read More
As chief operations officer for Cloud and Network Services, Christian Foerster is responsible for leading procurement, supply chain, process simplification and digitalization – making sure products are delivered when needed at quality and cost. In other words, he’s the glue that brings the business group together, connecting research and development to the go-to-market groups and the services to the suppliers. … Read More
While studying business administration at the University of Texas at Dallas, Issa Eid was hired as a product quality analyst at Nortel Networks in Dallas. Human resources and leaving the Lone Star state were the furthest things from his mind. All that changed when he joined the HR Mobility department at Alcatel, building the IT system to manage the ex-pat … Read More
Throughout his extensive networking career, Karl Bream has frequently alternated between the carrier and enterprise worlds. Starting at AT&T and in later roles at Alcatel-Lucent and, following the 2016 merger, at Nokia as well, Bream has found himself moving back and forth between various roles in the two domains. So, when Cloud and Network Services was established this year, essentially … Read More
Chris Johnson has two passions: sales and music. For the past 30+ years, he has pursued both with similar enthusiasm. By day, he’s at the forefront of Nokia’s push into Industry 4.0 as leader of Cloud and Network Services’ Enterprise Customer Team, having previously held senior sales positions at HP, RSA, EMC, Sequent and NCR. By night, he’s the lead … Read More
Hamdy Farid likens his path from a modest upbringing in Egypt to a top leadership position at Nokia to that of a typical immigrant story. After earning a computer engineering degree from Alexandria University, and briefly working in software in Cairo, he departed the scorching Middle East at age 24 to seek a brighter future in frigid Ottawa, Canada to … Read More