As part of the team that manages NGMN Alliance on behalf of its members, Chris provides strategic guidance and programme management of several of the Alliance’s core projects – ‘Mastering the Route to Disaggregation’ and ‘Green Future Networks’. A long-term supporter of industry-led initiatives, Chris previously held senior roles in Global Certification Forum (GCF) and was, for 10 years, an active contributor to industry standardisation in ITU-T, ETSI and 3GPP whilst a senior engineer at Nortel.

Chris is the founder of Evergreen Strategy Partners - a management consultancy advising clients in the mobile and IoT industry and he is also a member of the London based Dot Matrix Group Investment Syndicate where he regularly reviews UK tech start-up business plans and questions Boards on their strategic priorities.

Chris holds an MBA from Imperial College, London (2014) and he is a Professional Engineer (UK CEng) with a Masters degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from University of Strathclyde (2000).

Presenting:

• Panel Discussion: Journey from Telco to Techco with the help of cloud