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As President of Bell Labs and Corporate CTO of Nokia, Marcus Weldon is responsible for coordinating the technical strategy across the company and driving technological and architectural innovations into the portfolio.
Weldon holds a BS in Chemistry and Computer Science from King’s College, London, and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Harvard University. In 1995, he joined the Physics Division at AT&T Bell Labs as a post-doctoral researcher before becoming a Member of Technical Staff in the Optical Materials Division. He won a series of scientific and engineering society awards for his work on electronic and optical materials. Weldon was selected as one of the Global Telecoms Business Power 100 of the most influential people in ICT in 2014 and one of their “Top CTOs to watch in 2015.” He was a Member of the Executive Board of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and a Member of the former FCC Open Internet Advisory Committee. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey and an advisor to select venture funds. He is the editor of the 2015 book, The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective (Taylor & Francis). |
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