Most recently, Dr. Chowdhury served as Vice President Strategy and Chief Technology Officer of Network Infrastructure for Nokia where he led the development and execution of the technology roadmap and long-term strategy for a $10-billion annual revenue business group spanning IP routing, optical, access and subsea communication systems.
Prior to that role, he served as Chief Technology Officer of Optics at Nokia, where he developed and managed the technological roadmap for optical technologies supporting next-generation optical communications systems.
In these roles, he was also responsible for mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, Dr. Chowdhury held senior roles in research and intellectual property at Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent). He earned his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics & Statistics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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