Presenter
Rodney Wilson
Biography
Rodney G. Wilson (Rod) SMIEEE
Chief Technologist, Research Networks
Ottawa Canada R&D Laboratories
Ciena Corporation,
Mr. Wilson is responsible for Ciena’s interactions with Universities and the research community, including NRENs. He is a frequent contributor to research projects, demonstrations and discussions about advanced optical telecommunications systems.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Wilson was a senior advisor for the CTO at Nortel, and held other advanced technology roles during 13 years with the company, including director of Broadband Switching, and optical Ethernet development.
Originally trained in Electrical Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto Ontario, and University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Executive Management school at Stanford University in Palo Alto California. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and Director of North American Board of Directors for the IEEE Communications Society
Chief Technologist, Research Networks
Ottawa Canada R&D Laboratories
Ciena Corporation,
Mr. Wilson is responsible for Ciena’s interactions with Universities and the research community, including NRENs. He is a frequent contributor to research projects, demonstrations and discussions about advanced optical telecommunications systems.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Wilson was a senior advisor for the CTO at Nortel, and held other advanced technology roles during 13 years with the company, including director of Broadband Switching, and optical Ethernet development.
Originally trained in Electrical Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto Ontario, and University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Executive Management school at Stanford University in Palo Alto California. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and Director of North American Board of Directors for the IEEE Communications Society
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