Bruno De Troch, Director of PLM EMEA IP Routing & Automation, Nokia

Bruno has over 30 years of experience in the telecom industry and joined Nokia (then Alcatel-Lucent) in April 2014.

He’s heading the EMEA Product Line Management team for Nokia’s IP Routing and Network Automation portfolio, including the 7950 XRS, 7750 SR, 7250 IXR, 7220 IXR, 7210 SAS and 7705 SAR families of routers, the Network Services Platform (NSP), the Fabric Services Platform (FSS) and the Deepfield solutions. This industry-leading portfolio provides service providers and large enterprises with a Smart Network Fabric spanning from access to core.

Prior to his current role he was a Technical Lead at Juniper Networks for 14 years, providing guidance to carriers and large enterprises on how to deploy and optimize their IP/MPLS and Carrier Ethernet networks.

He holds an MSc in Telecommunications from the Military Academy in Brussels and made it to Captain in charge of the Belgian Armed Forces’ country-wide data network before leaving and joining BT Belgium as a Design Engineer.

He is based in Antwerp, Belgium.