Dr. Niel Ransom retired this year as CTO of Alcatel where he was responsible for corporate and product strategy, corporate research, R&D investment, M&A strategy, and intellectual property. Recent M&A activities included the acquisition of TiMetra, Spatial Communications, eDial, PacketVideo, Thirdspace, iMagicTV, Right Vision, Telera, Aravox, WaterCove, and Native Networks. Previously he held various general management roles including managing Alcatel access and metro optical business in the North America. At BellSouth he directed an organization responsible for expanding BellSouth’s offerings into PCS wireless, IP services, video entertainment, and advanced intelligent networks. He started his career at Bell Labs where he was a member of and eventually managed an applied research organization that gave birth to a number of highly successful products in data and voice switching including the 5ESS system.
Dr Ransom currently serves on the Board of Directors of Teknovus and of Overture Networks and on the Advisory Board of NetDevices and consults with various companies on business strategy. He has served as a member of the FCC’s Technological Advisors Council and is co-author of book, Broadband Access Technologies, published by McGraw-Hill.
