%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T TIM Lecture Series – Insights on Innovation %A Ibrahim Gedeon %K customer focus %K ecosystems %K innovation %K service provision %K telecommunications %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 40-41 %8 06/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/803 %N 6 %1 TELUS Ibrahim Gedeon is CTO of TELUS, where he is responsible for technology strategy, service and network architecture, service delivery, and operational support systems for the company’s wire line and wireless divisions, as well as service and network convergence, enterprise applications, and network infrastructure strategies and evolution. Ibrahim began his career in telecommunications engineering and research in 1990 when he joined Bell Northern Research. After moving to Nortel in 1994, he was named Vice President and Director of Data Network Engineering in 1996; Vice President of Internet Brand Management in 1999, and Senior Vice President of Wireless Engineering in 2000. Ibrahim has held numerous leadership roles in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and has also received numerous professional awards and various forms of industry recognition, including being named three times to the Global Telecoms Business magazine’s “GTB Power 100,” a list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the telecoms industry. Ibrahim also serves on the board of a number of industry associations, including the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and Industry Canada’s Communications Research Centre. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut and a Master's degree in Electronics Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/803