Dr. Ian Opperman

Director, Product Business Operation Solutions
Nokia Networks

Dr. Ian Oppermann is currently the Director of OSP (Operations Solutions Performance) Products within Nokia Networks Finland. Within his product development portfolio are leading edge network planning and optimisation tools for 2G and 3G technologies.

Before joining Nokia, he was the Director of the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), a self funded research centre in Oulu Finland. At the CWC, Ian was responsible for looking at "beyond 3G" mobile systems including ultra wideband (UWB), cellular and non-cellular networks.

From 1996 to 2002, Ian was CTO of an Australian Software Development company developing network planning and optimisation tools. Ian holds undergraduate degrees in Science (1990) and Electrical Engineering (1992) from the University of Sydney Australia. He also earned his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1997 where his thesis explored CDMA physical layer technologies. In 2005, he completed an MBA at the University of London.