Dejan Bilbija

Dejan Bilbija is a seasoned telecommunications professional with extensive experience in sales engineering and network consultancy. Currently serving as Senior Director of Sales Engineering for EMEA at Ciena since March 2010, Dejan leads a large team providing consultancy in optical and IP transport technologies. Previous roles at Ciena include Director of Sales Engineering and Senior Manager of System Engineering, where Dejan managed international teams addressing networking requirements across Europe and the Middle East. Prior experience includes positions at Nortel as an Optical Sales Engineer and Customer Technical Assistance Engineer, offering pre and post-sales support in the EMEA region, and as a Transmission Engineer at Telecom Serbia, responsible for maintaining local and international transmission networks. Dejan holds an MSc in Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering from the University of Novi Sad.