Houman Modarres

Houman Modarres is currently the Head of Enterprise & Cross-Portfolio Marketing at Nokia, starting in January 2024, focusing on enterprise and growth marketing strategies in IP, optical, and data center networking solutions. Previous roles at Nokia include Head of Enterprise Marketing from 2022 to 2023 and earlier positions in marketing leadership for webscale and hyperscale enterprises, as well as IP routing. Houman has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, having served as VP of Marketing & Market Development at Ruckus Networks and CommScope, where responsibilities included leading marketing for a $2 billion division and managing acquisition integrations. Other notable positions include VP of Marketing at Nuage Networks, Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing at Alcatel-Lucent, and VP of Marketing & Product Management at Hammerhead Systems. Academic qualifications include two MBA degrees from Columbia Business School and the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.