Basil Alwan

Basil Alwan was formerly the President of IP/Optical Networks at Nokia with revenues over $5 billion across IP, Transport, and Cloud/Data Center markets. Basil joined Nokia (previously Alcatel-Lucent) through the acquisition of privately held TiMetra Networks where he was founder, President and CEO. TiMetra was a venture-backed Silicon Valley start-up that pioneered multiservice IP routing – technology capable of simultaneously handling massive Internet bandwidth along with latency sensitive applications like voice, video and enterprise traffic. Since the acquisition Basil and the team from TiMetra have consistently grown Nokia’s IP routing business for well over a decade; from entry to the #2 position in service provider routing globally with more than 1,400 customers in 120+ countries around the world. Basil is a recognized industry leader and enjoys working with entrepreneurs and sharing his views on the future of networking markets and technology. He started his career with Advanced Micro Devices after graduating with his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1984.