Thomas Strauss

Leading the Sales Solutions Engineering Team in the EMEA region. Main responsibilities of the team: - Bids and Proposals - Customer Project Management - Customer Trials, Demos, Acceptance and IOP Testing - Product Trainings - Marketing support, Showcasing

Business Development Manager for Broadband Access products (G.fast, xPON, Active Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet, xDSL, WDM) Opportunity identification and project initiation. Network architecture planning and business case creation. Leading of strategic projects.

Business Development Manager for Optical Networks products (GPON, P-OTS, DWDM, MSPP) and solutions. Global responsibility to identify opportunities and initiate projects incl. network architecture and business case creation in the Optical Access domain. Leading of strategic project. Product definition and contribution to standardization of the Next Generation Optical Access (NG-PON2). Active cooperation with global telecommunication providers to accelerate the NGPON2 standardization

Product Management for Broadband Access products (DSLAMs, GPON OLTs, CPEs). Responsible for the successful execution of pilots and trials for customers in the region APAC. Project Management of Broadband Access rollout projects for the customer BSNL in India. Driver of the Gross Margin Improvement program within the Business Unit Broadband Access.

Development Project Manager for Radio Access Networks (RAN) in the UMTS domain Integration and coordination of all development entities from project kickoff until the first customer acceptance

Integration test team leader of two Class A projects Responsible for the network management landscape (ATM, Ethernet, xDSL) Customer Interface for trial projects in Germany

Tutor for Object Oriented Programming Languages (C++, Java) and Databases (DB2)

SW-Development (C++, Java) for ATM and xDSL network management solutions Concept creation and prototype development