Niel Ransom

Dr. Ransom is principal of Ransomshire Associates, an advisory firm he founded in 2005. Previously, as worldwide CTO of Alcatel and member of its Executive Committee, he was responsible for research, corporate strategy, intellectual property and R&D investment. Prior to that, he directed Alcatel’s access and metro optical business in North America. Earlier in his career, he directed the Advanced Technology Systems Center at BellSouth and various development and applied research organizations in voice and data switching at Bell Laboratories. He is the Chairman of Teknovus, Inc., and serves on the boards of directors of CoreOptics, Polatis, and kbro (the leading CATV operator in Taiwan). He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, BSEE and MSEE degrees from Old Dominion University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.