This industry keynote is on Convergence and Disaggregation, a Networking Systems Perspective. Bio: As vice president of Strategy and CTO for the ION Division at Nokia, Stephen is responsible for looking at the road ahead and determining which new projects and emerging markets the company should consider for investing its resources. Relying on a background that includes more than 20 years’ experience in the telecom and networking industries, he helps develop road maps for the company so it can seize the opportunities that are a best fit. Some of his key successes in this role include driving investments in Packet Core and CDN technology, as well as being an early advisor on the company’s work in NFV and SDN.