Serhad Doken is Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the technology roadmap, research strategy and advanced research and development (R&D) projects. He previously was the Executive, Director of Innovation & Product Realization at Verizon where he drove new 5G and mobile edge computing powered services for consumer and enterprise businesses. Prior to Verizon, Serhad was VP, Innovation Partners at InterDigital focused on technology strategy and external R&D projects and partnerships. Prior to InterDigital, Serhad worked on emerging mobile technology incubation at Qualcomm. Prior to this, he held positions at Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and PSI AG.
Serhad is an inventor on 30 issued worldwide patents and over 90 worldwide applications. Serhad has a Computer Engineering degree from Bosphorus University and has completed the M&A Executive Education Program at The Wharton School and the New Ventures Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.