Mr. John Donovan
Chief Technology Officer, AT&T
Abstract:
The future of communications will be driven by mobility, and specifically innovations on three fronts: Network and Cloud, Integrated Software and Devices and User Interfaces. The cumulative experience of advances in these areas will weave mobile communications even more tightly into the fabric of our global economy and our daily lives. John Donovan will show applications and devices that AT&T is working on today in its labs and innovation centers that illustrate the industry developments it’s helping to drive. He’ll close by sharing his vision for where these developments will take the enterprise and consumer mobile broadband experience in 2020 and beyond.
Bio:
Mr. Donovan is chief technology officer for AT&T. In this role, he oversees the company's global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations, AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations.
Mr. Donovan previously was executive vice president of product, sales, marketing and operations at Verisign Inc., a technology company that provides Internet infrastructure services. At VeriSign, Mr. Donovan was responsible for leading VeriSign’s global sales organization, driving the expansion of broad solutions offerings, and integrating a global professional services capability.
Before that, he was chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group Inc., where he helped shape strategic direction and positioning for wireless network operators around the globe. Previously, Mr. Donovan was a partner with Deloitte Consulting, where he was the Americas Industry Practice director for telecom. He is chairman of the board of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).and is a director on the board of The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC).
He has authored two books, The Value Enterprise, published in January 1998, and Value Creating Growth, published in 1999. Donovan received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Notre Dame and earned an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Minnesota.