TELUS EXECUTIVE BIO
ALI TIZGHADAM
TITLE : PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT / NETWORK SOFTWARISATION LEAD
INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : CANADA
Ali Tizghadam has been with
TELUS in full-time capacity from April 2013 . He is a Principal Technology Architect focusing on Network Softwarisation including AI- based network analytics . In the last few years aside from normal daily support for their engineers and architects , Tizghadam has been leading the design and development of TELUS ’ s SDN brain , which is called TINAA ( TELUS Intelligent Network Analytics and Automation ecosystem ). Tizghadam holds PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Toronto . He is a frequent speaker and contributor in conferences and standard bodies . His interests span SDN , NFV , Multi-layer orchestration , AI / ML , smart city , IoT , 5G , network slicing , DevOps entered into home automation and home security business to enhance the portfolio of the services centred around connected citizens .”
Network softwarisation Tizghadam has been driving the network digital transformation at TELUS for about nine years and explained how he is using network softwarisation to benefit customers .
“ Networks softwarisation is the art of separating the life cycle of software pieces that are used to create network functions , protocols , and services from the hardware ,” remarked Tizghadam . “ One part of network softwarisation addresses the question of how to manage a softwarised network while the other part makes an effort to find strategies for softwarisation of network management .
“ An integral part of a softwarised network is the concept of network functions as atomic foundational blocks of networking .
“WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES IS IN THE DNA OF TELUS ”
ALI TIZGHADAM PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT / NETWORK SOFTWARISATION LEAD , TELUS