CIARÁN DELANEY
RODNEY DELLINGER
DAVID HEARD
ALAN WECKEL
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CIARÁN DELANEY
TITLE: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER COMPANY: EXA INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION: DUBLIN, IRELAND
Ciarán has more than 10 years of experience leading technical teams, specialising in submarine and terrestrial cable systems, layer 1-3 equipment and large-scale network project deployment.
RODNEY DELLINGER
TITLE: HEAD OF HYPERSCALER AND AI CLOUD ARCHITECTURE
COMPANY: NOKIA INDUSTRY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION: DALLAS, TEXAS, US
With more than 22 years in telecom – spanning architecture, engineering and sales leadership – Rodney currently serves as Nokia’ s Head of Hyperscaler and AI Cloud Architecture.
DAVID HEARD
TITLE: PRESIDENT OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPANY: NOKIA INDUSTRY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION: DALLAS, TEXAS, US
Former Infinera CEO David joined Nokia as NI Chief Strategic Growth Officer in 2025, bringing extensive tech leadership experience from JDSU, Lucent and AT & T. He leads Nokia’ s strategy to drive high-impact innovation across global telecommunications markets.
ALAN WECKEL
TITLE: CO-FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL ANALYST
COMPANY: 650 GROUP
INDUSTRY: TECHNOLOGY MARKET RESEARCH
LOCATION: INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA, US
Alan is a market research and strategy leader with deep telecommunications expertise across cloud, data centres and network infrastructure, specialising in strategic leadership, product management, and market intelligence.
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