AI Magazine February 2021 | Page 17

EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

George Iskenderian

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Title : Director , Big Data & AI Company : Bell Inc Industry : Telecommunications Location : Canada
George Iskenderian leads the network Big Data & AI organization at Bell , he created a high performance team of data experts developing advanced data platforms and executing network planning , engineering and operations use cases . Iskenderian started his career at Bell planning and architecting OSS systems including multiple data solutions . He played a key role in setting the network transformation and data and AI / ML strategy and enabling Bell ’ s AI powered networks . Prior to joining Bell , Iskenderian assumed various hands-on and leadership roles at Nortel as well as a position in Europe initiating one of the first GSM SMS deployments . Iskenderian holds a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario , Canada . aimagazine . com