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As a member of TELUS’s CTO office and as\u00a0 Director, Technology Strategy, IoT and Emerging Technologies, Samer is leading a team of Principle Technology Architects, Product Managers and Business Development leaders to define the strategy, business model and technology options of TELUS’s 5G, IoT, Edge Compute and Smart Cities technology road-maps.<\/p>\n

Previously Samer was the Vice President of Innovation at du. Samer was responsible for all new product and service initiatives including new business products and services, digital partnerships, du video strategy du digital channels as well as entertainment and lifestyle products.<\/p>\n

With over 27 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications world, he was a telecom developer his early career in Vancouver and in Munich, as the Director of Technical Sales for Siemens, eventually becoming Director of Technical Sales in Dubai.<\/p>\n

Samer holds a\u00a0Stanford LEAD: Corporate Innovation Certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business,\u00a0a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a member of TELUS’s CTO office and as\u00a0 Director, Technology Strategy, IoT and Emerging Technologies, Samer is leading a team of Principle Technology Architects, Product Managers and Business Development leaders to define the strategy, business model and technology options of TELUS’s 5G, IoT, Edge Compute and Smart Cities technology road-maps. 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