John Harris

About John Harris

My principal job is to lead teams in identifying new problems, in specifying new and…

Experience

1. Principal Technical Leader

   Nokia

   Apr 2011 — Present

   Advanced technology leadership through the proposal and specification of innovative new wireless system solutions. Specifics include- Most recently (20••••24) as a \"Principal technical leader\" focused on both proposing new MN SW features concepts (e.g. one major idea went commercial in 2023), and proposing new ideas for 5G Advanced and 6G, with over a dozen patents filed in late 2023 / early 2024 (RAN1,RAN2,RAN3,SA2)- From 2018 to ~2022, lead teams (of 10+ people) in the proposal, and specification of key large (top several) mobile network features for our customers, while contributing many new (and patentable) aspects to the solutions now implemented- In 20••••18 was team leader, for numerous engineers across a range of areas, where we specified the complete solution for ~5 of our largest new mobile network customer features, while contributing many new (and patentable) aspects to the solutions adopted. These features were then implemented using these specifications- Led the innovation team which won a top 3 award in Nokia Innovation Award (among 100+ entries), and the top award among the 12 CTO projects at the Nokia Innovation Day- Earned “Inventor of the Year” award in 3 of 4 years (2012/13, 2013/14. and 2015/16)-~50 new first patents were funded and filed by Nokia/NSN during 5 years- Presented to numerous customers and analysts as a subject matter and innovation expert- Created solutions impacting UL and DL capacity/coverage, security, location, application optimization, NFV, IoT, caching, navigation, voice, video, and others- Authored numerous standards contributions and ecosystem proposals, while collaborating across both continents and functional areas.

Education

• Northwestern University

  Ph.D.

• The Johns Hopkins University

  BS

Skills

• Machine Learning
• Strategic Partnerships
• Intellectual Property
• 4g
• Cdma
• Leadership
• Research
• Video
• Proof of Concept
• C
• Infotainment
• Signal Processing
• Femtocell
• Telecommunications
• Embedded Systems
• A-Gps
• Big Data
• Rfid+
• R&D
• Oma
• Access
• Navigation
• Algorithms
• 3gpp
• Wireless
• Voip
• Rf
• Standards Development
• Sales
• Ip
• Ran
• Mobile Communications
• Integration
• Patents
• Cellular Communications
• Lte
• Public Safety
• Mobile Devices
• Embedded Software
• User Interface