Erik Ekudden is the Chief Technology Officer for the Ericsson Group. He leads the company’s technology strategy with a focus on driving the evolution of the network as the platform to secure the success of Ericsson’s service provider customers.
Erik previously spent seven years in Ericsson Silicon Valley as the Head of Group Technology Strategy, CTO Americas, fortifying Ericsson’s engagement with strategic customers and partners, and driving a forward-looking research agenda. He led teams that created leading technologies and multimedia functionalities that are used today in smartphones worldwide.
Erik has spoken at key industry events including Mobile World Congress, Mobile Future Forward, Techonomy and others, covering topics such as 5G, IoT, industry partnerships and innovation.
Bringing the World Online
Session Description: If we don’t get everyone in the world on the internet, we can’t achieve the U.N. Global Goals. Not to mention, right now it just isn’t fair. The full transcript can be found below, with a PDF available here. Bringing the World Online (Transcription by RA Fisher Ink) Kirkpatrick: Now we’re going to not […]
5G
Erik Ekudden on Demystifying 5G
Session Description: What is 5G and why should we care? One of its inventors explains. The full transcript is below, while a PDF version is available here. Demystifying 5G (Transcription by RA Fisher Ink) Kirkpatrick: So this next thing is a two-part session where I’m going to interview Erik and then he’s going to stay […]
The Right Now Movement
The Right Now Movement: Mobility Transforms Industry Empowered by the convergence of information and communication technologies, tribes of every kind are connecting, swarming, pushing and pulling industry and society. We increasingly now live in a mobile realm that is changing media, commerce, politics and society. How will the changing structure of our communications change business? […]
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Techonomy 15
Technology as scapegoat has driven fears since at least the industrial revolution. That is as true as ever today, with fears of privacy intrusion, our devices inducing inattention, withdrawal from human contact into screens, job-killing robots, and innumerable business models being destroyed.
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Techonomy 14
This year Techonomy moves to the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, November 9-11, on the cliffs south of San Francisco, near Silicon Valley.
