Nokia

Espoo, Catalunya, Finland

Christopher D. W. Jones

Vice President Strategic Partnerships

New Providence, New Jersey, United States of America

I have 20+ years of experience in the telecom industry with positions in CTO, strategy, corporate venturing, product development and R&D. Currently I am VP of Strategic Partnerships at Nokia. I am motivated to enhance Nokia's innovation agenda through partnering, internal incubation with Bell Labs, and collaboration with our corporate venture capital partners at NGP Capital.

    Work History

    Nokia

    21 years, 1 month
    Vice President Strategic Partnerships
    Jul 2021 - Present
    Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture Group - Bell Labs CTO
    Sept 2017 - Jun 2021
    Senior Corporate Strategy Manager - Nokia
    Jan 2016 - Sept 2017
    Senior Principal, Corporate Strategy - Alcatel-Lucent
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
    Senior Manager, Alcatel-Lucent Ventures
    Mar 2008 - Dec 2011
    Member Of Technical Staff - Bell Labs
    Jul 2005 - Mar 2008

    NGP Capital

    3 years, 7 months
    Member of Investment Committee
    Feb 2022 - Sept 2025

    TriQuint Optoelectronics (formerly Agere Systems)

    2 years, 11 months
    Technology Manager
    Apr 2002 - Mar 2005

    Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies (later Agere Systems)

    3 years, 3 months
    Member Of Technical Staff
    Jan 1999 - Apr 2002
    Executives

    • Bo Jensen

      Head of Delivery Operations Asia Pacific & Japan at Nokia

    • Johannes Giloth

      Senior Vice President of Global Operations and Chief Procurement Officer at Nokia

    • Rudy Hoebeke

      Vice President, Software Product Management

    • Vivek Gaur

      Vice President, Engineering