Stephan Neidlinger | Vice President Global Business Development
Adtran

Dr. Stephan Neidlinger joined Adtran (former ADVA) in 2008 and plays a key role in promoting and shaping the company’s innovative open networking solutions. Stephan is one of the founding members of the WDM PON Forum, member of ECOC Advisory Committee, OFC Subcommittee Member, participating in Linux Foundation, OIF, TIP, and CableLabs’ working groups. Prior to joining ADVA Optical Networking, Stephan acquired extensive telecommunications experience, working for more than 16 years at Siemens (now part of Nokia). During Stephan’s tenure there, he held a number of research, development, business and product line management positions. He worked extensively on the development of a range of networking technologies, including fiber-in-the-loop, hybrid fiber coax, twisted pair, metro and backbone DWDM systems and Passive Optical Networks (PONs). Stephan earned a master’s degree and doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, where he conducted research into coherent optical transmission systems.