A Career in Wireless: How to Start and How to Excel
Join Michael Roger as he shares his valuable insights into the exciting field of wireless communication. Discover diverse wireless and telecommunication and communication networks career paths, essential skills to master, and practical tips for breaking into top tech companies. Get ready to transform your career trajectory! The talk will cover the following topics:
- What is the Wireless Industry?
- Moving from Academia to Industry
- What working in this industry is really like
- How hiring works
- Being effective
- What is career progression and how to achieve it
- Things no one tells you
- Things you can do to help get into wireless
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- Starts 10 July 2025 06:00 PM UTC
- Ends 18 July 2025 06:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Michael Roger
Biography:
Michael Roger has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, with the past two decades dedicated to wireless technologies. His career began at Nortel in the wireline division, where he developed fault-handling software. In 2005, he transitioned to Nortel’s wireless business unit, contributing to CDMA and then LTE technologies. Following the acquisition of Nortel’s wireless division by Ericsson in 2009, he joined Ericsson as a Senior Software Designer on the Baseband 3GPP Layer 2 team, specializing in over-the-air scheduling. In 2020, with the launch of Ericsson’s Cloud RAN initiative, he moved into a role as a Team Lead and Senior Designer within the Cloud RAN Layer 2 department. In 2021, he joined Dell Technologies as the 5G DU Software Architect and later became a Systems Architect. Most recently, in November 2024, he took on the role of Wireless Chief Cloud RAN Software Architect at Huawei.