Dr. Bob Iannucci is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Nokia Research Center.

Dr. Iannucci has played a defining role in Nokia’s research and development work since joining the company in 2004. From the beginning, he challenged traditional management thinking, pushed to establish a research environment suited to internet ways of working, and has set a bold course of action towards more exploratory systems research that focuses on new business opportunities and new competences for Nokia’s future. As Head of NRC he has initiated many open research partnerships with universities and beta communities, and has been instrumental in assembling open, flexible and geographically focused research teams to take NRC’s tradition of breakthrough innovation into exciting new areas.

Throughout his career Dr. Iannucci has consistently shown an ability to balance scientific and technological understanding with business insight. In his role as CTO, he is intent on bringing new dimensions of renewal to Nokia by continuing to drive its research strategy and innovation processes in new ways and new directions.

Dr. Iannucci holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is the author and co-author of two books and several academic papers. He has five patents.