Event
ECE IEEE Leadership Seminar: Iyad Tarazi, CEO, Federated Wireless
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
2460 A.V. Williams Building
Kara Stamets
301 405 4471
stametsk@umd.edu
UMD ECE Alumnus, Iyad Tarazi, will discuss tips for success and leadership principles that will help students to be more effective in future jobs. Following his presentation, there will be time for Q&A.
BIO: Iyad Tarazi joined Federated Wireless from Sprint Corp., where he served as Vice President of Network Development and led the Network Vision network modernization project. Responsibilities included overseeing the development and integration of new products and technologies within Sprint’s networks and managing Sprint-Nextel’s technology integration labs. Prior to the Sprint-Nextel merger, Iyad led Nextel’s Network Engineering organization, managing network planning, integration performance engineering, testing, and core deployment initiatives. Iyad also held positions with MCI and served as a Board member for CafeX Communications, which specializes in collaborative software development. Iyad has a Masters in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University and a B.S.in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
