Beyond COVID-19: How M&A is driving growth in telecom, digital infrastructure and cloud services

Speaker Profile

Guident appointed Harald Braun as its Executive Chairman. Mr. Braun has served as CEO of Siemens Networks USA (NYSE: SI) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ: AVNW). He also served as a Senior Executive at Nokia Siemens Networks, North America. Mr. Braun is a prominent standards influencer and spokesman in the telecommunications industry and has  been recognized as one of America’s “Top 100 Voices of the IP Communications Industry” by Internet Telephony magazine. He was awarded the prestigious title of International Telecom CEO of the Year 2009 by IT & Telecom in Africa. He served several years as treasurer of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and was a member of the executive board.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of CLAdirect, FastbackNetworks and the Advisory Board of Cirrus Core Networks and Forte Ventures.  Mr. Braun earned an engineering degree in Telecommunications from the University of Aachen in Germany.