Leadership
Thierry Van Landegem is Vice President Open Innovation of Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent. His current responsibilities include open innovation eco-systems, innovation culture, overall research program management and operations. Thierry is also the chairman of the board of GreenTouch™. He is also member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Sustainability.
Prior, Thierry served in various roles in the Alcatel group amongst others in the corporate Chief Technology Office leading Research and Venturing, in the Business Group managing a broadband product line, and directing the Network Architecture and Strategy group.
Thierry Van Landegem wrote more than 50 publications in national and international journals and conferences and was twice a guest editor for an IEEE journal. He participated as an expert in the Visionary Research group initiated by the European Commission. He also has been a member of the European Commission’s ISTAG group, the Information Society Technologies Advisory Group. He has been a part-time lecturer in telecommunications at the University of Antwerp and Louvain.
He also is a current member of the scientific advisory board of IMEC, a research institute in nano-electronics and nano-technology. He has been a member of the board of directors of several incubation centers. Thierry holds a Masters degree in sciences and a Masters degree in business administration from the University of Brussels and Louvain, Belgium. He is based out of Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.