Igal Elbaz

SVP, Technology & Network Services, Network Chief Technology Officer at AT&T

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Igal Elbaz is Senior Vice President -Technology & Network Services, Network Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Services, Inc. Igal oversees the global mobile and fixed network technology direction for AT&T, which includes the design of the company’s 5G infrastructure, AT&T’s software-defined networking (SDN) initiative, protecting and monetizing AT&T’s intellectual property portfolio, and network software automation platforms. His responsibilities include network architecture, standards, planning, development, testing and certification of infrastructure and device technologies.

Igal’s past leadership roles at AT&T included senior vice president of Engineering and Operations, where he was responsible for engineering and operations for AT&T’s mobility and voice core networks, common IP backbone network, technology space engineering and management, transport and cloud engineering as well as global monitoring and surveillance of AT&T’s network, tier 3 advanced technical support, business continuity planning and AT&T’s Global Technology Operations Center which provides centralized command operations. Prior to that, Igal was senior vice president of Wireless and Access Technology; where he was responsible for wireless and wireline access network architecture, design and technology roadmap, including radio access network, subscriber product engineering, Network AI, 5G and LTE mobility, voice core network functions and driving industry standards and the device specification, testing and implementation program.

Igal also led ecosystem and innovation through AT&T’s Foundry and his focus on understanding and leveraging the startup community. Through his many assignments, Igal brings strong leadership and key experiences to deliver advanced access technologies and innovative products and services with speed and agility.

Igal serves as Chairman of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) Board of Governors. ATIS delivers standards and solutions to advance ICT industry transformation.

Igal has an MBA from the College of Management Academic Studies and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Management from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and two sons.