Jaione Pagazaurtundúa-Alberte

EMEA Product Solutions Director for Private MEC at Microsoft

Jaione is the EMEA Product Solutions Director for Private MEC at Microsoft. She joined MSFT in July 2021 and has over 20 years of experience in Telecommunications and Enterprise Product development. Jaione is focused on developing a solution portfolio for 5G Private Networks. She works closely with Enterprises, MSPs and System Integrators to create solutions that combine different technologies at the Edge, and leverage 5G and Edge computing to deliver real business value.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Jaione worked at Vodafone for over 17 years, where she was responsible for developing Enterprise products and services, driving the group’s 5G monetisation strategy and bringing to life Multi Access Edge Compute (MEC) and launching of the first commercial Public MEC service in the Europe.

Jaione is driven by an obsession to make technology simple and accessible for everyone. A Telecoms Engineer MSc with a Masters on Telecommunications Management from the EOI (Escuela de Organización Industrial) in Madrid, she has also started two businesses in the areas on Enterprise Digital Transformation and IoT services.