Paul Scanlan
Haifeng Wang
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Paul Scanlan
Chief Technology Officer , Huawei Carrier Business , Huawei Technologies
Hong Kong
With more than three decades in the telecommunications and IT sector , and an expert in the business of telecoms , managing everything from concept to operations , Scanlan is well-placed to steer the technology strategy of what is the world ’ s largest telecommunications equipment maker . And as CTO of Huawei ’ s Carrier Business , that ’ s exactly what he ’ s been doing for the last five years . Having previously worked as a consultant , Scanlan joined Huawei 13 years ago , initially as a consultant , before becoming CTO . His working life has spanned APAC , Africa , North America and Europe .
Haifeng Wang
Chief Technology Officer , Baidu
Beijing , China
09
With a PhD in computer science and a fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics , published academic Wang is considered to be one of the most important scientists in AI research . And as head of Baidu ’ s AI division for the last four years , he ’ s also at the forefront of one of the most exciting tech innovations in the industry . Wang is responsible for leading-edge research and product development in ML , big data , speech technology and AR . He ’ s also accrued numerous accolades including the National Scientific Innovation and Advancement Award .
88 October 2021