
Cliff Grossner, Ph.D
VP Market Intelligence & Innovation,
OCP Foundation
Dr. Grossner has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience encompassing scientific research, market analysis, corporate and product strategy, product management and marketing. At the OCP, Cliff will lead its market intelligence function and is responsible for driving awareness of OCP, training and certification programs, and guiding inventors presenting their early-stage company ideas to potential investors. Cliff will also active in the OCP Future Technologies Initiative.
Previously, Dr. Grossner was head of the Cloud and Data Center Research Practice at Omdia, responsible for research quality across the practice and his research was focused on cloud services, data center compute and networking, and data center infrastructure. Prior to Omdia, he held senior positions in the information and communications technology industries, including heading strategic marketing for Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise network business, tenures at Bell Labs, and Nortel.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy at McGill University, and his Master of Science in Computer Science at Concordia University, both in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, having been awarded national scholarships to support his graduate work. He holds more than 10 patents in computer networking, networking embedded security and telecommunications applications.
Sessions
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08-Mar-2023Design and Build & Physical Security TheatreBuilding sustainable, adaptable Hyperscale data center ecosystems
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08-Mar-2023Keynote Global Strategies: People Environment and Innovation TheatreNext Generation Data Centers: How innovation is driving sustainable operations at scale