Gerry Collins
Director, Product Marketing, Nortel
Gerry COLLINS is Director for Product Marketing in the Nortel GSM/MTS business. He joined Nortel in October 1999. During this period, Collins has been exclusively involved in the product marketing of Nortel's UMTS solutions to operators globally. Prior to joining Nortel, Collins spent seven years working in the Cable & Wireless Group. He worked in the engineering divisions of both Hong Kong Telecom and Mercury Communications before joining the International Mobile division.
In 1994, Gerry began a 4 year secondment to Bouygues Telecom as it was awarded the first GSM1800 license in France. At Bouygues Telecom, he was responsible for the National Radio Network planning as the operator deployed service throughout France. Gerry holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic) degree from University College Dublin and a Masters in Business Administration from the Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom.
In January 2005, Gerry was elected to the position of Vice-Chairman of the UMTS Forum.