Dr. Dennis Ong is a Technology Evangelist.

Dr. Ong is Distinguished Architect and Managing Principal at Verizon. Previously, he served as Chief Architect and Director at Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Lucent, and AT&T. He and his teams have launched many innovative and award-winning solutions combining the strengths of high tech companies and multitude of start-up companies.

At Verizon, he is working with startups to utilize IoT and Machine Learning to create Smart City solutions to address the most challenging problems facing cities and municipalities. At Nokia, he led a recently acquired start-up to develop the IoT IMPACT platform which received the ""Best IoT Innovation for Mobile Networks"" award at the 2017 Mobile World Congress. At Alcatel-Lucent, he and his team collaborated with three start-ups, based in India, Israel, and Silicon Valley, in creating a highly scalable video optimization and analytics platform that served tens of millions of mobile subscribers worldwide. At Lucent, he launched the first packet-based cellular small cell solution with a start-up in Boston.

Originally from Hong Kong, Dennis received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University as University Fellow and MBA with honors from the University of Chicago. He was an adjunct faculty at the Ohio State University.

Dennis and his wife, Timmy, enjoy coaching Christian marriage retreats. They are proud parents of three children – Joshua, Jeremiah, and Hannah. Dennis is an active learner and an avid swimmer. Dr. Dennis Ong is Distinguished Architect and Managing Principal at Verizon. Previously, he served as Chief Architect and Director at Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Lucent, and AT&T. He and his teams have launched many innovative and award-winning solutions combining the strengths of high tech companies and multitude of start-up companies. At Verizon, he is working with startups to utilize IoT and Machine Learning to create Smart City solutions to address the most challenging problems facing cities and municipalities. At Nokia, he led a recently acquired start-up to develop the IoT IMPACT platform which received the ""Best IoT Innovation for Mobile Networks"" award at the 2017 Mobile World Congress. At Alcatel-Lucent, he and his team collaborated with three start-ups, based in India, Israel, and Silicon Valley, in creating a highly scalable video optimization and analytics platform that served tens of millions of mobile subscribers worldwide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx