Marcus Weldon

Marcus Weldon is CTO for the Wireline Networks Product Division at Alcatel-Lucent and is also a member of Bell Laboratories. He holds a BSc in chemistry and computer science and a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard University. He joined AT&T Bell Labs in 1995, winning several scientific and engineering society awards for his work on electronics and optical materials.

In 2000, Dr. Weldon started work on fiber-based broadband access technologies and, in 2005, became the CTO for the Broadband Solutions business group in Lucent Technologies, with responsibility for wireline access networks and IPTV. He was subsequently appointed as CTO of the Fixed Access Division in Alcatel-Lucent following the merger of Alcatel and Lucent in December 2006, with responsibility for IPTV, xDSL and FTTH, and Home Networking.