Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Mahsa Nakhjiri, Senior Director of Technical Product Management, Flex

BACKGROUND

Mahsa is a veteran in creating emerging technologies and loves dealing with their ambiguities and challenges. An engineer and design-focused product manager, she develops solutions with the best user experience in mind. Enabling customers to realize their vision with new, inventive solutions is her passion.

She has a long track record within the wireless and connectivity field, transitioning from systems engineering at Motorola to leading connectivity technology and strategy on the Flex Innovation Team.

Mahsa received her BS.C. and MS.C. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and served as advisory board of director member of Chalmers Alumni Association.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Mahsa holds four US patents with a fifth pending. She launched the first 4G (HSPA+ and DC-HSPA+) and first LTE mobile broadband products in North America with AT&T, Bell Mobility and received multiple related awards for design and engineering excellence.

In addition, she co-authored the book "AAA and network security for Mobile Access".

Mahsa is currently focused on 5G and Edge Computing after serving as an expert speaker at IDTechEX on 5G the ultimate enabler of Industry 4.0.

In 2019 she was selected by the National Science Foundation for an ideation workshop on “Industry Perspective on STEM Education for the Future” to help shape US education.

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