Manfred Immitzer, CIO of Nokia Siemens Networks, loves finding solutions to complex challenges and selling them in simple ways to drive organizational change, cost savings, new business leads and the resulting competitive edge. With experience in multiple functions including R&D, running a factory, managing IT systems and heading business units, he chiseled a new business architecture at NSN since its formation nearly five years ago. Now, he is pushing social computing, cloud computing and business analytics to make NSN move faster and surer in delivering to its telecommunications services clients.

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