Nese Ozler

Nese Ozler is a Silicon Valley-based technology strategist and contributing analyst at AvidThink. With over 17 years of experience spanning telecoms, enterprise innovation, and emerging technology, Nese most recently served as Director of Group Partnering & Devices US at Deutsche Telekom, where she led Silicon Valley-based innovation scouting and strategic partnerships across AI, Cloud, IoT, Blockchain/Web3, Space/Satellite, Quantum Networking, and 6G. She also served as an Advisor to Neural Bridge, an AI lab focused on scaling generative AI infrastructure, and as a Corporate Innovation Leader at Pegasus Airlines Innovation Lab, advising on AI Transformation & CVC strategy within the aviation industry. Prior to Deutsche Telekom, she spent over a decade at Ericsson in roles ranging from systems integration engineer deploying charging platforms across multiple countries to heading business development at the Ericsson Experience Center in Silicon Valley. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an Executive MBA from Koç University. Nese is a prolific writer on AI ecosystem trends through her weekly Silicon Valley digest on Medium, and is deeply engaged in the startup and venture community through mentorship roles at the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator and TUSIAD's Silicon Valley Network Initiative. She is currently consulting and exploring her next path, with a keen focus on AI and its intersection with networking, quantum technologies, and enterprise transformation.