Mehmet Balos joined GENBAND in February, 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He is in charge of Strategic & Product Marketing, Corporate Marketing & Communications, and Product Line Management globally. He is a veteran of the telecommunications industry, with more than 25 years experience. Previously at Actelis, Mehmet was the President and was in charge of Global Marketing, Sales, Services, and Business Development. Prior to that, at 3COM, he was managing Strategic and Product Marketing, Segmentation and Solutions Marketing, Field Marketing, Corporate Communications and Branding as Chief Marketing Officer.
Balos has heavy Carrier and Enterprise experience in Wireline and Wireless Networks technologies and their implementation, including: Transport, Access, Switching, DataCom, and Services for Voice, Data, and Video Platforms. He is highly networked with decision makers at Service Providers’, such as, RBOCs, National Local and Long Distance Carriers, MSOs, International PTTs, Enterprise Networks, OEM Suppliers and Venture Capital Organizations. Balos has successfully developed organizations for new product platforms, as well as, growing existing and established businesses at Lucent, Nortel, Fujitsu, ADC Telecommunications, Pirelli Telecom(acquired by Cisco), Advanced Fibre Communications(acquired by Tellabs), and Ericsson.
Throughout his career, he has been the designated corporate spokesperson to Trade and Business Media and Analysts. Additionally, he has been an active Trade Associations participant, Editorial Board Member to Trade Journals, and a contributor to Financial Analysts Events.
Balos received his BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University, and he conducted his Graduate Studies at Georgia Institute of Technology in Industrial & Systems Engineering.