James McInroe is Marketing Director at Nokia’s Nuage Networks. He is a member of the product leadership team promoting Nokia’s move into Software Defined Networking through its venture Nuage Networks. James has 25 years of experience in Information Technology with the last 16 years specifically focused on the telecommunications industry and the evolution of IP and Carrier Ethernet based network services. He joined Nokia in 1999 via the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent and has held General Manager, Business Development and Marketing roles covering both Vertical Market and Service Provider solutions in New Zealand and the United States. James’ current role includes the promotion of Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solutions to Nokia customers in both the Service Provider and Enterprise markets around the world. In this role James leads the Nuage Networks Velocity program that assists Service Providers in the marketing aspects of SD-WAN to their clients. Helping them to understand the new market opportunities for network services as businesses all move towards the cloud. Prior to joining Nokia, James held various roles in Business Development, Technical Pre-Sales and IT networking roles in both Australia and New Zealand with companies including Fore Systems, Cabletron Systems and Telecom New Zealand.