Summary
Steven Peterson is a telecom-focused data and analytics strategist with 12 years of consultative sales and technology leadership at IBM and a long track record of product and go-to-market roles at Lucent/Nokia and other network vendors. He blends MIT-trained quantitative management skills with practical experience selling and deploying carrier-grade network and data platforms, from optical and IMS to Data & AI software for major operators like Verizon. Steven specializes in reducing deployment risk for mmWave 5G, linking governed data catalogs to predictive analytics, and infusing ML into telco operations to improve asset utilization. Notable for moving between hands-on forecasting/modeling and executive sales leadership, he has a rare mix of technical fluency, deal-closing experience, and academic rigor. Now retired but still active in strategy and continuing MIT data science education, he remains focused on making complex telco transformations measurable and profitable.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
SB, Management Science, SB, Management Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High School, Honors in Russian, High School, Honors in Russian at Phillips Academy, Andover
MBA (SM), Management, MBA (SM), Management at MIT Sloan School of Management
Dwight-Englewood School
Russian history and language, Russian history and language at Columbia University
French, Russian