Anoosheh Ansari

An Inspiration to Women

Anousheh Ansari once dreamed of being an astronaut while growing up in her native Tehran, Iran. Today the 34-year-old Anoosheh is the Vice President and General Manager of the IntelligentIP division of Sonus Networks, formed in January 2001 through Sonus' acquisition of ÒTelecom Technologies Inc.Ó, the company that Anoosheh founded and turned into a force in the telecommunication industry. Immediately prior to founding Telecom Technologies, Anoosheh provided consulting services to the major telecommunications service providers and vendors in the areas of frame relay and ATM switch testing and evaluation.

Her early career employment included positions with MCI Telecommunications Corporation and Communication Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) in various engineering capacities working on architectural design for SS7 and ISDN networks. Anoosheh was the recipient of Working Woman Magazine's National and Regional Entrepreneurial Excellence award for General Excellence and Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year¨ Award, Southwest Region, for the Technology and Communications category. She has authored numerous technical papers and holds two patents for her work on automated operator services and wireless service node. She was a U.S. delegate at ITU SG VII, SG XI and SG XVII, and a representative at American National Standard Institute technical subcommittees.

She holds a master's of science degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University and a bachelor's of science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from George Mason University. She is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE and NSPE.

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