July 5, 2016 – Cimphoni is expanding its technology consulting team by welcoming Sania Irwin, PhD, as Chief Innovation Officer. In this role, she is responsible for establishing business solutions focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data & Analytics, and Cognitive Systems. Previously, Dr. Irwin served in several technology leadership roles at Motorola / Nokia Networks where she generated the vision, the blueprint and the collaterals designed to transform today’s society into the Intelligently Connected World of the future – realizing Smart Cities, Smart Cars, Smart Homes and beyond.
She has experience in creating cutting-edge products and solutions for the wireless market, in the space of IoT, applications, experience management, self-organizing networks and location awareness, by infusing actionable knowledge into objects around us through analytics and machine learning techniques. Dr. Irwin also has experience setting up technology labs where these industry leading solutions were prototyped and showcased – generating customer mindshare, demonstrating thought leadership and accelerating the pace of innovation. Prior to working in the telecommunications industry, Dr. Irwin guided operations research efforts at General Motors Corporation, and championed solutions in the information technology domain at Xerox Corporation.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from University of Rochester, and her master’s and PhD degrees focused on wireless communications and operations research from Northwestern University.