Bio

Jefferson leads Accenture’s new Global 5G and Networks practice, uniting 8,000+ network resources under a common vision that modern network connectivity is a new competitive differentiator that will improve lives. The practice helps Communication Service Providers and Enterprises with industry-specific network solutions from plan & design through build & run. Digitization, data analytics and the cloud continuum will accelerate in the era of compressed transformation, but the foundation across these trends and all industries is a modern network. Therefore, digital transformation needs modern network transformation. To quickly realize the benefits of a modern network, you need a trusted advisor with cross-functional expertise across network, device development, ecosystem creation and use case innovation. Jefferson spent 2+ decades on technologies like fiber, wi-fi, SD-WAN and private wireless and cellular: * 2G (1990 – 2000) – Jefferson developed mobile devices from OS to protocol to app layer in North America & Europe * 3G (2000 – 2010) – Moved to South America to build end-to-end networks from the radio access network (RAN) to backhaul to core * 4G (2010 – 2020) – Continued to build networks and devices but primarily focused on ecosystem development such as a mobile payment ecosystem in Africa * 5G (2020 – today) – Worked in Asia & Australia to accelerate fiber, private wireless and 5G networks to enable new use cases such as Extended Reality (XR) for training, IoT for predictive maintenance, edge compute for local traffic breakout, data analytics for worker safety, AI for computer vision and 5G Future Home Jefferson has lived and worked on 6 continents and across key industries such as Communications, Media, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Finance, Public Service and Healthcare to name a few. He spends time with clients to find signal in the noise, crystallize complex business problems, estimate the impact of solving these problems, determine tech and ecosystem partners required and then stitch it all together around new business models. Jefferson is a regular speaker at Mobile World Congress and CES, and frequently interviewed by Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN and Fortune. His book ‘The Future Home in the 5G Era,’ made the Amazon best seller list. He also enjoys volunteering at: Multiple Sclerosis Society, Children’s Tumor Foundation, KIPP Charter Schools, Developments in Literacy. Jefferson holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.