Head, Telecoms Policy, Amazon Web Services
Federico Boccardi is Head of Connectivity Policy at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Before AWS, he held senior regulatory and technical positions at Ofcom (the UK communications regulator), where he led teams advising on connectivity and emerging technologies as well as managing spectrum strategy for 5G and WiFi.
Before Ofcom, he carried out R&D activities at Vodafone and Bell Labs (now part of Nokia), where he made key contributions to the theoretical development of wireless communications and their application to real-world systems. He has extensive experience spanning technology, strategy, policy and regulatory projects globally.
He has more than 100 publications, standard contributions and patents — with about 12,000 citations — that are critical for the operation of 4G and 5G systems. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and he received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, and a Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Oxford Saïd Business School.