Greetings
My name is Alan Noraddin, I'm an ITP student from Iraq ,working towards my masters degree in interdisciplinary telecom,
like the majority of the students attending the TLEN 5106 class , I have a technical background ,I got my bachelors degree in electronics and communication from the university of baghdad, I was granted a fulbright scolarship last year, coming to CU was a bit of coincidence, to tell the truth , I was looking for a program like ITP but didn't know where to look, so the guys at fulbright program found it for me , guess I'm lucky to be here, I'm enjoying every minute of it , in class or off class !

After graduation I worked for almost two years for a chinese telecom equipment vendor, working in many areas, post sales , pre sales , project management , project supervision , i've done a little bit of everything , but not enough, there's still more to learn...

that's why I chose this class, engineers are at least half business, and in order to succeed in the engineering world, one must have adequate business/policy background, good management/communication skills and oh yeah , a technical background can be a great help too!!!
In addition to that, being a fulbright scholar , it's always important to learn about how internationl telecom laws and policies work, how developing countries work to upgrade their telecom sector to meet the demands of a growing and highly competitive sector, something that can help my country, iraq that made a huge leap from government controled telecom sector in 2003 to a competition-based buisness after 1 year only!!!!
What made me choose telecom " besides being well paid in the industry, obviously " is that it's a booming industry despite the ups and downs in it, it's almost clear that the world craves more communication, telecom is now involved in every aspect of business, politics and of course our lifestyle, who can live without a cell phone now ??? let alone a regular land line phone!