Biography:

Jennifer Yates is an Assistant Vice President of Inventive Science at AT&T Labs, heading the Network and Services Automation Innovations organization. Her team is focused on inventing, prototyping, and driving to scaled network deployment new technologies and analytics that drive enhanced levels of Operational and network automation through AI/ML, provide critical business insights, enhance customer network experience and drive operational and capital efficiencies. Partnering closely with internal AT&T teams, academia and broader industry partners, her team’s cutting-edge innovations are widely deployed and utilized across AT&T’s networks and the broader industry.

Jen received her Ph.D. from The University of Melbourne, and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Western Australia, Jen moved from her homeland of Australia to the United States in 1999 to pursue her career at AT&T. 

Jen has been honored with induction into the Women in Technology Institute Hall of Fame in 2016, the AT&T Fellow Award in 2012, the Science and Technology Medal in 2006, the Victorian Photonics Network Achievement Award in 2004, and was named a Top Young Innovator by MIT Technology Review in 2003. Jen holds 37 awarded patents.