Dr. Karim Taga
Karim advises board members and CEOs to take effective decisions on the telco transformation journey.
Areas of Focus
Education
Past Experience
Karim is Managing Partner, Global Head of Functional Practices. Prior to that, Karim led the TIME practice globally for over 12 years since 2012. He has 30 years of experience with ADL in the telecommunication area and previously worked with a leading global telecom supplier.
In Arthur D. Little, Karim’s work focuses primarily on three functional areas:
- Growth strategies and business transformations
- Corporate Finance – Transaction support, mainly working with Private Equity firms and Banks
- Boardroom presentation and facilitation
Besides his management consulting assignments with clients in 4 industries:
- he acts as a Jury member for several Telecom & Media prize award ceremonies in Asia, Europe, and in the US.
- he supports several telecommunication councils and associations as well as governments and regulators in setting their (digital) agenda as an advisor
- he is chairing and facilitating top executive international events and conferences
Before joining ADL he worked for several years for Ericsson and was a research assistant professor at the University of Technology in Vienna. Furthermore, he enjoyed four different education systems: Tunisia (Lycée El Menzah V), France (Lycée JB Say/ESEM), the USA (UC Berkeley), and Austria (TU Wien).
Karim holds an MSc, MBA, and Ph.D.
Telcos: Outsource international voice!
Embracing the telco productivity race
State of the media market, 2022
Mobile network virtualization calls for operating model reconfiguration
Copper switch off: Opportunity to drive infrastructure convergence?
Time to accelerate growth
Broadcasters’ 5G evolvement within a hybrid environment
Network sharing in the 5G era
Virtualizing mobile networks
The race to gigabit fiber
Telecoms: Leveraging adversity to leapfrog into the future
Telecom, media and technology – COVID-19 implications and medium-term recovery
Leading businesses through the COVID-19 crisis
Is your city ready to go digital?
Karim is Managing Partner, Global Head of Functional Practices. Prior to that, Karim led the TIME practice globally for over 12 years since 2012. He has 30 years of experience with ADL in the telecommunication area and previously worked with a leading global telecom supplier.
In Arthur D. Little, Karim’s work focuses primarily on three functional areas:
- Growth strategies and business transformations
- Corporate Finance – Transaction support, mainly working with Private Equity firms and Banks
- Boardroom presentation and facilitation
Besides his management consulting assignments with clients in 4 industries:
- he acts as a Jury member for several Telecom & Media prize award ceremonies in Asia, Europe, and in the US.
- he supports several telecommunication councils and associations as well as governments and regulators in setting their (digital) agenda as an advisor
- he is chairing and facilitating top executive international events and conferences
Before joining ADL he worked for several years for Ericsson and was a research assistant professor at the University of Technology in Vienna. Furthermore, he enjoyed four different education systems: Tunisia (Lycée El Menzah V), France (Lycée JB Say/ESEM), the USA (UC Berkeley), and Austria (TU Wien).
Karim holds an MSc, MBA, and Ph.D.
Telcos: Outsource international voice!
Embracing the telco productivity race
State of the media market, 2022
Mobile network virtualization calls for operating model reconfiguration
Copper switch off: Opportunity to drive infrastructure convergence?
Time to accelerate growth
Broadcasters’ 5G evolvement within a hybrid environment
Network sharing in the 5G era
Virtualizing mobile networks
The race to gigabit fiber
Telecoms: Leveraging adversity to leapfrog into the future
Telecom, media and technology – COVID-19 implications and medium-term recovery
Leading businesses through the COVID-19 crisis
Is your city ready to go digital?
More About Karim
- Vienna University of Technology, AustriaPhD, Mechanical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry
- Webster University, AustriaMBA, International Business and Marketing
- Polytech Orléans, FranceMSc, Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, with a master’s thesis at UC Berkeley
- Ericsson (before 1997)Product Manager
- University of Technology in ViennaAssistant Professor (Univ. Ass.)