Dr. Nico Bayer received his diploma degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Friedberg, Germany, in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the City University London, UK, in 2009. From 2003 till 2008 he worked for T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH. From 2008 till 2016 he was working for Telekom Innovation Laboratories. Currently he is working for Technology Innovation area of Deutsche Telekom AG. He is involved in different national and international R&D projects and is the chairman of the Network Slicing Taskforce (NEST) group within the GSMA.