Dr. Tinku Rasheed is a Director of Research & Technology development at Zodiac Aerospace, within their InFlight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) Business Unit located in Munich, Germany. Prior to joining Zodiac Aerospace, Dr. Rasheed worked as R&D head at Create-Net research center, Italy and as research engineer at Orange R&D, France. Dr. Rasheed received his Ph.D. degree from the Computer Science Department of the University of Paris-Sud XI., in 2007. Dr. Rasheed has 15 years of experience in the ICT industry as research scientist, technology executive and program manager. Most recently, Dr. Rasheed is interested in 5G mobile connectivity, Internet of Things (IoT), smart connectable devices, Edge Computing etc., applied to avionics and aviation, in general. During the recent past, he consulted for Service providers and MNOs on future TelCo strategies and Network architecture/technology evolution.