Ladan Pickering
Professional Services Technical Lead
Ladan Pickering is a professional services technical lead at Fujitsu Network Communications. Her areas of focus are the Internet of Things (IoT) and video analytics applications that drive network services in private 5G networks. During her career, she has held a variety of positions at Fujitsu and other communications network companies, including software strategist, system engineer, technical lead, and technology specialist at Fujitsu and other Telecom/startup companies. Her area of expertise is 5G-enabled applications that drive network services, blockchain/data exchanges, and smart cities. She has collaborated with global teams and ecosystem partners to build and deploy 5G-enabled software solutions during the past two years. She has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of North Texas, and a master’s degree in computer architecture from SMU. She holds two patents
Ladan Pickering
Smart City Video Analytics for Public Safety in the Pandemic Age
As the COVID-19 pandemic cut its destructive path across the globe, it left no area of our lives and livelihoods untouched. From seemingly trivial everyday details to macro-scale policies, everyone is affected by its consequences: not just from the risk of infection itself, but from the restrictions imposed by prevention. Social distancing and a widespread