Patrick Legrand has over 25 years of experience designing and developing pioneering network and user services. His passion for innovation has driven him to create, improve and market industrial products at major telecommunications companies such as Ericsson (Innovation Lab), Alcatel (Research & Innovation) and presently, Nokia Bell Labs, in his capacity as a software developer, innovation service owner and researcher. Throughout his career, he has achieved and led research and innovation projects, in the domains of real-time communications, social networking, digital and automated workplaces and now industrial edge automation platforms, digital twins and Industrial Metaverse domain. His contributions have spanned the entire product development lifecycle, from demonstrating and prototyping to technology transfer and product evolution.