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As the CEO of the Microsoft Devices Group at the time, Elop was in charge of Microsoft's diverse product portfolio, which included Lumia phones, the Surface Pro 3, and the Xbox One. He is now the McMaster University Faculty of Engineering's Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence.

On March 16, 2016, Australia's leading telecommunications carrier Telstra announced, controversially, that Elop will join the firm as Group Executive Technology, Innovation, and Strategy. Stephen Elop was appointed president and CEO of Nokia on September 21, 2010. In May 2011, he was appointed to the company's board of directors.

Previously, Elop was the president of Microsoft's Business Division and a member of the Microsoft senior executive team in charge of overall strategy.

Prior to that, he was the chief operating officer of Juniper Networks, a leading provider of high-performance network infrastructure; he was also the president of Adobe Systems Inc.'s worldwide field operations, which he joined following the 2005 acquisition of Macromedia Inc., where he was president and CEO.

He grew raised in Ancaster, Ontario, and graduated from McMaster University with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering and management. He was later given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. In his leisure time, he likes spending time with his family and seeing his five children participate in various sports.

Elop's first mobile "phone" was a phony antenna fitted to his old Subaru that gave the impression that he had a phone. (His first phone was a pocket-sized Nokia.) He learned Morse code from his grandpa, who was a HAM radio operator in Canada. He was also one of the persons that influenced Elop's interest in technology.