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Results oriented, customer centric technology leader helping Telcos / XLEs leverage emerging technologies in creating the business value and transform into Digital Service Providers/ Enterprises. Passionate technology enthusiast with deep understating of business and customer requirements. 20+ years of successful global experience in strategic consulting, system engineering/ architecture, and program management in SDN/NFV/Cloud, Security, 5G, IoT, and IP/ Telecom networks. Industry certifications include - PMP, CISSP, CWSP, GIAC GCSCCAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Consulting led selling - revenue influence of about $150M for Nokia• Long-term value creation – development of key assets (CloudPlan, vPlan, EdgePlan, E2I) for cloud/ security consulting at BLC• Industry thought leadership – Several industry/ research whitepapers, webinars, and contribution to thought leadership books• Customer centric approach - retained strategic business from a global conglomerate customer (crisis management) for (f)Lucent• Operational leadership - reduced IT expenditure by 25%+ & increased customer satisfaction by 22% at Hughes Software systems• Awards - Bell Labs President Gold and Silver Team Awards recipient; Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs CORE COMPETENCIESStrategic consulting to drive sales / thought leadershipTechno-economic analysis / modelingData driven analysis and research approach Multi-disciplinary global teams building / management Program / Project ManagementSystem Engineering / Product Management / Architecture Executive level presentations / communication Future networks, technologies and business modelsSDN/ NFV/ Cloud, SD-WAN, Edge Cloud, Network Slicing Security: assessment, threat / risk modeling, architecture IP Networks, routing/ switching, service chainingTelecom networks: Fixed, wireless (5G/4G) networks Data Center architecture / design; CO TransformationData analytics, business processes automation

Listed skills include Telecommunications, Ip, Integration, Wireless, and 22 others.