Founding member at NKN (New Kind of Network) building the largest shared network globally. NKN's open, efficient, and robust networking infrastructure enables application developers to build the decentralized Internet so everyone can enjoy secure, low cost, and universally accessible connectivity.

• Managed the product development of an early stage RegTech SaaS offering including defining requirements, technology architecture, securing 3rd party development resources, committed milestones, and launch plans.• Sourced and developed engagements with technology collaborators in the areas of Security and IT.

• Expanded company collaboration with Apple to include early development of new network features and services, enabling > 20 operators worldwide with new features for iOS devices.• Created and chaired global cross functional steering committee, driving Apple projects across Nokia’s businesses that introduced new collaborations on 5G, LAA, Multi-Access Edge Computing, and policy / charging topics.• Created an IoT device ecosystem of vetted partner companies around LoRa and NB-IoT connectivity solutions, resulting in published catalogue to assist account teams to engage with enterprise / smart city customers in US, China, and EU.• Initiated new business development opportunities in IoT and edge computing between Nokia Mobile Networks and Amazon AWS that directly led to a joint strategic collaboration announcement in October 2017.• Identified new business development opportunities, leading to customer RFQ / Trials / Sales in edge computing, IoT, LTE network infrastructure, and VoLTE / VoWiFi services.

• Identified, evaluated, and recommended corporate partnering opportunities based on strategic market analysis and technology assessment, leading to corporate level growth by partnering strategy seeking to grow revenue by 1 Billion EUR for 2014-2017.• Introduced qualified partner companies to executives, resulting in committed technology PoCs in security and IoT domains as well as customer engagement with service providers such as EE and Verizon.• Led strategic partnership with Fujitsu and Red Hat, representing more than $24M in annual revenue.• Introduced Red Hat CTO to Nokia senior executives. Collaborated and published a joint press release, extending the partnership and bringing Telco Cloud infrastructure to mobile operators.• Presented Nokia’s security ecosystem solutions at Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Spain, increasing security awareness at the event. Nokia #telcosecurity reached 23K Twitter accounts and generated 155K impressions.

• Led planning, design, integration, and testing activities of new network features deployed by customers such as Sprint, Verizon, and KDDI Japan fulfilling all requirements and with high quality.• Coordinated test and reporting activities among teams in locations within US, India, and Japan, meeting aggressive software release schedules.• Evaluated RF performance and quality control for CDMA 1x, 1xEVDO, and LTE features, ensuring key performance indicators (KPI) met or exceeded customer expectations.