Rakesh Verma Email & Phone Number

I’m a seasoned program management professional with over 15 years of experience, in the Telecom industry. I have witnessed the industry evolving from 2G to 5G and managed projects, valued at up to 100 million dollars, across the globe.Currently employed as an Associate Program Director at LTIMindtree, I am responsible for managing the deployment of 5G core (SA, Model -D) projects in countries like Australia, Singapore, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Qatar, etc for Tier-1 operators. Previously I’ve successfully planned and deployed multi-vendor IMS networks (~400 Mn capacity) and worked with OEM partners like Nokia, Mavenir, Genband, Dell, EMC, NetApp, CISCO, Juniper, VMWare, & Oracle, etc. Some of my key successes in recent years include:• Executed, managed, and delivered a 50-million-dollar project related to 5G (SA, Model-D)• Reduced costs by around 2 million dollars by skilling up the resources• RFP response preparation with support from cross-functional teams • Authored VMware certified professional 6 exam guide (exam 2V0-642) • Successfully demonstrated LTE & IMS network capabilities to lawful agencies and received the go-ahead from Indian LEAs (Law Enforcement Agencies) for roll out of services across 14 telecom circles• Successfully delivered planning and deployment of multi-vendor IMS network with a capacity of 400 Mn subscriber baseDuring weekends, I am mostly occupied in career mentorship sessions, reading & listening to podcasts. I am the Mind by Deep Trivedi, Bhagwat Geeta by RJKarthik, etc., are a few of my favorites. Currently, I’m working on my next book related to Networking. To keep me updated on the industry trends, In parallel, I'm pursuing a certificate course in Digital Strategy & Transformation from IIM-KI am always eager to hear from other LinkedIn users, so feel free to get in touch with me if you want to know more about me. I look forward to hearing from you.Specialties: Program / Project management, project delivery, stakeholder management, Agile, Waterfall