I am a senior telecom leader with broad expertise spanning R&D, product development and strategy with an impressive list of accomplishments in the wireless industry. I bring solid expertise covering pre-standards R&D, 3GPP/IEEE standardization, all aspects of technology and product life cycle, incubation & growth opportunities, long-term technology strategy and road-mapping. I have proven leadership skills and a reputation for building effective teams and cross BU/departmental relationships.I have successfully built and led large multi-site engineering teams, steered many challenging product and innovation technology projects over the course of a 20+ year career, delivering strategic innovations in complex technology projects with excellent standards and market traction including several world’s firsts. I am adept at deciphering technical and commercial impacts of research trends by synthesizing complex business, regulatory and market adoption factors. I have conceptualized and executed an array of 4G/5G project outcomes that have rendered the basis for many key aspects of LTE and 5G NR resulting in 200+ granted or pending patent applications with several of them deemed standards essential. Invited speaker, moderator and panelist at major industry events – IEEE ICC, IEEE VTC, IEEE Globecom, Mobile World Congress, International Wireless Industry Consortium, Global UTM Association, etc.
