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Nitin Tandon

Nitin Tandon

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Summary

Senior Global Technology Executive with 24 Years + experience in different roles spanning from Solution-Sales, Consulting, Domain Engineering for Telecom Operator, Product OEM and System Integrators.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solutions Head TMT

Eviden (An ATOS Business)
10.2021 - Current
  • Created and Leading global domain solutions organization for TMT vertical (Network & OSS domain) supporting accounts, Marketing, Bid & Delivery Organizations.
  • Defined & Maintaining Go to Market portfolio, Use Cases, Internal IP Assets investment strategy for Telco and Technology customers.
  • Supporting sales organization & Leading solution ownership of deals.
  • Following are some of the examples of successful deal closures
  • 1. DT Germany CICD and Monitoring & Data Analytics solution supply, build (15 + CNFs, 5+ Years contract)
  • 2. A1 5G Core CICD Consulting
  • 3. SFR OSS Inventory design
  • 4. VF Ziggo Mobile TAS supply and build
  • 5. Orange France Test Audit
  • 6. Detecon STC OSS Transformation
  • 7. SFR Mavenir Virtual Mobile VAS Solution Supply and build
  • 8. Telefonica Edge Orchestration & Network as Service (Paid POC)
  • Manage conversations with analyst like ISG, Gartner for TMT Quadrant.
  • Manage our Technical Positioning strategy in events like MWC, TM Forum, TIP.


Solutions Head : Europe & UK

Tech Mahindra
09.2018 - 09.2021
  • Regional Solutions Head for Europe & UK for Network & OSS Portfolio
  • Represent Tech Mahindra in the region towards customers & Partners
  • Lead all deals Proactive, Reactive (RFP Driven) & Support Regional Pre-Sales
  • Provide coverage for all solutions across RAN, ORAN, Transport, OSS, AI/Analytics, 5GE, Core, Orchestration
  • Lead a Large team of Solution Architects & Consultants across EU, UK & India.
  • Key Achievements
  • 1. Lead Solutions support & Secured Multiple Deals worth 150 Mn+ business across OSS Assurance, SDN Transport, Mobile NOC, Plan & Build OSS, Lab design, 5G Spectrum Consulting, 5G for Enterprise Lab for European OBs of Large Spanish Customer in last 3 years
  • 2. Lead Solution support & Secured largest 5G Backhaul & Transport deal 60 Mn+ for UK Telco
  • 3. Secured Multiple Design & Consulting deals in the region for NFV Transformation across Nordics & Eastern European Telco operator.
  • 4. Opened a new Account in NORDICS for Network Services with supply & Transformation via Metaswitch TAS solution for multiple countries
  • 5. Secured & Increased partner enabled deals: SDN Orchestration for UK Telco
  • 6. Secured ORAN CI/CD automation deal with TIP.
  • 7. Enabled building of Significant Pipeline along with Sales Organization & strong connect with alliance Partners.

Wipro
06.2012 - 09.2018
  • Leading Telecom Consulting & Sales Support for CSP (Communication Service Provider BU), Geography Europe & Growth Markets (APAC, Africa, and LATAM). Leading a team of Technology Consultants & Pre-Sales professionals for positioning Wipro Solutions across Markets and Customers with increasing OB & Revenue per Quarter.
  • Key Achievements
  • 1. Lead a proactive chase for a Spanish Telco and secured 60 Mn Euro + Consulting deal on Capex / Opex optimization on Transport Networks networks including Improvement of processes and change management across organization. Won Best Pre-Sales Person of the year award.
  • 2. Secured and Delivered Consulting Assignments for Hungarian Telco on Network Outsourcing business case and improvements on People, Process, Partners and Platforms.
  • 3. Secured and Delivered Consulting assignments for Australian Telco on Mobile Access (3G/LTE RAN) price benchmarking and Cost Modelling for Capex Planning.
  • 4. Secured a large 15 Mn Euro + Consulting & Digital business for a German Telco on Mobile Backhaul Network Planning & Automation, SDN design and Engineering.
  • 5. Supported on Large 30 Mn + Business Process Outsourcing deal for U.K Telco on outsourcing of L2C, T2R Processes.
  • 6. Secured Mid-Size deal for Spanish Telco Global Whole Services business division on MPLS Provisioning Services.
  • 7. Secured Mid-Size deal for Spanish Telco on Network Capex Planning & Technology
  • Engage with customers and create Proactive Pipeline and threads. Lead RFP Responses on Qualified Opportunities.
  • Create Technology Blue Prints, Business case, Road maps as part of consultative selling.
  • Provide Regional Support on Marketing Events, especially on MWC, SDN/NFV, TM Forum.
  • Provide Market Inputs to Wipro Practice on Solutions and Offerings. Regional Face towards Alliances and Partners.

Senior Specialist

Ericsson India
05.2007 - 05.2012
  • Company Overview: Ericsson India Private Limited: Gurugram
  • Created a Unique Business Model for a real estate customer on Open Access FTTx Infrastructure.
  • Lead Architect in launch of services with Ericsson Supplied Network gear.
  • Played a Key Pre-Sales Lead Architect in winning a Large Contract from MTNL Broadband Services.
  • Architected the solution post winning and supported in initial phase of deployment.
  • Lead Architect for Airtel Broadband Solution.
  • Supported the sales in increasing the business Quarter on Quarter
  • Created and Led a team of Engineers for Post-Sales support of Broadband, IP/MPLS/Backhaul Products.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Proactive Solution Proposals and ownership of Technical Architecture TCO and business case creation for positioning Ericsson Products and Solutions
  • Reactive RFP Responses, Tender Proposals

Technical Manager

IXIA (Now Keysight)
08.2006 - 05.2007
  • Company Overview: IXIA Technologies
  • Technical Manager for Lab Product Solutions
  • Played a Key Pre-Sales Lead Architect in winning a Large Contract from DOT

Senior Engineer

Ericsson India
11.2004 - 08.2006
  • Company Overview: Ericsson India : Gurgaon
  • Lead the Level 2 Operations team for Broadband and Mobile packet networks products
  • Support in Emergency and fix software bugs in coordination with PLM for Ericsson products
  • Technical interface towards customer along with service delivery manager for Lab validation and trials

Senior Engineer

Airtel
09.2002 - 09.2004
  • Company Overview: Bharti Airtel Limited : New Delhi
  • Lead the Architecture and Operations team for Launch of DSL Services from scratch Delhi NCR Region.
  • Supported the business teams to grow the customer base ~ 0.5 mn (During my tenure).
  • Strong Vendor Management on fixing product bugs and defects to enable smooth launch of services
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Network Architecture and Operations for Fixed Line Services (B-RAS, DSL, OSS) Vendor Management (Siemens, UTStarcom)

Engineer

Spectranet
09.2000 - 09.2002
  • Company Overview: Spectra net : Delhi
  • Operations Engineer in India first ISP (DSL, DOCSIS, Satellite internet, CDN) business. Owner of IP/MPLS backbone traffic and interface towards international Peering Points. Ownership of Compute, Storage and Workplace services.

Education

PG Diploma - International Business

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

B.Tech/B.E. - Electronics/Telecommunication

North Maharashtra University (NMU)

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Strategy Development
  • Innovation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication Skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Problem-solving
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Critical thinking

Certification

Learning in Digital Age: Harvard Business Publishing

Timeline

Solutions Head TMT

Eviden (An ATOS Business)
10.2021 - Current

Solutions Head : Europe & UK

Tech Mahindra
09.2018 - 09.2021

Wipro
06.2012 - 09.2018

Senior Specialist

Ericsson India
05.2007 - 05.2012

Technical Manager

IXIA (Now Keysight)
08.2006 - 05.2007

Senior Engineer

Ericsson India
11.2004 - 08.2006

Senior Engineer

Airtel
09.2002 - 09.2004

Engineer

Spectranet
09.2000 - 09.2002

B.Tech/B.E. - Electronics/Telecommunication

North Maharashtra University (NMU)

PG Diploma - International Business

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Nitin Tandon