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
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