5G AMERICAS PRESENTS
ANALYST FORUM 2023
OCTOBER 11 – 12, 2023 | Richardson, TX
5G Americas 2023 Analyst Forum Speakers
Bejoy Pankajakshan
EVP, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer
Bejoy is the Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Mavenir. In this role, Bejoy leads and orchestrates cross-functional strategic alignment of the complete product portfolio, advises on business-critical imperatives, and engages external business and industry experts on product and technology strategies that accelerate innovation across Mavenir. He is an accomplished product and technology leader with a record of defining business vision and driving investments and acquisitions to realize long range growth.
Brandon Larson
SVP, GM, Multimedia Business Unit
Brandon Larson is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mavenir’s Multimedia Business Unit. He joined Mavenir from Tango Networks, where he served as their Chief Strategy Officer. He is also a former employee of Mavenir, having previously run the Sales Engineering organization for America’s region where he was instrumental in many key Mavenir projects including the world’s first IMS VoWiFi, VoLTE, and RCS 5.0 service launches.
Job Benson
VP and Head of Radio Product Management
Job Benson is the Vice President and Head of Radio Product Management at Mavenir where he is responsible for P&L, Portfolio Roadmap and Strategy of the Radio business unit.
Additionally, he leads the joint product development programs between Mavenir and Radio partners. At Mavenir, he launched the OpenBeam portfolio –the widest portfolio of O-RAN compliant radios covering Micro & Macro RRU and, mmWave & Sub-6Ghz Massive MIMO AAU products.
John Baker
SVP of Ecosystem Business Development
John Baker is the Senior Vice President of Ecosystem Business Development at Mavenir. A veteran of the mobile industry, board member for 5G Americas, and sought-after industry speaker, John Baker leads the 5G team at Mavenir, intent on disrupting the market by transforming operator network economics.
A visionary and driving force behind Mavenir’s business strategy, John is at the forefront of the company’s drive to change operator views on wireless infrastructure deployment—promoting a software-focused approach to innovation, with no ties to supporting legacy hardware.
Rajarajan Sivaraj
Director, RIC
Dr. Rajarajan Sivaraj is the director of standards and architecture at Mavenir, where he leads the standardization, productization and R&D efforts for the O-RAN RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) functions and AI/ML-based innovations for the RAN. He is based out of Richardson, Texas. He has had previous work experiences at AT&T, Microsoft Research, Intel labs, NEC labs, etc. in various roles and responsibilities that are centered on mobile telecommunications. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Davis, and has had over 30 widely-cited research publications, granted and pending patents.
Sandeep Singh
SVP, GM Digital Business Enablement
Sandeep as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Mavenir’s Digital Business Enablement is responsible to lead the global rollout of Mavenir’s Business & Operational Support offerings for Enterprise and Consumer domains.
Sandeep spent almost two decades in the Telco industry and brings
leadership & technology vision in BSS/OSS domain. He has
leadership experience in building strategic & innovative service
monetization and business solutions for the Enterprise, consumer mobility, and convergent communication verticals. He is proficient in optimizing business processes for telco operators during major technology transformation cycles.