Ajit Garg

About Ajit Garg

Successfully served as CTO, CPO and various other critical senior management roles, globally, in various multinational Telecom organizations viz Telenor, Aircel, Ooredoo, etc.• Seasoned executive with good techno-commercial knowledge in Telecom focusing primarily on two major aspects - customer satisfaction and business growth• Have worked extensively on various Network Transformation projects which includes Operations Transformation, Managed Services, IP Transformation, Technology upgrades, Network virtualizations, etc. • Extensive experience on state of art SOC & NOC set up, tools ecosystem with AI and ML capabilities, transformed operations with changes in people, process and tools thus enabling an efficient and cost effective Network operations.• Successfully lead complete turnaround of Network Transformation of Telenor India 2G to 4G network, world’s first commercial Narrow Band LTE roll out • Successfully lead Sourcing function for Telenor India, primarily focusing on Opex optimization, Technology and Business procurements, Vendor management and Contract management.• Successfully launched three Green field networks in India serving more than 50+ million subscribers• Successfully handled big network roll outs resulting in successful and timely network launches and expansions• Headed Managed Service Operations and Partner Performance management • Driven Cost efficiency programs around NW OPEX resulting into positive EBIDTA consistently

Experience

1. Head of Network Services & Oss

   Wipro

   Aug 2022 — Present · IN

Education

• St.Josephs Convent, Allahabad

  ISCE, Mathematics and Science

  1982 — 1988

• Nagpur University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering

• Sikkim Manipal University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Operations Management

  1999 — 2012

• Nagpur University

  B.E., Electronics

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Telecommunications
• Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Sdh)
• Code Division Multiple Access Method (Cdma)
• 3g
• Organizational Leadership
• Wireless
• Transmission
• Project Management
• Sdh
• Wireless Technologies
• Mobile Devices
• Computer Network Operations
• 2g
• Rollout
• Team Management
• Executive Leadership
• Gprs
• Gsm
• Vendor Management
• Networking
• Service Delivery
• Umts
• Project Planning
• Business Support System (Bss)
• Network Design
• Cdma
• Managed Services
• Bss
• Integration
• Management
• Visionary
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Umts)
• Ip
• Lte