Biraj Mohapatra

About Biraj Mohapatra

I’ve spent the last 21 years at the center of the telecommunications industry, evolving alongside the tech, from the early days of BSS/OSS to today’s shift toward Autonomous Networks & GenAI. Currently, as a Vice President at CGI, I drive business & IT transformation for our clients, delivering tangible outcomes successfully.My approach combines strong business & consulting knowledge and deep technical background in BSS/OSS, Networks, Cloud and AI. I drive business growth, build leaner operations, and create a competitive edge by leveraging our partner ecosystem, implementing the best technologies & platforms and adopting various facets of AI.Key highlights from my career :Global Context: Having spent 10 years working across the US, UK, and Belgium, I understand how to scale solutions across different market cultures and regulatory landscapes.Ecosystem Building: I spend a lot of time bridging the gap between global OEMs, vendors, and early-stage startups to drive growth through alliances. I am deeply involved in industry forums like MWC, TM Forum, NASSCOM & CII.Leadership : I am a \"life-long-learner\" and I have a unique leadership style to be able to engage in all levels (From CxOs to engineers) to drive business value across the value chainOrganization Growth : Through strong focus on mentoring & coaching I support cross-functional teams & grow people & the organization. Ultimately, I enjoy the challenge of taking an emerging technology, like Quantum or GenAI, and building the business case, the partnership, and the delivery model to make these technologies work for clients & businesses.

Experience

1. Vice President Consulting

   CGI

   Nov 2022 — Present · IN

Education

• NIST University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive MBA, Advanced Management Program

  2018 — 2019

• HEC Paris

  Global Business Management, Executive Management

  2019 — 2019

• Indian School of Business

  Chief Data & AI Officer (CDAIO)

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Technology Leadership Program

  2023 — 2024

Skills

• Telecommunications Consulting
• Oss
• Business Analysis
• IT Transformation
• Solution Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Osm-7
• Asap
• Ipsa
• Uim
• Objectel
• Design Studio
• Ip Networking
• Unix
• Shell Scripting
• Java
• Soap
• Web Services
• Xml/Xsl/Xsd
• Aia
• Oracle Soa Suite
• Tomcat
• Weblogic
• Clustering
• High Availability
• Performance Engineering
• Open Source Software
• Telecommunications
• Pmp
• Requirements Analysis
• Testing
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Oracle
• Osm
• Soa
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Project Management