Hemant Samtani

About Hemant Samtani

Hemant Samtani works as Director, Customer Experience at Cisco responsible for Professional Service Delivery of Cisco\'s Service provider networking technologyto Service Providers globally across APJC, India & EMEAR Service providers globally are undergoing major transformation and these transformative solutions help customers scale their network, offer improved services to the end consumer and help generate new revenue streams for Cisco and the customer.Hemant leads a team of 350 SMEs across APJCBased in India, Hemant has served the APJC region for Cisco in various Technology and Leadership roles.Hemant is a highly driven, focused and a result oriented executive who joined Cisco through the acquisition of Starent NetworksIn Cisco, Hemant has played various roles as - Solution Architect: Responsible for Designing 3G,4G packet core solutions for SP customers - Manager, Center of Excellence: Responsible for scaling niche technologies across the region and providing an efficient & cost effective delivery mechanism- Service Delivery Manager : Responsible for service delivery across various technology architectures and professional services for a SP customer account end to end with complete P&L responsibility for the account- Service Delivery Manager, IDT: IDT stands for Innovation and Delivery team responsible for customer project delivery. In this role, Hemant was responsible for delivering cutting edge Mobile and Wireless solutions for India and ANZ market - Service Delivery Manager, Core Networking SP India: Hemant is currently playing the lead for delivery of core networking solutions to SP customers in India which include delivery of architectures viz. MPLS, CEN, Packet Core, SON, ACI, Data Center, AutomationExpertise: Strong business acumen Highly Customer centric Keeping up with Market trends and technology trends People Management P&L Ownership and Management Thought process tuned to work in a startup and large company

Experience

1. Director, Global Delivery- Service Provider and Data Centre Technology- Professional Services

   Cisco

   Jun 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Global Delivery Leader for Service provider & Data Centre Technology group- Enabling team to incubate cutting edge technology skills (5G, SRv6, Routed Optical network, Optical, Network automation) to help Service provider transform to Cisco 5G Solutions- Driving cross organizational initiatives to bring teams together and multiply impact

Education

• Maharashtra Institute of Technology

  Bachelors of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications

  1997 — 2001

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  B.E, Electronics and Telecommunications

  1997 — 2001

• University of Southern California

  Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Telecommunications
• Cdma
• Wimax
• Cisco Systems Products
• Umts
• Project Delivery
• Mobile Devices
• Sip
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Service Delivery
• Switching
• Network Architecture
• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• System Deployment
• Lte
• Qos
• Networking
• Gprs
• Wireless
• Wireless Technologies
• Femtocell
• Cisco Technologies
• Ip
• 3gpp
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Umts)
• Tcp/Ip