Ramapati Thakur

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT RAMAPATI THAKUR

Accomplished, technical delivery professional with 20 years plus of total experience in IT & Wireless Telecom verticals across Testing, Assurance & Services delivery with extensive track record in delivering ICT programmes from pre-sales to new & in-life services for Tier 1 CSPs & OEMs across UK, France & India: Spearheaded and delivered timely launch of 4G and VoLTE/VoWiFi services for Vodafone, UK Mobile Operator as part of Lab Managed Testing Services with Left Shift approach. • Instrumental in winning a key account for our organisation and successful delivery by meticulous technical planning for simultaneous execution,~40 resources mobilisation & ramp ups across six EU nations. • Ensuring repeat business in Best for fit customer testing program for past 10 years by bringing revenue sharing, offshoring, reducing labour cost initiatives and blocking c.20% devices from launch in 1st go. • Leading testing practise for last 3 years plus to support quality and assurance for a client in a cloud and security program for new products (NPD/NPI) launches. • Leading Network account team of 25+ professionals to provide Client’s consultancy on niche technologies like 5G & use cases, Radio, RAN, Voice Core, Data Core, Kubernetes, Cloud, VNF and IAAS and generating c.£4m of consultancy & service revenues year on year basis. • Led multiple of RFPs and proposals within organisation using technical Innovation, solution and customer understanding which was key in winning four proposals worth c.£5m • Worked in a multi-product & multi-vendor interdisciplinary team environment, driving interactions with customer, vendors, delivery & executive stakeholders to achieve overall business values and objectives. • Have been associated with all aspects of Telecom software development and lifecycle management and gained complete E2E Solution overview bringing a fine balance of technology and management skills.