Anil Sawkar

Mr. Anil Sawkar is the Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Altiostar. Mr. Sawkar has over 20 years of experience, developing and deploying wireless and data communications systems globally, managing large engineering teams in the US, UK, and India.

His work experience includes Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, and Alcatel-Lucent Inc. Mr. Sawkar was the Vice President at Alcatel-Lucent responsible for LTE system requirements, architecture, and performance. He successfully managed multi-phased technology trials with operators in North America, Europe, and Asia and the commercial launch of LTE Networks with North America’s operators.

Prior to that, he successfully developed and deployed 3G-EVDO, 2.5G, and 2G-3G/1X wireless networks systems across North America, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Sawkar is a Bell Labs Fellow and holds multiple patents in Wireless Networking.

Mr. Sawkar holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Communications from the University of Mysore, India.