Santosh G Kulkarni

Santosh G Kulkarni is an accomplished Director of R&D and Program Management at Mavenir, responsible for customer program management and software delivery, with expertise in strategic leadership and stakeholder engagement in the telecommunications sector, specifically in Open-RAN and 4G/5G deployments. With a strong background in program management, Santosh has a proven track record of building and leading high-performance engineering teams across various roles at Wipro Limited, Ericsson, Airvana Networks India, Huawei Technologies India, and the Centre for Development of Telematics. Santosh has accumulated extensive experience in project delivery, telecommunications engineering, and product management, underpinned by a Master's degree in Digital Electronics and Advanced Communication from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka and certifications in PMP and Agile methodologies.