Mallik Rao

Mallik Rao has been Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO) of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG since the end of October 2019 and is responsible for mobile and fixed networks as well as IT at Telefónica Deutschland. Mallik Rao has over 25 years of experience in the international telecommunications industry. He started his career in 1993 at TATA Telecom. This was followed by several positions: After 7 years in the Technology & Solutions department at ERICSSON, he moved to Nortel Networks, where he worked in the Wireless Business PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) department. Mallik Rao took on his first senior management position as CTO for three years from 2008 to 2012 at the Indian mobile communications provider Aircel. In 2012 he joined the Vodafone Group, where he initially held the role of Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO) for Vodafone Netherlands at the Maastricht location. There he was responsible for the Dutch and Eastern European markets. He has held the same position at Vodafone Turkey since September 2015. Mallik Rao studied Communications Engineering with a bachelor's degree from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Aurangabad in India. Mallik Rao was born in 1969 in Govindinne Village / India. He is married and has two children. Mallik Rao was born in 1969 in Govindinne Village / India. He is married and has two children. Mallik Rao was born in 1969 in Govindinne Village / India. He is married and has two children.