
Brandon Larson
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mavenir’s Cloud, AI & IMS Business Strategy.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning play important roles in assisting CSPs with deploying cloud-native 5G networks. From optimization, automation, and predictive maintenance, AI and ML are powerful tools for ensuring the success of 5G cloudification.
About Brandon Larson
Brandon Larson is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mavenir’s Cloud, AI & IMS Business Strategy. He joined Mavenirfrom Tango Networks, where he served as their Chief Strategy Officer. He is also a former employee of Mavenir, having previously run the Sales Engineering organization for the America’s region where he was instrumental in many key Mavenir projects, including the world’s first IMS VoWiFi, VoLTE, and RCS 5.0 service launches.
Brandon has diverse experience having held roles in sales, marketing, product line management, and program management in his previous companies, Nokia and Ciena.
Expertise:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
- 5G Cloudification
- IMS

Previous Speaking Engagements
Mavenir’s Tips for Operators Looking to Implement VoNR and 5G Networks – Mobile World Live interview
Mavenir’s Brandon Larson, SVP & GM – Multimedia Business, catches up with Justin Springham from Mobile World Live to discuss the ingredients for success available to service providers, as they look to VoNR and 5G networks.
The Anatomy of Autonomous Networks
During a GSMA panel at #MWC24, Mavenir’s Brandon Larson, SVP of Cloud, AI & IMS, discussed the significant shift among operators towards autonomous networks. Larson mentioned that many operators in the market have made substantial progress with automation, deploying technologies such as Kubernetes, data optimization models, workflow engines, and various cloud-native technologies. With AI, operations are taken to a different level, surpassing what an operations person can handle.
The Future Network is Open and Autonomous
In this Sparring Partners webinar, Mavenir’s Brandon Larson, SVP, GM, Cloud, AI & IMS and Monica Paolini, Principal, Senza Fili, discuss why future networks must be open and autonomous. With network complexity increasing in 5G and 6G, they explore how Cloud-Native Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) can be applied to Telco operations to make networks more autonomous. In addition to the technology, they also discuss the skillsets and cultural changes needed to make this vision a reality and the importance of collaboration in an open ecosystem.
Public Cloud: The Key Questions
Echoing the drumbeat on the importance of public cloud, Mavenir’s Brandon Larson and Chris McKenna of AWS share their thoughts on the increasing demand for public cloud. The Gran Fira stage at Mobile World Congress, 2022 was the perfect place to showcase how there is no one-size-fits-all approach to a cloud journey and achieving the right blend of scale and speed is key. The two companies are collaborating to help CSPs overcome the challenges and maximize the value of public cloud.
Mavenir’s Tips for Operators Looking to Implement VoNR and 5G Networks – Mobile World Live interview
Mavenir’s Brandon Larson, SVP & GM – Multimedia Business, catches up with Justin Springham from Mobile World Live to discuss the ingredients for success available to service providers, as they look to VoNR and 5G networks.
The Anatomy of Autonomous Networks
During a GSMA panel at #MWC24, Mavenir’s Brandon Larson, SVP of Cloud, AI & IMS, discussed the significant shift among operators towards autonomous networks. Larson mentioned that many operators in the market have made substantial progress with automation, deploying technologies such as Kubernetes, data optimization models, workflow engines, and various cloud-native technologies. With AI, operations are taken to a different level, surpassing what an operations person can handle.