Puneet joins Mavenir as SVP/GM RAN Business. He most recently was at Qualcomm where he helped establish Small Cells and RAN Infra Business from the ground up to its existing industry leading position in 5G. He had the overall responsibility of the business unit P&L, execution, product roadmap and business development. While delivering significant business growth, he successfully evolved FSM RAN products including baseband SoC, SW and RF through 3G/4G/5G industry transitions to meet the needs of Qualcomm’s global customer base. Prior to his current role, he held other roles at Qualcomm including UWB business development and leading PHY software team responsible for Qualcomm’s first LTE UE modem launch. He also brings diverse set of telecom experiences from his prior roles at Radioframe Networks, Comneon and Ubinetics.
Puneet earned his MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and has a B.Tech. in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Guwahati.