MAVENIR APPOINTS JITIN BHANDARI AS EVP TO LEAD NEOCLOUD EXPANSION

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Mavenir has appointed Jitin Bhandari as Executive Vice President (EVP), NeoCloud Platform and Forward Deployment Engineering.

Mavenir in a statement said Bhandari will lead the company’s expansion into the growing NeoCloud market and establish a Forward Deployment Engineering practice serving its communications service provider and NeoCloud customer base.

He will report to the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Pardeep Kohli.

The appointment follows Mavenir’s recently announced AI-Integrated Platform and AI Service Assurance framework for communications service providers as the company extends its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, tools and cloud-native expertise to NeoCloud providers.

Kohli said Bhandari brings deep technical expertise, experience in scaling software portfolios and a vision for AI that will help the company expand its AI platform and capabilities into new markets and use cases.

Meanwhile, Bhandari said Mavenir is well positioned to lead the transition towards AI-by-design and agentic operations, adding that he looks forward to expanding the company’s AI platform, tools and Forward Deployment Engineering capabilities for communications service providers, NeoCloud providers and enterprises worldwide.

Bhandari joins Mavenir from Nokia, where he most recently served as Chief Technology Officer for Cloud and Network Services, overseeing technology strategy and innovation in cloud-native and AI-powered networking solutions.

He previously held executive positions at Nokia, including Chief Product Officer for Core Network Applications and Vice President and General Manager of Digital Networks. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Oracle, Acme Packet and Alcatel-Lucent.

-- BERNAMA

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