Kalyan Sundhar has over 25 years of experience in the industry, leading multi-national teams that develop products for Operators, Network Equipment Manufacturers as well as Test and Measurement vendors. He is currently, Vice President and General Manager of 5G Edge To Core Group. In this role, Kalyan is responsible for working with key customers on technical and business fronts – defining the strategy, roadmap and go-to-market plans from 5G RAN to Core.

Previously, Kalyan was responsible for creating and executing Ixia’s wireless and virtualization strategies across all product lines as well as oversight of development for Ixia products relating to 5G, LTE, Wifi, and applications in the voice, video, and data areas. He holds several patents in the wireless area. He co-authored the popular “5G for Dummies” book, and is a regular contributor to several leading magazines in this space.