Jayaram Beladakere

Director (Products/Technology), Ericsson

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Leader with global experience in business strategy, product planning & engineering, and full life cycle management, with specialization in telecommunications. Deep expertise in enterprise, service providers and cloud networking; solid understanding of IoT technologies and solutions. Well-versed in go-to-market, co-development models and emerging market needs. Possesses a broad knowledge of technology trends, including solutions built using AI/ML and data analytics.

20+ years of solid accomplishments, gaining and demonstrating a wealth of experience:
> AI Products & Services: Set up technical product management function in Ericsson Global AI Accelerator (India). Defined new systems & processes for execution – to deliver a wide range of use cases. Globally leading the strategic ‘industrialization’ initiative – to drive company-wide maturity for supporting at-scale deployments and life-cycle operations.
> Business Strategy & Operations Leadership: Co-development of multiple IoT solutions with Cisco’s ecosystem partners. For Cisco enterprise wireless business: Established the product delivery team and managed global product operations.
> Strategic Product Management: drove a full transformation of Ericsson’s IP/router portfolio.
> R&D Leadership: Built a team of architects & technologists that formed the core of Ericsson’s R&D unit in Bangalore – powering the site’s rapid progression along the value curve.
> System and Network Architect (12+ years): Developed multiple carrier-class products and solutions for access, metro and service edge markets from the ground up.

* Excellent team-builder and mentor, consistently gets the best out of diverse teams. Versatile player – experience with large corporations as well as startups. Proven effectiveness in managing international stakeholders (US, Europe and APAC) and complex environments.

* Strategic thinker: understands macro-trends and abstract needs, and translates them to viable and optimized products or processes; a keen eye for execution and delivery in managing customers and partners.

Specializations: Conceptualizing AI/ML solutions, driving innovations (technology and business models), service provider and enterprise networking, Digitization/Internet of Things, and technology co-development.

Technology expertise: IP/Ethernet/transport, mobile networks, Wi-Fi/Wireless, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud/virtualization (SDN, NFV) and analytics/automation (AI/ML).