Telefonica Case Study

Mary-Kay Peacock

Mary Kay has 20+ years’ experience in Technical Project and Program Management working for a variety of Fortune 500 enterprises and small start-ups across multiple industries. After receiving her Computer Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, she was accepted into a prestigious 5 year accelerated management training program at the Travelers Insurance company.

After successfully completing the program, Mary Kay relocated to Boston, MA where she began working at multiple technology startups, driving improved quality practices within Engineering as well as leading successful enterprise customer engagements. Most recently she has held positions working directly for company leadership to drive strategic transformation of Engineering and non-Engineering operations alike.

At PW, she spear-heads the efforts to strategically transform operational activities to ensure PW is creating products and delivering services to create customer success. Mary Kay is equally passionate about company culture and communication and has led PW’s Value in Action Awards program along with the Getting to Know PW series.

Sanjay Harwani

Sanjay Harwani is the GM, India and VP, R&D at Parallel Wireless. Sanjay is a highly experienced R&D manager with 25+ years of experience in Research and Development. Sanjay joined Parallel Wireless in 2014 and built various products in Parallel Wireless portfolio. Sanjay played a key role in building various R&D teams and was instrumental in growing them manifolds.

Before joining Parallel Wireless he worked with Cisco for 10+ years where he lead various cross functional teams in the domain of Broadband Access, Core Routing, Switching, Telecom Core and various Gateway functions.

Sanjay has held several technical and leadership roles within high tech companies, among them are Cisco, Infineon and Marconi/FORE Systems.

Sanjay holds a Master of Science degree in Networking and Telecom from Stratford University, USA and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from NIT Bhopal, India.

On a personal note, Sanjay is married to Keerti and is a proud father of 2 kids, Kanav and Hrishant. In his free time, he loves to play table tennis and spending time with his family.

Baruch Navon

Baruch is highly experienced R&D manager with almost 20 years of experience in Research and Development. Before joining Parallel Wireless Baruch held a position of engineering manager at Intel, where he led cross domain teams for several wireless solutions, from the Silicon and RF design, through development and integration till mass production. It included several engineering functionalities such as VLSI, software, firmware and hardware.

Baruch had several technical and leadership roles within high tech companies, among them Siano Mobile Siicon and Motorola.

Baruch joined Parallel Wireless back in 2018 as a Director of Access Technologies, which he led and built several teams globally. Baruch promoted into a Vice President of Access Technologies role for 2 years and today he is acting as Head Of global R&D. As Head of R&D Baruch is in charge for leading all engineering functions, strategic planning, budget and execution.

Baruch holds a B.Sc in computer engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Cum Laude), M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University and Management studies from Tel Aviv University.

Reni Ninan

Reni Ninan brings over 25 years of experience to his role as SVP of Product Management at Parallel Wireless. His unique background from living and working in Delhi, Dubai, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow, Gurgaon, and India, across multiple technologies; Optical, IP, Microwave, Mobile and 2G/3G, 4G and now 5G, will serve as an asset to the organization. Additionally, his ability as a results-oriented, problem solver and quick, data driven decision maker with a strong customer focus will positively impact the Parallel Wireless experience. One of the contributing factors to his success is through developing strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders that build trust, credibility and create positive results.

His most previous experience was as Vice President and Head of Global RAN Operations at Mavenir where he successfully oversaw and grew an incubation team for customer engagements spanning across multiple countries in all continents. Prior to joining Mavenir, he served 21 years between Nortel and Ericsson, with Nortel being acquired by Ericsson in 2009. During his tenure, he held various advancing roles, across multiple technologies, with his final as VP and Head of Operations of Emerging Business.

He holds a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India.

Steve O'Brien

Steve O’Brien is an HR Executive with 30 years of experience. He has a strong track record and passion for building great teams and businesses with publicly traded and distressed companies, as well as global pre-revenue startups. One of his greatest strengths is an ability to build cohesive global teams filled with talented, engaged team mates who deliver results in a supportive, high performance culture. He believes passionately in a People First Strategy.

On a personal note, he is married to Susan O’Brien and is the proud father of four kids, including Triplets (Daniel, Sara, Rebecca O’Brien). In his free time, he enjoys golf, open water swimming, Notre Dame Football and spending time with his family.

Matt Rowe

Matt brings over 15 years of global law firm and GC experience representing technology companies across all stages of growth. He managed commercial licensing and oversaw corporate compliance, governance initiatives, intellectual property matters, and international operations. Matt has a BA in Political Science from Boston College and a JD from Boston College Law School.

Eugina Jordan

Eugina has over 20 years of strategic marketing experience, leading marketing and communications for small and large global technology companies. She has been instrumental in establishing Parallel Wireless as the #1 supplier of Open RAN solutions globally. Eugina is also an inventor, holding 6 patents that include 5G and Open RAN. Her passion is to help other women in telecom realize their full potential through mentorships and community engagement.

Eugina has a Masters of Teaching from Moscow Pedagogical University and studied computer undergrad at CDI College in Toronto, Canada.

Chris Sullivan

Chris is an accomplished CFO, CEO and Board member with a passion for leading dynamic high growth businesses. His executive leadership experience spans companies of all sizes. Chris has helped companies build actionable business and financial plans to drive revenue growth and improved profits.

Yisrael Nov

Yisrael has over 30 years of experience in business development and account management. He has driven revenue growth and led strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and deal pricing. He has an MA from MeA SheArim, Jerusalem.

Simon Mellor

Simon has over 30 years of experience as a telecom and defense industry executive. He founded Axis Network Technology and reimagined remote radio head technologies.

Sridhar Donepudi

Sridhar co-founded Parallel Wireless after 20+ years as a technology leader. As the Sr. Principal Architect of Next-Gen Products, Sridhar reimagined the design and development of various traffic management solutions and has 15 US patents pending and issued.

Kaitki Agarwal

As Chief Product Officer, Kaitki is responsible for leading product strategy and engineering. Kaitki has been instrumental in managing product development that generated multimillion dollar revenue, holding 20+ US patents pending and issued.

Rajesh Mishra

Rajesh co-founded Parallel Wireless and leads the technology behind its solutions. He has 25 US patents pending and issued and holds a BS in Computer Science from IIT.