speaker bio

Manish Vyas

President, Communications, Media and Entertainment Business, and CEO, Network Services - Tech Mahindra

Manish Vyas is the President of Tech Mahindra’s largest Industry vertical, Communications, Media and Entertainment. He is also the Chief Executive of Network Services business, which is one of the leading growth pillars of Tech Mahindra.

An accomplished leader with extensive expertise and experience across global markets, Manish has led large and diverse global programs during his 20 years at Tech Mahindra.

Manish believes that Tech Mahindra and all his teams are duty bound to assist clients in 3 distinct areas viz Improve operational efficiencies, Drive greater velocity in business transformation and Create new growth opportunities for each Client. He firmly believes that 
large problems can be solved by picking right teams, creating right ecosystem partners, bringing right set of technologies together and when necessary challenge the status quo on business 
models. He has been involved in creating the strategic direction to the Telecom & the Networks Services business and in driving various Organic & Inorganic growth initiatives 

Manish believes in building an organization powered by high-performance teams, diverse workforce and entrepreneurial capabilities. He drives the strategy, innovation and the go to 
market programs for Telecom, Media and Network businesses. He cherishes mentoring Young Leaders and believes that there is a lot to learn from them.
Manish has co-authored Technology papers on ‘Network Innovation’ with CXOs of Networksbased companies, and published several blogs on the Future of the CSPs, as here –

• Innovation with 5G in Media
• ET Telecom – The 5th Wave of Networks 

Some of his recent media addresses are –

• Manish Vyas on the Future of Telecom in Middle East & Africa (Dubai)
 Keynote Address at the ITU-GSR 2018 (United Nations, Geneva)
 TIA NOW interview on ‘AI in Virtual Networks’ along with the LINUX Foundation

Apart from his association with Tech Mahindra, Manish has also been identified as one of the future business leaders at the Mahindra Group, as part of the ‘Future Leadership Program’. He consistently contributes to the Group’s Innovation Council named ‘M-101’. He is also member of the US India Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Fort Worth.

Manish was brought up in Nagpur in Central India and is currently based out of Dallas, USA with his family. Manish completed his Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) from NMIMS, Mumbai and Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University.

When not busy traveling meeting customers and building teams, Manish likes to maximize his free time with his two daughters and watch classic Hindi cinema & highlights of legendary Cricketers. Here’s a link to a very personal, direct from the heart Podcast – ‘Cracking the Code with Manish Vyas’.

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Tuesday 19 September | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | CET
How to get to the autonomous network
Wednesday 20 September | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | CET
Unbundling the telco value chain