Vivek leads the Analytics/AI solution offerings for the Telco vertical at GCP where his team drives Google's technology leadership and investments in the area into use cases to enable 5G evolution and overall CSP transformation. Prior to this role, Vivek has spent 7+ years at different Google PAs with a focus on CSP and Telecom partnerships for Google HW and Android PAs. Vivek came to Google from Qualcomm where his last role was Vice President, Product Management for their Connected Home initiatives. Vivek has more than 25 plus years of experience in the Telecom and consumer  industries and has run P&L and Business Development groups at Qualcomm , Atheros and ArrayComm prior to Google.. Vivek holds a MS in Biomedical Engineering from University of Tennessee and BS (B-Tech) in EE from IIT Kanpur.