AGNITY is founded by a team of experts from telecom and enterprises domain who bring their years of experience in Tier-1 companies such as Motorola, BEA, Microsoft, Lucent, SWIFT, etc. and know the operator’s environment and challenges, inside and out.
The strength of leadership team includes deep understanding of multiple domains, core skills in Telecommunications including VoIP, IMS, and Multimedia technologies, expertise in enterprise domains including healthcare, financial and energy sectors, leading and contributing to standards bodies, first hand experience of delivering and deploying products in carriers worldwide, extensive experience of product development across global development centers with strong process orientation, and 24x7 support to carriers worldwide.
Sanjeev Chawla, President and CEO
Sanjeev comes with 25 years of experience in Senior Management in Telecommunication, Networking and Mobile Computing Industry. Sanjeev serves on the Board of Directors of IMS Forum and Advisory Board member of multiple startups. Prior to founding AGNITY, Sanjeev was CTO of GENBAND – provider of IMS compliant Media Gateway and Applications, Founder, CTO and EVP Engineering operations of BayPackets – provider of IMS compliant Service Delivery Platforms and Applications. Sanjeev also architected and managed development of S.W.I.F.T - the world’s biggest financial network. Sanjeev holds Masters degree in Computer Science from George Washington University and Bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Ken Epps, Chief Strategy Officer
Ken is a board member and Chief Strategy Officer of AGNITY Inc. Ken is responsible for AGNITY’s growth strategy, which includes mergers and acquisitions, and new market development. Ken is developing and implementing a strategy to launch AGNITY Inc., into the Health IT leveraging AGNITY’s Communications and Collaboration (UC2) portal and applications. Ken is an accomplished leader in the Communications and Multimedia industry. His experiences include CEO of BayPackets and U4EA Technologies, Chief Marketing Officer of Williams Communications, at the Williams Company (NYSE;WMB) and General Manager at AT&T. Over his career, Ken was responsible for the financing and market launch of two successful startups and the market introduction of a series of next generation and market leading services and applications in the Broadband, Multimedia, Wireless and the Internet arena. Ken has extensive experience in financing companies privately and publicly. Ken serves on several advisory boards and is active in professional and community organizations. His academic accomplishments include a MBA from Stanford, a M.S. from University of Tennessee, and a B.S. from S.C. State University.
Uday Choudhury, VP Product Management
As Vice President of Product Management, Uday Choudhury is responsible for the product strategy and direction setting for AGNITY’s product portfolio. In this role, he is also charged with shaping up products for various AGNITY clients and customers. Uday brings 20 years of industry experience in building large scale telecom software infrastructure in legacy, next-gen and IMS multimedia applications domain. He joined AGNITY from GENBAND, where he was responsible for the product line management of SDP and Applications portfolio, and managed product deployments at tier-1 accounts in Domestic and CALA regions. Prior to that, Uday served as AVP of Product Management for BayPackets, a leading supplier of a carrier-grade communications platform and converged applications for IP, Wireline and Wireless carriers. Uday had a long career with Lucent Technologies. Uday holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Louisiana, Louisiana.
Pat Geoghegan, VP Sales
Pat brings more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, serving in senior management, sales and business development functions during his career. As vice president of sales, Pat is responsible for the successful execution of AGNITY sales strategy, extending his prior experience in building and managing direct and indirect sales organizations.
Before joining AGNITY, Pat was the Area Vice President of Sales for Openwave Systems. Prior to Openwave, he was VP of Tier-1 Sales for GENBAND, a provider of media gateway solutions. Pat also has held leadership roles with Verizon and Intel/Shiva, having sold complex solutions to customers ranging from service providers, Fortune 1000 and small-medium size businesses. He has developed strategic business relationships with several Tier 1 OEM providers as well as other indirect sales channels during his career. Pat was inducted into Mercy College's Athletic Hall of Fame in November in 2008, having attended the college on a baseball scholarship.
KC John, Managing Director, India
As Managing Director, John heads the AGNITY India office. He comes with 25 years of cross-functional, strategic management and P&L experience spanning International Finance, Telecommunications and Software Industries. Prior to this, John served as Country General Manager & Chief Operating Officer at GENBAND’s India country operations. He also held strategic management positions at BayPackets, Qualcomm, the World Bank and the Ford Foundation. John has successfully scaled start-up technology companies and carved path-to-profitability. John holds a Ph.D. in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad.
Nasir Khan, VP Engineering
Nasir Khan brings wide-ranging industry experience spanning more than 14 years in telecommunications, networking and engineering to his role, leading product development, professional services and R&D efforts at AGNITY. Before joining AGNITY, Nasir led the development of BEA Weblogic SIP Server as the Architect at BEA Systems. He also led the standardization effort for SIP Servlet 1.1 technology as Specification Lead for JSR 289 while in BEA. Currently he serves as Expert group member of JSR 289. In his role as Specification lead he won several awards, notable amongst them are the “Most outstanding Spec Lead award for 2007” and “Star Spec Lead award for 2007”. Prior to BEA, Nasir performed Engineering management for SIP Servlets based application server, NSP (an IP SCP) and several next generation applications. Nasir also worked at Indian Oil Corporation developing scientific and financial applications. Nasir holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee and Masters degree in Management and Systems from IIT-Delhi.
Atul Varshneya, VP Technology
Atul Varshneya is Vice President of Technology at AGNITY. He leads the technology initiatives in the company and runs the Enterprise Vertical Solutions business unit. Prior to this, Varshneya was the Chief Architect, Multimedia Applications, at GENBAND, Inc., and Assoc. VP/Chief Architect BayPackets. In these roles he envisioned and architected NGN Service Delivery Platforms and applications for the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers as well as enterprises based on industry. Prior to this, as a Principal Architect at Motorola he had developed Reference Architecture for Motorola’s PCS products. Varshneya is a member of expert groups in standards bodies and industry forums, and a frequent speaker at various trade shows. He has a Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Subhash Verma, VP Engineering and Technology, India
Subhash has wide industry experience spanning over 23 years in Telecommunication Networks, Data Communications, Value Added Services and Software Technologies. He is heading the Engineering and Technology at AGNITY India and is responsible for product development, testing, professional services and R&D. He joined AGNITY from GENBAND where he was VP of Engineering & Technology and was heading R&D at GENBAND’s International Development Center (IDC) at Noida, India, driving Product Development, Testing and new products innovation. Before GENBAND, Subhash was working as AVP of Technology at BayPackets Inc, USA, where he played a critical leadership role in setting the strategic technology direction for the company. Prior to joining BayPackets, he worked as Director in Department of Telecommunications, the largest telecom carrier in India, for 13 years. He had been a speaker at various international conferences. Subhash received both a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Computer Science and Technology from IIT, Roorkee, India.
Venkat Yellapragada, VP Services
As head of the Services Business Unit, Venkat is responsible for successful execution of AGNITY’s growth strategy into Services arena. He has over twenty years experience in the Communications and Information Technology industry. He has built his career with many leading organizations such as Satyam, Tech Mahindra and Siemens in direct sales and senior leadership roles in the areas of Telecom BSS/OSS, Product Engineering Services, Systems Integration and Application Outsourcing to Telecom Service Providers, Network Equipment Manufacturers, and Enterprises. Venkat has Master’s degrees from IT-BHU, India and University of New South Wales, Australia.
The strength of leadership team includes deep understanding of multiple domains, core skills in Telecommunications including VoIP, IMS, and Multimedia technologies, expertise in enterprise domains including healthcare, financial and energy sectors, leading and contributing to standards bodies, first hand experience of delivering and deploying products in carriers worldwide, extensive experience of product development across global development centers with strong process orientation, and 24x7 support to carriers worldwide.
Sanjeev Chawla, President and CEO
Sanjeev comes with 25 years of experience in Senior Management in Telecommunication, Networking and Mobile Computing Industry. Sanjeev serves on the Board of Directors of IMS Forum and Advisory Board member of multiple startups. Prior to founding AGNITY, Sanjeev was CTO of GENBAND – provider of IMS compliant Media Gateway and Applications, Founder, CTO and EVP Engineering operations of BayPackets – provider of IMS compliant Service Delivery Platforms and Applications. Sanjeev also architected and managed development of S.W.I.F.T - the world’s biggest financial network. Sanjeev holds Masters degree in Computer Science from George Washington University and Bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Ken Epps, Chief Strategy Officer
Ken is a board member and Chief Strategy Officer of AGNITY Inc. Ken is responsible for AGNITY’s growth strategy, which includes mergers and acquisitions, and new market development. Ken is developing and implementing a strategy to launch AGNITY Inc., into the Health IT leveraging AGNITY’s Communications and Collaboration (UC2) portal and applications. Ken is an accomplished leader in the Communications and Multimedia industry. His experiences include CEO of BayPackets and U4EA Technologies, Chief Marketing Officer of Williams Communications, at the Williams Company (NYSE;WMB) and General Manager at AT&T. Over his career, Ken was responsible for the financing and market launch of two successful startups and the market introduction of a series of next generation and market leading services and applications in the Broadband, Multimedia, Wireless and the Internet arena. Ken has extensive experience in financing companies privately and publicly. Ken serves on several advisory boards and is active in professional and community organizations. His academic accomplishments include a MBA from Stanford, a M.S. from University of Tennessee, and a B.S. from S.C. State University.
Uday Choudhury, VP Product Management
As Vice President of Product Management, Uday Choudhury is responsible for the product strategy and direction setting for AGNITY’s product portfolio. In this role, he is also charged with shaping up products for various AGNITY clients and customers. Uday brings 20 years of industry experience in building large scale telecom software infrastructure in legacy, next-gen and IMS multimedia applications domain. He joined AGNITY from GENBAND, where he was responsible for the product line management of SDP and Applications portfolio, and managed product deployments at tier-1 accounts in Domestic and CALA regions. Prior to that, Uday served as AVP of Product Management for BayPackets, a leading supplier of a carrier-grade communications platform and converged applications for IP, Wireline and Wireless carriers. Uday had a long career with Lucent Technologies. Uday holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Louisiana, Louisiana.
Pat Geoghegan, VP Sales
Pat brings more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, serving in senior management, sales and business development functions during his career. As vice president of sales, Pat is responsible for the successful execution of AGNITY sales strategy, extending his prior experience in building and managing direct and indirect sales organizations.
Before joining AGNITY, Pat was the Area Vice President of Sales for Openwave Systems. Prior to Openwave, he was VP of Tier-1 Sales for GENBAND, a provider of media gateway solutions. Pat also has held leadership roles with Verizon and Intel/Shiva, having sold complex solutions to customers ranging from service providers, Fortune 1000 and small-medium size businesses. He has developed strategic business relationships with several Tier 1 OEM providers as well as other indirect sales channels during his career. Pat was inducted into Mercy College's Athletic Hall of Fame in November in 2008, having attended the college on a baseball scholarship.
KC John, Managing Director, India
As Managing Director, John heads the AGNITY India office. He comes with 25 years of cross-functional, strategic management and P&L experience spanning International Finance, Telecommunications and Software Industries. Prior to this, John served as Country General Manager & Chief Operating Officer at GENBAND’s India country operations. He also held strategic management positions at BayPackets, Qualcomm, the World Bank and the Ford Foundation. John has successfully scaled start-up technology companies and carved path-to-profitability. John holds a Ph.D. in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad.
Nasir Khan, VP Engineering
Nasir Khan brings wide-ranging industry experience spanning more than 14 years in telecommunications, networking and engineering to his role, leading product development, professional services and R&D efforts at AGNITY. Before joining AGNITY, Nasir led the development of BEA Weblogic SIP Server as the Architect at BEA Systems. He also led the standardization effort for SIP Servlet 1.1 technology as Specification Lead for JSR 289 while in BEA. Currently he serves as Expert group member of JSR 289. In his role as Specification lead he won several awards, notable amongst them are the “Most outstanding Spec Lead award for 2007” and “Star Spec Lead award for 2007”. Prior to BEA, Nasir performed Engineering management for SIP Servlets based application server, NSP (an IP SCP) and several next generation applications. Nasir also worked at Indian Oil Corporation developing scientific and financial applications. Nasir holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee and Masters degree in Management and Systems from IIT-Delhi.
Atul Varshneya, VP Technology
Atul Varshneya is Vice President of Technology at AGNITY. He leads the technology initiatives in the company and runs the Enterprise Vertical Solutions business unit. Prior to this, Varshneya was the Chief Architect, Multimedia Applications, at GENBAND, Inc., and Assoc. VP/Chief Architect BayPackets. In these roles he envisioned and architected NGN Service Delivery Platforms and applications for the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers as well as enterprises based on industry. Prior to this, as a Principal Architect at Motorola he had developed Reference Architecture for Motorola’s PCS products. Varshneya is a member of expert groups in standards bodies and industry forums, and a frequent speaker at various trade shows. He has a Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Subhash Verma, VP Engineering and Technology, India
Subhash has wide industry experience spanning over 23 years in Telecommunication Networks, Data Communications, Value Added Services and Software Technologies. He is heading the Engineering and Technology at AGNITY India and is responsible for product development, testing, professional services and R&D. He joined AGNITY from GENBAND where he was VP of Engineering & Technology and was heading R&D at GENBAND’s International Development Center (IDC) at Noida, India, driving Product Development, Testing and new products innovation. Before GENBAND, Subhash was working as AVP of Technology at BayPackets Inc, USA, where he played a critical leadership role in setting the strategic technology direction for the company. Prior to joining BayPackets, he worked as Director in Department of Telecommunications, the largest telecom carrier in India, for 13 years. He had been a speaker at various international conferences. Subhash received both a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Computer Science and Technology from IIT, Roorkee, India.
Venkat Yellapragada, VP Services
As head of the Services Business Unit, Venkat is responsible for successful execution of AGNITY’s growth strategy into Services arena. He has over twenty years experience in the Communications and Information Technology industry. He has built his career with many leading organizations such as Satyam, Tech Mahindra and Siemens in direct sales and senior leadership roles in the areas of Telecom BSS/OSS, Product Engineering Services, Systems Integration and Application Outsourcing to Telecom Service Providers, Network Equipment Manufacturers, and Enterprises. Venkat has Master’s degrees from IT-BHU, India and University of New South Wales, Australia.
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