Arvind Agrawal

Senior professional with 30+ years of corporate experience holding key positions including Line management. Driving revenue goals for network management and allied portfolio for India market. Drove long term organizational relationships by resolving customer issues, interfacing with internal teams for pre-sales feature requests & delivering highest level of customer satisfaction.

Delivered high Revenue goals for 35 mn Euros annually by creating new Solutions, pre-sales/post-sales, delivering new products and portfolio management. A strong leader with proven ability to motivate groups of people, organize teams, and lead from the front. Alongside a corporate career, having vast volunteering experience of 24+ years in social sector with various NGOs, groups and self-driven diversified social initiatives, demonstrating a strong commitment to community development and environmental sustainability.

Keen to pursue new opportunities in corporate/CSR initiatives.

Head - Portfolio Management & Regulatory Compliance Network Management & SON at Nokia Solutions & Networks (Erstwhile Nokia Siemens Networks) (2023-10 – Present)

Leading product portfolio, driving market expansions, features, roadmaps, program management for Network management & allied areas and ensuring regulatory compliances.

• Delivered 50%+ NM solution scalability, extended product lifecycle and accelerated key software features by 6 months
• Led cloud-native NM transformation and software optimization initiatives, reducing upgrade effort and improving operational efficiency and gaining customer mindshare, Bharti, Jio and VI
• Enabled 100% regulatory compliance and seamless product deployment through effective OEM and cross-functional coordination
• Aligning cross-functional teams for creating end to end product solutions and go to market strategies

Head - Pre-Sales (Network Management, SON & SMO) at Nokia Solutions & Networks (Erstwhile Nokia Siemens Networks) (2017-03 – 2023-09)

Led a team of 4 to drive business accounts exceeding 40 mn Euros across India market. Play a key role as a Customer Success manager to work with the stakeholders and maximize solution value and margins.

• NM HW modernization closure for Bharti, VI-10 mEur
• As a team closed 5G NM, SON solution for Bharti Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea
• Creating new product/features for enhancing revenue pipelines

Solution Sales & Product Expert - Network Management at Nokia Solutions & Networks (Erstwhile Nokia Siemens Networks) (2007-04 – 2017-02)

Solution sales for Bharti account and subject matter expert for India market

Technical Product Consultant - NMS (Fixed Line) at Siemens (SPCNL) (1995-08 – 2007-03)

Technical Product Consultant - NMS (Fixed Line) for major telecom operators. Including brief stint in HCL Technologies from Jan 2001 - Jun 2001

Graduate Engineer at Aasia Industrial Tech Pvt. Ltd (1995-02 – 1995-02)

B.E in Electronics & Telecommunication – Malaviya National Institute of technology (MNIT)