Danielle Royston is Founder and CEO of TelcoDR and the acting CEO of Totogi. She has 25 years of enterprise software experience – the last 10+ as a CEO specializing in turnarounds. As telecom’s leading public cloud evangelist, Royston has raised $1Billion to fundamentally transform telco software, propelling the industry to new heights with the power of the public cloud. Widely recognized as a thought leader, Royston has been asked to speak on some of the biggest stages in the industry and featured in numerous publications. She resides in Austin, TX, and holds a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University.

Sameer Vuyyuru is currently the Head of WW Business Development for Communication Service Providers at Amazon Web Services (AWS). His team works with all of the leading players in the Telco ecosystem in the co-pursuit of transforming the way networks and network services are built and monetized in the future.

Sameer is a Customer Obsessed veteran of the Telecommunications Industry. He prides him on delivering Value through Innovation to the Telecommunications Ecosystem Worldwide. Sameer was most recently the Co-Founder and CEO of Wayz.ai, a Shanghai based AI start-up delivering Predictive Network Services for Self-Organizing Networks. Prior accomplishments in the Telco space include helping launch the first ever 40G and 100G optical transport networks, LoRa (The largest IoT Network as a Service) and numerous other innovations starting from GPRS baseband and driving through the generational upgrades all the way to 5G.

His past roles include SVP/GM at Comtech where he ran the E-911 and Messaging Product lines. His team expanded the market to 86 different Telcos WW through innovating on Network Function virtualization, on AWS for ease of deployment and agility. Prior to that he was SVP/GM at Semtech for the Advanced Communications group. Sameer started his career with Texas Instruments working on system level solutions for 2G Baseband in their Mobile Computing Architecture Labs. Sameer holds an MSEE in Digital Signal Processing from Texas Tech University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Arvind Bali is the current CEO of Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC). He is an accomplished business leader with 35+ years of expertise in managing various business streams with globally respected outcomes. He helps transform underperforming organizations with his powerful analytical skills, potent communication capability & strategic vision. In addition to his role as CEO at TSSC, he acts as a part of advisory boards in consulting promoters and their organisations in Telecom, IT, and Security and surveillance for performance improvement and strategic guidance.

Till June’18, he served as the DIRECTOR & CEO of Connect Broadband and earlier Videocon Telecom in its maiden journey of becoming an admired brand enriching the lives of millions & guiding the organization to ride the next wave of telecom growth in India.

Empowered with International exposure by handling business in 50+ countries for more than two decades, he has honed his abilities in identifying potential opportunities, deconstructing complex situations and demonstrating year-after-year success in achieving profit & business growth objectives within start-up, turnaround & rapid change environments.

As a corporate executive, he possess extensive expertise across most markets in Asia, US, and Europe, handling various business verticals including New Business Development, International Sales and Operations, International Restructuring, Value Creation, Introduction of New Products and Leveraging Global Supply Chain.

A commercial strategist and catalyst with Business Acumen, for growth and change; he successfully managed the challenging responsibilities of executing Videocon’s business plans, product strategy and oversaw the brand’s venture into the dynamic telecom business in India.

Currently, he is ushering in new initiatives into TSSC with an ardent focus on the future. TSSC is fast venturing into skill development in emergent technologies like 5G, IoT, ML/AI, Drone technology among others. He envisions that the frontline workforce will play an important role in our nation’s digital future.

Arvind is an MBA from FMS, Delhi University, and graduate with Hons in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.