Title: GM, EDGE Cloud, IBM Distinguished Industry Leader (Telecommunications)
About: Utpal Mangla (MBA, PEng, CMC, ITCP, PMP, ITIL, CSM, FBCS) is a General Manager responsible for Telco Industry & EDGE Clouds in IBM. Prior to that, he ( utpalmangla.com ) was the VP, Senior Partner and Global Leader of TME Industry’s Centre of Competency. In addition, Utpal led the 'Innovation Practice' focusing on AI, 5G EDGE, Hybrid Cloud and Blockchain technologies for clients worldwide.Utpal is an IBM Distinguished Industry Leader, the highest distinction awarded to leaders who are at the top of their fields, focused on industry expertise, an IBM Senior Inventor and has over sixteen patents (in various stages of patent process) with focus on Cloud, Telco EDGE & 5G. Key patents include innovations in Dynamic network data management, Generative experiments for deployment on 5G networks, Delayed instantiation of slices in a 5G environment, Omnichannel marketplace assistant using AI and Dynamic interactive video content generation in Telco EDGE Clouds. Utpal has co-authored books on Federated Learning, Smart Services supporting new normal, AI in Virtual environments handbook and Future of Work – Higher Education He is a Fellow of British Computer Society, Fellow of Canadian Information Processing Society, is an active contributor & member of FORBES business council, AI Think Tank member at Cognitive World, member of AI Forum Advisory Board, VP of International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP) leadership, current chair of ISSIP Strategy Council and member of CompTIA’s IoT Advisory leadership