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As Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer of Elveo Mobile, Ram Viswanathan helps architect the company's strategy and drives execution of key partnerships to deliver mobile connectivity and elevated intelligence to a planet on the move.

Ram draws on decades of experience in the telecommunications and satellite industries, helping shape Elveo Mobile’s approach to a fundamental shift in communications. Elveo Mobile will bring next-generation connectivity directly from satellites to mobile phones, devices and machines everywhere on Earth.

Prior to this role, Ram was Chief Executive Officer of direct-to-device pioneer, Omnispace, and led its merger with Lynk Global to create Elveo. His previous leadership roles include strategic partnerships and business development at Cidera and spearheaded WorldSpace's U.S. joint venture into XM Satellite Radio. Earlier in his career, Ram worked in senior roles at McKinsey & Company's U.S. and European telecom and tech practice and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs & Company.

Ram holds master’s degrees from the MIT Sloan School of Management and Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.

Mike Dano is a Lead Industry Analyst in Ookla’s research and content team. He covers the North and South American markets, and global technology trends. Previously, Mike was a journalist covering the global telecom industry for 25 years at publications including RCR Wireless News, Fierce Network and Light Reading.

Anshul Bhatt is the Chief Product Officer, OSS Business Unit, Rakuten Symphony. Prior to his current roles, Anshul was Head of Intelligent Ops Product Strategy and Technical Sales, and business unit head of AI Operations at Rakuten Mobile with a mission to automate 100% of network operations. Anshul has personally witnessed the pains of day-to-day network operations and is on a mission to transform how we manage networks by actualizing a fully autonomous network. Before joining Rakuten in 2019, Anshul worked at tier-1 telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel as well as in product company Subex in Network Analytics domain. Anshul holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). He is currently based in Denver, USA.