Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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. In his role as senior executive in business with P&L responsibility and thought leader in emerging technologies, Utpal’s mission is to fuel growth by building, scaling and implementing differentiated competitive market service solution offerings to meeting business imperatives of our customers. Under Utpal's leadership, IBM recently achieved the mission of scaling to make "Watson AI Impact 1.5 Billion Consumers” and creation of “Industry Blockchain platforms”. Utpal is a Master inventor and is at the forefront in making Hybrid Cloud and 5G/EDGE real for enterprises globally Utpal has been with IBM (and PwC) since 1998. With 20+ years of experience, Utpal is a highly motivated & dynamic leader who thrives in challenging environments. He is reputed for his trust, problem solving and organizational skills. Recipient of numerous client excellence awards, he is recognized as “IBM Top Talent" Utpal is a regular speaker at industry forums, univ and business conferences globally, including MWC, THINK, TMForum, Dreamforce, Cannes, Fierce 5G and CEM Telecoms. With 50+ articles, Utpal contributes to industry blogs, analyst reports and emerging marketplace trends. He has been quoted in Fortune, Bloomberg, GSMA, LF and BusinessWire. Utpal is an active contributor & member of FORBES council, AI Think Tank at Cognitive World, is current chair of ISSIP Strategy Council, member of CompTIA’s IoT Advisory leadership and was on board of ATIS. Utpal is also member of IBM’s Executive Partner Promotion committee, Talent Ecosystem & 5G EDGE Acceleration teams. Utpal is on advisory boards of Penn State Univ and Rochester Institute of Tech. An active STEM volunteer and P-TECH mentor dedicated to ‘Pathways in Technology, Early College”, Utpal supports education outreach initiatives through Univ of Toronto and Prof. Engineers Ontario. Utpal holds Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engg from Pune Univ (with highest honours) and MBA from Northwestern Univ’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He completed executive studies at Harvard Business School’s strategic leadership, Wharton School’s financial value creation and Stanford Business School's entrepreneurial leadership programs
- Ecosystem: Driving growth of IBM Cloud ecosystem across all GTM (Go to Market) motions (1) Build with ISV's -> Incubate new ISV's, expand and scale consumption (2) Global System Integrators -> Collaborate with global SI's to embed & deliver integrated solutions (3) Business Partners -> Sell with motion through Business Partners across all markets globally - Strategic Partnerships: With KEY ISV's (Independent Software Vendors) to develop market making offerings. This includes combination of (a) Embed, (b) Sell with (c) Sell To initiatives - Sovereign Cloud: Build Sovereign Cloud offerings with primary focus in major and growth markets. End to end ownership from building PoV to meeting local requirements (of regulators) to driving deployment - Distributed Cloud: Scaling distributed use case and offerings including 5G and Multi-access Edge Computing across all industries
- Responsible for driving EDGE Cloud use case and offerings across all industries - Leading 5G and Multi-access Edge Computing cross-industry - Capitalize on key partnerships and client imperatives to leverage cloud in EDGE locations - Maximize the potential of Cloud Satellite across Hybrid Cloud platform ecosystem, as well as within the lens of industry focus areas.
https://www.csun.edu/nazarian/news/nazarian-college-welcomes-utpal-mangla-ibm-advisory-board-member Ranked in 2022 as Best Business School under category of Best On-Campus MBA by Princeton Review, the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics aspires to be a leader in developing our diverse student population with the knowledge, abilities, and opportunities to navigate and shape a changing marketplace, improving economic prosperity and societal well-being in the Southern California region and beyond. The Advisory Board of the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics was established to assist the Dean in ongoing qualitative growth of the College. The College Advisory Board serves as the primary advisory body, providing advice and counsel for the College's academic and professional programs. Additionally, the Nazarian College Advisory Board plays an important role in fundraising efforts aimed to address strategic initiatives.
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/614197884/issip-names-utpal-mangla-of-ibm-2023-president https://issip.org/issip-leadership/
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The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals, ISSIP is a professional association co-founded by IBM, Cisco, HP and several Universities with a mission to promote Service Innovation for our interconnected world. ISSIP's purpose is to help institutions and members grow and be successful in our global service economy Service innovations improve the quality-of-life of individuals and the wealth of institutions, from businesses to nations that are increasingly dominated by service revenues and economics. Advances in information technology and policy support the rapid scaling of new service innovations in health, education, government, finance, hospitality, retail, communications, transportation, energy, utilities; even in advanced agricultural and manufacturing systems viewed as socio-technical systems, in which community-oriented recycling behaviors improve the economics, sustainability, and resilience of these human-serving systems https://issip.org/strategy-council-5/ http://www.issip.org/about-issip/community/2506-2/
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services LUMEN Customer Advisory Board (CAB) brings together a network of visionary leaders twice a year to participate in an open forum that will help shape the future of Lumen CAB members are chosen for their influence and thought leadership in their industry. They are expected to bring great value to the LUMEN CAB technology conversation. CAB membership is by invitation only. Members will be active for 12 months. At the end of this period, membership will be reviewed.CAB meetings will be held twice a year with regular review updates throughout the year The guiding principle of CAB meetings is to deliver value to members from strategic information sharing through peer-to-peer exchanges https://pages.lumentech.com/Lumenaries.html
Member of the Service Enterprise Engineering's (SEE) advisory board, housed in Penn State’s Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME). Through the IME department, SEE offers training and internship opportunities for engineering students interested in working in service sector fields such as health care, retail, finance, telecommunications and transportation. SEE also develops teaching resources such as textbooks and case studies that apply engineering solutions to service industry challenges. Created to better prepare IME students to make an impact through their service industry careers, the SEE board is composed of distinguished Penn State alumni and other professionals who provide input and guidance to the department. The group meets with IME faculty and staff twice per year to provide feedback on SEE programming https://news.psu.edu/story/658060/2021/05/07/academics/ibm-executives-join-service-enterprise-engineering-advisory-board