Udai Kanukolanu

Rakuten Symphony, CRO

Speaker Bio

Udai Kanukolanu is Chief Revenue Officer at Rakuten Symphony and a seasoned telecommunications executive with more than two decades of experience driving growth, innovation, and transformation across the global telecom industry.


Previously, Kanukolanu served as Global Head of Sales at Dell Technologies, where he helped shape the company’s telecom services business across consulting, network design and optimization, systems integration, deployment, support, and managed services, building significant engagement with the world’s leading telecom operators. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Ericsson, including Vice President, CTO, and Head of Strategy, as well as technical and leadership positions at Motorola.


Kanukolanu holds a Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from the University of Missouri–Rolla and a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation Technology from Osmania University. He also completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.


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