Board of Directors
The ATIS Board of Directors brings together C-level executives from the leading ICT companies to set the organization’s strategic, technical and operational direction. This leadership ensures alignment on the priorities that are defining the industry’s future while addressing members’ business objectives. Action on these priorities takes place through our board-driven Innovation Agenda.
Board Officers
CHAIR
Yigal Elbaz
Network Chief Technology Officer
AT&T
FIRST VICE CHAIR
Sanjay Udani
Vice President, Technology Policy
Verizon
SECOND VICE CHAIR
Narothum Saxena
VP, Technology Strategy & Architecture
UScellular
TREASURER
Stephen Alexander
Senior VP, CTO
Ciena
SECRETARY
Karri Kuoppamaki
Senior VP, Technology Development & Strategy
T-Mobile
PRESIDENT & CEO
Susan M. Miller
President and CEO
ATIS
Board Members
Lisa Marie Maxson
CEO
Helene Workman
Senior Patent Counsel
Yigal Elbaz
Senior Vice President, Technology & Network Services, Network Chief Technology Officer
Chair
Christian Militeau
Head of Product, Cloud Communications & Emergency Services
Stephen Howe
Chief Technology and Information Officer
Pamela Sherwood
Senior Regulatory, Broadband Infrastructure and Compliance Counsel
Gregg Logan
VP, Engineering
Jay Gerstner
VP, Voice Engineering
Stephen Alexander
Senior VP; CTO
Treasurer
Ravi Guntupalli
CTO – Provider Mobility
Jason Livingood
Vice President, Technology Policy and Standards
Timothy Jenkins
President, Safety & Security Technologies
Steve Watkins
AVP, Strategic Technology Policy
Manish Singh
CTO, Telecom Business Unit
Mathias Riback
Head of Standards and Technology
Terry Clouthier
Senior Vice President, Optical
Miguel Dajer
VP, U.S. Wireless Research
Vacant
Andrew Clegg
Spectrum Engineering Lead
Andrew Border
Vice President of Product Management
Chris Drake
Senior Vice President – Corporate and Business Development
TOPS Council Chair
Caroline Chan
Vice President, Network and Edge Group & General Manager, Network Business Incubator Division
Bruno Fromont
CTO
Rajesh Pankaj
CTO
Vacant
Greg Pelton
CTO
Todd Landry
Corporate Vice President, Solutions Innovation Strategy
Kireeti Kompella
CTO PSD
Vacant
Jason Thomas
VP, Public Policy & Compliance
Tom Gage
CEO & Managing Director
Bejoy Pankajakshan
EVP – Chief Technology & Strategy Officer
Vacant
Russ Penar
Principal Service Engineer
Vacant
Ganesh Pattabiraman
President and CEO
Rob Backhouse
Head of Technology for North America for Mobile Networks
Rebekah Johnson
Founder & CEO
Kuntal Chowdhury
AI-RAN and 6G Developer Relations
Dr. Mark Epstein
Senior VP, Development
Membership Committee Chair
Sridhar Kuppanna
Vice President, Engineering
Jianzhong (Charlie) Zhang
Senior VP, Standards and Mobility Innovation
Imad Ajarmeh
Chief Network Officer
Karri Kuoppamaki
VP, Network Technology Development & Strategy
Secretary
Narothum Saxena
Vice President, Technology, Strategy, and Architecture, UScellular
Second Vice Chair
David Casem
Chief Executive Officer
Jerome Birot
VP – Voice & Collaboration Services DevOps
Joe Dechant
Senior Director for Solutions Engagement & Product Architecture
James Garvert
General Manager and Vice President
Christer Fahlgren
Lead VoIP Software Architect
Sanjay Udani
VP, Public Policy
First Vice Chair