Madhwesh Kulkarni joins Aricent as vice president, Engineering and Offer Management in the Carrier Services and Solutions (CSS) SBU. At Aricent, he will be responsible for building a global team of strategists, consultants, and engineers to deliver solutions and services to global carriers.

Prior to this, he worked at Wipro as general manager, APAC, Communications and Media business, and head of the communications consulting practices. With more than 19 years of experience in IT/Telecom industry, he has worked closely with more than 40 telecom service providers globally. As one of the founder members of Telecom Service Provider Business Unit of Wipro, he provided strategic inputs to leading telecom operators across USA, Europe, Middle East and Japan. He was also associated with all major OSS-BSS ISVs and telecom equipment vendors in various roles and capacities. During his Wipro days, he was also on the board of the Tele Management Forum as an advisory director.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from REC Surathkal, Karnataka.