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 was the Vice President and Senior Partner in IBM. He is a recognized Global Leader of IBM’s Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment (TME) Industry. He is focussed on driving AI, 5G EDGE, Hybrid Cloud and Blockchain Innovations for TME clients worldwide. Under his leadership, IBM recently achieved the company’s mission of making “Watson AI touch 15 billion Consumers” and creation of four “Telco Industry Blockchain platforms”. He is at the forefront of making Hybrid Cloud and 5G EDGE technologies real for enterprises across the globe by deploying, scaling and replicating B2B solutions. Utpal’s team is leading the Distributed Cloud EDGE transformation agenda for cross-industry clients globally.

Utpal has been with IBM (and PwC) since 1998. With 20+ years of consulting, system integration, customer relationships, program delivery and industry experience, Utpal brings depth of expertise and knowledge on building, running, and scaling businesses. Recognized as a “top talent”, he has deep experience across all pillars of IBM business including complex program management, turning around DE engagements, sales, account/sector and practice management.

Utpal is a Senior Member of IEEE and a regular speaker at industry forums, university and business conferences globally. He is a Senior Inventor and has over ten patents (incl applied) with focus on Cloud, Telco EDGE 5G. Key patents include innovations in Dynamic network data management, Generative experiments for application deployment on 5G networks and Delayed instantiation of slices in a 5G environment among others. 

Utpal holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from Pune University with highest honours) and MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Mgmt. He has completed executive studies in the Harvard Business School’s strategic leadership, Wharton School’s financial value creation and Stanford Business School’s entrepreneurial leadership programs. He holds several designations in the fields of IT Architecture, SAFE Agile, ITIL, Program management and Design Thinking.