About Sachin Karkala
EVP & General Manager, IMS & RAN
Sachin Karkala serves as EVP and General Manager for IMS & RAN at Mavenir. In this role, Sachin leads strategy, product execution, customer success, and technology innovation across 4G/5G Open RAN and access network solutions. With more than 18 years at Mavenir, Sachin has held progressive leadership positions in product and engineering, driving cloud-native and AI transformations and delivering advanced network solutions for global telecom operators.
Sachin is recognized for building high-performance global R&D organizations, pioneering large-scale deployments of cloud-native Open RAN solutions, and spearheading industry-first innovations in IMS/VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling. Sachin’s leadership has been instrumental in stabilizing delivery, accelerating performance, and aligning technology objectives with long-term business goals.
Expertise:
- IMS, Messaging and Unified communication products
- VoWiFi and VoLTE solutions
- Embedded systems
- 5G ORAN SA FDD
