US-based Mavenir, a provider of telco software, Monday named former Tata Communications executive Dipesh Ranjan as Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific of the company.

Ranjan comes with more than 20 years of experience in cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), software-defined, and zero-trust networks.

In his new capacity, Ranjan will lead Mavenir’s unique go-to-market strategy to accelerate and accommodate the company’s rapid growth in the region.

“With the app the “new edge,” and cloud-native software dominating the digital revolution, Mavenir’s broad portfolio and innovative technology provides telcos, enterprises, global system integrators and hyperscalers an unprecedented vehicle for digital transformation. I look forward to this incredible new journey with Mavenir,” said Ranjan.

Prior to Mavenir, Ranjan served nearly 15 years in key positions at Tata Communications before being named vice president and managing director, Asia-Pacific, Japan, and India, for NetFoundry, a Tata Group innovation business.

At NetFoundry, he led successful initiatives with telecom operators, enterprises. and cloud providers, establishing various regional business units around enterprises and partners across India and Asia-Pacific and built a global partner group based out of the United Kingdom, as per an official statement.