Industry Director, Business Communications Services & Cloud Computing, ICT, Frost & Sullivan

Roopa has an MBA in Strategic Marketing from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India and a Bachelor’s in Telecommunications Engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. She has more than thirteen years of industry experience in providing strategic advice to companies on product strategy, competitive strategy, market share expansion, partnership development, and building market revenue forecasts, pricing forecasts, market share analysis and competitive analysis reports.

Roopa’s expertise spans Business Network Services (Ethernet, MPLS VPNs, DWDM, etc.), Managed WAN Services, and Data Center and Cloud Computing Services. As a recognized expert on the Carrier Ethernet Services Market in particular, and network & cloud services in general, Roopa is extensively quoted in several leading publications; Forbes.com. Wall Street Journal, TMCnet, Fierce Telecom, Telecom Magazine, Tech Target, Phone+ Magazine, and Processor.com to list a few. She is also frequently invited to attend/judge/speak at events including the judging panel (team of 5 Industry Analysts) for the MEF NA Service Provider Awards since 2010.