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Our Team

Talented team is at the heart of our business. Our analysts and consultants with broad industry experience in various roles form a very potent formula for successful industry insights and consulting assignments.


Sridhar T. Pai
CEO

Sridhar Pai founded Tonse Telecom in 2005 as a research and consulting services organization focusing on Indian telecom space. Tonse provides technology research, Investment Advisory and consulting services with a specific focus on the wireless sector. Immediately before Tonse, Sridhar was heading marketing for IntelliNet Technologies, a leading telecom signaling solutions specialist. Prior to Tonse, Sridhar helped found Xybridge, a pioneer in the mobile softswitch product category and was Director Marketing, based in US and India. Sridhar began his career with Motorola Codex, the WAN products group attached to the ISG division. Sridhar holds a BS from the University of Mysore in Telecommunications engineering and an MBA specializing in marketing from University of Oklahoma, USA.

Sridhar regularly contributes to ITMagazine. Find some of his articles here

Arun Kumar SB
Director Business and Strategy

Arun Kumar has about 18 years in the Indian telecom and IT industries driving business, sales and operations experience. Having worked in Wipro for over 5 years Arun helped Wipro to build telecom business in the early days. Most recently Arun was director global sales for an embedded software developer in Bangalore selling Bluetooth chipsets to mobile handset OEMs across the globe. Arun has a deep understanding and experience setting up and building large offshore centers. He manages Tonse’s business and strategy function.