Amit Ganjoo

ANRA Technologies is a global leader in providing end-to-end drone operations and traffic management solutions for unmanned aerial systems. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable software platforms that enable safe and efficient integration of uncrewed systems.

ZiBY Creations is a service and solution provider delivering technology-driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of our clients. ZiBY Creations offers a few brands that create solutions around specific needs of industries such as mobile marketing, IT consulting. We deliver unmatched business value to customers through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks and service delivery innovation.

The committee provides advice on key drone and Advanced Air Mobility issues. Members are executives and stakeholders who represent a variety of drone and AAM interests, including industry, research, academia, retail, technology and state and local government. In addition, for the first time, the AAAC will include members able to raise awareness of potential impacts to communities, and advise on approaches that advance emerging aviation models while respecting neighboring communities.

The Global UTM Association (GUTMA) is a non-profit consortium of worldwide Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) stakeholders. Its purpose is to foster the safe, secure and efficient integration of drones in national airspace systems. Its mission is to support and accelerate the transparent implementation of globally interoperable UTM systems. GUTMA members collaborate remotely.

Adjunct professor at the George Mason University and shares his passion for engineering by teaching in the Volgenau school of engineering.

Co-chair for the working group focused on 5G security. This group focuses on creating the requirements and recommendations for FCC as well as the vendors and other folks in the mobile ecosystem.

Amit was the technical lead for Department of Defense Customers with primary focus on Navy and Marine Core. Our solutions cover a wide range of solutions including cellular, packet switched and circuit switched networks. His role as the technical lead involved building successful solutions encompassing software and hardware as well as internal and external resources using the best available technology. This position was responsible for several technical areas: Research and document competitive products • Promote new product and solutions to the whole of Oceus Networks • Drive, create, and present product solutions to customers (internally within Ericsson and Oceus Networks) as well as externally • Champion and drive competence development within new products and solutions across the organization and engineering teams • Coordinate new technology trial and product offerings towards the customer • Lead and coordinate development of cross technology solutions working with multiple Product Units and 3rd party product owners • Serve as a member of the Product Development Steering Group • Represent Oceus Networks via speaking engagements at technology conferences In the most recent past I was the chief system architect for Navy 4G LTE Sea Pilot deployed as part of the U.S.S. Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group. Delivered a one of a kind turn-key, secure, airborne/afloat autonomous 4G LTE Network with applications to directly support the war fighter. Participated from concept development through fielding.

Broadband Internet and Multimedia Accounts (BIMA) • Supported the Broadband Internet and Multimedia Account (BIMA) account team by providing sales support for the Media Companies in the Multimedia Management domain. • Served as Chief Architect for the development and sale of an SI Media Management solution to Turner Broadcasting – resulting in the first deal of its kind in North America. This solution included solution components from Tandberg Television, in addition to Ericsson middleware and work flow manager software.

Systems Integration Market Unit North America (MUNA) • Established a new team of Solution Architects to support a growing Mobile Multi-Media area. • Setup key focus areas and partnered with the sales teams to support the sale of both SI and hosted solutions. • Supported Multimedia Solution Sales such as 3GPP, IMS, IPTV, and Mobile Content Delivery for customers across North America. • Created a highly-customized Next Generation Gateway (NGG) solution for AT&T to enable them to drastically lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of their gateway and increase operation efficiency. This involved porting the solution to compact gateway complexes with a smaller footprint (e.g., based on Chassis/Blade architecture). Ericsson was able to replace Openwave in Operator’s network, resulting in the largest Business Unit Multimedia deal in Ericsson history.

Key Account Management (KAM) – System Integration TIER 1 and TIER 2 Carriers • Supported the Rogers FIFA project -- the first of its kind in the world involving distribution of live video, graphic and text content to mobile phones during the course of the FIFA world cup. Role included specification of customer requirements and technical coordination with other projects. Further, this effort involved working with three different 3PPs in several countries including Austria, Sweden, Canada and the USA. The project was successfully completed in record time resulting in the creation of a new platform which has been reused elsewhere and further leveraged as a showcase of success. • Served as solution owner for a complex AT&T IMS Messaging system involving leveraging a network-based address book, sub communities and groups, network storage, presence, location etc, to facilitate an increase in revenue-per-subscriber. Responsibilities included specification of customer requirements and technical coordination with other projects in the overall program.

Global Services Delivery Organization – Engineering Division • Served as customer POC for all technical issues related to the Ericsson Managed Mobile Email Solution and its evolution. Responsible for managing Customer Requirements and Change Management for the Customer Requirements Baseline (CR handling). • Developed a mediation solution for GPRS network for Telcel in Mexico. Responsibility was to ensure alignment with global solutions and reuse of experience. • Developed and delivered an activation solution for a new network a telecom operator in Brazil. Responsibilities included defining the solution and ensuring alignment with global solutions. • Key member of the implementation team for the Empire Joint Venture program – which involved sharing of radio networks between the two largest TIER 1 carriers in USA. Program was successful and facilitated coast-to-coast coverage to subscribers by leveraging each carrier’s infrastructure. • Served as a solution architect for the Verizon MMS project – which delivered a complete Multimedia messaging solution, including fault management and performance management. Lead requirement workshops and meetings with the customer and also designed a CDMA WAP encoding Solution which was incorporated into the core product.

Core Network Design (CND) • Responsible for various aspects of design ranging from high-level requirement specification to actual design work of the Network Access Controller (NAC) for the GSM for the Net product. • Supported I&V Activities in Sweden prior to the product’s first office application.

Responsible for various aspects of design ranging from high-level requirement specification to actual design work of the Database Query Applications