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Hari Haran is a veteran of the telecommunications industry, bringing over 20 years of experience to Openwave. He has extensive relationships with carriers around the world and carries an excellent track record of growing sales and winning new deals. As senior vice president of worldwide field operations, Hari oversees all of Openwave's customer-facing functions, including sales, professional services and global support. He is also a key member of the executive team, responsible for the successful execution of Openwave's global sales and services strategy.
Prior to joining Openwave, Hari served as CEO of LongBoard, a leading fixed-mobile convergence company. Before leading LongBoard, Hari served as vice president and general manager of Lucent Technologies in the EMEA region where he was responsible for scaling the business from $500M to $2.5B. Hari has also worked for Bell Labs, AT&T Network Systems and several start-ups in the wireless, software, and telecom industries.
Hari holds a BS degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from Louisiana University. Hari also attended the Executive Management Program at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. | 