Shamik Mishra currently serves as Vice President and CTO of Connectivity at Capgemini Engineering. In addition to this, he also leads Capgemini’s group technology domain, “connected futures” as the CTIO. As a global lead for technology and innovation, Shamik drives the connectivity technology portfolio for 5G, virtualization, cloud native, edge computing, autonomous networks, and carrier cloud platforms. He is also the global head for the connectivity and network engineering practice in Capgemini Previously, Shamik was the Vice President for Research and Innovation and Global Chief Industry Architect for Altran’s telecommunication business before the acquisition by Capgemini in 2019. A telecom and software industry veteran, Shamik has been instrumental in providing engineering R&D services, frameworks, and solutions to telecom operators, network equipment providers, and software firms around the world. He has represented Capgemini Engineering at several industry forums, including Linux Foundation Edge, where he was a member of the technical advisory council. He previously served as the deputy chairman for GSMA’s Operator Platform Group and is the founding member of the Margo project with the Linux Foundation. Shamik is a regular speaker at industry and academic conferences and is often covered by the industry media. He has published several peer-reviewed and thought leadership papers. He represents Capgemini in industry bodies like GSMA, Linux Foundation, etc. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mathematics and Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.