Innovwi, LLC

Sridhar is currently involved in incubating a startup. Previously. Sridhar was SVP, Access Technologies at Mavenir Systems, where he led many efforts for Mavenir's Open RAN products involving the RAN, radio and RIC platforms including system engineering, customer engineering, radio integration, device testing and Open RAN technology standardization. He was the one of the key technical architects supporting the Dish 5G SA Open RAN deployment. He was an initial employee at Ranzure Networks, a cloud RAN 5G startup. He also had R&D roles in design, prototyping and standardization of 5G cellular and Wi-Fi systems at Samsung Research America, in UWB technology at WiQuest Communications and 3G/4G research at Nokia. He was an associate editor for the Journal of Signal Processing Systems (Springer) and has held leadership positions in standardization bodies such as O-RAN Alliance, IEEE and WiMedia. He has co-edited multiple books, with a recent book on Open RAN in 2023. He was an advisory board member for the Open RAN Center for Integration and Deployment (ORCID). He is a co-recipient of the IEEE 2017 Marconi Prize Paper award for his research on 5G mmWave systems. He has co-invented more than 50 issued US patents. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University and is a senior member of IEEE.