Ashish Deshpande has over 15 years of experience in telecommunications. He is currently a Global Account Manager at Vodafone where he manages global customer relationships and drives revenue. Previously he held roles at Cable & Wireless and Nokia Siemens Networks where he was responsible for account management, sales, and executing deals. Deshpande has an MSc in Communications Engineering from Munich University of Technology and a BEng in Electronics Engineering from University of Pune. He received the Cable & Wireless Role Model Award in 2008 for his business performance and behaviors.

1. Address: 504, Shri Damodar,
Tilak Mandir Rd, Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai – 400 057. INDIA
Ashish Deshpande Mobile: +91 99200 90057
Email: ash.preeti@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vodafone Global Account Manager-Vodafone Global Enterprise (Mumbai, India) Dec ‘09–Till Date
» Managing global customer relationship for multinational accounts across Vodafone operating
companies, affiliates & partners & drive profitable revenue contribution through customized mobile
solution offerings
» Lead the virtual account team across OpCos and geographies to develop & operate VGE accounts for
Vodafone
» Major focus on the APAC region (SIN, MAS, IDS and TH) for the account portfolio.
Cable&Wireless Global Client Manager-Enterprise Sales (Mumbai, India) Jun ‘09–Dec ‘09
» Managing array of accounts from banking, system integration, Retail sectors.
» Won the multi-location WAN deal of Marks&Spencer in India.
» Secured several global deals from Marks&Spencer for MPLS and Managed services worth $ 0.5m
» Won the deal for the Phase –II roll out in APAC region (SIN, HK, TH, IDS and Philippines)
Cable&Wireless Global Client Manager-Carrier Sales (Mumbai, India) Oct ‘07–May ‘09
» Demonstrated excellent understanding of carrier business. Created and set account strategy for
applicable product groups
» Instrumental in executing a mutli-million pound deal of large scale capacity sale on APCN2 cable
system with TATA Communications in Singapore and Hong Kong
» Successful in proposing and transforming the entire network upgrade plan of a world renowned auto
manufacturer in UK to C&W network with a total contract value exceeding 1 Million GBP.
Nokia Siemens Networks Ltd. Account Manager (Mumbai, India) June ‘06 – Oct ‘07
(Previously known as Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd.):
» Created and set account strategy for applicable product groups.
» Identified and drove business opportunities to generate incremental business.
» Responsible to manage the proposal offer to the customers in the region. Responsible for the profit &
loss of the accounts.
- Worked on the proposal for the expansion of the FLAG network of Reliance Communications along with
Juniper Networks.
- Worked as the Bid Manager for execution of the country’s first ever NGN based NLD project with
Hutch.
Reliance Infocomm: Assistant Manager (Mumbai, India) Aug ‘04 – June
‘06
» Responsible for Planning and customer connectivity
» Involved in Budget preparation and vendor evaluation
» Team member for New Product launch
Siemens Multimedia: Regional Account Manager (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Sept ‘03 to Aug ‘04
» Responsible for the Carrier Network Business in Indonesia to determine the market strategy in
Indonesia and methods for business growth in Access Networks, Optical Networks and Enterprise
solutions for the fixed line telecommunications network.
» Represented the company to provide technical and sales support for the local company in Indonesia.
An area of prime focus was the deployment of Next Generation Networks in Indonesia.
Siemens Mobilizer Pte. Ltd.: Network Design Consultant (Singapore) Oct ‘01 to Sept ‘03
» Network Design: Fixed Network Planner for Core and Backbone of GPRS, EDGE and UMTS networks.
Prepared network designs for major telecom operators in South East Asia. Active team member of
many winning bids in Malaysia, New Zealand Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Designed and
Optimized the core and backbone networks of different mobile operators in Asia Pacific Region (APAC)
» Design Consultant and Technical Sales: Responsible for providing technical sales and planning support
during the pre bid stage of the tender for various operators in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC)

2. EDUCATION
Munich University of Technology (TUM) Munich, Germany
Master of Science (MS), Communications Engineering Oct 2001
▪ Major: Mobile Communications Data Networks
▪ Minor: Cryptography and System Security and Signal Processing
▪ Full Scholarship from Siemens AG under the Siemens Youth and Knowledge Program
University of Pune Pune, India
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics Engineering June 1999
▪ Best Project group of the Year award from Electrical Engineering Students Association.
▪ Scored 63 %
Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic Mumbai, India
Diploma of Engineering, Electrical Engineering July 1996
▪ Ranked 6th in the State Merit List, Final Year of Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
▪ Scored 84.4%
Shri Madhavrao Bhagwat High School Mumbai, India
Secondary School Certificate Examination June 1992
▪ Scored 84 %
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
» Winner of Intra-collegiate Debate Competition
» Team member of the Diploma Volleyball team
» Team member of the High School State Level Hockey Team
AWARDS
» Cable&Wireless Role Model Award for Q2, 2008.
This award is designed to encourage sales and pre-sales colleagues to demonstrate the right business behavior
and emerge stronger as a winning team.
The objectives of the Role Model Award Policy are:
- To recognize and promote positive behaviors that support individual, work group, team, department, business
goals and objectives
- To improve employee productivity and quality of work
- To improve our quality of customer engagement & mindshare
- To win incremental business
PERSONAL DETAILS
» Date of Birth: January 3, 1977
» Nationality: Indian