BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211112T185045Z UID:B8A19177-9156-4E75-B68D-BF66586E4AD3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211116T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211116T153000 DESCRIPTION:Please plan to attend the IEEE Dallas CVT Webinar Tue Nov 16\, 2021 at 1:45PM Dallas time (presentation begins at 2:00PM sharp).\n\nTitle : Technology led transformation at Telstra Australia\n\nSpeaker: Shailin S ehgal\, Product Enablement Technology Executive\, Networks & IT\n\nNOTE\n\ nThis presentation will be hosted over Webex with the presenter located in Australia which is 17 hours ahead of Dallas. Please note the local start time for the event.\n\nABSTRACT\n\nThis presentation and discussion will f ocus on transformative network technology which has widely been in use for webscale by the hyper scalers such as Amazon\, Microsoft and Google\, as it applies to the transformative efforts at a leading Australian multi-ser vices provider\, Telstra.\n\nIn 2018 Telstra faced challenging technical a nd business conditions that were expected to continue for several years. T hese challenges included ongoing pressure on Average Revenue Per User (ARP U) and further negative impact of the National Broadband Network (NBN). In Australia NBN is an entity owned by the national government that is attem pting to build a National Broadband Network of Fiber and Wireless connecti vity. In addition\, Telstra faced cost pressures in anticipation of the 5G expansion.\n\nIn June 2018 Telstra announced a program called T22 - a 4 y ear strategy to lead the Australian market by simplifying its operations a nd product set\, improving customer experience and reducing its cost base. T22 is focused on delivering six key outcomes covering customer experienc e\, simplification\, network superiority\, employees\, cost reduction and strengthening the balance sheet by FY2022. In September of 2021\, a progra m called T25 was announced designed to complement T22 and finish the trans formation with additional focus on improving the customer experience\, net work and technology.\n\nBio\n\nShailin Sehgal joined Telstra in June 2019 to lead Product Enablement Technology. In this role he is responsible for ensuring that Telstra delivers brilliant customer experiences utilising th e awesome talents of our people with highly resilient product platforms on the most reliable networks in the world. His team has the ownership of al l technology development including lifecycle operation for Telstra Product s & Solutions\, with accountability across all Mobile (including 5g and co nverged core)\, IoT\, Enterprise\, Data & Security\, Broadband & Media\, a nd Voice & Video platforms. Shailin is a global executive who most recentl y spent 3 years as Executive VP of R&D at Mavenir\, a telecom software ven dor based in Texas\, USA (focused on the 4G LTE and 5G core & messaging do mains). Prior to joining Mavenir\, he was Senior VP of Product Development and Architecture at Indian Service Provider Reliance Jio. His career span s over 25 years in the telecommunication domain\, with senior executive po sitions in product management and engineering with vendors and operators i ncluding Genband\, Sonus\, Verizon and Nortel. Shailin has a Master of Sci ence in Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University\, India. \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289799 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289799 ORGANIZER:jimgunn@ieee.org SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:IEEE CVT Webinar\; Nov. 16\, 2pm\; Australia Telstra URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289799 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Please plan to attend the IEEE Dallas CVT Webinar&nbsp\;<u>Tue Nov 16\, 2021 at 1:45PM Dallas time</u>&nbsp\;(presen tation begins at 2:00PM sharp).<strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Ti tle:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; </strong><strong>Technology led transformation at Telstra Australi a</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Shailin Sehgal\ , Product Enablement Technology Executive\, Networks &amp\; IT</strong></p >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>NOTE</strong></p>\n<p>This presentation will be hosted over Webex with the presenter located in Australia which is 17 hours ahead of Dallas.&nbsp\; Please note the local start time for the eve nt.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>\n<p>This present ation and discussion will focus on transformative network technology which has widely been in use for webscale by the hyper scalers such as Amazon\, Microsoft and Google\, as it applies to the transformative efforts at a l eading Australian multi-services provider\, Telstra.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In 201 8 Telstra faced challenging technical and business conditions that were ex pected to continue for several years. These challenges included ongoing pr essure on Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and further negative impact of t he National Broadband Network (NBN). In Australia NBN is an entity owned b y the national government that is attempting to build a National Broadband Network of Fiber and Wireless connectivity. In addition\, Telstra faced c ost pressures in anticipation of the 5G expansion.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In June 2018 Telstra announced a program called T22 - a 4 year strategy to lead th e Australian market by simplifying its operations and product set\, improv ing customer experience and reducing its cost base.&nbsp\;T22&nbsp\;is foc used on delivering six key outcomes covering customer experience\, simplif ication\, network superiority\, employees\, cost reduction and strengtheni ng the balance sheet by FY2022.&nbsp\; In September of 2021\, a program ca lled T25 was announced designed to complement T22 and finish the transform ation with additional focus on improving the customer experience\, network and technology. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Bio</stron g></p>\n<p>Shailin Sehgal joined Telstra in June 2019 to lead Product Enab lement Technology.&nbsp\; In this role he is responsible for ensuring that Telstra delivers brilliant customer experiences utilising the awesome tal ents of our people with highly resilient product platforms on the most rel iable networks in the world.&nbsp\; His team has the ownership of all tech nology development including lifecycle operation for Telstra Products &amp \; Solutions\, with accountability across all Mobile (including 5g and con verged core)\,&nbsp\;IoT\, Enterprise\, Data &amp\; Security\, Broadband & amp\; Media\,&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Voice &amp\; Video platforms. &nbsp\;Shailin is a global executive who most recently spent 3 years as Executive VP of R&amp\;D at Mavenir\, a telecom software vendor based in Texas\, USA (focu sed on the 4G LTE and 5G core &amp\; messaging domains).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Prio r to joining Mavenir\, he was Senior VP of Product Development and Archite cture at Indian Service Provider Reliance Jio.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;His career spa ns over 25 years in the telecommunication domain\, with senior executive p ositions in product management and engineering with vendors and operators including Genband\, Sonus\, Verizon and Nortel.&nbsp\;Shailin has a Master of Science in Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas and a B achelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University\, India.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR