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Alok Shah

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Vice President, Networks Strategy, BD, Marketing, and Strategic Sales at Samsung Electronics America
📍 Allen, Texas, United States

Alok Shah is the Vice President of Networks Strategy, BD, & Marketing at Samsung Electronics America, with over 25 years of experience in the wireless industry. An MIT graduate, he leads U. S. strategy for groundbreaking technologies like 5G, vRAN, and Open RAN. Colleagues describe him as bright, pragmatic, and knowledgeable.

He is a key voice shaping Samsungs strategy for next-generation network technologies in the U. S. market, including private 5G and CBRS.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Networks Strategy, BD, Marketing, and Strategic Sales
Job Level
Senior
Location
Allen, Texas, United States
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Priorities

Topics Alok cares about

Open RAN Evolution
He frequently speaks on the maturation of Open RAN technology, emphasizing its performance benefits and the importance of strong ecosystem collaboration for operators.
Virtual RAN (vRAN)
Actively promotes Samsung's vRAN innovations, focusing on performance, TCO gains, and collaboration with partners like Intel, HPE, and Wind River.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Vice President, Networks Strategy, BD, Marketing, and Strategic Sales
Samsung Electronics America
3-2016 - 7-2021
Vice President, Networks Strategy, BD, & Marketing
Samsung Electronics America
2-2014 - 3-2016
Senior Director of Technical Marketing & Strategy
Samsung Electronics America
8-2011 - 1-2014
Director of Strategy, Network Systems
Samsung Telecommunications America
8-2010 - 8-2011
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Freescale Semiconductor
In the press

Media appearances

Interview With Samsung Electronics America VP of Networks Strategy. Featured in Business Insider
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Interview: Alok Shah, Samsung Electronics America. Featured in Mobile World Live
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Education
1992 - 1997
M.Eng. and S.B.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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