Our consultants are industry experts with a minimum of 20years experience in the Telco Industry. With >60 combined years and over 150 consulting engagements, our consultants have been on the forefront of developing innovative solutions for strategic problems. We have solved complex challenges for established and emerging telcos across the globe and bring those insights into every single engagement.
Meet the Team
Meet our team of dedicated professionals.
Anish Kelkar
CEO, Principal Consultant
Anish is a global leader with broad experience in Consulting, Strategy, Telco operations and architectures. Prior to starting SmarTelco, he founded Bell labs Consulting where he led the Telco practice Nominated as high performer and trusted advisor by industry leaders and recognized expert in strategy, cloud, innovation and digital transformation. In his past life, Anish led the CTO office at Reliance (Jio) and Alcatel-Lucent’’s 4G program that launched Verizon’s first LTE deployment in the US.
Rajesh Benjamin
Principal Consultant
Rajesh has over 20 years experience in Solution Architecture, Systems Engineering, Integration and Deployment of cost-effective 4/5G wireless and satellite networks. Rajesh has designed and implemented cloud based solutions and services within a complex multi-vendor environment. He has worked in Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and innovative startups such as Oneweb and has founded Beacon Networks, a niche consulting firm specializing in Private 4G/5G networks.