Dr. Karmarkar is a seasoned senior executive at Ecrio, responsible for product management and marketing covering Ecrio’s product-line at the forefront of the Edge AI powered Intelligent Edge, enabling real-time service delivery across 5G and Industrial IoT environments. As part of the founding executive team at Ecrio, he maintains deep relationships with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and their Solution Integrators to foster commercial engagements.
Vikram’s career has included Lucent, Bell Labs, and AT&T, directing telecom initiatives such as Internet Directory and Multi-Gigabit Core IP Switch for QoS-differentiated services on telecommunication networks. His responsibilities spanned directing of the Bell Labs Mobility Center of Excellence team in Milan for the first launch of WCDMA across Italy.
Vikram began his professional journey at HCL in India, where he served as a founding member of the R&D team. He is a Life Member of IEEE and Advisor on Emerging Technology, having served on MOSAIC, the Expert Group at KeyBank (formerly Pacific Crest Securities). He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa and a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.