Dr. Durga P. Satapathy serves as the Director of Advanced Technologies and Innovation group at T-Mobile, with over 25 years experience leading research and development of wireless access and backhaul technologies.  He is currently focused on exploring innovation and orchestrating key proof of concepts for wireless networks, including AI-RAN and 5G use case areas. His portfolio includes 65 USPTO patent awards and various IEEE publications. Dr. Satapathy holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.  Further details are available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/durgasatapathy