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EDITORS AND WRITERS

M Prushothma Rao

Prushothma Rao is the founder and CEO of The Fast Mode. He brings with him in-depth knowhow and more than 20 years of experience in designing and delivering some of the most advanced broadband service innovations in the industry. His earlier positions include the Head of Services Delivery, Policy and Charging Control and the Solution Architect for the IP core network, Broadband core systems and HSDPA/LTE networks at a leading regional CSP.

The Fast Mode was started as an information and services platform focusing on the digital telco. It has since become one of the fastest growing digital media platform within the telecoms sector, offering latest news coverage, joint research and analytics for the industry.

Prushothma Rao covers 'Technology and Solutions' and the ‘Exclusive Series’ segment which engages industry leaders to discuss on the latest developments on mobile broadband technologies, solutions and services.

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Tara Neal

Tara Neal is the Executive Editor and the Telecom Strategist at The Fast Mode.Tara Neal has more than 17 years of experience in research, analysis and strategy planning. Tara has worked on various strategy projects covering business strategies and performance management. She has written extensively on various topics relating to latest technologies, digital services innovations, Operator strategies, market trends and growth and development of various emerging sectors.

Tara covers ‘Market Trends’, ‘Technology and Solutions’ and ‘Services and Innovations’ segments.

Follow her on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. She can be reached at tara.neal@thefastmode.com.

Ray Sharma

Ray Sharma is The Fast Mode's Editor and Content Director. Ray Sharma has over 10 years of experience in mobile broadband technologies and solutions, conducting research and analysis on various technology segments and producing articles and write-ups on the latest developments within the sector. Ray Sharma is also in charge of social media engagement and industry liaison.

He covers news in the ‘Technology and Solutions’ segment.

Follow him on LinkedIn or Facebook. He can be reached at ray.sharma@thefastmode.com.

Ariana Lynn

Ariana is Principle Analyst and Senior Editor at The Fast Mode. She specializes in IP networking, covering both operator networks - core, transport, edge and access; and enterprise and cloud networks. Her work involves analysis of cutting-edge technologies that drive application visibility, traffic awareness, network optimization, network security, virtualization and cloud-native architectures.

She can be reached at ariana.lynn@thefastmode.com

Andrea Y Lavannya

Andrea is Senior Editor and Vertical Analyst of the Telco and Techco segment at The Fast Mode. She covers global telecom markets, operator revenue strategies and emerging business areas, and heads thought leadership development in areas relating to CSPs, MNOs, MVNOs and MVNEs.

She can be reached at andrea@thefastmode.com

Paco Martinez

Paco Martinez is a contributing writer and translator for The Fast Mode's newly established Spanish Edition. His experience in telecoms spans more than 35 years, having started as the Senior Telecommunications Engineer in1980 and worked as R&D Engineer in digital and analogue audio equipment design from 1985 to 1989. He has also coordinated various telecom projects at Telefonica, the world's largest group service provider, from 1989 to 2008.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY TEAM

Santiago Castro

A filmmaker from Guatemala, Santiago is based in Barcelona where he completed his studies in Journalism and Filmmaking. Santiago holds over 10 years of experience in directing, shooting and editing video productions across marketing and advertising, corporate videography, documentaries and short films, and aims to explore the impact of the relationship between media and the audience.

Leandro Sosa

Leandro Sosa is a filmmaker and director based in Barcelona. Leandro is from Argentina and was raised in many different countries including Bolivia, Spain and the United States. His abilities as a film director have landed him the opportunity to direct over 25 short films and win several awards in international film festivals and Barcelona's young filmmaker's circuit.

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