Vikas Kumar is a strategic technology leader at Dell Technologies, serving as Principal Telecom Architect and AI Strategy Advisor for the Asia-Pacific region. With over 20 years of global experience, Vikas partners with leading Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to drive cloud-native transformation, network automation, and AI adoption across RAN, Transport, Core, and OSS domains.

At the forefront of Dell’s telco innovation initiatives, Vikas helps CSPs realize the full promise of AI-native network architectures. He leads the development of next-gen operational models powered by AIOps, closed-loop automation, and TM Forum Open APIs—enabling real-time decision-making, faster service innovation, and significantly reduced MTTR.

Vikas plays a pivotal role in Dell’s collaboration with telco partners, shaping scalable platforms for end-to-end service lifecycle automation and autonomous networks.