Chandresh Ruparel is Sr. Segment Director for Wireline and Core Network Division at Intel’s Data Center Group. He is responsible for driving Intel’s business across service provider wireline access networks (broadband, cable) and wireless core networks. WCND is specifically focused on the industry transition to virtualized, cloud native and AI enabled infrastructure along with the 5G next generation core to edge network. In his 20+ years of professional experience, he has held software and hardware development roles, led Product Management and Market Development teams and successfully developed profitable Networking, Media and Server Businesses. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Santa Clara University.