Bala Thekkedath

Bala Thekkedath is an experienced telecom, networking, and cloud professional with over 27 years of experience in product marketing, product management, pre/post sales consulting, and engineering roles. He excels at simplifying complex concepts and driving market strategies. Bala has a background in electronics and communications engineering, an MBA in technology management, strategy, and global markets, and has also studied executive education programs in business marketing and strategy from prestigious institutions such as MIT Sloan School of Management and Kellogg School of Management. He is currently the Head of Product Marketing, AWS Wavelength, and 5G Edge Computing at Amazon Web Services. Bala's focus in recent years has been on service diversification initiatives for telecom service providers leveraging virtualization technologies, 5G, edge computing, and IoT. His expertise ranges from SDN/NFV product marketing to global network engineering and customer support. In addition, he has volunteered as an expert reviewer for BTOP/BIP grant proposals at the US Department of Commerce.