President & CEO of NetSfere and Infinite Convergence Solutions
With more than 25 years of leadership and operating experience in technology, mobile, SaaS, cloud and telecom services, Mr Anurag Lal currently lead a talented team of innovators who are transforming everyday messaging technology into secure, highly scalable communication platforms that can be leveraged across a variety of markets and segments.
Prior to Infinite Convergence, Anurag served as Senior Vice President at Meru Networks and Chief Business Development and Sales Officer at iPass Inc. He played an instrumental role in the successful, multi-billion dollar IPOs for both iPass and Meru Networks. Anurag also served as Vice President of Internet and Multimedia Services for British Telecom (Worldwide) and held senior management roles at Sprint International.
Anurag also served in the Obama administration as Director of the U.S. National Broadband Task Force (part of the Federal Communications Commission). In this role, he assessed global broadband policies, regulations and best practices, leading to the first-ever national broadband plan.
Anurag’s passions include anything related to high tech entrepreneurship and the wireless industry, He is a regular presence in mainstream international broadcast and print media, and is often present at industry conferences, on a wide range of topics — from wireless technology, spectrum issues, net neutrality, IoT and security to the future of enterprise messaging and unified communications.
Anurag holds a B.A. in Economics from Delhi University, has attended the Senior Leadership Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School, and is a Wharton Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.