Ashim Roy

Dr. Ashim Roy is the Country Head for Stoke Networks Pvt Ltd. Prior to Stoke, Dr. Roy had senior management positions at several technology startups such as Comat Technologies, Integrated Telecom Technologies (PMC-Sierra) and global IT companies including Hughes Network Systems, Nortel and Philips. His professional career spans Australia, Canada and USA, where he has had more than 20 years of product life-cycle development experience in telecommunications technologies including satellite communications, wire line and wireless networks. He has worked with ATM, VoIP, Wi-Fi, CDMA and GSM networks and managed operational issues in complex network roll out. Dr. Roy combines technical expertise with strong performances in the product management and marketing of advance technology solutions. After completion of doctoral thesis in communications engineering (RFID), he has published more than a dozen papers and has several patents. About Stoke, Inc. Santa Clara, CA-based Stoke develops carrier-class multi-access convergence gateways specifically engineered to help fixed, mobile and Internet-based operators realize the economic benefits and competitive advantages of network convergence. Stoke's standards-based, integrated hardware and software platform - the Stoke Session Exchange (SSX) - uniquely addresses the security, quality of service and mobility challenges associated with optimizing subscribers' multimedia sessions across fixed, mobile, Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks. Stoke has received more than $50 million in funding from leading venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures and RTVL among others.