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Sharad Sriwastawa joined Rakuten in 2018 as head of Radio Access Network and replaced Tariq Amin as CTO in 2022.
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Sriwastawa has close to 30 years experience in the telecoms industry.
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Sriwastawa is part of O-RAN ALLIANCE board and seems like he was hired by Tariq Amin.
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Kazuhiro Suzuki was Rakuten’s Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, a role he has held since March 2022.
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Unlike Sriwastawa, there is no much information about Kazuhiro Suzuki.
My assessment of him
- Sriwastawa’s rise to senior management was swift. That could either be due to his relationship with Tariq or experience level. But I think it’s the later given that he sounds knowledgeable. Mikitani also praised Sriwastawa while announcing his appointment. I am not sure what to make of Kazuhiro Suzuki given that there is no much information about his achievements.