Invitation Only Breakfast Roundtable: The Future of Enterprise Networking: Scaling for Cloud, AI, and Global Markets Hosted by Tata Communications
This Roundtable is Invitation Only and open to CIO, CTO, Director, VP, Head of Network, SASE, and IT Infrastructure.
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As enterprises accelerate cloud adoption, embrace edge computing, and integrate GenAI into their workflows, their network infrastructure must evolve to support a new era of digital operations. The traditional enterprise network is under immense pressure to deliver seamless, secure, and high-performance connectivity across multiple clouds, data centers, and edge locations. Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), software-defined architectures, and AI-driven automation are emerging as key enablers of agility and efficiency.
For global enterprises, managing network infrastructure across geographies—including highly regulated markets like India, China, and the Middle East—adds another layer of complexity. Ensuring compliance, maintaining performance, and optimizing cost across a fragmented global network is a strategic priority.
This breakfast roundtable brings together CIOs, Network Infrastructure Heads, and Global Network Practitioners to explore:
- The role of NaaS, cloud-first networking, and AI-driven automation in modernizing networks
- Best practices for multi-cloud connectivity and secure, scalable network infrastructure
- How American enterprises are managing network challenges in complex regulatory environments
- The future of enterprise networking in a world driven by AI, automation, and data-intensive workloads
Exclusive Perk: Attendees of this breakfast roundtable will have the opportunity to receivean F1 ticket in Las Vegas this year. Along with the ticket, you will get access to a complimentary and exclusive tech facility tour of the broadcasting infrastructure that powers the race’s global coverage. Don’t miss the chance to attend this unforgettable experience, gain industry insights, and experience cutting-edge technology in action!
Raj Purkayastha is a seasoned technology and telecom leader with more than 25 years of experience spanning pre sales, business development, marketing, and delivery across enterprise and international telecom markets in both mature and emerging regions. As Vice President at Tata Communications, he leads the Pre Sales (Sales Engineering) organization for the Americas, partnering with large enterprises to shape their innovation and growth strategies. In this role, Raj works closely with CIOs and technology leaders to co create solutions that modernize digital infrastructure, simplify complexity, and accelerate what comes next for their businesses.
Throughout his tenure at Tata Communications, Raj has held multiple leadership roles across regions and business lines including Global Carrier Solutions and Enterprise Solutions, consistently delivering revenue growth, profitability, and top tier employee engagement results. He previously led India Pre Sales and served as the Global Head of Product Marketing where he helped translate complex technologies into compelling stories and customer facing narratives that drove product adoption and strengthened the company’s market presence.
Raj is deeply passionate about innovation and has expertise across technologies such as drone navigation, robotic process automation, and Internet systems. He is a patent holder with additional patents pending, and his research has been published across several emerging technology domains. At Tata Communications, he spearheaded the development of the company’s Work from Home solution stack during the COVID 19 pandemic, using internal IP to rapidly support customers’ evolving digital workspace needs. He has also led key digital transformation initiatives in retail, manufacturing, and other industries, helping enterprises adopt agile, resilient, and future ready architectures. Raj’s global impact includes leading a major country wide telecom transformation program for a government in Southern Africa that significantly expanded national network reach, improved affordability, and strengthened digital capability. His customer engagement philosophy focuses on delivering strategic points of view and thought leadership that help organizations rethink what is possible and reinforce Tata Communications’ leadership in critical markets.
Additionally, Raj has filed 6 Patents in areas of AI, Edge, Drones, RPA and Internet. 3 of these are already awarded to him.
Tony Farinacci recently retired from JPMorgan Chase after 22 years of service in executive leadership roles including CTO – Global Network Services, End-User Services, CISO – Global Technology Infrastructure, and Distinguished Architect – Cybersecurity Architecture. His first 13 years were providing global oversight of JPMorgan Chase’s Voice & Data Network, and Perimeter Security with the last 9 years in Cybersecurity focused on Infrastructure and Cloud Security, Threat Modeling, Risk Assessment, Policy as Code, and Zero Trust.
Previous to JPMorgan Chase, Tony spent 9 years at KeyCorp in various executive leadership roles including oversight of Voice & Data Networks, Enterprise Architecture, Distributed Computing, and the Enterprise Command Center.
Tony started his career at General Electric where he spent 7 years in various technical leadership roles including Senior Architect & Systems Programmer (Mainframe, UNIX, VAX, LAN), Telecommunications and Networking.
Tony earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree at Cleveland State University. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife.
