TAREQ AMIN TITLE : CEO COMPANY : RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : CALIFORNIA , US
Meanwhile , across this same 40-year period , cellular networks and enterprise IT have undergone multiple stages of evolution to reach where they are today – so why is it that progress for the infrastructure itself has stymied ? One suggestion is the sheer amount of capital invested in data centre real-estate ; another is a collective lack of understanding regarding the cloud . Amin had his own ideas .
“ For me personally , before Rakuten , my own mindset was completely opened and transformed by a visit I had to Facebook before it was called Meta ,” he shares . “ Seeing how other enterprise IT companies , hyperscalers , and webscalers run their
EXECUTIVE BIO
Tareq Amin is a technologist , business leader and entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience driving telecom innovation .
Amin launched Rakuten Symphony , a Rakuten Group company , in August 2021 with a vision to reimagine telecom for a hyperscale era , delivering the convergence of IT and telecom networks . As the CEO of Rakuten Symphony , Amin has taken the company from start-up to industry disruptor , introducing to the market his bold vision of mobile as a software . Believing that traditional tools used by industry incumbents are outdated and do not meet the demands of modern connectivity , and drawing on the proven technologies and operating principles of hyperscale leaders , Amin has overseen the creation of the industry ’ s first modern , industrial-scale automation platform built specifically for telecom .
A leading voice for the future of telecom and champion for the democratisation of the industry , Amin is dedicated to revolutionising the way we communicate and collaborate in the digital age .