Mohan Gyani
Mohan Gyani is a private investor and advisor with more than 30 years of experience in the Telecom and Wireless industry.
As former President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services, he played a key role in the $10.6 Billion IPO of AT&T Wireless in 2000. He was instrumental in overseeing record growth, while completing the expansion of the company’s footprint across the U.S. and the build out of its nationwide next generation GSM network.
Previously, as Executive Vice President and CFO of AirTouch, Mohan was a key leader in the $120 Billion merger of AirTouch and Vodafone and the subsequent $70 Billion joint venture with Bell Atlantic that resulted in the creation of Verizon Wireless. Prior to the merger, he played a major financial, operational and strategic role in the company’s growth from a $1.6 Billion IPO in 1993 to a $70 Billion global company within five years.
Prior to AirTouch, Mohan held several executive positions during his career at Pacific Telesis Group/Pacific Bell.
Mohan currently sits on the Boards of U.S. public companies Blackhawk Networks, Digital Turbine and Union Bank. He is, or has been, on the Board of several other for-profit firms and non-profit organizations such as Safeway, Audience, GlobeTouch, , Jasper Wireless, Jibe, Keynote Systems, Mobile Telesystems ( MTS – Russia), IDEA Cellular ( India ), RingCentral, Roamware/Mobileum, Tellme , Argyle Data, CTIA and the GSM Association.
Mohan completed his B.A. in Business Administration and earned his MBA degree in Finance from San Francisco State University.