Learn About CloudSmartz

CloudSmartz delivers the industry’s leading digital marketplace and intelligent digital customer experience platform, Acumen360™ for on-demand global connectivity to accelerate digital transformation for Communications Service Providers (CSPs).

Acumen360 drives value creation and immediate financial improvements by unlocking customer software-centric automation. CloudSmartz helps CSPs transform into digital-first service providers by optimizing business intelligence, digitizing operations, and generating revenue opportunities through a unified service experience.

The Telecom Community Recognizes CloudSmartz

CloudSmartz was awarded, “Most Innovative Technology Provider” & “Best Innovations in Aggregation” by Pipeline Magazine.

CloudSmartz is a MEF Member, supporting the advancement of  Digital Transformation for CSPs. 

Inc. 5000 named CloudSmartz one of America’s Fastest Growing Privately-Held Companies for Four Consecutive Years in a row (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).

Gartner named CloudSmartz as a 2018 Cool Vendor in Communications Service Provider Business Operations & listed multiple times in reports.

Why CloudSmartz

Innovators-First

CloudSmartz solutions have enabled some of the first Software-Defined Networks in the world – our platforms are building blocks for the unique requirements of our clients

Flexible & Adaptable

CloudSmartz is more agile and easy to work – from simplified service terms and pricing to delivery of digital platforms with cloud-native containers and microservices

Technology Agnostic

CloudSmartz solutions are driven by opensource technologies and are vendor agnostic to client legacy OSS/BSS and in-house systems

REST API Standards
& Non-Standards

CloudSmartz platforms are REST API-driven to deploy network as code – including standards like MEF, TMF – or custom-built for the unique needs of our clients

DevOps Ready Solutions

CloudSmartz solutions are driven and deployed by world-class DevOps tools, processes, and teams – allowing us to innovate and deploy faster

Software & Telecom Focused

CloudSmartz teams all come from telecom and software backgrounds – speaking your acronyms – to support our clients’ vision through the artful application of technology

1 +
OSS/BSS API Integrations
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Service Provider Customers Served
80 +
Software/Telecom DevOps Team Members
1 +
Years of Executive Software Experience

Global Leadership Team

This is our dedicated executive team with global delivery teams across the globe. Schedule a meeting to connect now!

Kate Kenney

Senior Vice President, Human Resources (Global)

Umesh Goyal

Senior Vice President & General Manager (India)

Munish Gupta

Vice President, Technology

Aman Sharma

Vice President, Product

Jason Light

Director of Business Analysis

Sumeet Kumar

UX/UI Technical Director

Brandon Baeslack

Senior Project Manager, PMP®

Mihir Satokar

Technical Product Director

CloudSmartz Global Innovation & Development Center

150+ Global Telecom / Software Teams

Our team members work around the globe – London, New York, Singapore, Canada, India, Mexico, Latin America and various sales offices with the ability to deeply-scale skilled developers and engineers for our client needs.

Contact Us To Learn More About All Of Cloudsmartz Digital Transformation Solutions

Dan Wagner

CEO & Co-Founder

As co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at CloudSmartz, Dan brings 25+ years of telecommunications executive leadership in assisting Service Providers and Communications companies with productizing and monetizing on-demand networks with software-defined networking technologies.

He is a results-oriented Executive who has built high-performing businesses that drive significant enterprise value through an unwavering focus on exceptional customer experience for internal and external customers.

Dan’s success has come in various capacities around the world, including as Managing Director at Global Crossing UK, CIO at Global Crossing, and President of Business Services at XO Communications, before he founded CloudSmartz.

Manjeet Dhariwal

COO & Co-Founder

Manjeet is co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at CloudSmartz. He has built a global center of excellence team through an unwavering focus on innovation.

For more than 25 years, Manjeet has launched profitable new ventures across various Cloud and IT services business models. These companies have been ranked on fastest growing companies lists multiple times.

With a portfolio of successfully delivering 2000+ IT projects working with small companies to Fortune 500 clients, Manjeet has created IT solutions and streamlined service delivery processes.

Manjeet’s extensive experience has allowed him to establish an extraordinary network of the most talented industry professionals at the local, regional, national, and global level.

Mark Manioci

Chief Financial Officer

Mark has been integrally involved in all aspects of the telecom and software industry, and his panoramic perspective uniquely qualifies him as CFO.

Mark guides the controller, treasury, shareholder relations, accounting, tax, and internal audit functions. His effective communication, predictive analysis of market trends, and forward thinking on the application of fintech solutions are vital in mapping out the strategic initiatives accounting for the current success and future sustained growth of CloudSmartz.

Matthew Ray

Chief Marketing Officer

Matt drives market growth for emerging SaaS and enterprise software companies with great instincts for new technologies and industry trends.

Matt leads the CloudSmartz go-to-market strategy and execution to accelerate the adoption and expansion of the company’s products and services at a global scale, as well as brand management and growing corporate partnerships. His experience includes the launch of a stealth SaaS-startup and several digital and technical marketing roles at CloudSmartz, Earthlink, Global Crossing, and Level 3 Communications.

Mark Dickey

Chief Revenue Officer

With 25 years in the telecommunications and IT industries, Mark brings to CloudSmartz a seasoned expertise in channel organization development from his tenures at notable firms like Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, and as a CRO at Nitel. His career, which began with Cincinnati Bell, Cable & Wireless, and AT&T, has been enriched by experiences in startups and major corporations alike, enabling him to meld rapid scalability strategies with established best practices in his role as Chief Revenue Officer.

Kate Kenney

Senior Vice President, Human Resources (Global)

Kate Kenney is a Vice President of Human Resources with more than 25 years in the HR and Professional Services Industry. She is responsible for all human resource policies, programs, and services for the organization – this includes employment, compensation, employee relations, health and welfare, and compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Umesh Goyal

Senior Vice President & General Manager (India)

Umesh is General Manager of our India teams and manages the day-to-day operations of 200-250+ team members. He has extensive experience of managing end-to-end operations, with complete P & L responsibilities of large business units. Umesh also directly supervises DevOps and Global NOC functions, and manages IT Enterprise Infrastructure.

Munish Gupta

Vice President, Technology

Munish is our technology lead in our Center of Excellence office in Chandigarh, India. He brings deep experience in executive IT leadership to the management of our teams-of-six across our entire client base in Agile and SCRUM methodologies, providing expertise and efficiencies to our global clients to meet their budget and timeline requirements.

Aman Sharma

Vice President, Product

Aman is Vice President Product and heads the product strategy & definition group. She is one of the key foundation stones of the CloudSmartz team and a customer advocate by design; Aman has exceptional skill in understanding market trends & ever-evolving customer needs in the Communications Service Provider and the Telecommunications Industry.

Jason Light

Director of Business Analysis

Jason leads our team of Business Analysts and Project Managers for systems review and ensuring optimal software development and deployments. His focus is on the user experience and the customer’s bottom line by providing streamlined processes and easy to use interfaces. Jason’s team is a liaison between the business users, the internal systems team, and external vendors.

Sumeet Kumar

UX/UI Technical Director

Sumeet is an experienced development and UX/UI technical innovator with 15 years of front-end interface design and implementation experience, helping to shape the future of innovative groups within our customer experience portals. As a UX/UI leader, Sumeet is highly skilled in organizing groups and environments for maximum efficiency and creativity.

Brandon Baeslack

Senior Project Manager, PMP®

Brandon is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional® with 10+ years of client-facing project management experience spanning an array of industries including telecommunications and software development. His background consists of numerous years in the SaaS sector as well as tenured employment with Charter Communications.

Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Brandon performs day-to-day duties as the lead client advocate. These responsibilities include oversight of the internal development workflow, consistent status reporting with supporting documentation to stakeholders, and on-time project delivery.

Mihir Satokar

Technical Product Director

Managing product lifecycle for major telecom customers, Mihir’s expertise lies in translation of complex business requirements into market ready solutions. Working with both telecom executives and experienced engineering teams, Mihir has in-depth experience creating highly motivated DevOps teams, delivering user-centric solutions, and scaling revenues as he builds enterprise grade products from the ground up.