I am Ravi Appan, a handsome young dude (yeah right!) who has 30+ years of experience in Telecommunications sector in R&D, Customer Support, Operations. I have a Masters in Finance from Harvard University Extension School (2022), an MBA from University of Texas at Dallas in Marketing and International Business (2010), an MScEngg. in Electrical Engineering from University of New Brunswick, Canada (1991), and a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engienering from Anna University, India (1989). I currently work in Program Management as Head of Software Quality for one of the largest Telecom equipment vendors in the world. I am happily married for 30+ years and a proud father of a budding scientist who is pursuing her PhD at MIT in Astrophysics.