Rajiv Papneja

Rajiv Papneja is the Chief Technology Officer of Prodapt.
As CTO, Rajiv provides overall end-to-end solutions leadership across Prodapt’s industry partnerships and technology practices – Cloud, AI, Data, Network Services, Billing and support systems, and Operational Excellence.
Rajiv is a business leader, change agent, and transformation advisor who synergizes technology strategy and business alignments, bringing completive differentiation to our clients through cross-functional team management and cross-pollinating expertise.
Prior to Prodapt, Rajiv was CTO at a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, and smart devices. He also co-founded a startup focusing on network of the future, third-party interoperability and testing for the telecommunications industry.
Rajiv is a patent holder in wireless networks and an industry leader across forums including the Open Networking Foundation. He has co-authored several publications including 8 Request for Comments (RFC) in notable areas like SDN, Network Disaggregation, Edge Services, IP-Optical routing and switching, and more.
He holds a Master’s degree from George Mason University, Virginia, and is an alumnus of The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, New Hampshire.