Danielle Rios Royston

Acting CEO, Totogi

Speaker Bio

Danielle Rios Royston (who goes by DR) is the founder and CEO of TelcoDR and the acting CEO of Totogi, the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-first, SaaS monetization platform for modern telcos. She has over 30 years of enterprise software experience and 15+ as a CEO specializing in turnarounds.


Widely recognized as a thought leader, DR has been asked to speak on the biggest stages in the industry, such as MWC in Barcelona. She has also been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, TelecomTV, Light Reading, and Fast Company.


As telecom’s leading public cloud evangelist, DR has been the driving force behind the industry’s adoption of the public cloud, most notably as the creator of CLOUD CITY at MWC Barcelona in 2021. She has raised $1 billion to fundamentally transform telco software, propelling the industry to new heights with the power of AI and the public cloud. She resides in Austin, TX with her family, and holds a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University.