Azita Arvani

Speaker Bio

Azita Arvani is an AI and Edge transformation leader and former CEO of Rakuten Symphony North America, where she helped drive go-to-market expansion for cloud-native and Open RAN telecom solutions. She has held executive roles at Nokia and other global telecom and technology leaders across strategy, partnerships, innovation, and commercialization. Azita is a Board Director at Tennant Company, where she helps oversee the innovation agenda in industrial environments increasingly shaped by automation and robotics. She previously served on the board of Vuzix, a pioneer in AR smart glasses, and served on the inaugural board of the Open RAN Policy Coalition. Through Arvani Group Inc., Azita advises executive teams and boards on Edge AI, edge-to-cloud strategies, and go-to-market in the communications ecosystem. She is co-author of the white paper "Beyond Connectivity: Telecom's AI-Driven Future in 5G-Advanced," outlining a roadmap to AI-native networks. She is a Stanford Sloan Fellow and a frequent speaker on the convergence of AI, connectivity, and industry transformation.