DISTRIBUTECH International 2020

Koustuv Ghoshal
Vice President & Head Utilities
Ericsson Inc.


Koustuv is Vice President and the Head of Ericsson North America’s Utilities, Energy & Industrial verticals. Prior to this role, Koustuv was the head of Ericsson’s management consulting division for North America He brings over 30 years of experience in the utilities, telecom and mission critical industry verticals. His domains of expertise, and areas of focus have been driving digital transformation strategies via Private-Networks in industry verticals such as utilities/energy, manufacturing, public safety, and cities. An advocate of sustainable digital ecosystems, he has been increasingly engaged in the evolving convergence of electric power, telecommunications and electrification of transportation. He is an industry recognized thought leader in the areas of energy efficiency and sustainability, network evolution, Public Private Partnerships, and M&A. Prior to joining Ericsson, Koustuv had P&L leadership roles at leading companies in the ICT domain: T-Systems/Deutsche Telekom (as Head of Industries for North America), Siemens (Vice President for Energy/Utilities business services for Americas), GE (Marketing Director in GE Energy), IBM (Managing Principal for Utilities Strategy & Change practice), and Andersen Consulting (Senior Manager in the Utilities practice). Koustuv was nominated by PennWell (a leading industry publication) as “One of the Top 50 People in the World in Energy/IT”. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Texas.

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