Sandeep Sharma is a Software Engineer with Aarna Networks, a SaaS solutions provider that provides zero-touch edge and 5G service orchestration and management services. He is very active in the open source community helping to lead the Nephio, EMCO, and Akraino projects. Prior to Aarna, Sandeeep held leadership roles at Western Digital, Virident Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, and NetDevices. He studied Computer Science at the Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering in Mysuru, India.